College application essays don’t have to be a drag – and these schools prove it. They’ve created some of the most outlandish‚ thought-provoking and original essay questions out there. Here are the 15 schools that think outside the box‚ when it comes to admissions essay‚ with some examples of our favorite questions they’re asking on The Common Application this year. Now‚ it’s up to you to impress admissions officers with a response that measures up. Amongst the schools with the most create
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take a knife‚ and slide it just so." I demonstrated with my free hand. "I grew up on a ranch. I know a lot about castrating bulls.” Besides from Tess‚ The Fixer has a rather large cast. Her sister Ivy‚ who is a formidable fixer. Adam‚ a hottie man next door who comes from a very powerful line. Bodie‚ Ivy and Tess’s resident driver and bodyguard who talks too much. And meet Tess’s entourage‚ Vivie who instantly become her friend. Asher‚ the charming and troublemaker guy who uses obscure words. His
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ILO-001-TOC-SP11:Layout 1 11/3/11 7:25 PM Page 1 on-line digest Vol. 90‚ No. 1 • Spring 2011 IVY LEAF MAGAZINE: OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY‚ INC. special features 5 Carolyn House Stewart 2011 National Founders’ Day: Reflections & Remembrance of Timeless Service EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Deborah L. Dangerfield EXECUTIVE EDITOR Connie Lynne Cochran EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ivy Leaf (ISSN 0021-3276) is published quarterly in the spring‚ summer‚ fall‚ and winter for $12.00
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HEALTH HAZARDS OF THE DYE INDUSTRY . The first step in prevention of poisoning in the dye industry includes well-ventilated‚ properly equipped buildings. Selection of workmen is important and the use of the best methods in manufacturing. These investigations‚ which are based on 2‚500 employees‚ whose blood was tested periodically‚ yield some minor diagnostic material. The hazards of the dye industry are those connected with any industry plus the poisonous chemicals necessarily handled in the
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Jeffrey Nealon and Susan S. Giroux‚ the writers of the Theory Toolbox‚ state that ideology is a “false consciousness”; an inability to see real conditions because they are masked by false ideas. Governments typically use ideology to control the public and make them think they need their government to survive. However‚ in the 2010 Disney story‚ Tangled‚ this “false consciousness” takes place by only one person for only one person. The movie starts out with a drop of sun falling from the sky and
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Attributes of Intelligence Are successful entrepreneurs generally Ivy League graduates with high IQs? Richard Branson‚ founder and CEO of Virgin International‚ is one of the World’s wealthiest and successful entrepreneurs‚ but he is a high school drop out. There is no one-size-fits-all formula of success‚ however successful people are generally highly intelligent. Psychologist Howard Gardner determined that there are different types of intelligence and that people possess skills in diverse areas
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Mr. KH is a 53 year old gentleman who was admitted to A & E after a minor traffic accident. He sustained no traumatic injuries‚ and his main concern was the event preceding accident‚ which was a complete loss of consciousness. He had never experienced such loss of consciousness before‚ and he was not fatigued nor confused upon wakening. He had complete memory of events prior to the syncope‚ and presented with no chest pain‚ nausea‚ palpitations‚ nor sweating pre and post syncope. The only precipitating
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Taxol is an anticancer drug produced by extraction from the bark of the pacific yew tree called Taxus brevifolia‚ which was discovered by Harvard trained botanist called Arthur Barclay in 1962 (wall and wani‚ 1995). It was renamed to paclitaxel when it was commercially developed. It is in a form of whitish crystalline powder with a melting point of 216 ºC‚ very insoluble in water‚ highly lipophilic‚ higher protein binding rate and disturbs the structure of the inner part of the cell membrane (Goldspiel
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efficiently. This will be proven by analyzing how students can multitask their activities and achieve even higher grades. Firstly‚ with the help of technology students can do other activities without sidelining their schoolwork. Take Ivy League universities‚ for example. Ivy League universities‚ such as the prestigious Harvard University‚ tend to push their students to participate in an interschool competition. This is possible with the help of technology that makes student works more efficiently and
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Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter acquired urinary tract infection is one of the most common acquired nosocomial infections (Nicolle‚ 2008). According to Newman (2010)‚ they constitute 40% of all hospital-acquired infections‚ and 80% of these infections are attributable to indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) use. The incidence of bacteriuria is 3%–10% per catheter day (Furfari & Wald‚ 2008). Catheter-associated infections have
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