College Admissions: Application Essays and SAT

Here are some samples of college application essays, SAT verbal section (essay, critical reading, general tips) as well as some tips on SAT scores and college admissions in general:

Admission Essays:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=The+Best+College+Admission+Essays+pdf&aq=f&oq=The+Best+College+Admission+Essays+p
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sample+college+essays

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/essay-skills/
http://www.quintcareers.com/college_application_essay.html
http://www.accepted.com/college/sampleessays.aspx
http://www.internationalstudent.com/essay_writing/college_essay.shtml
http://www.college-admission-essay.com/essays.html
http://www.teenink.com/CollegeEssays/index.php
http://www.essayedge.com/promo/samplework
http://www.collegetips.com/college-classes/sample-college-essays.php
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/?once=true&
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/essay_tips.htm
http://www.vault.com/graddegree/admissions/adminessayslists.jsp?ch_id=408
http://www.gradesaver.com/schools/
http://www.gradesaver.com/samples/college/
http://www.myessay.com/ugrad/samples/
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/sample_college_essays_2.htm
http://www.freschinfo.com/admissions-stamps.php
http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/nextstep/college-admissions-essay.aspx
http://www.gocollege.com/admissions/applications/essays/outline.html
http://www.offtocollege.com/first_time/essayedge_sample.html
http://www.admissionsessays.com/
http://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/college-applications/
http://www.downtowncollegeprep.org/college_essays.php
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/lessonone.asp
http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/pages/articles/article70.php
http://www.intothebest.com/essay_answers/examples.jsp
http://www.studyoverseas.com/tips/scholar1.htm
http://www.echeat.com/category.php?f=83
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/college-application-essays/index.htm
http://www.resumeminers.com/Continuing-Education/College-Admission-Essay-Index.htm
http://www.west.net/~stewart/bestc.htm
http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/103329
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/470246/sample_college_essays.html
http://www.wilbers.com/college.htm
http://www.stateuniversity.com/blog/permalink/The-College-Admission-Essay.html
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/28/051128sh_shouts
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/tip-sheet-essay/
http://www.askmssun.com/hs-app.htm#ps
http://askmssun.livejournal.com/36626.html
http://www.admissions.sa.ucsb.edu/Pdf/PersonalStatement.pdf
http://www.cfep.uci.edu/ub/senior_center/uc_personal_statement.html
http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/university-of-california-uc/personal-statement.asp
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/info/PDFs%20for%20Site/essaywksphandout.pdf
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090823144737AA5gcOi
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/how_apply/personal_statement.html
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/EssayPrompts.htm

http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/lfi_introductions.asp

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/25018-editing-your-college-essays.html

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/82799-how-impress-adcoms-your-extracurriculars.html

http://www.alphastudent.com/start-an-essay-opening-sentence/

http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/CollegeApplicationEssayTips.html

http://www.wisdomquotes.com/
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.quotegeek.com/
http://www.quoteland.com/

http://www.thebigwhy.com/sense.htm

SAT Critical Reading:

http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/category/sat-strategies/sat-strategies-reading/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/669275-tips-how-reach-750-critical-reading.html

SAT Essays:

http://hubpages.com/hub/SAT_Preparation_The_SAT_Essay

http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-good-essay-sat

http://www.majortests.com/sat/essay-formats.php

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days-3.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days-7.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/608525-have-you-ever-gasp-lied-your-sat-essay.html

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/after/essay_prompts.html
http://www.examdude.com/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html

SAT Grammar:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/01/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_3.htm

SAT Tips:

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/sat-test-prep.html
http://www.testinfo.net/sat/sat-tips.htm

http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/

SAT Scores:

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/sat/f/goodsatscore.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/sat/a/SAT_Public_Univ.htm
http://www.satscores.us/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090215200359AA8MjUd
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/standardizedtests/a/convertSAT2ACT.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theact/f/goodactscore.htm

SAT Prep Courses:

http://www.bayareatutoring.com/
http://solutionsbayarea.com/acompare.html

Writing Resources:

Internet Quote of the Day
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics.html
http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/research
http://www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
The Harper Book of Quotations Revised Ed, Robert I. Fitzhenry
Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Times, Laurence J. Peter

The Elements of Style, Strunk and White (also Strunk’s original at http://www.bartleby.com/141/)
The Careful Writer, Theodore M. Bernstein
The Practical Stylist, Sheridan Baker
On Writing Well, William K. Zinsser
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing, Claire Kehrwald Cook
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, H. W. Fowler (The King’s English at http://www.bartleby.com/116/)
Structure: http://homeworktips.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/fiveparagraph.htm
Grammar: http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/
Grammar/Mechanics/Process: http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/in-line.html
Grammer/Techniques: http://www.lynchburg.edu/writcntr/guide/
College Writing: http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/
Writing/Revising: http://www.powa.org/
Writing with Writers: http://www.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm
Process/Forum: http://www.teenwriting.about.com/

Dangerous Holidays For Drivers

Forbes magazine recently published the most dangerous holidays for drivers:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/06/dangerous-driving-holidays-forbeslife-cx_jd_1106travel_slide.html?thisSpeed=15000

Rounding out the top five are:

No. 1 Thanksgiving Average Vehicular Deaths: 573
No. 2 Independence Day Average Vehicular Deaths: 505
No. 3 Memorial Day Weekend Average Vehicular Deaths: 493
No. 4 Labor Day Weekend Average Vehicular Deaths: 488
No. 5 New Year's Eve/Day Average Vehicular Deaths: 421

Math Tutorials

Here are some math/calculus related tutorial links:

Math:

http://listverse.com/science/10-easy-arithmetic-tricks/
http://www.thebeehive.org/Templates/School/Level3.aspx?PageId=1.527.12058.12063
http://hotmath.com/
http://www.sosmath.com/
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
http://mathforum.org/library/
http://www.purplemath.com/
http://www.analyzemath.com/
http://www.intmath.com/
http://home.alltel.net/okrebs/
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/

http://www.mathopenref.com/index.html

http://mathmistakes.info/

http://interactmath.com/Default.aspx

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/trig/sp/xs08/applets/applets.html

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/thea/index.htm

http://www.huntington.edu/math/Accuplacer/index.htm

http://www.wsc.ma.edu/math/accuplacer/accuplacer.asp

http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=25191

http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/schewe/math/math_practice_tests.pdf

http://www.nv3.commnet.edu/bcaserta/mathreview/

http://www.studyit.org.nz/subjects/maths/

http://www.testprepreview.com/

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/mathb/mathb.cfm
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/math-algtrig.htm

http://www.proprofs.com/sat/
http://www.satprep.ca/sat_math.asp

http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Princeton-Review#SAT_Math
http://www.my-sat.com/WinnersGuideToSATMath.html
http://www.my-sat.com/WinnersGuideToSATMath1.html http://www.800score.com/guidetc.html

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/index.html

http://math.usask.ca/emr/menu.html

http://www.math1012.webs.com/

http://oben.powertolearn.com/obhs/borrelli.html

http://sbhs.sbschools.net/users/johlson/

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~chemwksp/newsletter.html

http://edhelper.com/

http://www.algebrahelp.com/

Number Theory:

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rcampbel/NumbThy/Class/BasicNumbThy.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/divisibility-rules.html

Geometry:

http://www.ehow.com/video_4975014_helpful-ways-teach-geometry.html
http://www.ehow.com/video_4755234_solve-geometry-proofs.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090514043435AA7S9oG
http://tulyn.com/geometry/geometric-proofs
http://www.math.montana.edu/mathed/distance/capstone/hammond/FinalReportPDF.pdf

Trigonometry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trigonometric_identities
http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/mathematics/trigonometry/sumProductCosSin.htm
http://math-homework-questions.blogspot.com/2008/07/cosine-simplification.html

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/emt668.folders.f97/anderson/writeup11/writeup11.html
http://www.analyzemath.com/polarcoordinates/polarcoordinates.html

http://www.sosmath.com/trig/Trig5/trig5/trig5.html

Factoring:

http://www.wikihow.com/Factor-Second-Degree-Polynomials-%28Quadratic-Equations%29

Zeroes:

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/col_alg_tut38_zero1.htm

Linear Equations:

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/algebra/linear_equation/systems-of-equation/#algebra
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_solve_equation.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathCISolvingEquationsUsingGraphingCalculator812.htm
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/coordinate/

Scientific Notation:

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/alg/sci_not.html

Permutations/Combinations:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations.html

http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Probability-and-statistics/Probability-and-statistics.faq.question.171110.html

http://www.my-sat.com/WinnersGuideToSATMath1.html

0. r n-1Pr-1 + n-1Pr = nPr
1. nCr = nCn–r
2. nCo = nCn = 1
3. n+1Cr = nCr + nCr – 1
4. n+1Cr+1 = nCr+1 + n–1Cr + n–1Cr-1
5. nPr = r! nCr
6. The total no. of combinations of ‘n’ things taken some or all at a time nc = nC1 + nC2 + …… nCn = 2^n – 1

Complex numbers:

http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/complex/
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/mathb/3C4/multlesson.htm

Logarithm:

http://www.netcomp.monash.edu.au/fit3030/resource/DrMathsLog.html

http://www.equationsheet.com/eqninfo/Equation-43.html

Matrix:

http://www.math.nyu.edu/~neylon/linalgfall04/project1/jme/index.htm
http://www.mathwords.com/i/inverse_of_a_matrix.htm

PreCalculus:

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/demana_awl/
http://wps.aw.com/aw_demana_precalculus_7/

Calculus:

http://www.wtv-zone.com/Angelaruth49/Calculus2.html#links
http://www.hsd.k12.or.us/glencoe/staff/abel/homework/hwresource.html
http://www.calculus.org/
http://www.karlscalculus.org/calculus.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/index.html
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/
http://web.mit.edu/wwmath/main.html
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/CalcI.aspx
http://www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math100/
http://www.geocities.com/pkving4math2tor2/2_the_der/2_05_impl_diffn.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110248/index.htm
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Calculus.html
http://functions.wolfram.com/ComplexComponents/Abs/21/
http://www.bagatrix.com/calculus.htm?gclid=CISUwZi7ypYCFQykagodZj8Fyg
http://math.dartmouth.edu/~klbooksite/toc.htm
http://ltcconline.net/greenl/courses/105/105.HTM
http://www.math.utah.edu/~johnson/
http://www.stewartcalculus.com/media/3_home.php
http://www.math.temple.edu/~wds/hmwk8.ans
http://vps.arachnoid.com/calculus/index.html

Calculators:

http://xrjunque.nom.es/
http://www.webmath.com/polymult.html
http://www.solvemymath.com/online_math_calculator/algebra_combinatorics/polynomial_calculator/index.php http://www.ajdesigner.com/phpquadraticequation/quadraticequation.php
http://www.ajdesigner.com/phptriangle/equilateral_triangle_perimeter_p.php
http://www.easycalculation.com/area/polygon.php http://www.easycalculation.com/statistics/permutation-combination.php
http://www.numberempire.com/
http://www.educypedia.be/education/calculatorsalgebra.htm
http://www.hsu.edu/default.aspx?id=3617
http://www.math.umbc.edu/~campbell/Calculators/TI8x/numbthy.html

Cheatsheets:

http://math-blog.com/2008/09/20/13-useful-math-cheat-sheets/

Puzzles:

http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/mathlovers/
http://www.puzzles.com/projects/LogicProblemsArchive.html

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-algebra.html

Contests:

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asdas/imo/imo.html
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/IMO_Problems_and_Solutions
http://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx

Worksheets:

http://www.math-drills.com/integers.shtml
http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html
http://www.squidoo.com/math-worksheets

Lesson Plans:

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmath.htm

History:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_mathematics
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/history/m629_97a.html
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/masters/index.htm

Matlab Tutorials

Here are some MATLAB tutorials:

http://www.math.ohiou.edu/courses/matlab/ (homeworks)
http://math.rice.edu/~polking/odesoft/ (differential equations)
http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~urieli/odes/odes.html (differential equations)
http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1500/1510.html#MLeqnts (Mathworks)
http://www.mathworks.com/downloads/web_downloads/userfiles (Mathworks)

Physics Tutorials

Here are some helpful physics related tutorial links:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081013113237AAkgRIG (problems)
http://tutor4physics.com/ (homeworks)
http://boomeria.org/physicslectures/menu.html (lectures)
http://www.scriblnotes.com/class/physics (notes)
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/ (calculators)

Holt Physics Book:
http://www.amazon.com/Holt-Physics-Serway/dp/0030565448
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=HF2%20HOME
http://webassign.net/textbooks/holtphys06/details.html
http://www.ecampus.com/book/0030735483

Chemistry Tutorials

Here are some helpful chemistry related tutorial links:

http://www.glencove.k12.ny.us/highschool/ChemRev/ChemRev.html (Regents review)
http://www.chemtutor.com/mols.htm#road (stoichiometry roadmap)
http://www.chemtutor.com/struct.htm (atomic structure)
http://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/34_qn/qn_to_pt.html (quantum numbers)
http://www.geocities.com/crazytwo2000/mchome.html (chemistry AP sample questions)
http://books.google.com/books?id=rGM39e3HqvYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=chemistry+stp+298+or+273&hl=en (chemistry AP preparation)
http://www.vessella.it/english/chem000.htm (ACS HS Scholarship)
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_SUPERARTICLE&node_id=1508&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=d2cb3823-3c79-4057-b3f9-4f5824b41ce5 (ACS HS Olympiad)
http://www.chem.wwu.edu/pavia/acsexam.html (ACS)
http://www.karentimberlake.com/quizzes.htm (chemistry quizzes)
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/ChemTeamIndex.html (chemistry tutorials)
http://www.chemmybear.com/ (chemmybear)
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/HS/WWW/WWWhscr.html (chemistry resources)
http://www.anachem.umu.se/cgi-bin/pointer.exe?Curriculum (chemistry teaching resources)
http://boomeria.org/chemlectures/menu.html (chemistry notes/lectures)
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/biomol.htm (organic chemistry)http://www.cofc.edu/~deavorj/102/tests/jpd102fx.html (organic chemistry exam)

http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/stoichiometry/stoichiometriccalculations/section2.rhtml (stoichiometry)
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/bonding/molecularorbital/section1.html (molecular orbitals)
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/fundamentals/atomicstructure/section2.rhtml (atomic structure: orbitals)
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/fundamentals/atomicstructure/section3.rhtml (atomic structure: configurations)
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/fundamentals/periodictable/section2.rhtml (periodic table)
http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/chemistry/chapter6section3.rhtml (net ionic equations)

http://www.scriblnotes.com/notes/4952652/Chemistry%20H%20Chapter%2010%20Important%20Formulas
http://www.scriblnotes.com/notes/6774602/Chemistry%20H%20-%20Chapter%206%20Study%20Guide
http://www.scriblnotes.com/notes/3850098/Chemistry%20H%20-%20Ch%206:%20Chemical%20Bonding%20+%20Practice%20Qu
http://www.scriblnotes.com/notes/5500221/Structure%20of%20Atoms%20-%20Chem%20H%20Chapter%203

http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/a/periodictrends.htm (periodic table trends)
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4097/chem/chap4/periodictrends.html (periodic table trends)
http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch104-06/periodic.htm (periodic table trends)
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/ (elements)
http://www.infoplease.com/periodictable.php (elements)
http://www.cameron.edu/~keithv/gen1/gen1.html (general chemistry)
http://www.cameron.edu/~keithv/blb09.html (molecular bonding)
http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/MagParticle/Physics/MagneticMatls.htm (magnetic)
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/net_ionic_rxns/net_ionic_rxns.html (net ionic equations practice)
http://heybryan.org/~bbishop/search/AP_Chemistry/net%20ionic%20equations.html (chemistry AP net ionic equations links)
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/common-ion-effect.shtml (precipitation)
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/chem30_05/4_solutions/solution3_4.htm (solutions) http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/chem30_05/4_solutions/sol_table.htm (solubility table)
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/wkacids.html (weak acids/bases)
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090317085636AAgazkP (weal acids/bases)
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/exactrea.html (exact pH/acid/base equilibria)
http://www.chemtutor.com/acid.htm#pkabx (pKa box)
http://memorizable.com/Acids_And_Bases (acids/bases flashcards)
http://www.mikeblaber.org/oldwine/chm1046/notes/AddAqEq/Buffers/Buffers.htm (buffers)
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=97238 (half-reactions)

http://www.webqc.org/balance.php (balance chemical equations)
http://richardbowles.tripod.com/chemistry/balance.htm (balance chemical equations)
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/chemequa.htm (balance chemical equations)
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/gcse/revision/equations/10.htm (balance chemical equations)
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm (chembalancer game)

http://www.geocities.com/junebug_sophia/stoichiometry.htm (stoichiometry calculator)
http://www.geocities.com/junebug_sophia/equBal.htm (chemical equation balancer)
http://chemagic.com/calculator/ (stoichiometry calculator)
http://sciencesoft.at/equation/index;jsessionid=kcfpr2vm30?lang=en (stoichiometry calculator)
http://www.trimen.pl/witek/calculators/calculators.html (physiochemical calculator)
http://www.trimen.pl/witek/calculators/wspolczynniki.html (chemical equations calculator)
http://www.educypedia.be/education/calculatorschem.htm (chemical calculators)
http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=chemical_calculators (chemical calculators)
http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/chemputer/ (chemputer)
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/reference/molar.html (molar mass calculator)
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/pressureunits.html (pressure unit conversions)

http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=4273&itemId=0470120940&resourceId=12977 (chemistry interactive learning ware)

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DHL Closing US Services

A sign of our battered economy: DHL said today it will significantly reduce its air and ground operations in the U.S. and cut 9,500 jobs within the country--

Source: The Huffington Post

Circuit City Closing: Deals to Come?

Circuit City Stores, Inc. is closing 155 of its stores: looks like there will be close-out sales coming up-- just in time for the holidays.

In the San Francisco/San Jose area in CA, there are 9 stores total at the following locations:

Concord, Dublin, Fairfield, Fremont, Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, Pittsburg, Richmond and San Rafael.

The complete list is here.