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Is there any preference to SAT vs ACT? Also, how important is ACT writing in the admission criteria? They have changed the scoring format recently and there are lots of kids who have decent composites of 35/36 and ELA scores dropping all the way to 30 because of the bad writing score including my ...

[QUOTE=boca;629394]At my kid's school, it is part of the curriculum. My kid would be doing his EMT certification in his senior year.[/QUOTE] This is what I found for Florida, assuming you live in Florida. As indicated by the [URL="http://www.floridahealth.gov/licensing-and-regulation/emt-paramedics ...

[QUOTE=Vivekananda;629375][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Class Rank: 2/541[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]ACT: 35[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Subscores: Science (35), English (34), Reading (36), Math (36), Writing (10)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000 ...

[QUOTE=Chakraan;629227]Imagine a first class student with 69% marks in India is considered failed student in USA ! Education in US is not easy. Nova2blr, you can't escape my question .[/QUOTE] Many a times teacher/lecturer cuts marks for not reproducing definitions/explanations/diagrams as it is ...

Based on input from a financial advisor, distributed money into a long term non-retirement account. This is less than 10% of our total portfolio but the account lost 10% or more in the last statement and was just wondering if it needs readjustment. Particularly international exposure and the funds ...

[QUOTE=boca;628954] Taking AP courses, though it has turned into a qualifier for college admission or being seen as getting used to the rigor of college-level education, is for addressing the needs of the students who are qualified to study at the higher-level, and thus bridge the gap for college ...

[QUOTE=rvomyet;628868]One way to estimate whether regular schooling and being on the top the sport is possible for the kid is to look at current folks at the top. If they have published biographies, read them to understand what they invested in schooling while making sport their primary goal. When I ...

[QUOTE=Chakraan;628708]So you chose your location wisely... But how do you make money living in middle of nowhere at a small town ?[/QUOTE] Not middle of nowhere, population between 600k to 1M. We have enough Indian restaurants, 5 or 6 temples, decent public schools. We didn't choose, happened to be ...

[QUOTE=Chakraan;628703]Choose your location wisely where your $100 bill goes long way. [/QUOTE] We live in neither of the coasts. Few of our friends including us have utilized the time you save living in a smaller city in creating avenues for additional income and comfortably make incomes exceeding ...

[QUOTE=rvomyet;628611]College recruiting is a tough path, where kids focus only their sport. These kids want to be an athlete, not engineer who also plays something. They are typically home schooled and one on their parents takes them around the country to take part in sporting events. This starts ...