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Student organization involvement proposed to positively correlate with academic performance and college satisfaction Jorgo Lika Discussion 304- Tuesday, 1:20 Psychology 530 University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction The college campus is an intimidating place for incoming freshmen, especially when attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). UW-Madison has a large campus with an overwhelming amount of majors, buildings, faculty, and students. One key way students…

As a first generation student, trying to figure out everything there is to know about college was initially an overwhelming challenge. However, I’ve had great help from older friends and teachers. I’ve also attended many college seminars to learn more about the admissions and financial aid process. Most importantly, I now have a college advisor from College Point who calls, texts, and emails me every once in a while to make sure I’m on the right track and answer any questions I may have. If I…

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high-quality education in America that are not currently “elite.” Bruni supports his reasoning by singling out Stanford University, due to them changing the number of applicants they will take, for the class of 2018 Stanford accepted 5.1% of them out of the 42,167 applications. While Bruni states that in previous years Stanford’s acceptance rate has been around 15…

On my sixteenth birthday, I realized how fleeting all of the things I thought were permanent could be. I had no doubt in my mind that I was going to be living in Valdosta, Georgia up until college, which was neither good nor bad. I didn’t want to stay in Valdosta until leaving became a real possibility. Early in the first semester of my sophomore year of high school my mom broke the news to me. My mom came and sat on my bed with me after I got home from school. I remember how surprised I was to…

The Ultimate Paycheck The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and College and University Athletic Departments are only profitable because of one reason and that is the athletes that agree to come play for the colleges and universities. The athletes are what make college athletics so successful. The NCAA is one of the most profitable nonprofit organizations in the country. According to Marc Edelman in the article “The Case for Paying College Athletes”, The college sports industry…

On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. (his birth name was originally Michael King, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The parents of this remarkable man were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., a highly religious man, and Alberta Williams King. He had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, born July 30th, 1930, and one elder sister, Christine King Farris, born September 11th, 1927. When King was only 6, his father took a trip to Germany, and once he returned from his trip, was…

making retake those classes and paying for those classes all over again which will burden their expenses. With that being said, College should be free for other older adults who have financial issues also too. According to Penn State Daily collegian, The author Wang states that “A lot of female students are single moms and have kids, and between their families, work and school, they struggle,” my mom said. We want every person to have decent college experiences even older adults so they don’t…

The NCAA and the universities benefit tremendously from the profits the student athletes generate. Through various sources of profits the NCAA has grown to a multi billion-dollar industry. The NCAA is broken down into conferences, some of the conferences are more competitive then others. There are powerhouse programs within the conferences that groom the best athletes, get the best recruits, and compete for the most prestigious championships. As a result, these conferences get the best…

In this day and age, some of our smartest students can’t even go to a school that they deserve to go to. Katie Hutchins, a talented high school senior from Georgia wants to be a doctor. Her dream college is the University of California in Los Angeles. This school has everything for her, the pre-med program grants access to a great hospital, and famous doctors on teaching staff that would help her lead her to way to medical school. She got in. "I stayed up late at night, made As to get in. What…