Florence Said:

I need help with colleges!!!?

We Answered:

I'd pick UK,

regardless, your chances would depend on your GPA and LSAT, so don't bomb them.

Bobbie Said:

Was finding a college as stressful for you as it has been for me?

We Answered:

Don't be so picky. That'll relieve the stress because it will open up a lot more choices. When you artificially limit yourself too much, you block out choices that may make you happy.

Try and narrow down some of your requirements to what's really important to you.

Must it be 7000 kids or can it be a little more? Does it have to be those states? The best liberal arts schools tend to be in New England.

Why the water thing?

Marcia Said:

How can I become an accountant if I already completed my Bachelor's in liberal arts?

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First be sure that you want to be an accountant. I am real good at math, but I am taking an accounting class now, and I suck at it. It is like a totally different world. If you don't get it, you'll get frustrated and fail. 11 out of 30 of my classmates got an "F" on the first test. Just be sure that is what you want to do before diving into it.

Sorry, I know that is a terrible answer.

Caroline Said:

What steps should be taken to start a radio station on a college campus?

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Using linux and shoutcast this can be had in less than 6 days and the software costs nothing. Royalties on the other hand you would have to do some research on for sure. There's been some wild royalty demands from labels to internet streams this last couple of years. It really threatened a lot of the small streaming sites because only the giants in the net stream industry would have been able to afford the costs per song per listener. I digress...

Technically speaking all it would take is a net connected (with decent bandwidth) Linux server running the Shoutcast DNAS application and of course liberal bandwidth with some decent size hard drives. Once the server is stood up, among some other things, you can actually have DJ's control it from any location, say at their house, that's pretty slick.

Being that you are at a school I bet you could find someone proficient in linux to assist if/when needed?

HTH - Good Luck,
-Aaron

Ryan Said:

What is the best way for me to become a high school business teacher?

We Answered:

Talk to your advisor, but you might could get a degree in high school education and not need the business education degree.

Darrell Said:

What college should my daughter choose, Illinois Wesleyan University, Knox College, or Lawrence University?

We Answered:

I go to Knox. I'm a first-year student from Louisiana, and I came to the college not knowing anyone. I toured over twenty colleges and applied to 18. There are a lot of reasons that I picked Knox, but overall I'm glad that I did.

I believe the social scene at Knox is spectacular - I visited college where the cafeterias were more segregated into cliques than my high school's. The English and Psychology departments were also a huge reason behind my decision. I've taken three English courses so far and all have been absolutely spectacular. The English teachers are stellar and the department lives up to its name. One in four students here is a Creative Writing major, if that gives you an idea of how good the program is.

I actually came only slightly interested in Psychology and took the Intro course to satisfy a science requirement, but I fell in love with it because of the professor. The Intro classes often have several professors from the department guest-lecture (or, in the case of my PoliSci class, split the class into 3 parts with profs from different specialties teaching each) so that you can get a better idea for the department. I'm taking my second Psych class now and I love it even more. This department also has a great reputation.

Knox is about 3 hours away from Chicago, and there's a train station extremely closeby if you'd like to AmTrak there. However, this isn't a suitcase school; you don't find very many people going home on the weekends, or spending all of their time in Chicago. Knox is a bit of a bubble, but in a good way because there's always so much going on here. I'd encourage her, if she comes here, to try everything once. For example, on a whim in the first few weeks I signed up for a radio show, got involved in Student Senate and signed up with Yoga Club. Now those are my three favorite activities.

As for financial aid, I'm not the expert on it (I honestly let my parents handle it, I'm terrible at math and finances) but I believe that almost everyone at Knox is here on some sort of scholarship or aid. Part of the reason that there is a very large population of international students is the aid they receive (it also helps diversify the campus and you meet a lot of really great interesting people outside of who you're used to). I am paying for less than half of the normal tuition.

Overall, I completely recommend Knox. Come by and visit. We're having prospective student weekends this weekend and I believe next weekend too (I'm not sure, I volunteer in Admissions sometimes so I just go by when I get the e-mails). This is the only college that I visited twice, and I really recommend her staying overnight and getting to know the campus and the students. We're not a party school, we know how to make our own fun, we're quirky and interesting, and from her interests it sounds like she'd enjoy it here.

Good luck with your decision! I can't believe I was in her place a year ago, I know it's tough.