If you’re looking to earn a Business degree to get you directly into a challenging career, want to transfer later to a four-year Business program, or are looking to secure a quick one-year certificate to advance in your career or when your position calls for that, SUNY Jefferson offers more than  40 top-notch academic programs and courses that you can choose from. See also this video about Jefferson CC Adult Education Programs:

A Business Degree allows for a rewarding career

From a position with a large corporation to a job at an entrepreneurial and young start-up, an associate business degree comes great in any sort of industry. Your options are almost endless.

When you have an entrepreneurial spirit, you can go for personal and/or financial success. Keep in mind, though, that starting your own new business call for a lot of hard work and endless commitment. That being said, being employed at an existing business gives you the chance to study on to specialize in another business field like financial management, customer service, general management, or marketing

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The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) gives students the possibility to earn college credit at a cost far less ($89) than a college course.

The CLEP is developed by the College Board as a college credit-by-exam program and is recognized and used by more than 2,900 institutions of higher learning (including military installations). There are 34 CLEP exams that can be taken at over 1,900 universities and colleges.

The CLEP Calculus exam measures skills and understanding of concepts that are usually addressed in a 1-semester calculus course in college or university.

Each CLEP Calculus examination takes around 90 minutes to complete and contains approximately 40% integral calculus, and 60% limits & differential calculus. The CLEP Calculus exam includes the functions of algebra, trigonometry, exponents, logarithms, and general functions.

The exam assesses primarily a student’s understanding of calculus, the methods used, and his or her experience with its applications. Students are required to master preparatory mathematics, such as geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, and algebra.

The CLEP Calculus exam comes with 44 questions, divided into two sections, and students need to answer all questions in some 90 minutes. The time that candidates are spending on providing personal data and tutorials is added to their actual testing time.

• Section 1 contains 27 questions and takes 50 minutes. The use of a calculator is not permitted for this part.
• Section 2 contains 17 questions and takes 40 minutes. The use of an online graphing calculator (non-CAS) is permitted for this section, though not all questions require the use of the calculator.

Graphing Calculator – The CLEP Calculus exam comes with an integrated graphing calculator that students may use in Section 2, though just a few of the questions actually require the use of this graphing calculator, and applicants are supposed to understand when and how the calculator is used. Students can download the graphing calculator and also some brief video tutorials at no cost for a trial period of 30 days. In fact, students are expected to have downloaded the calculator prior to the exam, and they should be familiar with the calculator’s functionality.

To be able to answer a number of the CLEP Calculus exam questions in section 2, applicants may need to use the available (online) graphing calculator. They can use it for:

• Performing calculations such as roots, exponents, logarithms, or trigonometric values
• Graphing functions & analyzing the graphs
• Finding zeros of functions
• Finding points of intersection of graphs of functions
• Finding minima/maxima of functions
• Finding numerical solutions to equations
• Generating a table of values for a function

To get all set for the CLEP Calculus exam, students should study at least one (but preferably more) introductory calculus textbook at the college level. You can find these books in practically all college bookstores, and online, there are great options as well. Consulting some more textbooks is advisable, as the approaches to some topics may vary. When you pick out a textbook, see if the book’s table of contents matches the ‘Knowledge & Skills Required’ section for the exam (see the following paragraph).

Knowledge & Skills Required

Students must demonstrate the following knowledge and abilities if they want to answer the questions on the CLEP Calculus exam:

• Solve routine problems that involve the techniques of calculus (around 50% of the exam)
• Solve non-routine problems that involve an understanding of the concepts & applications of calculus (around 50% of the exam)

The CLEP Calculus exam’s subject matter consists of the following topics (the indicated percentages are referring to the percentage of questions on that specific topic).

Limits (10%)

– Statement of properties (for example sum, limit of a constant, product, or quotient)

Integral Calculus (40%)

Antiderivatives & Techniques of Integration

– Concept of antiderivatives
– Basic integration formulas
– Integration by substitution (change of variable, use of identities)

Applications of Antiderivatives

– Distance & velocity from acceleration with initial conditions
– Solutions of y′ 5 ky and applications to growth & decay

The Definite Integral

– Defining the definite integral as the limit of a sequence of Riemann sums & approximations of the definite integral using areas of rectangles
– Properties of the definite integral
– The Fundamental Theorem:

Applications of the Definite Integral

– Average value of a function on an interval
– Area, including area between curves
– Continuity
– Other (e.g., accumulated change from a rate of change
– Limit calculations, including limits involving infinity, e.g.:

Differential Calculus (50%)

The Derivative

– Definitions of the derivative:

– Derivatives of elementary functions
– Derivatives of sums, products & quotients (including tan x and cot x)
– Derivative of a composite function (chain rule), e.g. sin(ax 1 b), ae, ln(kx)
– Implicit differentiation
– Derivative of the inverse of a function (including arcsin x and arctan x)
– Higher order derivatives
– Corresponding characteristics of graphs of ƒ, ƒ′ and ƒ″
– Statement of the Mean Value Theorem; applications & graphical illustrations
– Relation between differentiability & continuity
– Use of L’Hôpital’s Rule (quotient & indeterminate forms)

Applications of the Derivative

– Slope of a curve at a point
– Tangent lines & linear approximation
– Curve sketching: increasing & decreasing functions; relative & absolute maximum & minimum points; concavity; points of inflection
– Extreme value problems
– Velocity & acceleration of a particle moving along a line
– Average & instantaneous rates of change
– Related rates of change

(Source: http://clep.collegeboard.org/exam/calculus)

Jefferson Community College in Watertown, NY, is part of the SUNY (State University of New York) system.

The school is officially designated as a full-opportunity academic institution, and, as you might expect, admissions are not influenced by an applicant’s race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

Applicants are expected to have a high school diploma or equivalent, but students without a GED also have options.

According to BestGEDclasses, a website that offers free GED resources and tips, many students want to get into college without a high school diploma or a GED. So let’s take a look at how to get into Jefferson Community College without a GED.

Who Qualifies?

As the school states: “Admission is available to individuals whose personal and potential qualifications or academic records indicate that they could pursue in a successful way one of the school’s academic programs.”

SUNY Jefferson Community College is a Jefferson County-sponsored institution, so residents of Jefferson County receive preference in the admissions process, though the school also accepts applications from students in other New York counties and other states.

Students Without a High School or GED Diploma

Applicants wishing to enroll in Jefferson Community College’s academic programs but did not complete their high school education, and don’t also have a high school equivalency TASC or GED credential, or went to a high school that’s not recognized by the state’s Education Department, may also complete a free JCC application form and submit it to the school’s Admissions Office.

These applicants must demonstrate that they meet the CPT (College Placement Test) academic standards.

Applicants who have submitted this application form will be contacted by the school and asked to schedule the College Placement Test and a subsequent admissions interview. So even if you don’t have a GED, you may qualify to enroll in Jefferson Community College’s academic programs!

The school has an excellent reputation in Nursing, and its other programs are top-quality, ranking among the best in New York State.

Admission Requirements

Admission to Jefferson Community College’s study programs is to be determined by an applicant’s academic preparation.

All applicants must have graduated from a state-recognized high school, hold a TASC or GED high school equivalency credential, or pass the College Placement Test.

IEP (Individual Education Program) diplomas do not count toward JCC’s admissions criteria unless the college certifies that the applicant meets all admissions requirements, such as successfully completing New York State’s Regents Tests, as determined by the school.

High School Students

Students currently enrolled in high school may complete Jefferson Community College’s free application form and ask their high school to send their transcripts to SUNY Jefferson Community College.

If you have already graduated from high school, you can also submit the school’s free application form, contact your high school, and request that they send your official transcript to Jefferson.

GED (General Education Development) diploma holders should submit a copy of their GED score transcript by mail or in person, attached to their admissions application. You can find SUNY Jefferson’s application form at www.sunyjefferson.edu.

Transfer Students

Students who attended a different school and want to transfer credits to Jefferson must follow the same application procedure as first-time post-secondary students.

They (or their former schools) must submit their official high school and college transcripts directly to JCC’s Admissions Office. JCC will not grant transfer credit unless they receive official transcripts.

Readmission

Students who previously followed SUNY Jefferson’s academic programs and are in excellent standing may re-enroll, but if they haven’t attended school for six years or more, they must reapply. If not, they can contact the school’s Enrollment Services to schedule a registration appointment.

Readmission (when Dismissed)

A student who was dismissed academically and has not attended another school in the past six months may ask for readmission. He or she must, however, develop a full success plan (set up in cooperation with one of the school’s study advisors) before registering for classes.

Admission for a Second Associate Degree

If a Jefferson Community College graduate wants to earn a second degree from Jefferson, he or she needs to submit a new application to be admitted to the other degree program. Please note that financial aid could be affected by the studies students have already completed.

SUNY Jefferson Community College
1220 Coffeen St, Watertown, New York 13601

SUNY Jefferson Enrollment Services, Room 6-010
Jules Center, Bldg. #6
1220 Coffeen St, Watertown, New York 13601
admissions@sunyjefferson.edu

If you have a desire to enhance your foreign language skills and learn Spanish but you don’t have time to take a class, you may want to consider a program that will allow you to learn Spanish online. The Internet has made it so simple and convenient to take online classes that thousands of people are learning new skills online these days. Keep reading to discover why you should consider going for a program that allows you to learn Spanish online. So let’s check out how to boost your Spanish Foreign Language Skills.

Before you commit to any Spanish program, make sure that it offers a money back guarantee. This will make it risk-free for you in case you find out later that this just isn’t the right learning method for you.

A definite advantage of an online Spanish program is that it is more cost effective than taking a night class at the local college. The cost is lower because you access the materials online and you don’t have to pay for a teacher. The other big factor is that it is convenient. You don’t have to drive to a class or try to cram it into your already busy schedule. You can take it at your convenience.

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Benefits of a Charter School Education

1. Your child will be more excited about school because the school will actually be about your child. At most charter schools, teachers believe that the whole world is interconnected and that it is their job to help students see the web of disparate ideas that combine to create the very stuff of today and tomorrow.

Your child’s teachers will create a customized curriculum that enables your child to acquire math, science, language and research skills while engaged in the study of topics that are uniquely interesting to your child be it skateboarding, basketball, sewing, or veterinary medicine.

2. Your child will receive a lot of individualized attention. At each division (lower school, middle school, or upper school), the number of students will be limited to keep your child’s school small and personal. Divisions will be further divided into small classes that work as a collaborative learning team.

The team’s teacher will be solely responsible for the educational guidance of that class for as many as three years. This structure allows advisors to know your child and your child’s progress, interests, learning styles, strengths, and vulnerabilities very, very well and ensures that your child gets the help necessary to succeed.

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As far back as I can remember, I have always been the person to do everything different from everyone else. Yes, this drove my parents crazy and got me into trouble at school for not just doing what I was told to do, even if I could see a better way or another way that made more sense.

I’m sure many of you reading this can relate to what I’m saying. What I learned later is that, in the world of Design and Marketing, being a rebel can get you desired education results as well.

When someone tells me “we do this because that’s the way it’s always been done”, well, you can imagine what that does to me. I immediately go into “well too bad” mode and start doing things the way I want them done.

That already happened in high school so I dropped out but later, thanks to online, mostly free classes I got my GED. Maybe that’s why I have never been able to stand to work for someone else! So I got kicked out of high school but later (fortunately) found my way.

A rebel is born

It was a very busy and very emotionally draining week for me last week. I didn’t get any posts done and nothing was done towards my new direction or my new product for that matter.

So today is the beginning of a new week and a new chapter here at Natalie Louise, so I thought I would start off with sharing a few things with you that I have done over the last 4 months, since starting blogging, that has helped me create the success I have so far.

A design blog is born

I remember when I first got started on my blog I was heading in this direction of blogging for Mumpreneurs raising a family and working at home in their online businesses.

Well I think I was about 4 blog posts in and I realized – I didn’t even want to read what I was on about! I had no interest what so ever in what I was putting out there so why would anybody else have any interest in what I was writing about.

I realized what I was doing was wrong, I was trying to find any old market to tap into that I thought would be huge, rather than one I had a passion or interest in. I learned how to find low-competition keywords and that helped! So within two weeks of starting my first blog ever I made my first major change in direction.

It didn’t stop there, a week after that I realized that my theme was one that everyone was using and I couldn’t have that, so I changed it. Then I changed my direction again and honed in on the tutorials about web development and web design. I did all this in a matter of my first 4 weeks, it was a busy 4 weeks but I loved every bit of it.

You see, I have never been one to follow rules, the crowd or to do something just because“someone else” was doing it. I do take inspiration from people, I do watch what a lot of people out there are doing but I never copy.

You will never find me sitting here waiting to hear back from someone on what my next move is or what I should be doing next. I don’t wait for validation from anyone and I certainly don’t sit here waiting for the next wave of “guruism” to take over and start following on that bandwagon either.

Points of influence vs points of difference

When I first started out, I would have to say my main person of influence was Katie Freiling, having never done a blog before she seemed to know what she was talking about so it felt safe to follow her.

I was into my first 2 months of blogging and realized I didn’t have time to sit around and wait for the next webinar or blog post or a bit of information from Katie to tell me what I had to do next.

I just had to keep moving in the direction that I wanted to go in. So off I went, feeling my way, putting things out there, and leading my own charge.  All I kept thinking was

“if I sit here waiting for someone to tell me what to do, then I’m only going to move as fast as THEY allow me to”

Once you get into that mindset of being a follower and waiting around for others to tell you what to do, you are allowing them to set your pace for how quickly you can move forward.

I think my main point of difference to others is making it a point to be the main point of difference.  I do things very differently to a lot of people, but from what I can see it’s working for me.

• My Alexa has dropped like crazy – from 4.6M to currently 188K in 4 months
• My Google Analytics stats are fabulous and my bounce rate is in the 40′s which I am really happy about at this stage
• My Fans or Likes on Facebook are at 756 after just under 3 months
• My list is sitting at 1216 subscribers after 3 months
• I have made $400 USD in the past month from my list – just from “growing” my list

Now I know you’re probably thinking – is that all… but like I said this was just from “growing” my list, I haven’t created any of my own products and I’m not even in a Network Marketing or MLM business.

This was simply activity from growing my list, which I have only been doing since the end of September! Did you know that there are other ways to grow your list than just on your blog?

I decided to share these few dot points with you simply to show you that being a rebel and going against the grain and not sitting there at your desk every day waiting for someone, anyone, to give you your own creative license is going to pay off.

Did I feel the need to do a screen capture of all my stats, no, simply because this is not about my stats? This is about you choosing to continue to sit there and wait for someone to tell you what to do or decide to stand alone and bust it out yourself!

More change is brewing

I’m going to go as far as to say that I’m even going to be removing my Optin from my blog sidebar and see if that makes a difference to my opt-ins. Currently, around 90% of my opt-ins from my blog campaign come from my Facebook Fan Page Landing Tab.

On my blog, I have a pop up to capture details as well as the sidebar opt-in. However, my bounce rate is ok but not the best… so if my bounce is average or high (about 50% and higher from what I understand) people aren’t spending enough time on my blog looking around other than the page they land on. So I need to capture them quicker than just an opt-in down the side.

There are going to be those of you who disagree but like I said before if I sat here waiting to hear what other people thought I would never find out for myself if it’s going to work for ME or not!! This might not work, but I’m not going to know until I give it a try right 🙂

I’m not here for you to copy me, that is not what I’m trying to achieve.  What I hope to achieve is to let you know that it’s ok to try new things regardless of what the masses are doing. Sometimes riding that wave of

“you must do it because everyone else is doing it”

causes mass saturation and can be a huge setback and detrimental to your own growth and will lead to stagnation in your own business!

Has this opened up your eyes at all? Are you a follower or a rebel go-getter that does things to suit themselves? I would love to hear your stories on what you’re up to, where you have come from, what you’re doing that’s different to everyone else, what has been your proven success and failures? Please leave me a comment below and share with us your stories!

And of course, if you found this valuable please go now and re-tweet and share on Facebook, I really appreciate you helping me to stand out from the crowd 🙂

Keep an eye out for the rest of my series coming this week where I will share intimate details on my strategies and what has given me such great leverage in a short amount of time!

 

Oregon is a state known for its natural beauty, its strong lumber and fishing industries and its commitment to eco-friendliness among other things. The state is also home to almost 100 different higher education institutions, from community colleges to prestigious private and public four-year colleges and universities, which all together offer educational offerings to suit any student, no matter what their academic interests. Although all of these schools are excellent in their own way here is a little about five of the best colleges in Oregon:

Best Colleges in Oregon – Oregon State University (OSU) – This prestigious co-ed university was founded in 1856 and is located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school is especially well known for its research opportunities offered to students at all levels and to engage in social media events like Twestival.  OSU’s programs in nuclear engineering, ecology, forestry, public health, biochemistry, zoology, oceanography, food sciences, and pharmacy technology are all consistently ranked amongst the best in the nation.

You can learn more about OSU by visiting the school’s official website at oregonstate.edu

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