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How to Secure Strong Letters of Recommendation: Essential Tips for Success

Being solely GPA-oriented can be limiting because it often prioritizes grades over genuine learning, creativity, and personal growth. This is where strong letters of recommendation come in. Focusing only on GPA might lead to avoiding challenging courses or extracurricular activities that could offer valuable experiences and skills but might not guarantee top grades.

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GoldieBlox: A New Approach To Engineering For Girls

A friend of mine emailed me a video about a female engineer, Debbie Sterling, who was raising money for her new company. Frustrated that the engineering industry was so male-dominated, she created a construction toy for little girls with the purpose of exposing them to the world of engineering.

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Person of Interest to be Released on BluRay/DVD

“You are being watched. The government has a secret system: a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people, people like you. Crimes the government considered irrelevant. They wouldn’t act, so I decided I would. But I needed a partner, someone with the skills to intervene. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You’ll never find us, but victim or perpetrator, if your number’s up…we’ll find you.”