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being accepted into vet school will push me to strive for academic excellence. The University of Minnesota has a Vet Fast program that helps students complete their major one year sooner and I hope to be accepted into this program. This will take extra work but nothing that I do not believe that I cannot handle. My goal for college is to work hard to receive a bachelor in animal science at the University of Minnesota-Crookston and then be accepted to a Vet program. Becoming a vet has been a…

is very important. It is also known as social support. “Social support means having friends and other people, including family, to turn to in times of need or crisis to give you a broader focus and positive self-image” (University of Minnesota, 2013). The University of Minnesota also explains, “social support means having friends and other people, including family, to turn to in times of need or crisis to give you a broader focus and positive self-image.” There needs to be more social support…

In the article “Can Money Buy Happiness?” by Sarah Gervais (an Associate Professor of Psychology) she suggests that money is important to happiness. In making this comment Gervais claims that having a higher income can give people “better access to homes in safer neighborhoods, better health care and nutrition, fulfilling work, and more leisure time (2).” However, Gervais believes that “once an person’s income reaches a certain level and basic needs for food, health care, safety, and shelter…

Questions: • Before the Spring Semester, where you aware that the university had an equestrian team? o Question…

the country. Young woman fear walking alone or going out at night. Many will even restrain from College events in fear of being sexually assaulted. Many often wonder why are the incidents going unreported. Others are wondering why the college or university campuses the prime location for such horrid acts and are colleges doing enough to prevent sexual harassment? At some schools the rate of sexual assault is as high as 1 to 2 and 80% of incidents are going unreported (O'Connor…

Nursing school takes a lot of time and effort. Due to all this time and effort that must be put into studying, it is very difficult to work as much as I would like. I work as much as my time schedule allows, but it is still not enough to afford the cost of school. This requires me to takes out loans to pay for my schooling. Not only will I have to pay back the amount of the loan I took out, but also all the interest that has accrued over the years. This scholarship would help take some of this…

Dear University Honors Program Appeals Committee, I would like to thank you ahead of time for taking the time to review my appeal. I fully understand the selectiveness of the honors program (especially for CSE) as well as respect the initial honors decision based off my initial application. However, there is new academic information that I believe warrants a reconsideration for my admission into the University Honors Program. Specifically, this new academic information is my performance during…

making decisions it can become so overwhelming at times, but the most important thing to remember is to believe in yourself and put yourself first. The three colleges I have narrowed my list down to are Concordia University in Moorhead, Valley City State University, and University of Minnesota Morris. I have explored each of these colleges in depth over the past couple of months, and now the time has come to figure out which college I want to continue my education and my basketball career at. My…

barriers. I hope to encourage students to grow and develop to bridge connections from their academic and personal learning experiences to find a fulfilling path. I also anticipate engaging in a broad range of learning experiences offered by the University of…

forth the same effort if not more. And the definitely share the same risk as their professional counterparts. All while their individual schools capitalize off their sweat. So in defense of the players I will be discussing why they should get paid. Universities are making money off of their college athletes. Colleges…