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What college catalogs don't reveal
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| Tuesday, April 1, 2003
| by Phyllis Schlafly
Posted on 04/01/2003 4:49:51 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Colleges and univesities are only required to report crimes that occur on their immediate property to a Federal crime database and this information is incredibly difficult to obtain as a prospective student or their family. Off-campus crime statistics involving college students on non-campus property is nearly impossible to differentiate from non-student involved crime.
This type of information can be quite important for students and their families thinking of attending large and urban colleges and universities.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:09:06 AM PST
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: jude24; HitmanNY
Women's studies, or Studying Women? There's a tad of a difference, you know:-)
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:09:23 AM PST
by
MortMan
To: jude24
I think the thing about undergrad is you usually don't go to the med school associated with your campus. So, it would be unlikely he'd go to Strong/UR. OTOH, he would have a hospital right there at which he could volunteer. V's wife.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:10:09 AM PST
by
ventana
To: ventana
Thanks. I will look into these.
Rice is tough to get into if you are not a Texas resident. I was accepted at Cornell, Duke, Brown, Washington and the U of Minnesota, but was rejected by Rice. I do agree its an excellent school.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:11:22 AM PST
by
kidd
To: MortMan
lol....
nah, this guy is in "women's studies."
I think too many of the Women's Studies women are, shall we say, a little too interested in women....
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:14:14 AM PST
by
jude24
("Facts? You can use facts to prove anything that's even REMOTELY true!" - Homer Simpson)
To: CatoRenasci
>>In our day, about the only reason people didn't finish in four years was the draft, pregnancy or finances
I was at Ga Tech a little after the time of your college carrer, late '70's/early 80's.
At Tech, 4 years was unusual, but it was because passing 200+ quarter hours of a difficult technical curriculum was just damned hard to do in 12 academic quarters. IIRC, most majors required around 203-206 quarter-hours, which is almost 17 hours per quarter on average. And many classes had 3-hour labs, which counted for 1 quarter hour and required substantial out-of-lab write-ups.
But your point is well taken, I don't think much of the reason for longer time-in-school to graduate today is due to academic rigor of the curricula.
To: jude24; ventana
Well said, and outside my direct sphere of knowledge (I went to RIT). Good luck to your son V (&V's Wife), wherever he ends up.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:14:49 AM PST
by
MortMan
To: ventana
Of the Universities you mention, I would totally endorse Carnegie Mellon. I didn't go there but I know people who did. I visited Pittsburgh frequently while they attended. I don't know about their pre-med program but the engineering is top notch. Perhaps he'd be interested in a Bio-Med Engineering program? Almost all the NROTC guys I went to school with were engineers. (
Marquette Univ, BSEE, 1987) I'll put a plug in for Marquette as well and note that they have a very good NROTC program.
The other benefit is that he'll be farther from home. I left New Jersey to go to Milwaukee. I almost went to school in New Jersey but going to school more than 1,000 miles away added to the level of maturity I attained
Cornell??? What are you thinking???!!! :-)
To: CatoRenasci
I think the most important thing a new student can do to get out in 4 years is to quickly pick a major and know all of the rules that go along with it.
I finished in 4 years at Wisconsin with a dual Poli Sci/Int'l Relations degree, because I would sit down for several hours before registration, and map out all of the classes I could take that would count for both majors. I had my majors done by the end of the 1st semester of my senior year. The one time I saw a counselor was at the end of that semester, and I asked, "I'm done, right?" My final semester was then full of all of the classes I had wanted to take, but wasn't sure if I could spare the time.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:21:16 AM PST
by
July 4th
To: glorgau
Going over the resume and ... Hmmm, Degree in Women Studies[.] Oh, so you're a lesbian? Mrs. Schlafly is a Christian and a conservative.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:25:03 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(A conservative who conserves -- a true capitalist!)
To: JohnHuang2
The line about English 101 being oppression studies really hit home. My first day in 101 at the University of Maryland, my female professor walked in, introduced herself, welcomed us to her class, then proceeded to tell us that she had been artifically inseminated so that she and her lesbian lover could be parents. I'm not joking, it was that fast, all in the same sentence.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:25:39 AM PST
by
YourAdHere
(Christy will win Survivor)
To: All
A thread about college catalogs, and no one has mentioned this?
Black Guy Photoshopped In
You guys are falling down on the job...
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:28:17 AM PST
by
B Knotts
To: B Knotts; July 4th
To: July 4th
Your advice is good
if a student really knows what they want to do when they start. Unfortunately, most students change majors, once or twice, but sometimes more. I suspect PoliSci/IR was relatively easy to double major, as there should be lots of overlap in major courses, i.e. courses that not only fill elective requirements for one or both, but dual listing of courses for the major. In our daughters case coming up, looking at BM Music Performance/BA History or English, there will be less overlap, but electives for one can sometimes be the required major courses for the other.
I didn't double major, but I have to say I was always careful to make sure I had my requirements fulfilled or waived early on. The most important thing a student can do is to get the current college catalog and read it carefully. Everyone concentrates on the viewbooks and fluff, but the meat is in the catalog.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:35:59 AM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Mesopotamiam Esse Delendam)
To: All
Looking at colleges for my daughter. She's strong in math and science and has talked about Air Force Academy. She wants to be a pilot (fighter) but I'm not sure she will qualify physically (she's 5' nothing). If anyone has any alternate suggestions I would appreciate it.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:36:12 AM PST
by
nebulas
(,)
To: glorgau
Going over the resume and ... Hmmm, Degree in Women Studies
Oh, so you're a lesbian?
This is an inaccurate stereotype. I once knew a Women's Studies major, and she estimated that as many as 15% of the students were heterosexual. :-)
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:37:22 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Calling Susan Sarandon a [*bleep!*]: It's not just for Rocky Horror anymore." --John Bergstrom)
To: Incorrigible
Ha ha! Yeah, I vaguely recall that. As always, truth is indeed stranger than fiction. I think maybe the Onion article was just kinda poking fun at Wisconsin for that, because the Onion is right there in Madison.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:37:47 AM PST
by
B Knotts
To: July 4th
map out all of the classesI thought this was required of all UW students! The campus was so big, you couldn't make your next class in four years nevermind graduate!
To: JohnHuang2
The Boy Scout motto? Always be prepared? That is why we gave our kids 3 and 4 letter names. If all else fails, they can always fit their names comfortably into that little oval patch on their work Dickies...
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:38:28 AM PST
by
Hatteras
(The Thundering Herd Of Turtles ROCK!)
To: FreedomPoster
When I was in the Army, my roomate was a Georgia Tech graduate. He did it, in some sort of engineering, in 4 years, and was the driver of the 'wreck' for two of those years. Smart guy, hard worker, could party effectively.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:40:07 AM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Mesopotamiam Esse Delendam)
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