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An undergraduate is a student who is taking coursework pursuing either an associates (two year degree), or a bachelor's degree (four year degree). Graduate students are those taking advanced work within a masters or doctorate program of study.
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What education is needed to become a doctor you are 13 and want to be a pediatrician what do you need to do to be one?
First of all, you should ake sure that this is what you want to do because becoming a doctor requires a lot of work and effort. I recommend that you start volunteering at places like the hospital or work as a babysitter/etc to make sure you can really handle treating sick children. If you do know that this is the job for you, study hard. Your high school grades will be very important. Make sure to take university level (or academic) courses throughout your high school years. You will probably need to complete 2 of grade 12 biology, chemistry, or physics therefore make sure you complete the necessary prerequisites for those courses. Also, math is very important. Advanced functions is usually required, and as well as calculus. Before you can apply for med school, you usually need to complete a few years of an undergradate program in university. It is not uncommon for students to complete a bachelor's degree (which takes 4 years) before applying for med school because of the competition. After you have finished studying at a university, you may be required to write the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) by certain med schools. When you do get into med school, you are required to study an additional 4 years after which you will receive your M.D. After med school, you will be need to complete another 4 years of a residency period (on the job training) in order to become a pediatrician. If you want to specialize even further (i.e. the field of pediatric cardiology), you will need to complete even more years of a residency period. As you can see, becoming a pediatrician will be very difficult and time-consuming, but if this is what you really want to do (and not just because of the money), I wish you the best!
Which are the reputed and best environmental engineering colleges in India?
CAN YOU TO TELL ME WHICH IS THE BEST COLLEGE IN INDIA FROM WHOM I CAN COMPLETE MY B.Tech IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.Some of the top engineering colleges that feature in almost all ranking systems are (in no particular order):IIT KanpurIIT KharagpurIIT BombayIIT DelhiIIT MadrasIIT GuwahatiIIT RoorkeeIIIT HyderabadPunjab Engineering CollegeIIIT AllahabadIndian Institute of ScienceISM DhanbadBIT MesraCollege of Engineering,Guindy,Anna UniversityPSG College of TechnologyNIT TrichyNIT KarnatakaNIT WarangalBITS PilaniNIT AllahabadNetaji Subhas Institute of TechnologyJadavpur UniversityDelhi College of Engineering (Now DTU), DelhiBengal Engineering College Now, Bengal Engineering and Science UniversityNIT BhopalNIT CalicutNIT RourkelaNIT JaipurNIT Hamirpur
Does one get Graduate Diploma by special entry without having bachelor's degree In USA?
The US tends not to have "graduate diplomas by special entry." In the US, graduate work may typically not be begun until and unless all requisite undergraduate work is completed... and that usually means a bachelors degree.And so, then, in the US, one may not, for example, typically, enter a graduate either certificate (typically 12 to 18 semester credit hours in length), or masters degree (typically 32 to 48 semester credit hours in length) program until and unless one has completed one's undergraduate bachelors degree.But you mention a "graduate diploma," and the US tends not to have such things. But the UK has, at least in the past. In the UK, though, the whole certificate, then diploma, then degree thing is very different than it is in the US. For the benefit of those in the US who read this......a bachelors degree in the UK is typically only three years long (as opposed to the US's typical four-year-long bachelors degrees). And though this is an oversimplification, the reason is because the "lower division general education" (LDGE) that is typically found in the first year to year-and-a-half of a typical four-year US bachelors degree is covered in the UK by a thing called "GCE" or "GCSE" or "A-levels" or "O-levels," which are all courses which students take during or after high school, but before college. And so by the time the student enters a bachelors program in the UK, s/he has obtained the LDGE coursework that we, in the US, put into the first of the four years of the bachelors.The UK's system is kinda' better, in some ways, though, because even though the bachelors degree in the UK is only three years long, nearly every minute of it involves courses in whatever is the degree's major. A typical US four-year bachelors includes not only the LDGE, but also general electives, in addition to courses in the major. And if the US bachelors degree holder further dilutes the coursework in the major by adding coursework in a minor, then the US bachelors degree holder ends-up with actually less coursework in the major than do bachelors degree holders in the UK. And so it's fair to say that a UK three-year bachelors degree holder might (and I stress that word, because it all just depends on a lot of factors) be more learned in whatever is the UK degree's major than is the typical US four-year bachelors degree holder learned in whatever is his/her US bachelors degree's major.In any case, a person who enters a UK bachelors program, but who leaves it after completing only one year, gets a "certificate" in whatever is the UK bachelors degree's major. And if they leave the three-year bachelors program after only two years, then they get a "diploma" in it. Only if they stay all three years do they get the full bachelors degree in whatever is the major.Much the same thing is often true in the UK about its two-year masters programs. If they leave it after only a year, they get a "diploma" in whatever is the masters degree's major; and if they stay for the entire two years, then they get the actual masters degree. There are even some three-year masters in the UK which use the same "certificate" or "diploma" or "degree" plan as the UK bachelors degrees.We, in the US, have no equivalent to any of that. In the US, we have two-year associates degrees, four-year bachelors degrees (toward which the two-year associates can count for half), and two- or three-year (sometimes longer) masters degrees (and then, after that, doctoral-level graduate degrees). We also have both pre- and post-baccalaureate certificate programs, and graduate certificate programs. That's it. No diplomas. In the US, one's "diploma" is that which s/he got from his/her high school. My having written that, though, I'm sure someone will be able to think of a US school that offers "diplomas," but, seriously, those are rare. And they don't mean the same thing as what a "diploma" means in the US, in any case.The UK does, indeed, have "special entry" provisions for some of its educational credentials that could allow a person to obtain a graduate credential without having first gotten an undergradate one; however, that sort of thing varies greatly from school to school; and the QAA (the UK's educational quality assurance agency) is stronglly discouraging it except for a few special circumstances wherein a well-known graduate credential has always, by design, and from its outset, been available to even those with no undergraduate credentials... such as Heriot-Watt University's MBA, for example, just to name one.In the US, though, getting graduate-level credit or any kind before one has fully completed one's undergraduate work (in other words, before one has completely one's bachelors degree) is just so, so, so uncommon. It would have to be a very special circumstance, indeed! Most self-respecting graduate schools wouldn't even consider it.Someone reading this may be able to think of some exceptional school somewhere that allows it.
What are my chances of getting into Veterinary School?
Honestly, just read number 9... There is no way around this... THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS... CIRCUMFERENCE IS TOO LARGE Getting accepted into a Medical School is difficult. There are several factors that are considered that either work for or against you. 1) Your GPA. There's no way around it. You have to have a good GPA. If it is low that really is not an excuse because every other person with a low GPA also has an excuse. Try to keep it above a 3.7. On the flip side though, a high GPA guarantees nothing. I know people with GPAs above 3.9 who are in Phi Beta Kappa and have not gotten into Medical Schools. There is more to being a competitive applicant than having a good GPA. There is no way around this. 2) Your MCAT score. Just like GPA, there is no way around it. You have to get a 30. That will make you competitive for most med schools. This is assuming you also have a high GPA. But again, a high GPA and a good MCAT score guarantees nothing. What I am saying is that the last two pieces of advice I gave mean nothing. There are people I know with both of these requirements who still have not gotten into Med Schools. There are people I know with neither of these requirements who are chiropractors... The rest couldn't get in, so they went to medical school. 3) Applying Early. If you have a high GPA and a good MCAT score, applying early is also critically important. If you have a low GPA and a low MCAT score, applying late is also critically important. You have to look at applying to Med School as a numbers thing. There are so many applicants and you are just a number. As qualified as you think you are, there are a lot of applicants just like you with the same numbers. In fact, I can't tell you apart from everyone else. Med Schools operate on a rolling admissions. This means once a med school has accepted a certain number of applicants who are "just like you," they have no need to except you because they already have you times ten. I mean, even if you only weigh 90 pounds, this clone they have of you weighs 900 pounds. Good luck fighting your apply early clone, he is huge, there is no way around this! 4) Regional Issues. Your best chance to get into med school is in your state of residency. There is no real way around this (Circumference is too large). Apply to every program in your state and at least have a safety school (Like Wash U). An important thing someone once told me about getting into med school is "you have to start with one." It's true. 5) Undergrad Issues. Some colleges get a lot more respect than others in the eyes of medical school admissions officers. I go to a college in Florida and when I went up to interviews in New York, the interviewers I had talked down about my school. It's a depressing thing to think all your work means nothing to these people, but you just have to accept that is the way people think. 6) Research. Research looks very good when applying to medical schools. If you can get your name on a paper or two before applying this is a major added bonus. Medical Schools are looking for people who are interested in academic medicine and research fits this priority. Also, research has the added bonus that getting your name on a paper carries over to applying for residencies and looks good there as well. Be aware though, that doing a lot of research without getting your name on a paper could mean nothing to a medical school. Lot of applicants do research. It does not matter if it is for 4 years or only 3 months. Admissions Committees see that you have done research and put a check mark next to your name. So it is important to get your name on a paper so that your contributions to a lab are shown. It is almost impossible to get your name on a paper if you only did research for three months. If you do research for four years though, you'll have a very good shot at having your name on a paper 7) Volunteering. The more you volunteer, the more you will seem like a real person in an interview. The more you have to talk about means that admissions officers will see you as someone who is genuinely interested in medicine. 8) Ethnicity. Just mentioning it here because it is a factor. Read "The Shape of the River" if you really want to understand it's role in admissions. It is not as much as you think and you should not be offended by it. But also, if you are black or Mexican, you automatically will get in. 9) There is no way around this, unless you have a 45 and 4.0 you are not safe, there is no way around this, even Wash U won't accept you, there is no way around this, no one with less than 3.7 has ever gotten in, there is no way around this, no one with less than a 30 has ever gotten in, there is no way around this. Even with a 45 and a 4.0 there is no way around this, you have to volunteer and shadow, there is no way around this, even if you volunteer and shadow, Wash U won't accept you, there is no way around this, even if you have a 4.0 and 45 and one thousand shadowing, volunteering, and paid clinical hours, there is no way around this... What I am saying is that honestly, this thing is so wide in circumference that it is really impossible to get around it, so there is no way around this, medical schools only take people with perfect scores... THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS
If you get an associate's degree will all of the credits transfer when you go on to a 4-year college or university?
It depends on the type of associates degree and the specific program of study. There are degrees at the associate level that are referred to as transfer programs and will be accepted full faith in credit at four year colleges and universities. Many individuals take advantage of the community college system for a variety of reasons. Still, there are some programs of study that are typically terminal degrees, that are very career oriented and designed to give a student all the expertise necessary to enter the workforce immediately after completion of the degree. Always meet with the transfer counselor at the school you attend for detailed information. Read the following for the differences in associate degrees. This should help.What is the difference between Associates of Arts, Associates of Science, and Associates of Applied Science?Associate degrees fall into three main areas.Associates of Arts (AA)Associates of Science (AS)Associates of Applied Science (AAS)Each of the above degrees is designed to be completed after two years of study as a full-time student and provided the student takes the degree as prescribed by the college. In addition, most every community college requires that every incoming student be placement tested before they register for their first semester (unless they fall into an exemption category). This test is not an admissions test and has no bearing on a student's acceptance to the college. In fact, most students have already been accepted to the school before they take the test. It is not a test that is passed or failed, but simply to determine whether an individual needs to take some refresher courses before entering college level coursework. This is to ensure the student has the appropriate basic skills to succeed at the college level.The test is broken down into four parts; two parts English and two parts mathematics. The English includes grammar (sentence sense), and reading comprehension. The math includes computation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, square roots, and percentages), and the equivalent of a high school algebra I. If the student scores low in any these areas, then they will be required to enroll in the indicated remedial course/s starting with their first semester. Thus, the two year degree plan may turn into a two and a half year, or possibly a three year plan depending on how much remedial work is needed. To limit this time, students have the option to enroll in summer session courses.Now let us look at the inherent differences between the degrees:Associates of Arts (AA)The Associates of arts is really designed as a fully transferable degree to a four year college or university for those pursing a Bachelors degree. It serves to complete most of the four year institutions general education cluster area, which amounts to the first two years of a four year program. It also serves to complete any perquisite courses needed for the four year institutions curriculum major and minor requirements. Students are admitted to Junior level status provided they have completed the matching associate's level degree. In other words, Business AA to Business BA, Engineering AS, to Engineering AS etc. Thus, within this degree students will be required to have a well rounded educational foundation to include, English literature, history, social science, laboratory science, humanities, math, communications, etc. These courses are in addition to the student's major field of study.Associates of Science (AS)Within the AS degrees a student will notice there are less general education requirements, and more career oriented course work. You will find this in curriculums to include, Nursing, Engineering, some Computer Science and Allied Heath fields. Still, these programs should be fully transferable to four year institutions provided the degree matches that of the four year college or university's program of study, as mentioned above under AA degrees.Associates in Applied Science (AAS)The AAS degrees are very career oriented and designed to give the student all the expertise needed for entry level positions upon completion of the degree. Therefore, the student will notice most of the AAS degree is made up of professional phase courses particular to a specific field, and a very limited number of general education courses. This has promoted the myth, that all AAS degrees are not transferable to four year colleges and universities. I will admit, as the degree was originally designed; transferability was not the original intent of this type of degree. Therefore many AAS degree fields of study did not transfer to four year institutions very well. In fact, in some categories it was almost like starting over. Today this is not so. Community Colleges today have what is known as Joint Admissions or Dual Admissions articulations with four year institutions, where if the student completes the agreed upon program of study successfully, the four year institution will take the degree full faith in credit and grant the student Junior level status. This includes AAS degrees. However, it is strongly recommended that a student who is seeking to transfer to a four year institution at a later date, make an appointment with a Transfer Counselor at the Community College for the pros and cons of AAS transfer as well as more detailed information.
