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Top 5: Universidades en California
30/04/2011
El estado de California, cuna del cine comercial, las palomitas, los parques temticos y los viedos,alberga instituciones de educacin superior de vanguardia y prestigio internacionales
University of California, San Diego
Muchas de las mejores y ms prestigiosas instituciones de educacin superior se sitan en
California
Stanford vio nacer empresas globales como Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, VMware, Yahoo!,
Google y Sun Microsystems
Estados Unidos es un destino muy popular en todos los aspectos. En el sentido acadmico, no se
queda atrs, pues muchas de las mejores y ms prestigiosas instituciones de educacin superior se
sitan en su territorio. Algunas triunfan en el terreno cientfico y tecnolgico, otras son las
campeonas deportivas y algunas no pueden esconder su amor hacia el arte.
A continuacin presentamos las cinco ms detacadas:
Universidad de Stanford
Ubicada en Palo Alto, California, es una reconocida universidad privada, admirada por sus logros
nacional e internacionalmente. Stanford fue fundada en 1891 por Leland Stanford, magnate
ferroviario y gobernador de California, y su esposa, Jane Stanford.
Sus estudiantes y acadmicos la conocen como The Farm (La Granja), debido a que la universidad
est situada en lo que sola ser la granja de cra de caballos de la familia de Leland Stanford.
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La universidad abri sus puertas el 1 de octubre de 1891, con poco ms de quinientos estudiantes
y quince docentes. Originalmente no se cobraba por estudiar en ella, y aunque la enseanza
siempre ha sido mixta, el nmero de mujeres inscritas fue limitado por varios aos.
Alcanz su popularidad hasta los aos 30, cuando Herbert Hoover, egresado de esta institucin,
fue presidente de los Estados Unidos, y desde entonces no hizo ms que incrementar su prestigio
con diversos proyectos en muy distintas reas. Stanford vio nacer empresas globales como
Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, VMware, Yahoo!, Google y Sun Microsystems. Adems, hasta
ahora, esta universidad ha tenido veintisiete premios Nobel entre sus profesores de diversas
disciplinas: nombres como Milton Friedman, Andrew Fire y Michael Spence figuran entre sus
docentes.
Esta institucin se encuentra entre las diez mejores universidades de los EE. UU. en las reas deingeniera informtica, economa y ciencias empresariales, derecho e ingeniera elctrica.
Su mayor rival? La Universidad de Berkeley, con la que compite cada ao en el Big Game, un
partido de ftbol americano en el que se enfrentan los equipos de ambas universidades.
Ms informacin:
Direccin: Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. United States of Amrica.
Telfonos: +1-650-7232300 / 7232091
Fax: +1-650-7252846
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.stanford.edu
Universidad de Berkeley
La Universidad de California con sede en Berkeley es una universidad pblica localizada en la
ciudad que le da nombre, siendo la matriz y la ms antigua dentro de los campus de la Universidad
de California. Se trata de la universidad pblica nmero uno en los Estados Unidos y en el mundo.
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Fue inaugurada en Los ngeles en 1868, y comenz poco ms de cien hombres y ms de
doscientas mujeres conformando su cuerpo estudiantil.
Comenz a llamar la atencin del mundo acadmico internacional a principios y mediados del siglo
XX, pues empez a destacar en las ciencias fsicas, qumicas y biolgicas. Descubrimientos
recientes hechos en Berkeley incluyen el desarrollo de tecnologa asociada con Internet y el
movimiento de programas en lnea gratuitos.
En la dcada de los 60, la universidad cobr fama como principal centro de la izquierda
universitaria estadounidense. Sucesos como el Movimiento Libertad de Expresin y la oposicin a
la guerra de Vietnam surgieron en mentes estudiantiles de Berkeley.
Cabe agregar que su biblioteca es la cuarta de tipo acadmico ms grande del mundo, despus de
la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos, la de Harvard y la de Yale, con ms de diez millones
de volmenes y 70,000 libros privados.
Ms informacin:
Direccin: University of California, Berkeley, 110 Sproul Hall, #5800, Berkeley, CA 94720-5800.United States of Amrica.
Telfonos:+1-510-6423246
Fax: +1-510-6427333
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.berkeley.edu
University of California, Los ngeles
Mejor conocida como UCLA, este gran complejo educativo consta de 163 edificios en un extenso y
muy bien mantenido campus, que alberga el College of Letters and Science, adems de 11
escuelas para estudios de posgrado que imparten clases a ms de 36 mil estudiantes.
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La universidad aparece en todos los listados de las mejores instituciones de enseanza superior a
escala nacional y global, obteniendo en promedio, el tercer puesto en los Estados Unidos en
educacin a nivel doctorado. A esto se suma que la Biblioteca UCLA, con ms de 8 millones de
volmenes, est entre las tres mejores en los Estados Unidos.
A principios de 1900, era la Escuela de Maestros del Sur de California, pero se transform la
Universidad de California, Los ngeles en 1919. La construccin del campus que hoy conocemos se
realiz en 1927, y en la siguiente dcada aument el nmero de licenciaturas y maestras
impartidas por la universidad. Destaca en las siguientes disciplinas: arte, arquitectura, educacin,
estudios de la informacin, ingeniera y ciencias aplicadas, leyes, negocios, polticas pblicas e
investigacin social, educacin, cine y televisin, medicina, enfermera, odontologa y salud
pblica.
Ms informacin:
Direccin: University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue Box 951361 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1361
Telfono: +1-310- 825-4321
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ucla.edu/
University of California, San Diego
Ubicada en el suburbio de La Jolla, San Diego, es parte del sistema de la Universidad de California
desde 1959 y fue construida alrededor del Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
UCSD se encuentra entre las mejores universidades del pas en materias relacionadas con lamedicina y las ciencias, en singular el programa de biotecnologa, que es el tercero en la nacin.
Tambin destaca en teatro y danza (tercer puesto de acuerdo con U.S. News and World Report) e
ingeniera.
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Desde su creacin, la universidad ha sido la ms prestigiosa de las universidades que se
encuentran en San Diego. UCSD tiene seis colegios de primer ciclo: Earl Warren College, Eleanor
Roosevelt College, John Muir College, Revelle College, Sixth College, y Thurgood Marshall College.
Ms informacin:
Direccin: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept 0021, La Jolla, CA 92093-
0021. United States of Amrica.
Telfono: +1-858-5344831
Fax: +1-858-5345723
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ucsd.edu
University of Southern California
Si te preguntabas dnde estudiaron personalidades del cine de la talla de George Lucas o Ron
Howard, aqu tienes la respuesta. Coloquialmente nombrada Southern California o simplemente
USC, esta institucin fue fundada en 1880, lo que la convierte en la primera universidad privada de
investigacin en California.
Se trata de una de las universidades estadounidenses ms selectivas: en 2006, por ejemplo,
solamente 2700 alumnos consiguieron matricularse, de entre 34000 que lo intentaron, de acuerdo
con un estudio de U.S. News and World Report.
Localizada en el centro de una ciudad cosmopolita, USC es una de las instituciones educativas con
poblacin estudiantil ms diversa: cuenta con estudiantes de los 50 estados de Unin Americana,
as como de ms de ciento quince pases.
Adems de sus mltiples mritos acadmicos, USC destaca en el mbito deportivo, teniendo el
segundo lugar en ttulos de campeonatos universitarios, adems de tener 86 trofeos de la NCAA.
Los equipos deportivos de la Universidad de Southern California se hacen llamar los Trojans, que
compiten en la Pacific Ten Conference de la NCAA.
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Ms informacin:
Direccin: University of Southern California, 700 Childs Way, SAS Room 218, Los Angeles, CA
90089-0913.
Telfono: +1-213-7401111.
Fax: +1-213-740-7577.
E-mail admisiones pregrado: [email protected]
E-mail postgrado y alumnos internacionales: [email protected]
Web: http://www.usc.edu
Como puedes ver, el estado de California, cuna del cine comercial, las palomitas, los parques
temticos y los viedos, alberga instituciones de educacin superior de vanguardia y prestigio
internacionales. No importa si tu pasin son los deportes, las ciencias o las artes, en California hay
una institucin para ti: no olvides que este estado alberga un elevado porcentaje de extranjeros,
muchos de los cuales son estudiantes. Ingresar a estas universidades es ms sencillo de lo que
parece, adems de que varias de ellas son pblicas y ya no tendras que preocuparte por pagar
costosas colegiaturas. As que por qu no sumarse a esta poblacin?
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Gossip isnt all bad new study finds its social and psychological benefits
By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations | January 17, 2012
BERKELEY
For centuries, gossip has been dismissed as salacious, idle chatter that can damage reputations
and erode trust. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests rumor-
mongering can have positive outcomes such as helping us police bad behavior, prevent
exploitation and lower stress.
Gossip gets a bad rap, but were finding evidence that it plays a critical role in the maintenance of
social order, said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a coauthor of the study published
in this months online issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Study finds gossip has an upside
The study also found that gossip can be therapeutic. Volunteers heart rates increased when they
witnessed someone behaving badly, but this increase was tempered when they were able to pass
on the information to alert others.
Spreading information about the person whom they had seen behave badly tended to make
people feel better, quieting the frustration that drove their gossip, Willer said.
So strong is the urge to warn others about unsavory characters that participants in the UC
Berkeley study sacrificed money to send a gossip note to warn those about to play against
cheaters in economic trust games. Overall, the findings indicate that people need not feel bad
about revealing the vices of others, especially if it helps save someone from exploitation, the
researchers said.
We shouldnt feel guilty for gossiping if the gossip helps prevent others from being taken
advantage of, said Matthew Feinberg, a UC Berkeley social psychologist and lead author of the
paper.
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Rumor has it gossip can be good for you (California Golden Overtones; song by Adele & Ryan
Tedder)
The study focused on prosocial gossip that has the function of warning others about
untrustworthy or dishonest people, said Willer, as opposed to the voyeuristic rumor-mongering
about the ups and downs of such tabloid celebrities as Kim Kardashian and Charlie Sheen.
In a series of four experiments, researchers used games in which the players generosity toward
each other was measured by how many dollars or points they shared. In the first experiment, 51
volunteers were hooked up to heart rate monitors as they observed the scores of two peopleplaying the game. After a couple of rounds, the observers could see that one player was not
playing by the rules and was hoarding all the points.
Observers heart rates increased as they witnessed the cheating, and most seized the opportunity
to slip a gossip note to warn a new player that his or her contender was unlikely to play fair. The
experience of passing on the information calmed this rise in heart rate.
Listen to KQED Forum discussing Can gossip be good?
Passing on the gossip note ameliorated their negative feelings and tempered their frustration,
Willer said. Gossiping made them feel better.
In the second experiment, 111 participants filled out questionnaires about their level of altruism
and cooperativeness. They then observed monitors showing the scores from three rounds of the
economic trust game, and saw that one player was cheating.
The more prosocial observers reported feeling frustrated by the betrayal and then relieved to be
given a chance to pass a gossip note to the next player to prevent exploitation.
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A central reason for engaging in gossip was to help others out more so than just to talk trash
about the selfish individual, Feinberg said. Also, the higher participants scored on being
altruistic, the more likely they were to experience negative emotions after witnessing the selfish
behavior and the more likely they were to engage in the gossip.
To raise the stakes, participants in the third experiment were asked to go so far as to sacrifice the
pay they received to be in the study if they wanted to send a gossip note. Moreover, their sacrifice
would not negatively impact the selfish players score. Still, a large majority of observers agreed to
take the financial hit just to send the gossip note.
People paid money to gossip even when they couldnt affect the selfish persons outcome,
Feinberg said.
In the final study, 300 participants from around the country were recruited via Craigslist to play
several rounds of the economic trust game online. They played using raffle tickets that would be
entered in a drawing for a $50 cash prize-an extra incentive to hold on to as many raffle tickets
as possible.
Some players were told that the observers during a break could pass a gossip note to players in
the next round to alert them to individuals not playing fairly. The threat of being the subject of
negative gossip spurred virtually all the players to act more generously, especially those who had
scored low on an altruism questionnaire taken prior to the game.
Together, the results from all four experiments show that when we observe someone behave in
an immoral way, we get frustrated, Willer said. But being able to communicate th is information
to others who could be helped makes us feel better.
Other coauthors of the paper are UC Berkeley psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jennifer Stellar
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Evans Hall (UC Berkeley)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evans Hall as seen from Sather Tower in 2007.
Panoramic view from Evans Hall, September 2010.
Evans Hall is the statistics, economics, and mathematics building at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Contents [hide]
1 Academic importance
2 Architecture
2.1 Construction
2.2 Safety concerns
3 Aesthetic complaints
4 Rumors and legends
4.1 Suicides
4.2 Unabomber
5 References
[edit]Academic importance
Evans Hall is also the building in which the original vi text editor was programmed.[citation
needed]
Evans Hall also served as the gateway for the entire west coast's Internet access during the early
stages of the Internet's existence; at the time, the backbone was a 56kbit/s line to Chicago.
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In addition there is a basement computing facility often referred to as "The Dungeon." The
printers are named with various underworld overtones such as Styx, Cerberus, and Charon, as well
as The Unaprinter, presumably in reference to Ted Kaczynski's short tenure at Berkeley.
[edit]Architecture
[edit]Construction
Evans Hall is situated at the northeast corner of campus, just east of Memorial Glade. It was built
in 1971 and is named after Griffith C. Evans, chairman of mathematics from 1934 to 1949 who
combined the fields of mathematics and economics. The architect was Gardner A. Dailey.[1]
In the 1990s, this building saw significant renovation including seismic retrofits and a new paint
job.[1] Today, the building sports a blue-green exterior with orange-red accents.
[edit]Safety concerns
As part of the University's New Century Plan, the building is recommended for demolition and
replacement, due in part to its unsafe earthquake readiness rating.[2] In 2000, it was proposed
that two shorter buildings replace Evans Hall.[1]
Although Evans Hall's seismic rating is poor, the rating is common on the UC Berkeley campus with
over fifty buildings sharing the rating.[1] A rating of poor translates to that a major earthquake
would likely cause "significant structural damage and appreciable life hazards".[1]
During the early 2000s, because of rusting of the frame of the building, "large pieces of concrete
began falling off the face of Evans Hall without warning".[1] Repairing the building cost two milliondollars.[1]
[edit]Aesthetic complaints
Evans Hall was voted one of the ugliest buildings in UC Berkeley by its student body.[citation
needed]
Evans Hall is known for its large number of windowless classrooms.[1] The Chronicle of Higher
Education has called it "an imposing concrete structure that most people on the campus wouldlike to see demolished".[1] Former chancellor Robert M. Berdahl has described the building as
without "stirrings of pride in placement, or massing, or architectural design.[1] Some complain
the building disturbs the view of the San Francisco Bay.
Math related murals have been painted inside the building in protest against its aesthetics.[1]
Evans Hall was repainted a gray-green so that the building would blend into the Berkeley hills.[1]
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[edit]Rumors and legends
[edit]Suicides
A series of students at the university have committed suicide at Evans Hall, primarily by jumpingoff one of the higher floors of the building.[3] This has led some to believe the building is
haunted.[3] It has also spawned an untrue rumor that the University has put a "suicide alarm" on
the tenth floor of Evans Hall.[4]
[edit]Unabomber
There is a widespread rumor that math professor Theodore Kaczynski taught in Evans Hall. He
would later become an environmental terrorist known as the Unabomber. Official publications
from the University have repeated the rumor.[5] In reality, it is impossible that Kaczynski taught in
Evans Hall as he left the University in 1969 and the building was not constructed until 1971.[6][1]
He actually had his office in temporary buildings that have since been torn down.[7]
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Stanford or UC Berkeley or UCLA 1 year - 24 posts -Latest 0 Goods | 13 No Goods |RSS
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1. Economist
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It is less than a month away from making that big decision, I am accepted to all three finance PhD programs,
and two of them will have a surprise, not knowing what to do, I accepted all 3.
All B-schools and have 4 year fellowship, same price pretty much.
Which one should I really pick, Parents say Berkeley, I love LA, Professors say Stanford. I am confused.
Please answer, if you are a student at any of these 3 schools. I have an undergrad in Math and grad in
Engineering Statistics. Don't know much about Finance.
1 YEAR AGO#QUOTE0 GOOD 13 NO GOOD
2. Economist
331c
I'm at UCLA and love it. Campus is too awesome compared to pass up.
It is less than a month away from making that big decision, I am accepted to all three finance PhD programs,
and two of them will have a surprise, not knowing what to do, I accepted all 3.
All B-schools and have 4 year fellowship, same price pretty much.
Which one should I really pick, Parents say Berkeley, I love LA, Professors say Stanford. I am confused.
Please answer, if you are a student at any of these 3 schools. I have an undergrad in Math and grad in
Engineering Statistics. Don't know much about Finance.1 YEAR AGO#QUOTE0 GOOD 1 NO GOOD
3. Economist
98bd
I'm at UCLA and love it. Campus is too awesome compared to pass up.
You're a typical grad student. Your experience is limited by excessive study of mathematical theory.
Berkeley and Stanford have awesome campuses too.
1 YEAR AGO#QUOTE1 GOOD 0 NO GOOD
4. Economist
521d
It is less than a month away from making that big decision, I am accepted to all three finance PhD programs,
and two of them will have a surprise, not knowing what to do, I accepted all 3.
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All B-schools and have 4 year fellowship, same price pretty much.
Which one should I really pick, Parents say Berkeley, I love LA, Professors say Stanford. I am confused.
Please answer, if you are a student at any of these 3 schools. I have an undergrad in Math and grad in
Engineering Statistics. Don't know much about Finance.
Funny. Let me guess you did all your campus visits last night. Either that or you said that you would be going
the university (to each one of the universities) around April-May (when the decisions come out) and that
might get you into trouble.
A third alternative that I propose is that you were accepted for a janitorial job and in that case you should
say yes to all three of them.
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5. Economist
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^ you had too many drinks my friend, it is time to go to bed for you. ^ incoherent gibberish.
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6. Economist
8285
Stanford >>> Berkeley >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UCLA
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7. Economist
331c
I have a master's degree in the custodial arts.
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8. Economist
521d
^ you had too many drinks my friend, it is time to go to bed for you. ^ incoherent gibberish.
PhD admissions were completed months ago.
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9. Economist
20c0
Yea this guy is trolling us hard.
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10. Economist
9dfb
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Stupid useless troll
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11. Economist
0277
troll stupid, no good.
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12. Economist
6241
I know you're a troll, but anyways
two of them will have a surprise, not knowing what to do, I accepted all 3.
You may have a surprise too. Given that you're not allowed to turn down a funded offer for a funded offer,
without having prior permission from the school whose acceptance you are withdrawing, after the 15th of
April you may find yourself going from 3 funded acceptances to zero.
All B-schools and have 4 year fellowship, same price pretty much./blockquote>
Don't believe this either. There's no way that UCLA or Berkeley are giving you anywhere close to what GSB is
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13. Economist
9035
testmagic
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14. Economist
9704
I was always impressed by the grad students in the Berkeley finance department.
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15. Economist
8c64
OP, **** off to TM
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16. Economist
aa03
2011 Finance Placements & Number of Nobel Laureates
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Stanford
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1) Wharton
2) MIT, Sloan
3) Boston College
4) Norweigian School of Economics
7 Nobel laureates in Econ/Finance
Berkeley
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1)Federal Reserve, Board of Governors
2) Stanford University
3) University of Texas, Austin
4) Duke University
5 Nobel laureates in Econ/Finance
UCLA
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1) Boston University
2) University of New South Wales
0 Nobel laureates in Econ/Finance
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17. Economist
bbe4
Stanford>Berkeley>UCLA.
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18. Economist
bbe4
Stanford>Berkeley>>>UCLA.
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19. Economist
fb80
WOW what a shitty troll post!
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**** OP, seriously? It's ****ing AUGUST and the best you can come up with is this shit? The average undergrad
should be able to come up with material more creative than this crap. Please use your brain next time.
Please!
I know you have it in ya... those creative juices... I mean your mom was hella 'creative' last night when she
was polishing my knob and then some...
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20. Economist
0a89
Stanford more or less = Berkeley >>>>>>>>>> UCLA.
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1. Economist
2a49
if you are liberal or canadian, go to cal. if you don't like poverty, go to stanford. if you like tv, go to ucla.
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2. Economist
aa03
Stanford and Berkeley are in Tier A, Stanford with stellar PhD and MBA, Berkeley with decent PhD and MBA.
UCLA is moving fast to Tier B, in both programs, all the old geniuses are now dead wood. The new ones are
all from Econ background and not worth anything.
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3. Economist
3adb
Is this the shot they teach you at UCLA?
WOW what a shitty troll post!
**** OP, seriously? It's ****ing AUGUST and the best you can come up with is this shit? The average undergrad
should be able to come up with material more creative than this crap. Please use your brain next time.
Please!
I know you have it in ya... those creative juices... I mean your mom was hella 'creative' last night when she
was polishing my knob and then some...1 YEAR AGO#QUOTE0 GOOD 0 NO GOOD
4. Economist
2a49
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canadians love berkeley because it full of whackadoodles like themselves
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General Educational Development[1][2][3][4](GED) tests are a group of five subject tests which,
when passed, certify that the taker hasAmericanorCanadianhigh school-level academic skills.
The initials GED have also been used on diplomas to mean General Education Diploma, General
Equivalency Diploma[5][6][7][8]orGraduate Equivalency Degree.
The GED Testing Service, a joint venture of the American Council on Education and Pearson, is the
sole developer for the GED test. The test can be taken by paper or on computer, but tests must
be taken in person. Jurisdictions award a Certificate of High School Equivalency or similarly titled
credential to persons who meet the passing score requirements. Passing the GED test therefore
gives those who did not complete high school the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency
credential.
More than 18 million people have received a GED credential since the program began. One in
every seven Americans with high school credentials received the GED test credential, as well as
one in 20 college students. Seventy percent of GED recipients complete at least the 10th grade
before leaving school, and the same number are over the age of 19, with the average age being
24.[9]
In addition toEnglish, the GED tests are available inSpanish,French, large print,audiocassette,
andbraille. Tests and test preparation are also offered to persons incarcerated and on military
bases in addition to more traditional settings. Individuals living outside the United States, Canada,
or U.S. territories may be eligible to take the GED Tests through private testing companies.
Contents
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1 History of the GED testing program
2 How the test works
o 2.1 Language Arts: Writing
2.1.1 Part I
2.1.2 Part II
o 2.2 Social studies
o 2.3 Science
o 2.4 Language Arts: Reading
o 2.5 Mathematics
3 Test administration
o 3.1 Cost
o 3.2 Students with disabilities
o 3.3 International testing
4 Passing the GED testing battery
5 Future developments of the GED
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6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
[edit]History of the GED testing program
In November 1942, the United States Armed Forces Institute asked the American Council on
Education (ACE) to develop a battery of tests to measure high school-level academic
skills.[10]These tests gave military personnel and veterans who had enrolled in the military before
completing high school a way to demonstrate their knowledge. Passing these tests gave returning
soldiers and sailors the academic credentials they needed to get civilian jobs and gain access to
post-secondary education or training.
ACE revised the GED Tests for a third time in 1988.[10]The most noticeable change to the series
was the addition of a writing sample, oressay. The new tests placed more emphasis on sociallyrelevant topics and problem-solving skills. For the first time, surveys of test-takers found that more
students (65%) reported taking the test with the intention of continuing their education beyond high
school, rather than to get better employment (30%). A fourth revision was made in 2002 to make
the test comply with more recent standards for high-school education.[10]
[edit]How the test works
The GED comprises five tests: "Language Arts: Writing", "Social Studies", "Science", "Language
Arts: Reading", and "Mathematics".
To ensure fairness, all Official GED Testing Centers must adhere to the uniform testing standards
specified by the American Council on Education, including adherence to the provisions oftheAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990or theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Local policies determine whether students must take all five tests in one day. Some locations divide
the tests among two or more days, and testing days are not always consecutive.
[edit]Language Arts: Writing
[edit]Part I
The "Language Arts: Writing" test portion is divided into two parts, of which the first
coverssentencestructure, organization,usage, and mechanics. Test-takers read text from
business, informational, and instructional publications and then correct, revise, or improve the text
according toEdited American Englishstandards (or equivalent standards in Spanish and Frenchversions). Test-takers have 75 minutes to complete the 50 items in Part I.
[edit]Part II
This part of the "Language Arts: Writing" test requires the student to write anessayon an assigned
topic in 45 minutes. Persons who finish Part I early may apply the remaining time to their essays. A
passing essay must have well-focused main points, clear organization, and specific development of
ideas, and demonstrate the writer's control of sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, word
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choice, and spelling. There is no minimum word count.[citation needed] The essay should be long enough
to develop the topic adequately. Assigned topics are always an opinion or perspective that does not
require special knowledge, such as the influence of violent music on teenagers or the advantages
and disadvantages of living without children.
[edit]Social studies
This test coversAmerican history,world history,civicsandgovernment,economics,
andgeography; 70 minutes are allotted for the 50 questions.
In the social studies test, test-takers read short passages and answermultiple-choicequestions.
Some passages come from such documents as theDeclaration of IndependenceandU.S. Supreme
Courtdecisions. Many questions use graphs, charts, and other images, such as editorial cartoons,
along with or instead of written passages.
Questions involving economics as well as civics and government rely heavily on practical
documents, such as tax forms, voter-registration forms, and workplace and personal budgets.
Topics such asglobal warmingandenvironmental lawalso are covered.
[edit]Science
This 80-minute test of 50 multiple-choice questions coverslife science,earth science,space
science, andphysical science. It measures the candidate's skill in understanding, interpreting, and
applying science concepts to visual and written text from academic and workplace contexts. The
test focuses on what a scientifically literate person must know, understand, and be able to do.
Questions address theNational Science Education Content Standardsand focus on environmental
and health topics (recycling,heredity, andpollution, for example) and science's relevance to
everyday life. Students should expect to see tables, graphs, charts, and diagrams, as well as
complete sentences.
Most questions on the "Science" test involve a graphic, such as a map, graph, chart, or diagram.
Subjects covered includephotosynthesis,weatherandclimate,geology,magnetism,energy,
andcell division.
[edit]Language Arts: Reading
This 65-minute, 40-question test examines a test-taker's ability toreadand understand texts similar
to those encountered in high-school English classrooms. The test has five fictionand
twononfictionpassages, each about 300400 words long. The fiction passages include portions of
a play, a poem, and three pieces of prose. The nonfiction passages may come from letters,
biographies, newspaper and magazine articles, or such "practical" texts as manuals and forms.
Each passage is followed by questions that assess reading comprehension, as well as the test-
taker's ability to analyze the text, apply the information given to other situations, and synthesize newideas from those provided.
Questions do not require test-takers to be familiar with the larger piece of literature from which the
excerpt is taken, the author's other works, literary history, or discipline-specific terms and
conventions.
[edit]Mathematics
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This 90-minute, 50-question test has two equally weighted parts, the first of which allows candidates
to use calculators, while the second forbids their use. Candidates must only use the calculators
issued at the testing center.
Forty of the 50 questions are multiple-choice; the other 10 use an alternate format, requiring the
test-taker to record answers on either a numerical or coordinate-plane grid. Both portions of the test
have questions of both types. The test booklet offers a page of common formulas as well as
directions for completing the alternate-format items and using the calculator.
The test focuses on four main mathematical disciplines:
Number operationsand number sense
Measurement andgeometry
Data analysis,probability, andstatistics
Algebra, functions, and patterns
[edit]Test administration
There are more than 3,200 Official GED Testing Centers in the United States and Canada. Testing
centers are most often inadult-educationcenters,community colleges, andpublic schools. Students
inmetropolitan areasmay be able to choose from several nearby testing locations.
Official GED Testing Centers are controlled environments. All testing sessions take place in person
(not online) according to very specific rules, and security measures are enforced. Breaks may be
permitted between tests, depending on how many tests are being administered in a session. There
may be restrictions on what test-takers may bring into the testing room.
There are approximately 25 different editions of the GED Tests that may be in circulation. This
measure helps catch test-takers who may becheating. As with anystandardized test, the various
editions are calibrated to the same level of difficulty.
[edit]Cost
The cost of the GED for test-takers varies depending on the state. The most reliable and up-to-date
information regarding any given area's current testing costs and policies may be found by
contacting the local testing center or the department of education.
In some areas, there is no charge to students who wish to receive the GED. In Arkansas, for
example, there is no charge to students who pass a practice test .[11]In Connecticut, veterans and
students under age 21 take the test for free; depending on their local GED board, students can also
take preparation courses for free and/or receive a free copy of the official preparation textbook.[12]
In other states, the test-taker must pay for the cost of the test. Fees in 2008 ranged from $7.50 at
North Carolina's community colleges[13]to more than $150 in California.[14]There may be a fee for
registering for the exam, and then a separate fee for rewriting any failed section. The test-taker may
retake a section until the expiration date of the exam, generally the last day of that year or the next
year.
[edit]Students with disabilities
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Disabled persons who want to take the GED Tests may be entitled to receive reasonable testing
accommodations. If a qualified professional has documented the disability, the candidate should get
the appropriate form from the Testing Center:
Physical disabilityandchronic-healthdisability (such asblindness, low vision, hearing
impairment, and mobility impairment): "Request for Testing AccommodationsPhysical/Chronic Health Disability" form
Learning or cognitive disability(such asdyslexia,dyscalculia, receptiveaphasia, and written-
language disorder): "Request for Testing AccommodationsLearning and Other Cognitive
Disabilities" form
Emotionalormental-healthdisorder (such asbipolar disorder,Tourette's syndrome,
andschizophrenia): "Request for Testing AccommodationsEmotional/Mental health" form
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder(inattentive type, hyperactiveimpulse type, or
combined type): "Request for Testing AccommodationsAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder" form
The candidate should return the completed form to the GED Testing Center. Each request isconsidered individually. If accommodations are approved, the local GED testing examiner will
conduct the testing with the approved accommodations. Accommodations are provided at no extra
charge. Accommodations may include, but are not limited to:
Audio-cassettestests
Brailleor large-print tests
Vision-enhancing technologies
Use of video equipment
Use of a talking calculator or abacus
Use of a sign-language interpreter Use of a scribe (a person who writes down the test-taker's answers)
Extended testing time
[edit]International testing
The Maine Department of Education, through a contract with the GED Testing Service of the
American Council on Education, awards a Maine High School Equivalency Diploma to those
candidates who have successfully tested throughPrometric's International GED Testing
Program.[15]Prometric offers a computerized version of the test at various locations worldwide. The
test-taker can set dates on available weekdays throughout the year.[16]
On February 1st, 2013, Prometric will stop delivering the International GED testing service.
However,Pearson VUEwill undertake it after February 13, 2013.[17][18]
[edit]Passing the GED testing battery
Possible scores on an individual test within the GED battery, like those on an individual section of
theSAT, range from a minimum of 200 to a maximum of 800. A score of 800 on an individual test
puts the student in the top 1% of graduating high school seniors. ACE issues recommendations for
what constitutes a minimum passing score for any given sub-test (currently 410) and for the test as
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a whole (currently 2250, i.e. an average of 450 per test across all five sub-tests). Although most
GED-issuing jurisdictions (for the most part, Boards of Education of U.S. states) adopt these
minimum standards as their own, a jurisdiction may establish higher standards for issuance of the
certificate if it chooses. Many jurisdictions awardhonors-level equivalency diplomas to students
meeting certain criteria higher than those for a standard diploma in a given jurisdiction. Some
districts holdgraduationceremonies for GED Tests passers and/or awardscholarshipsto thehighest scorers.
Colleges that admit based upon high school grades may require a minimum score on the GED for
admittance based upon the GED. For example, Arizona State University requires an average sub-
test score of 500 in addition to the certificate.[19]
If a student passes one or more but not all five tests within the battery, he or she needs only retake
the test(s) s/he did not pass. Most places limit the number of times students may take each
individual test within a year. A student may encounter a waiting period before being allowed to
retake a failed test. Tests must be completed by the expiration date, which is generally every 2
years on the last day of the year.
The GED credential itself is issued by the state, province, or territory in which the test taker lives.
Many government institutions and universities regard the GED as the same as a high school
diploma with respect to program eligibility and as a prerequisite for admissions. The United States
military, however, has explicitly higher requirements in admissions for GEDs to compensate for their
lack of a traditional high school diploma.[20]Likewise, economic research finds that the GED
certification itself (i.e. without further postsecondary education or training) does not create the same
labor market opportunities available to traditional high school graduates.[21]
Some[who?] believe the test is easier than it should be, and some employers look down on it as a
form of degree lower than a high-school diploma. Others believe the GED is harder than it should
be; according to GED Testing Service statistics from the 2003 GED Statistical Report, the numberof candidates who tested, completed, and passed the tests declined in 2002 and 2003. This decline
is attributed to the new tests being more difficult.
The most common criticism is of the test battery's mainly multiple-choice format. Others [who?] argue
that the reading-comprehension test is too simple, and that there are too many basic operations on
themathematicsportion and not enough advancedalgebraandgeometryquestions.
In response to this criticism, the test was revised in 2002 to make it more difficult to pass. One of
the most important revisions made it more difficult to guess correct answers from the choices
provided. This greater degree of difficulty is achieved by requiring students to show the process for
finding the correct answer to a question, rather than simply providing a correct result. For example,
a typical mathematics question will not ask what the second leg of a right-angledtriangleis whenthe lengths of the first leg and the hypotenuse are given. Instead, It will ask for the formula that
should be used to find the correct answer. This requires the student to use algebra and geometry to
explain their answer.
A number of the questions also contain such options as "Not enough information given", "None of
the above", and "No correction is necessary" as possible answers. These are found mostly in the
"Mathematics" and "Language Arts: Writing: Part I" tests.
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