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    Going To College

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    Going to college will help you get a good job. It prepares you for the future. Anybody can attend college. A higher education will help you succeed in life. People go to college for many different reasons. College is very different from high school. Older adults who never attend college‚ thinks it is very hard. A good attitude will motivate you to be a good student. Time is major part of your college experience. You have to be organized. Keeping up with your assignments will help you pass your

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    College Spending

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    College Students’ Spending Habits and Credit Card Ownership Being in college will earn any student a degree after however many years its takes to attain the degree of said student’s choosing. Along with that degree comes an innumerable amount of pressure dealing with new things‚ making deadlines for classes‚ and how to best use the small amount of money students get from part-time jobs. When dealing with money‚ college students want whatever item‚ trivial or not‚ they desire at the time they

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    College Pressures

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    College Pressures” by William Zinsser‚ the master of Branford College‚ one of the Residential colleges at Yale University‚ details the various types of stresses that today’s college students encounter. Zinsser claims that there are four different kinds of pressure: economic‚ parental‚ peer‚ and self-induced. The economic pressures are due to the ever-increasing high cost of a college education and the desire to get out of college with as little debt accrued as possible. Economic pressure is tied

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    When most people think about college‚ the thought money is one of the many things that come to mind. Money is one of the biggest deciding factors in whether a person can go to college. Money has always been something my family has worried about. With my family’s financial situation‚ my “American Dream” of going to college is only an option if I was willing to work for it. Due to my financial circumstances‚ this scholarship will play a crucial to continue my education at Simpson. Since high school

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    Electoral College

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    The Electoral College is a group of people who elect a president and vice president. It is described in Article 2‚ Section 1 of the Constitution. The electors are not required to follow popular vote‚ so‚ candidates can win electoral vote and presidency and not win popular vote. It would be more politically and economically beneficial to the USA to keep the Electoral College and not let the public take full advantage of the votes because the public will most likely vote for materialistic reasons

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    College Majors

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    Deciding a major in college is not always easy. However‚ it is always important to choose carefully because whichever major a new college student chooses will determine the career they will have for the rest of their life. College majors should be chosen carefully‚ and there are a lot of factors that help people decide what to go for. Interests play a great role in choosing a major. It is usually easier to choose depending on the person’s preference or personal taste. Job availability also influences

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    Cost of College

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    Period 7 Cost of College In 1983‚ the tuition per term at the University of Oregon was $321. There were three terms per year. In the year 2005‚ the cost of tuition at the University of Oregon is $5853 per year‚ or $1951 per term. This growth in the cost of tuition can be modeled by an exponential function: y = a(b)x. The variable y represents the cost of tuition per term‚ and the variable x corresponds to the number of years that have passed since the initial year. To find this exponential

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    College Athletes

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    NBA Draft‚ a player has to be at least 19-years-old or one year removed from high school.” (Jessop.2014) In the one year removed from high school‚ the athlete can choose to attend college and declare if he or she would be eligible to be drafted after that year. There are many benefits for athletes to graduate from college before starting his or her career in a professional sport‚ but that decision should be left solely to them without age restrictions. “The vast majority of players feel a player should

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    College athletes

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    Anida Palavra4A COMM 1020 Is it time for colleges and universities to pay their althletes? I believe that colleges should be allowed to pay athletes. The players risk injury‚ devote their time‚ may forego earnings while playing and will not‚ in most cases‚ be able to play professional ball. Colleges make often over 50 million-100 million dollars in revenues because ticket sales‚ sponsorship rights and the sale of broadcast rights. The NCCA sold broadcast rights over to its annual men’s basketball

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    College Expense

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    Ignorance: The One Thing More Expensive Than College Although a good education for all Americans is essential for individual success and national economy‚ the truth is it has become increasingly expensive and doesn’t even guarantee a job after graduation. What exactly qualifies as a “good education?” Most people associate higher education with good education. Every year students will have to pay 3-4% more over inflation due to available subsidized loans and increased aid (McArdle). This

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