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Wolff88

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  1. Hey Scruncher, I will be attending NYU this fall. Maybe we can help each other out as we figure out housing. That is my major concern at the moment. Best, Werda
  2. I have been accepted to NYU's Masters in Biology Program. I will be looking at apartments in Brooklyn and New Jersey. Anything else seems too far or too expensive. www.urbanedgeny.com seems to have good advice. I only just started browsing the web for housing options.
  3. Hey everyone! I will be moving to NYC or NJ to attend NYU in Fall this year. I am hoping there are more people on here who are in the same boat as me! By that I mean that they are as confused about affordable housing as I am, along with being super excited and nervous of course! I am going for Masters in Biology program. I am an international student looking for an apartment and room mates. I know its early but I got curious and decided to explore. So what are everyones plans so far?!
  4. Thank you so much for your feedback. I am really grateful that you spent so much time on my essay. I will try to incorporate your advice in my essays as I practice further. I have learned that following the Princeton Review (gre prep book) suggestions sometimes bugs me as well. I wrote a couple with out following its instructions to the letter. Once I get the essay writing under 30 minutes I will post an essay here. If you have time please give it a glance. I have summarized your suggestions/edits into the following points. Please tell me if I am missing something. - Avoid starting with a rhetorical question. (This should be easy since I find this annoying and difficult myself) - Don't sound too arrogant/certain especially without evidence. (A bit difficult because I am required to give my opinion. I agree with the calculator part. I was relating it to my own experience in school so I think I should change it to "Based on personal experience or my observation" after the opening sentence and continue) - Keep note of awkward wording. (Really have to work on this one =D) - Avoid repetition especially of same words and sentences even if summarizing essay (Really have to work on this one. Maybe I can change words when I go over the essay at the end and replace a few words as if I am a human thesaurus) - Don't bring up a new point in conclusion. Some of your suggestions clash directly with PR and other essay advice that I have read. PR has examples essays using the word "Now" and "Like" in opening sentence of paragraphs. Even advises use of other conversational words like "consider". Same goes with the wording of the conclusion. But I agree with your suggestions. If only I can change the habit. I practiced using the advice so much that I end up using consider, now and like a lot. A better option would be to use "one example, similarly, furthermore". Maybe I can change the wording of the conclusion. Otherwise general advice is "tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them and lastly, tell them what you told them". Gets very redundant. Especially since a lot of places even give a preview of body paragraphs in the introductions. As for the new point in conclusion. They use the same rules in parliamentary debates. It is wrong to introduce a new point as the opposing team can't counter it if the debate is ending. Thus, it is very important not to give a new point since I can't support it but again this was a first attempt and I was following PR to the letter and it has an example where it does just that! But I haven't gotten into the habit of doing this in every essay thankfully. Once again thank you for your meaningful advice. I taught 9th graders science for a bit and I had the same problem when I graded. I went over every mistake, corrected it and explained the actual answer. I am told every teacher stops being so efficient eventually since it gets very tiring and time consuming and you have to either give up the habit or suffer. Still, its refreshing to see such commitment. Best of luck for your TAship!
  5. Hey everyone, I am applying for a Fulbright scholarship to USA and I have to state my preferred schools. I did a Bsc (honors) in Biotechnology (4 years). I will be doing thorough research on schools once I am done with my GRE exam but any advice would be helpful. There are so many schools out there. I would like to be guided on where to start. Or if some one could just narrow it down for me or tell me of websites to consult, I would be really grateful. Also, what score should I aim for on the GRE exam. I got a 155 on test 1 of the PowerPrep software. I did the test at 4 in the morning so I was really tired and since I had to switch 3 laptops to get the software working I was super cranky too. I think I can do better. I have two weeks of prep. The exam is on April 1 (cool date =P). Lastly, (I didn't think I'd be asking so many things when I started writing, sorry!) which major is better? I am guessing that most of you would say MB for research/academic career and BT for Industry. Since I am from Pakistan and BT Industry is just not there so would MB be better for me? I would like to do a phD further on in life. Is BT > phD feasible? When I did my bachelors there was no specialization. I just learned everything about biotechnology from agri biotechnology to medical biotechnology without any particular focus and depth. Do you think that will affect my performance on an MB course? Would a BT be a repeat of what I already did in bachelors? I keep reading that its for people who have no knowledge about biotechnology. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you so much for your time! Peace!
  6. Hi guys! This is my first attempt at an issue essay! It took me an hour to write this. I was following the Princeton Review instructions. I know I need to improve my time management. If I stop consulting the book I think I will improve. I will post further attempts once I get it under 30 mins. =) As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. Does the human ability to think for themselves diminish as dependence on technology increases or does it stay unchanged? Although one might argue that increasing reliance on technology might destroy the problem solving skills of people, most of the technology in use is for human convenience. After careful consideration, it is certain that the ability of humans to think will not deteriorate, no matter how much their reliance on technology increases. Technology only aids humans in proceeding with tasks with little difficulty by saving time, effort and energy. It does not replace the human mind in analyzing and problem solving. Now consider the use of home appliances, such as an oven, microwave, blender or dicer, in a kitchen. The sole purpose of such home appliances is to save time, effort and energy of the human utilizing the technology. The person using a blender to mix cooking ingredients still has to be the one to decide how to operate the appliance, which ingredients to use, how much of each and the duration of blending. Therefore, the use of and dependence on the home appliance does not affect the thinking processes of the user in any way. Like the home appliances, dependence on transportation technology such as a car does not deteriorate the ability to think in people. A car simply serves the purpose of reducing the time taken to travel from one place to another. It would be problematic for the user to forego the car and reach his destination. Yet the inability to use the car, in case of accident, break down, etc., does not render him incapable of thinking of ways to get to his destination. The person will simply analyze all other means to get to his destination and choose one that gets him to his destination on time. Those that would argue that use of technology deteriorates the thinking and problem solving ability of humans might point to the use of calculators by students. While it may be established that increased dependency on use of calculators reduces the speed at which students can solve math problems without calculators, it does not necessarily point towards deterioration in the thinking ability. It is simply a case of habit and adaptation. When a person is used to performing a task in a certain way, such as by use of a calculator, to perform the task in a different way will take more time. If the calculator is taken away permanently, overtime the person will adapt and solve problems by himself. Moreover, computers were invented to reduce the time it took to perform certain tasks. If humans set about to perform the tasks that a computer, even one such as a calculator, performs, it is bound to take them more time. The examples above all support the idea that reliance on technology does not deteriorate the ability of humans to think for themselves. People rely on technology for convenience. If people have to perform tasks without the use of technology it would only require more time, effort and energy. If anything, reliance on technology leads to improvements in technology and such advancements are proof of the ability of humans to think for themselves – the humans are thinking of making life more convenient for themselves.
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