Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Airplane Travel deals?

I currently live in Boston, Massachusetts but coming August i'm going to be attending a boarding school in Orlando, Florida. Homeleave is usually every month and i was planning to fly up to Boston when that time arrives. My question is, are there any travel deals that will help cut the cost of the flight fees? I'm planning on traveling back home every month so there MUST be something or other, right? Thanks(:
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Delta and JetBlue both fly this route non-stop for about $200 with a two week advance ticket purchase. The school will give you a calender of events, so when you get it, make your reservations and purchase your tickets for the whole year. That will keep your costs down. NB-you will not be able to change your mind about flying or change dates. I suggest you discuss this with your parents. Regards, Dan
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

My fellow Massachusetts residents: how many of these are true for you

1. The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life. 2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow. 3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke. 4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid. 5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. 6. You do not recognize the letter 'R' as a part of the English language. 7. Your social security number starts with a zero. 8. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston . 9. You know what a 'regular' coffee is. 10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round. 11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent. 12. Springfield is located 'way out west.' 13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space. 14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester , Billerica , Gloucester , Peabody and Haverhill . 15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise. 16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS Pharmacy within eyeshot at all times. 17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol. 18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski. 19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot. 20. You order iced coffee in January. 21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere. 22. You love scorpion bowls. 23. You know what they sell at a Packie. 24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS. 25. You know what First Night is. 26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus. 27. McLobster = McCrap 28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies. 29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count. 30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself 'Ah, screw them.' 31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call. 32. You hate the Kennedys, but you vote for them anyway. 33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional. 34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe. 35. You've been to Goodtimes 36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day (...and they DO...let's get it straight people, Massachusetts, NOT Virginia is where Thanksgiving and the American Revolution began!) 37. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.' 38. The words ' WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together. 39. You've been to Fenway Park . 40. You've gone to at least one party at UMass. 41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat. 42. You know what a Frappe is. 43. You've been to Hempfest. 44. You know who Frank Averuch is. 45. You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown 46. You can complete the following: 'Lynn, Lynn .....' 47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be ******' Snows. 48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one. 49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time. 50. You never go to Cape Cod, you go 'down the Cape '. 51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger. 52. You know who Whitey Bulger is. 53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school. 54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams. 55. You remember Major Mudd. 56. You know what candlepin bowling is. 57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day. 58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is. 59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around. Speaking of which.... You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town . 61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege. 62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic. 63. You know that route 128 is some kind of strange weather dividing line - snow/rain 64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town. 65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't a surprise. 66. You call guys you've just met 'Chief' or 'Boss.' 67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means only 3 more shopping days until Christmas. 68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy. 69. You refer to Savin Hill as 'Stab 'n Kill.' 70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park , but recommend it to tourists. 71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it. 72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country. 73 11 pm ? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloons! EDIT: I did not write this list. I copied and pasted it.
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TL;DR
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Wow, you have way too much free time on your hands. I feel ya though. I was born in NH and live in CT, so I think it applies to me as well. Except usually the people in front of me on the road are from Massachusetts.
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These were applicable to me: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 26, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 53, 56, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70 That was fun.
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Pissa goes better with wicked than good does and put dude on the end, in my opinion. Try it Wicked pissa, dude! much better than wicked good.
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Got em all! Wicked awesome! Except that I prefer Honeydew over Dunkies, and Walgreen's over CVS. Is there a bonus for knowing someone who knows Whitey Bulger?
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I was born just outside of Boston and have lived in Massachusetts ever since - but apparently, I may not belong here because I got only (I think) 19 of the 73. Mine seem to involve foods, kid stuff, the weather, coffee, and a couple of other categories. I think the other stuff is only for one kind of people that happen to live in Massachusetts. (Not to pick apart a joke thing or want to seem to take it too seriously) It's just that it's not all of Massachusetts people who like what's shown on the list, and it always kind of bugs me that the rest of us are not often represented very well. :) Stuff that does ring a bell for me: Canobie Lake, social security number, "regular" coffee, pronounce Worcester etc., Dunkin Donuts, Yaz, purple line, First Night, Frappe, Avruche, Bulger, and (correction) Plimouth Plantation (although I haven't gone there). Freedom Trail - field trip in fourth grade. Major Mudd, candlepins, Government center, Rex Trailer, mountains/oceans, 128 AND 495 dividing weather line (but so is the Stoneham/Melrose/Wakefield/Woburn area from the "far North" area, weather-wise) - oh, and the six lanes thing.
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Fun Question! 1. Yes! 2. No. 3. Yes! 4. All the time and Whalom Park too! 5. Enjoy, no, but they don't bother me. 6. No, I recognize it but don't pronounce it sometimes. 7. Yes! 8. Yes, while walking. No, if driving. 9. Yes. 10. Lol, Yes! 11. Nope. 12. Is it even in our state? 13. I'm a very courteous driver, unless someone cuts me off first! 14. Yes but you forgot Tewksbury! 15. True. 16. Nope, don't go to either of them. 17. I used to but don't have to anymore because the "packies" stay open in the border towns now. 18. Definitely! 19. Yep. 20. Don't drink coffee. 21. Don't know what the Purple Line is, should I? 22. Nope, I'm a beer man. 23. Of course, see #17. 24. Best throwing arm from right field in Baseball! 25. Yes! 26. I have friends with ALL those names. Bonus: Yes. 27. Yuck, along with anything from Red Lobster! 28. Only one! 29. Neither does Rhode Island. 30. Absolutely, get directions from a gas station! 31. More than just one. 32. I don't hate them and do vote for them. 33. Depends if there's any cute female nearby I may "fall" onto by mistake. 34. Don't forget 67! 35. Nope, what is that? 36. That's right and Patriot's Day should be a National holiday too! 37. Correct. 38. Also ' WICKED' and 'COOL' and 'WICKED and 'AWESOME'. 39. Many times, especially the bleachers! 40. Yes, in Amherst and Lowell. 41. No, but I have a 'Jeter Swallows' license plate frame! 42. Yummy! 43. Is that in MA? If it is I'm going. 44. Bozo! 45. Oops, see previous answer. 46. Nope. 47. Lol! 48. Doesn't every Massachusetts driver? 49. Come on, that would be impossible. 50. Go to the Cape at least twice a year. 51. Close but Whitey Bulger is worse. 52. He's the brother of sleazeball William "Billy" Bulger. 53. Never been to Plymouth Plantation! 54. Of Course. 55. I'll be blasting you! 56. I'm in a league and have an average of 108. 57. Easy. 58. Yep. 59. Boom .. Boom ... Boomtown! 61. Yeah like the Olive Garden. 62. It's in my shed along with my wooden toboggan. 63. It's actually 495. 64. No, I used to walk it when I skipped school (I felt guilty, Lol). 65. No different than any other construction project in MA. 66. Also 'Tiny' and 'Stretch'. 67. Lol. 68. Absolutely and also Donovan. 69. Never been there. 70. Nope. 71. See if you remember this one: "How many cookies did Andrew eat, Andrew 88000" (remember when phone numbers started with a name)? 72. Nope. 73 For me it's 2am and Santoro's!
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All of the above except" 28 40 43 62 72 (wouldn't vote for him under any circumstances!) RE: #33. it IS optional IF you are experienced and have a wicked good sense of balance. "How many cookies did Andrew eat? Andrew 8-8000" How do you keep your carpets neat, call Andrew 8-8000.. Adams and Swett. You actually listened to music on WBZ You rode a trolley to Park St. from Watertown. You remember when "Green Line" trolleys were painted orange and creme. You know why it was called "the Combat Zone". You can actually sing a line from Foster Furcolo's campaign song. You bought a beer in Fenway without leaving your seat. You used to get your car inspected twice a year. You know that New Hampshire is "up" but Maine is "down". You know the day after you take off the snow tires you're going to regret it. You never trust another driver's turn signal.
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the only people I hear say "wicked" are outsiders who move here. Locals stopped saying that back in the early 80s And Barack sucks
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Where did you get this from? It is wicked funny, and sad that I could relate to almost all of them lmao.
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all wonderfully true with the exception of #72 for whom I willingly and happily voted

Friday, August 26, 2011

What colleges should I look into?

This September I will be a junior in high school and I still don't know what college I want to go to. I love performing. I'm a dancer of 14 years and I don't intend to stop anytime soon. Although I don't act, I am taking a chorus class this year. I love being on stage. In school, I get decent grades; A's and B's. My favorite class is history. I live in Boston, Massachusetts. In November, I will be taking a tour of Juilliard in New York. Can anyone suggest a few good colleges I could look into around my area considering the things I have mentioned? Thank you!
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You can try NYU. It's great school, and one of my friends who's a phenominal actor and singer just got accepted there. In fact, any school in NYC will be great. You'll have opportunities to intern or find jobs that involve acting and performing, and you won't need to search very far for a job after you graduate (Broadway?).
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Julliard is, as I'm sure you know, the best music school in the country. You should also definitely look into NYU (Tisch), which is very prestigious. Other schools with good dance/acting programs: North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Conservatory, and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Should I study Mandarin Chinese or Japanese

I have been stuck on this question for a while now. I know that there are various difficulties and benefits with each language, but what I really want is to be as fluent as possible by the time I've completed five semesters of study in this language. I want to know in which language am I more likely to have the most overall proficiency, and will best be able to use/converse. Some say Chinese takes longer (the nearly complete lack of English cognates and a phonetic writing system), and others say Japanese takes longer (all of their synonyms and grammatical differences as well as how the language is used culturally). Some information that may help: -I am an Anthropology major -The Chinese text used at my school is the "Integrated Chinese" series -The Japanese text used is the "Genki" series from the Japan Times -I go to the University of Massachusetts in Boston, MA (in case anyone has taken either language at this school) Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the great responses so far! I would really like some answers on one of the main points of my question, and that is, which language takes less time to gain strong speaking proficiency? Also, has anyone worked with the aforementioned texts for the languages, as they will be my basis for learning and I would like to hear from people who've used them in an academic setting. Thanks again!
Languages - 25 Answers
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PIG LATIN will make you big bucks in years to come
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JAPANESE
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they're both great languages. but seeing as china is becoming more important in the world today, chinese may become an important language to learn
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i think you should study japenese
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Yes
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Mandarin Chinese is the langiage of the future....close to 1 billion people speak it now, Japan has a declining population and economy and a lot few people speak the language.
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Study what is most beneficial to you.Only you can decide that.
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Japanese would be more praticable.
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I've heard Japanese is easier... I know a 16 year old who went to Japan for only a few months and is fluent. My aunt and uncle have been trying to learn Mandarin for more than 2 years and they still struggle with it.
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Japanese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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depends on what you need it for. Japanese would serve you well if you need to have language for a business pursuit, but since you are an anthropology major. I guess it justs depends then on where your interests lie. My brother took Japanese for a degree in Economics/minor Japanese and did very well. He really enjoyed it too.
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Wow, same question I've had. I decided on Mandarin Chinese, because each has all the points you raised, but in general, it seems that Chinese will become a more dominate language with their economic boom and whatnot, so I figure I'd be better off with taking Chinese. I say go with Chinese, unless you simply have a really strong passion for Japanese.
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it depends on which one you will be using in the future.
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I study Mandarin chinese. I think it will be the most useful, seeing that the Chinese will/already have/in the process of taking over the world economicly. I goto China every year, which would make sence to study chinese. Chinese Is complex. But I find it easier to learn than I thought it would be. Also theres not alot of specifics in chinese like describing what gender someone is. If you want something easy, Japaneese is probably easier to pronounce. I've take a little of that too. But I think Chinese would be the most useful. The hardest part of Chinese is just the memorization of the charecters. If your good at pronouncing things, its an easy language. I hope that helped. ~Nicole
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hmm to be honest its really up to u, there's good and bad to both languages. And both will probably take some time to master. However for me personally I like Japanese better, I just love the culture and everything about them. And the language is so cool sounding. Um yea hope this helped, good luck! Omg I live in Boston too! Way cool man, I just love this area^-^ have a nice day
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Mandarin! it is the language of the future!
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I think you should study Chinese. True, it is hard, and this is coming from a chinese myself. At first, you HAVE to learn the phonetic writing system. Its the key to learning chinese. Knowing that can make your leanring a lot easier. The advantage of learning chinese: Well to start off, China is one of, if not THE fastest growing nations in the world. In the near future, Chinese (or mandarin) will be as useful as English in the past. Buisiness will grow on it, its much easier to communicate with people. Considering how many chinese and chinese speaker in the world, compared to Japanese, its fairly evident to say that you ahve more of a chance to meet a chinese-speaker. The main problem in Chinese language is the speaking (and hearing), a word can have as many as a few hundred meanings. For example, Zhang can mean dirty, grow, obstacle, a family name, look etc. The way to differentiate is to look that its phonetics. For an american, its gonna be hard, your work will be cut out infront of you, but trust me, learning the language can help you in life later one, BIG TIME.
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As you said, both of these languages have their difficulties and benefits. Both can be confusing because of the various similar sounds. Chinese revolves around the four main accents of a particular sound. Each accented word can mean a different thing. However, in Japanese, there are usually no accented words (except for prolonging a sound). Since there are a limited use of sounds in Japanese, many words have different meanings. For example, "kami" can mean paper, hair, and god. "Hana" can mean flower or nose. Japanese also uses kanji, words borrowed from the Chinese system. To read a newspaper, you need to know at least 2,000 kanji, all 46 of the Katakana (writing system for foreign words and names), and all 46 of the Hiragana characters (native Japanese writing system). In Chinese, knowing at least 1,000 words will be sufficient enough. My suggestion would be Chinese since it may be more useful for you in the future.
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Ooooooh... well, I'm a Mandarin-speaker who desperately wants to be fluent in Japanese, but you're right; Japanese is quite difficult because of the cultural uses. However, I believe that Japanese is probably easier to pronounce and speak (maybe because of my Asian tongue), but the romanji is seriously more dead-on than say the pronunciation of Mandarin characters written in the English alphabet. All you need to know for Japanese is WHERE to stress the word. In Mandarin, there are 5 different sounds for each character, and altering the sound gives a different meaning. *shrugs* Maybe I'm partial to Japanese (even though I speak Mandarin) because I'm fascinated with Japan, it's manga, its culture, etc. In the end, it all depends on which you're more interested in. If you do NOT plan on traveling over to Japan and just plan on staying near MA or going to CA, then Mandarin might be better for you because there are more Chinese than there are Japanese in the US (or at least I believe so because I live in CA, and there are maybe 3 or 4 Japanese students and a whole lot of Chinese ones). I personally would rather learn Japanese, though, because it'd be pretty good for business. Of course, you can always just become fluent in Japanese and THEN study Mandarin for another five semesters (or vice versa), can't you? Who says you've got to limit your knowledge to just one foreign language?
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Okay, so im probably not as old as some the the college people and beyond here but i know this. Since i speak Chinese and Japanese fluently i think u should learn Chinese. Although Chinese and japanese are alike the mandarin chinese language is growing and the japanese language is dimishing. So it is in my opinion that u should study Chinese but however this is your choice.
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I'm speaking from a more biased point of view because of the simple fact that my b/f is Japanese/Puerto Rican and so in my house we speak Japanese, Spanish, and English... I'd have to say learn Japanese... simply because The Japanese and Chinese languages are not easy to learn that's for sure. But if you love anime then knowing Japanese would be a great thing for you. Plus, I think it's much smoother than Chinese. Moving from biased point and on to something that could be more helpful. Let's say this, why don't you take both classes *not for a full year or anything*... but just take them for one semester and see which one you like best. And whichever one you like best then take that language. *and if you can't do that* Then you can either buy the language CD for both languages *meaning buying two different how-to-speak cd's*, or buy the language CD for All Asian languages *buying one how-to-speak cd for all Asian languages* and then decide from that CD which one you wanna take. I may like something completely different then from what you like so I couldn't choose for you. HTH
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mandarin because right now china is growing fast,so if you know chinese your chances of getting a job compared to one that knows jap. might be higher
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You should study Japanese because japan is way more exiting than china. However in the news they keep saying Chinese will be the next spanish, as in the next biggest language besides english. Elementary Schools are now teaching mandarin, but i'll still say to study japanese, they have the anime, movies, electronics, etc...
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As someone else already mentioned--I myself am also a native Chinese/Mandarin speaker who is interested in Japanese language and culture. If you want to pick the more practical, useful one, I would say Chinese because like others have already said--China's economy and world power is growing very fast. Both languages are equally hard, but I will say that if you learn Chinese first--Japanese will be a LOT easier for you to learn later on because Japanese borrowed lots of characters from the Chinese language and the sounds will be easier to pronounce. For now, I would recommend Chinese, but the choice is ultimately up to you! Good luck.
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Learn Chinese, it's much more easier than Japanese, and the number of speaker is 10 times more important... http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

QUICK please answer this question ummmmm OK

I plan to attend college in boston, massachusetts, i have applied to northeasern university, i want to become an actor, and one way of doing this would be to auditon at the Boston Casting, can a co-op school like northeastern university help get there?
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HEY DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON IT !!! IT MIGHT HELP OUT MORE THAN I WILL!!! WELL GOOD LUCK ON THAT!!! HAVE A GOOD DAY

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Will Andy Card (Bush Chief of Staff) move to Masssachusetts to run for Senate Race from wife's church in VA?

Kathleene is pastor of a McLean Virginia United Methodist church -- 10 points for best analysis and interpretation __________________________________________________________ The congregation of Chesterbrook United Methodist Church would like to welcome our new pastor, Rev. Kathleen B. Card! Rev. Card is first and foremost a lover of the Lord, having served him for the past ten years as an Associate Pastor at our sister church, Trinity UMC. This is her first appointment as a head pastor. The oldest of seven children, Kathleene Marie Bryan was born in Boston, and grew up in Holbrook, Massachusetts. She holds a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, a MA in English Literature from George Mason University, and a Master of Divinity from the Wesley Theological Seminary. In 2004, Rev. Card was named Distinguished Alumna of the University of Massachusetts รข€“ Boston. She has been a school teacher, program director with the Bicentennial of the US Constitution Commission, and Director of External Affairs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In addition, she has been a member or director of a number of other boards and commissions, and she currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. She moved to Virginia in 1983 with her husband, Andrew H. Card, Jr. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.
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Not likely. No money. It's a liberal state.
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my previous posting was wrong -- No he will not (Republican Party news released 9/11/09): Card said last night in a statement, released by the state Republican Party, that he was heartened by the support and encouragement he has received over the last several days, 'But ultimately, the decision is what I believe to be in the best interest of my family. Now is not the right time for me to enter a political race.' In the statement, Card, 62, endorsed state Senator Scott Brown, a Republican from Wrentham who has said he would only run if Card did not.

Friday, August 12, 2011

which university i can get in to?

I Have about B+ GPA, 25 composition score out of 32. Took all AP courses. Active in school. Work volunteer in hospitals and other places. i would like to get in to life sciences and lead to Dentistry hopefully, I would like to go to MA universities. The universities i have in mind are, Boston university,Umass, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health, Northeastern. Also if any other schools that is more usefull to me coule help me alot if you write them down.
Higher Education (University +) - 4 Answers
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go to the universities website and see if you meet the admissions criteria
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I think you can go to umass (maybe Boston or Lowell and then transfer if that's a no) Tufts is good but you probably wouldn't get I but u never know I'd say a 50 50 chance for Boston u and northeastern
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Your ACT is low and a sub 3.5 GPA makes you a less desirable candidate. Sports would be nice if you have any. Fortunately, private schools don't have a "minimum GPA blah blah" so you can still apply but I wouldn't hold my breath with some of them..
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Probably some selective colleges, doubt you will make it to the top tiers, also I suggest signing up for the SAT and taking that once and the AP courses look GREAT on your application. everyone answer my question please! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgvYz5xB0LQrqm4Ehsa256bsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090816192735AA1O5HL