INTRODUCTION: Deciding to follow the pre-med track is a dedication to a four-year journey. However, new changes to the MCAT —the entrance exam for medical school in the US—may turn the journey for future students into a more difficult trek. These changes, though in good will, are meant to engage aspiring physicians in the rapidly…
My whole life, I’ve lived on the not-so-far-away but vastly different Long Island. I had a standard suburban childhood: my friends’ moms drove minivans, I went to the mall, I lived on a block lined with identical Levitt homes, and I not only ate at Denny’s but also enjoyed it. So, when I stumbled upon…
To say that the NFL is currently at war is an understatement. In fact, the organization can barely tread water, drowning in problems not only from the NFL Players’ Association, but also from angered fans. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is the man under the microscope, standing on multiple forefronts of battle with nothing but his…
I have been trying to get myself to Macaulay’s Arts Night for the last two years. Inevitably, something comes up every year: an exam, a paper, etc. This year, I vowed that I would submit a piece and attend the event. On April 26th, I put on a polka dot dress and tights (I always…
I don’t want to lay clichés in front of you. So let’s talk about something that comes across as over discussed but is clearly not. Racist sentiment has poked its ugly head quite a bit over the past week. Cliven Bundy, a well-known Nevada rancher, made ripples across the country when he made racist comments in…
“Hey. Have you gotten 2048 yet?” “No. I have not. I am so addicted though. Today while on the bus, I almost missed my stop because I was playing. But before I almost missed the stop, the person sitting next to me noticed what I was playing and started giving me tips!” This is the…
Mt. Gox, once the largest exchange for Bitcoin trading, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on February 28th. The exchange owed $63.6 million after losing almost 750,000 of its customers’ bitcoins and 100,000 of its own to fraud. Mt. Gox also filed for US Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection on March 10th to temporarily halt US…
Not that any individual can do much about it, but perhaps it’s nice to sit and wonder on a balmy day — where the hell is the world headed? Technology’s rapid progression has allowed us a glimpse into our future. Cars used to be science fiction, apparently — in what age, I wouldn’t know. Perhaps, someday, the…
Last year, the number of students who took the ACT, an aptitude test which largely measures knowledge acquired in school, was greater than the SAT, which measures test-taking abilities. The College Board, makers of the SAT, recently announced that in the spring of 2016, they will be changing the current format of the test to…
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony was preceded by a lot of buzz. Much of the speculation included talk of which film would win Best Picture, how Ellen DeGeneres would host the show, whether Leonardo DiCaprio would win an Oscar, and who would win Best Supporting Actress. This category sparked a great debate over who would…
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