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An action or policy favoring those who suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education.
What is Affirmative Action?
100
How long should breaks be during studying?
5-10 minutes
100
What is the foundation of your college application? (Meaning, you have to have this in order to be considered for top colleges).
What is a strong G.P.A
100
What is the admission rate to be considered a highly selective college?
What is 40% or less
100
What is the highest level of math you should have completed before graduating high school?
Calculus
200
Something or someone who distracts you from being productive.
What are Time Bandits
200
True or False: Homework counts as part of your studying time
True
200
How many hours should a student spend on studying per week?
What is 32 hours.
200
How many colleges are considered "top colleges" in the U.S.?
What is 238
200
March 30th
What is Ivy League Day?
300
Standardized test used in college admissions process.
What is SAT (Scholastic Assessment Tests).
300
The place you write a plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed. Should include to-dos and times.
What is an agenda?
300
Which Community Service Activity do Admission Reps Prefer: Student A : 4-years at a local community shelter l Student B: 1 month on a mission trip in Haiti
Student A's service activity is preferred.-70% admission reps -Student A has continued this activity for 4-years straight, showing a passion for what they are doing at this shelter -Student B only did their activity for one month, this doesn't show very much dedication
300
Name all the Ivy Leagues
What is Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, and UPenn
300
How many years of Spanish do you have to take in order to be considered for a top college?
4 years
400
Standardized test used in the college admission process that also has a science component.
What is ACT (American College Testing)?
400
True or False: You always get your most important tasks done last.
False
400
True or False: To be accepted into Harvard you need a 4.0(unweighted) GPA.
NO! -People who don't have a 4.0 still get into very prestigious colleges -Grades are very important but are not everything
400
A group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige.
What is the Ivy League
400
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
500
To prepare for class in advance, even without knowledge of a test.
What is to prime
500
Name 2 ways or strategies someone can use to manage their time.
Club Leaders will decide who gets the points.
500
Which Student would be accepted by Harvard: Student A: Student B: GPA- 4.0 GPA 3.8 GPA Community Service- 50 hr 100 hr Clubs- 10 clubs(Prez of 2) 3 clubs(Founded 1, Prez of 2)
What is Student B -Student be started clubs, shows initiative -President of multiple clubs, even ones they didn't found -More hours of community service, invested more of their time into their community
500
Which college has the lowest acceptance rate? Also, what is that college's acceptance rate?
Stanford and 4.8%
500
John is the father of Sam. But Sam is not the son of John. How’s that possible?
Sam is the daughter of John