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Edufire – Live Video Learning

edufire Check out Edufire. It’s a video-learning website where users can be both  teachers and students.



Should You Take The Miller Analogies Test? (MAT)

MATThe Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is one of many post-graduate examinations, such as the GRE and GMAT, used to make admissions decisions for graduate schools. Many programs in business, the hard sciences, and engineering will not accept the MAT.

Instead, these programs prefer the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for business. If you plan to pursue a Master of Arts in the humanities or education, however, the Miller Analogies Test will most likely be a viable option.

I plan to take the MAT sometime this year. …



How to Get a 160 on the LSAT

us-160_e_seq_1443_az_2641This is a guest article by my friend Dustin Timblin who runs Me and My JD, a blog about his law school experience.

So you’ve decided to go to law school. The first thing you should do after taking that important step is to realize how important your LSAT score is to your overall acceptance chances. The LSAT is often called the “great equalizer” because it levels the playing field across majors and schools in order to more objectively evaluate your chances of success in law school.

The LSAT score is by …



Things Politicians Do in Debates That You Should Avoid When Writing

The first debate between Barack Obama and John McCain was supposed to center around some questions about economic and foreign policy. Unfortunately, I often had a hard time remembering what the questions were because they simply weren’t being answered. This is business as usual in politics, but it has no place in writing. (More interested in politics than writing? Here’s why I voted for Obama.)

Here is a list of every single question each candidate was asked to answer:

  • Where do you stand on



15 Ways to Graduate Faster


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Sometimes, all you really need is a degree. You don’t care what it is as long as you can get in and get out fast. (These methods will also work if you are interested in graduating with more than one major, but will obviously require more time.) Whatever your reasons, if this sounds like you, I’ve got the information you need to start sprinting.

(For the record, I love CLEP tests. You pay 75 bucks, sit at a …