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Ten Reasons to Study in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:54:00 +0000

1. Quality Education

Canada holds a proud international reputation for high educational standard. Canadian degree's are internationally equivalent to degrees from the United States or Commonwealth countries. To ensure quality standards are met, all academic programs are subject to periodic review by the institutions that offer then, and in some provinces, government bodies. Organizations like the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) have rigorous membership standards that must be met before membership is granted.

2. Programs to Suit your Needs

Post secondary institutions in Canada offer a wealth of program types and disciplines. Colleges offer certificates, diplomas, co-op placements, apprenticeships, and graduate certificate programs. While universities offer three and four year Undergraduate Degrees, Master's programs and Doctorate or PhD programs. Thanks to new trends in education many colleges and universities are coming together to offer collaborative programs which offer the combination of hands-on learning that colleges are known for with the more theoretical approach of university studies.

Most importantly, each school has a style all its own. You can choose to study at a large, research-intensive campus in an urban centre, or if you'd prefer, you can enroll at a small liberal arts institution with a focus on undergraduate education, or find a middle ground where you fit best.

3. Value for your Money

There is no question that studying aboard is a huge financial undertaking. While it is important to think of your education as an investment, you should be realistic about how much you can afford to spend. Did you know that the cost of living in Canada is lower then countries like Australia, England or the United States? Toronto is considered the most expensive city in Canada, yet it is still 25% less per year then life in London, England. Furthermore, according to the Mercer Cost of Living report, living in Toronto is less expensive then New York, Sydney, Los Angeles and Chicago.1

Where you study makes a difference in tuition costs as well. International students who attend an American Public 4-year college Undergraduate program will most often pay "out-of-state" tuition fees, which averaged $15,778 in the 2006/2007 academic year 2. These costs are even higher for anyone who wishes to attend a Private College. Conversely, all Canadian universities receive public funding through the provincial governments, which not only ensures all universities adhere to a code of academic standards, but allows for lower tuition fees. In the same 2006/2007 academic year, international students who enrolled in Canadian Undergraduate programs paid an average of $13,2053 . That's a savings of over $2,000 dollars!

4. Choose your School; Choose your Language

Canada is a bilingual country speaking both English and French which gives you an ability to choose your primary language of instruction. Schools like the University of Western Ontario, University of British Columbia and St. Fancis Xavier offer instruction in English. Other schools like Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Université du Québec or Université de Moncton offer instruction in French. Others still, like the University of Ottawa, the University of Alberta, and York University, offer instruction in both French and English. Many of these schools also offer English as a Second Language or French as a Second language programs.

5. A National Respect for Multiculturalism

Canadians are very proud of the diversity in their nation. In 1971, Canada was the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. This means Canada recognizes the potential, value and dignity of all people regardless of their racial or ethnic origins, their language, or their religious affiliation.

According to a 2001 census, there are 34 ethnic groups which at least one hundred-thousand members each, and in 2007 it was found that allophones (people whose native tongue is neither French nor English) accounted for one fifth of the country's population 3 4 . What does that mean to you? It means you can be yourself while feeling no pressure to assimilate to prescribed values.

6. They've got Technology and They know how to use it

Canada is one of the most connected countries in the world, and it shows in their education system. All schools have computer labs on campus, and have embraced technology in the classroom. From entire classes taught via distance education to using “clicker” technology in classrooms to allow for instant student polling technology is changing the way students learn, and Canada remains at the forefront of this trend.

Technology also takes focus outside of the classroom. A number of Canadian schools participate in worldwide technology challenges, like the North American Solar Challenge, which is the world's longest solar car race. In this competition, schools must design and build cars that are both fully solar powered, and will adhere to local traffic laws. Currently six Canadian universities are set to partake in the 2008 challenge which will be taking place in the summer.

7. Student Services you can use

Undertaking higher education is not a task to be taken lightly, and schools truly want to do what they can to help their student's succeed. That's where student services come in. Although they may differ in availably from campus to campus the goal remains the same: provide service and support to ensure the success of students on campus. Student services range from personal counselling, health and medical services, to accessible learning services such as arranging note-takers, or offering study skill building workshops.

8. Quality of Life that Can't be Beat

Canada is currently ranked 4th on the United Nations Human Development Index – an annual survey that uses a number of factors (life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living,and GDP per capita) to determine quality of life.6 They also have the highest ranking cities in North America - according to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting Worldwide Quality of Living Survey 2007, which ranks cities based on safety and stability. Five Canadian Cities ranked with in the Top 25 cities: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Calgary. Moreover, Calgary took top honours for being the most sanitary city in the world!6

Photo by alexindigo9. Living in Canada Means Living it up!

Never forget there's life outside of your campus too, and Canada has plenty to explore. As the second largest nation in the world Canada has a lot of outdoor activities to offer in many different climates. From skiing in fresh powder out in BC, to whale watching off the coast of Newfoundland, or hiking one of hundreds of trails in Ontario, there is something to please any outdoor enthusiast.

Prefer a little culture in your life? With hundreds of art, music, theatre, food, and drink festivals happening in each Province and territory you don't have to travel fare to find fun and adventure waiting for you.

10. There's a Community Just for you

Education comes from many places, not just the classroom. Universities and Colleges around the country offer many clubs and campus activities that will help complete your education experience. Improve your public speaking by joining the school's toastmasters society. Learn about Student Government and work to improve your campus by joining your school's Student Union. Join a sorority or fraternity and become involved in the proud traditions of Greek life. Or, find some friends who share your particular love of early 1920s swing music and start your own campus club!

Ready to find the school that's perfect for you? Use LearnHub's Canadian School Finder to match you to a school offering your desired program.

References and Notes:

Living in Canada: Cost of Living in Canada, 2006
Sandy Baumm and Jennifer Ma, Trends in College Princing 2007 (Washington: The College Board, 2007)
Statistics Canada: The Daily, September 1, 2006.
Wikipedia: Canada, January 15, 2008.

What's a scholarship and how do I get one?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Scholarships, the best way to finance your studies
N.B: This article is taken from http:\\gre.learnhub.com

Lesson Summary:
What Is a Scholarship?
There’s a scholarship for YOU
What Do You Need to Do?
How Can You Go About Getting a Scholarship?
Some sample Scholarships

What IS a Scholarship?

A Scholarship is defined as a financial award for a student scholar for the purpose of furthering their education.

Education can be expensive. Very expensive. If you’re rich, you shouldn’t have a problem paying for college. If you want to work while studying, you should be ok. If you feel like borrowing money to pay for university, that’s fine. But there’s a better way.

Schools, institutes and companies want to give you money. Yes, that’s right. Scholarships attached to successful students can raise a school’s reputation, create productive representatives of institutes, and help nurture future ideal employees for top companies. That’s why scholarships exist, and they’re out there for you to take advantage, so don’t be shy – apply.

There’s a Scholarship for YOU

If you’re thinking, “I’m not special, why would anybody give me money?”, you’re wrong. There’s a scholarship out there just for you, you just have to find it. If you have good marks, if you volunteer, if you help out in your community, if you participate in extracurricular activities, even if you have a disability- you’re eligible for something. Take a look at these stats from Scholarship Canada. Of the 7,363 individual scholarships listed in the 2004 ScholarshipsCanada.com Entrance Awards directory there are:

17 that require some kind of agricultural involvement
262 that require athletic involvement;
631 that require some sort of extracurricular activity;
615 that require some sort of leadership role;
1115 that require school or community service;
80 that require the student to have a general disability;

So you see, anybody can get a scholarship.

What Do You Need to Do?

To get a good scholarship, you should start early and focus even while you’re in high school. Here are a few things that will look great on your application and can help you secure a good scholarship:

Study, and study hard. The better your grades are, and the higher your academic standing is, the better chances you have of getting a scholarship.
Get involved. Join a sports team, get a role in a school play, or become part of a choir. Anything that can show your skills- time management, communication, teamwork, creativity, etc. This will help you a lot when you apply, since showing off your skills is quite important.
Be a leader. Create your own school club, or gather friends and organize a volunteer session in an animal shelter. There are countless ways to show initiative and prove you can be a leader of tomorrow, which will look great on your application.

Whatever you do, make sure you don’t spend your time sitting on your couch and watching TV. Make your time count by doing meaningful activities that can help you improve your skills and demonstrate the fact that you can make a difference in the world if you get a scholarship and a solid education.

How Can You Go About Getting a Scholarship?

All you have to do is… apply!

These are the steps you should take to find and apply for scholarships:

Do your research. Use this LearnHub community and other websites to look for scholarships that interest you.

Analyze yourself. Figure out whether you fit in with academic-based scholarships, leadership ones, or maybe agriculture ones. Write down your strengths and what makes you special and find out which scholarship fits you best.

Work on your applications. Start early and watch the deadlines. Be sure to fill in the entire applications. Scholarship applications can require you to fill out information forms, questions about yourself, essays, portfolios, and more. There’s a lot of work involved, but luckily there are also a lot of online resources to help you. You can find some great tips here.

Send your applications in and hope for the best. Good luck!

Some sample Scholarships You Should Start Thinking About

National Merit Scholarship, a US academic merit scholarship.
Canada Millennium Scholarship, a similar Canadian Scholarship.
Commonwealth Scholarships, a scholarship program in Commonwealth countries including the UK, Canada, India and more.
World Bank Scholarship Program, for graduate studies in subjects that can contribute to economic development.
Gates and Rhodes scholarships. These are awarded to students going into top schools, like Oxford or Cambridge. Other schools have their own scholarship programs.

GRE Study Tips

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:10:00 +0000

What is GRE?

Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a commercially-run standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools principally in the United States, but also in other English speaking countries.

Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS), the exam is primarily focused on testing abstract thinking skills in the areas of math, vocabulary, and analytical writing.

The GRE is typically a computer-based exam that is administered by select qualified testing centers. However, paper-based exams are also offered in areas of the world that lack the technological requirements.

Why should students take the GRE?

• It’s the way to get into grad school – what if you decide later to apply to grad school? You’ll already have your scores to send to schools.

• It gives you more opportunities – the scores are good for five years, so you’ll have something to fall back on.

• You’ll have all the time you need to study and prepare – as soon as you register, you’ll get prep materials to help you prepare.

How should you study for the GRE?

A variety of resources are available for those wishing to prepare for the GRE. Upon registration, ETS provides preparation software called PowerPrep, which contains two practice tests of retired questions, as well as further practice questions and review material.

Since the software replicates both the test format and the questions used, it can be useful to predict the actual GRE scores. Several companies such as, IMS Learning Resources and VISU provide courses, books, and other unofficial preparation materials.

You can prepare yourself for the GRE by becoming familiar with the test format, reviewing fundamentals, and taking practice tests. Here are eight ways to help you study:

1. Familiarize yourself with the overall format of the test. There will be two sections for each of these areas, plus an extra unscored section. The content of the unscored section will vary.

2. Take as many practice GREs as possible. The more practice you get, the more familiar you’ll become with the test’s format, and the more comfortable you’ll be when you actually take it.

3. Review the directions for each section of the test before you take it. Skipping the directions will save time during the test.
4. Be aware of the time frames allocated to each section. GRE Format: Verbal Section: 30 multiple choice questions (30 minutes), Quantitative Section: 28 multiple choice questions (45 minutes), Analytical Writing: This section contains two subsections – Present Your Perspective on an Issue and Analysis of an argument, each requiring you to write a short essay. (45 + 30 minutes)

5. Familiarize yourself with the question formats for each section. The verbal section has four types of questions: antonym, analogy, sentence completion, and reading comprehension. The math section contains quantitative comparisons and basic problem -solving, and the analytical section features analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning essay questions.

6. Increase your vocabulary. The verbal portion of the GRE is essentially a vocabulary test.

7. Review basic math such as geometry, algebra, proportions, fractions, percents, decimals, the order of operations and anything else you might have learned in high school math.
8. Try solving a few logic puzzles and games to prepare for the math portion of the exam.

In life, some things you just don’t forget — like riding a bike or every single detail about your favourite artist. But academics can be different.

It’s possible to get a little rusty and forget things you’ve learned along the way. That’s why taking the GRE Test (and practicing for it) while you’re still in college makes good sense.

Why GRE is so important

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:13:00 +0000

There are many options available when choosing your college for your masters degree. With all of the information out there, how does one decided which school is right for them? Below are the main four considerations when choosing a graduate school.

1) Probably the first thing to consider is what are your GRE's or Graduate Record Exam scores. This is a major consideration when deciding where to attend graduate school. Some schools require a GRE score of 1200 or more.

2) The competition at a school is another thing to consider. Harvard is considered a top school for business and law, and John Hopkins for the medical field. Your GRE scores need to be above 1400 to get accepted to these schools. Some people have their mind set on one school and will take nothing else but the best. Go for it, but keep a backup plan ready. And as there are deadlines, don't wait too late to apply to your alternate schools. Just remember, that the more prestigious the school, the higher your Graduate Record Exam scores need to be.

3) Housing was a big. The only way GRE scores play into the game here, is if you want to try to get a grant or scholarship to pay for the board. By the time most people go to graduate school, they are commuting or going part time. More and more, young people are going directly from undergraduate to graduate school. Many graduate schools have graduated only housing. Better yet, for us married people with children, a lot of graduate schools are starting what they call married student housing. High Graduate Record Exam scores increase your chance of getting funding for you married student housing.

4) Last but not least, tuition is a consideration. Graduates schools can have outrageous prices. Some run upwards of $20,000 a year. However, there are many funding opportunities out there. Graduate schools also offer graduate assistantships. These can pay for all of tuition, however, occasionally; they pay for room and board also. I would advise not to go too far into debt with loans. Again, your GRE scores are important. The higher your Graduate Record Exam scores, the greater chance that you can get good financial aid.

Good luck!

Importance of Computer Programming

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:08:00 +0000

From my personal experience, the very beginning of under graduate education in computer science and engineering department most of the student has some fear about computer programming.

They have lot of question in their mind.

Why there are so many languages and what is the best for him/her? How this critical programming language help him for his future life. Today I am describing these questions and try to resolve those confusions. Just sit back and reading the following carefully, I think it will help you a little for your future carrier.

First thing what is computer programming? It’s nothing but a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something. It does because if you are working in IT Company (after your graduation) then the thing which matters is: "How can you save the efforts of other people (Customers) so that they will reward you". You can do this only if you automate the process which individual have to perform manually. This can be done by programming only.
So what you are thinking. It’s still unclear to you. OK continue …

Knowledge of computer programming habituates your mind to thinking in a sensible, common sense manner and that approach will benefit anyone in the information technology field. The ability to think rationally and use logic when making decisions in.

Second thing the most important matter Programming Contest (PC). In my teaching profession many student asked me, is it possible to go a best place in Programming Contest by me. I said those, your ranking is not a matter. You may be a good position in Programming Contest or may not whatever, it’s not a matter, the actual fact is by Programming Contest you can increasing your problem solving skill (which is the most important asset in your professional life in any place in Information Technology field, I am again saying it’s really very important, believe me).

After all if you work hard and practice well then it’s not too hard to go to a good place. You can earn million dollars by programming contest. Also currently most of the IT top companies like Microsoft, Google, IBM, Yahoo recruit their IT professional based on the Programming Contest ranking. If you have that good ranking then clearly your door is open for those companies. They will recruit you with high salary.

So what are you thinking now? I think it’s little bit clear now what is the importance of computer programming. So let’s start today and go ahead. Nothing is impossible.

Good luck!

Bigmod using Dynamic Programming

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:19:00 +0000

//big mod using dinamic programming

long square(long c)
{

return c*c;

}

long bigmod(long b,long p,long m)
{
  if (p==0)
      return 1;
  else if (p%2==0)
      return square(bigmod(b,p/2,m)%m)%m;
  else
      return ((b%m)*(bigmod(b,p-1,m)%m))%m;
}

Top ways to earn on the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:01:00 +0000

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At first you need a PayPal account, where the money will be transferred to. From my point of view, PayPal is the best. You can simply transfer money to your personal bank account from PayPal.

Now I am describing the different way money making from the Internet (Without any cost)

1. adBux and bux.to

AdBux and Bux are two firms that offer earnings on the Internet. These systems are testified and I am personally experienced that it works properly and you really get your money. You simply click on some links of these firms and they send you money to your internet wallet for this activity (PayPal).

Registration on AdBux.org HERE

Registration on Bux.to HERE

2. Bidvertiser.com

Is a firm, that pays for placing a promotion on your site. 1 cent will be transfered to your Paypal account for each visitor's click. You should'nt experience any problems, because the registration sites are well-arranged .

Registration: here

3. Get paid to play games

There are many sites that let you earn money for playing simple flash games! Why playing games for free when you can get some dollars for it? Most of get-paid-to-play-games sites usually give prizes to top 3 players of each game. Those sites usually give 10 or 5 dollars for the winner of the game per week. The competition is very tough so it's very unlikely that you will win prize!

Some sites that you can earn money for playing games are:

You can search the google for get paid to play games to find more sites!

4. Get paid to upload files

You can upload files to sites like mediafire, rapidshare or even zshare, but wouldn't it better to get paid for it? Most get-paid-to-upload-files sites will give you from 0.001$ to 0.005$ per download! Well you will think that it's not a large amount of money but Imagine sharing a very interesting file and get tons of downloads? Think about it! You can create a funny pps file and share it with your friends! If you friends like it they will send it to their friends, etc... So your file will be downloaded many times and you will earn a good sum of money!

Some sites that you can earn $ for uploading files:

5. Get paid to write articles

This is the best possible way to earn a good sum of money on the net. Writing articles. Well it sounds easy, but it needs hard work to earn a few bucks. You will need to be creative, write about interesting things and promote your articles to be successful in that kind of get-paid-to.

Some sites to start earning money by writing articles:

Vote for Khulna University

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:36:00 +0000

We have chance to vote our Khulna University as the best university of Bangladesh . I am sending the link please vote for our university and tell KU graduate/ teachers/ officers/ staff/well wishers/others. To do so www.bd-university. com. Cast you valuable vote.

One person can vote only once from one e-mail ID.

Free online file conversion

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:24:00 +0000

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The process is very easy Send -> Convert -> Receive. The site allow maximum 100MB file size.

How to make money in the internet

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