Academic Majors

For foreign undergraduate admissions, most colleges look at a combination of TOEFL scores and secondary academic transcripts; most require (SAT/ACT) test scores to measure other areas of knowledge or aptitude, particularly if the student attended two or more years of high school in the United States.

None (so far) appear to indicate they consider applications based on the TOEFL score alone, in isolation from past academic achievement.

Required entrance scores vary by college or university, with some state universities accepting lower scores, and better colleges screening for higher scores.

TOEFL as only entrance test required:

Arizona State TOEFL minimum requirements: 500 (paper); 173 (computer) or 61 (internet)

Penn State: 550 (paper); 80 (internet)

Stony Brook: 550 (paper); 213 (computer) or 80 (internet)

All schools require the official results to be two years old or less and sent directly from the testing company.

The best advice would be to select a number of colleges that interest you, review their admission requirements, then talk with an academic advisor about your options.

The best course to study is the one that leads to your overall career goals and objectives. Thus, I would imagine you do not have anything specific at this time. So many individuals enroll in college programs without a specific goal in mind. As such, many become miserable in their work which is not good for them, or their employer. If you want to be successful in your work and personal life, carefully consider the following.

To be successful in your work, you must acquire a vision. A vision is a clearly articulated picture of the future you intend to create for yourself. In other words, it's a dream. However, if the dream does not have direction, it will always remain a dream and will never become a reality for you. That vision should create a passion within you, a love for what you do and the benefit it brings others as well as yourself. Make sure the vision is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and tangible. Let us look at this closer. When you believe you have chosen an appropriate career goal, look at it in SMART fashion as follows.

• Specific - Make sure your career goal is very specific. For example, "I would like to be a teacher," is not specific. "I would like to be a high school biology teacher in New Jersey (USA) in an urban school by 2012" is.
• Measurable - Make sure you can measure your progress. How will I know I am progressing in the right direction? This is where the development of short-term objectives comes in (discussed below). You will know you are on the right path as you accomplish each short -term objective.
• Achievable - Is the goal achievable considering my current life situation and circumstances?
• Realistic - Is what I want to do really realistic. For example, "I would like to be a middle weight boxing champion, and I am 63 years old." That is not realistic.
• Tangible - What will I - specifically - have at the end? What will I be (exactly)? It must be very specific.

Once you have that vision your path will become clear. Still, you will need a mentor, counselor, or coach who will be able to help you develop a road map embedded with short term objectives leading to your overall career overall goals and objectives. The achievement of short-term objectives will indicate you are moving in the correct direction, and will also give you energy and excitement to carry on towards your overall career goal. It will take some research, but you most likely have some ideas already. Follow them through, look at the nature of the field, the everyday routine, the required education, the salary, the occupational demand and the related fields. When a career sparks an interest, try to shadow an individual who is actually doing what you think you might like to do. You can pick up valuable information this way. Thus, the following.

• Acquire the will to change circumstances.
• Acquire the vision (dream).
• Develop a road-map embedded with short-term objectives leading to your overall goal and objective.
• Just do it and do not let go until it becomes a reality.

If the Governor vetoes a bill while the Legislature is in session or recess, one of the following actions may occur:

1. The Legislature may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house. The bill then becomes law.
2. The bill may not receive the necessary two-thirds vote and thus the attempt to override the veto will fail.
3. The bill may be tabled.
4. The bill may be re-referred to a committee.