Credit score was also a major key in the crash of 2007. Lenders looked at the credit score, and if the credit score passed a certain threshold, then the applicant was able to receive the said loan for the mortgage on the house. ... With a low credit score, many low-income families are not able to take out loans for high education or even loans for their house. ... Their credit score was average, sub-par at best; however, after the crash, it tanked severely. ... With a low credit score, families are not able to afford higher education which only feeds more to the negative feedback loop. ...

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Some creditors use the process of credit scoring to decide whether to give a loan or credit card (Alexander 1). The credit scoring system awards points for each factor, involving the consumer's past credit history, the creditor finds important (Alexander 1). ... The California Bankers Association rejected the Credit-score Access Bill (Showley 1). ... The California Bankers Association believed that consumers would change their credit records to improve their scores (Showley 1). ... In addition, the right to receive a copy of their credit scores with copies of their credit file (Realit...

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The average GPA for students accepted by SCCO is 3.34 and the average OAT score is 335. ... The average GPA for these incoming students was 3.33 and the average OAT score was 325. ... Incoming UHCO students had an average GPA of 3.31 and an average OAT score of 318. ... Students have 62.75 credits during their first year, 63.25 credits their second year, 57.75 credits the third year, and 54 credits their final year. ... An optometry student there can expect to have 61 credits his first year, 64.5 credits the second year, 51.5 the third, and 48 credits his final year. ...

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Score each answer 1 to 3., ex. ... Total up the scores from all five questions. ... If the score is 11 or higher, go see the property. ... Your challenge is not to always have adequate credit, cash flow, or collateral --- but to find other people who are willing to lend them to you. ... If you lack any of the four C's --- credit, cash, cash flow, or collateral then you will need some help from OPM or OPR. ...

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"That means taking remedial courses, for which the students pay regular tuition but don't earn credits. ... The remedial classes are also not good towards any credit. ... I could have used this money towards college credit courses to get a head start on my college level classes. ... Consequently, Time is also another factor in remedial courses, when I signed up for a two year college no one had told me it could take longer to complete based on my Accuplacer scores. ... In addition to being de-motivating, when you are placed into the classes' colleges will no longer be using the ...

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Conversely when the handsome upper class student scores 100%, is your reaction the same or different? ... Once the exam has been taken and the scores calculated then the decision is made. ... If a low score is achieved then the results can be disastrous. ... Once a student begins to realize poor test scores a process of specialized care begins. ... Tiger credits much his success to his father's tireless efforts to help him succeed. ...

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Conversely when the handsome upper class student scores 100%, is your reaction the same or different? ... Once the exam has been taken and the scores calculated then the decision is made. ... If a low score is achieved then the results can be disastrous. ... Once a student begins to realize poor test scores a process of specialized care begins. ... Tiger credits much his success to his father's tireless efforts to help him succeed. ...

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Foster, a fourteen-time Grammy Award winner (including the coveted Producer of the Year award no less than three times) with an unprecedented 41 nominations to his credit, erupted onto the music scene when his rock group, Skylark, scored the Top 10 hit "Wildflower" in 1973. ... Foster went on to amass a formidable list of production credits, creating such seminal hits as "Talk To You Later" (The Tubes), "You're The Inspiration" (Chicago), "Somewhere" (Barbra Streisand), and "We've Got Tonight" (Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton). ... In 1971, Foster relocated to Los Angeles, and within ...

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Points are scored by a ball-carrier crossing the goalline, scoring what can be called a try. Worth five points, a try is the most often form of scoring used. ... On the occurance of penalty-worth occasions, and infractions in rules, drop-kicks can be scored for three points apiece. ... Since no blocking is allowed, players must use their bodies as the ram to shatter the enemy gates, ,and score. ... Helens team, is credited with the leadership of his team, and the admiration of many crowds. ...

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People bet on things like a completed first pass-attempt by John Elway, the jersey number of the first person to score, the team to score the longest touchdown, and the total number of fumbles by both teams.The NCAA men's basketball tournament brought in millions of dollars this past season through gambling. ... Also, many students have access to credit cards. In a survey of students who applied for a loan, it was found that 65% have credit cards and 20% have four or more credit cards. ...

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Merit-based financial aid programs are offered to students who meet a merit requirement based on their high school GPA and sometimes their SAT or ACT scores. ... After receiving loans, college freshmen will conveniently use their debit cards and aren't aware of the drawbacks to debit card and credit card use. Growing up in a world where society increasingly uses credit cards and electronics for shopping, college students rarely have cash in their wallets (College Parents). ... College students should be responsible with a credit card because credit card companies often charge high interes...

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Such as each class a student takes, they earn a certain amount of credits and a mandatory 25 credits minimum to graduate. Three of those credits had to be 3 years of taking a language course, 1 of the credits has to be a art credit 8 have to be english so on and so forth. ... I was carefree, I had four years to write the essay, and I put my score and that essay behind me. ...

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It was also found that "all seven Chicago charter schools underperformed state averages, and five scored mostly below the average for Chicago, which traditionally is lower than the state average because of Chicago's greater concentration of low-income students." ... Through this program, students are able to earn credits toward graduation by doing community service, participating in a health club, and through work-study. ... Because of the number of students in the program, although limited, there is a recommendation of twenty five percent individual instruction, sixty percent computer...

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This new invention also allowed straphangers to use their credit card to purchase a MetroCard which is not done through token booth. ... You will be able to pay with credit cards, ATM/debit cards or cash. ... Mark Green who is also running for mayor released a report in June stating, "The proposed cutback would pose a significant security risks or inconvenience to scores of riders... In August 1999, there was a report out on MetroCards buyers getting overcharged by the vending machines through the use of credit cards. ... "Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Tom Kelly said that ve...

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People who are supporting unschooling believe in all the benefits that it shares; higher test scores, closer relationship with your children and the ability to bring religion into the classroom. ... Rachel scored high enough test scores to gain admittance to Harvard. ... Statistics show that unschoolers typically receive higher scores on SAT tests and many of them have more patient social skills. ... Many children who are unschooled surpass the educational abilities and test scores of public schools. ...

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Since there is a correlation between BAS and connectivity in the recall of words form the DRM paradigm, I choose the same lists for both the visual and the auditory groups that have relatively equal and average BAS scores, as suggested by Roediger and McDermott (2001). ... The hypothesis of this study is that if the list used in the presentation of the DRM paradigm are relatively equal in word length and mean Bas scores, and are presented with equal amounts of time for each word, then there still should be a significant difference in the number of times the critical word is remembered when the...

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See Pre-Requisite What is a Credit? ... Some courses are worth three credits, while others four and five credits. ... A student who completes a certain number of credits in a specified area can declare it as a minor. Different colleges offer minors in various areas, and require a minimum number of credits. ... Non-matriculated students required to take placement testing must score at a satisfactory level according to St. ...

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Others disagree that the knowledge from education does not necessarily matter, but the credit of education does. ... Jose Lara, 17, has earned enough high school credits to be in the ninth grade. ... On his last report card he got three A's, a B and 2 C's, and he wants to attend summer school to make up the 20 credits he needs to be able to graduate next year" (Rivera and Berkeley 7). ... According to the article, "Raising the Bar" implementing education programs can improve teaching skills and Hispanic academic scores (Wells, et al. 37). ...

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A survey taken by Two Crows Corporation turned up these applications of data mining: Ad revenue forecasting Churn (turnover) management Claims processing Credit risk analysis Cross-marketing Customer profiling Customer retention Electronic commerce Exception reports Food-service menu analysis Fraud detection Government policy setting Hiring profiles Market basket analysis Medical management Member enrollment New product development Pharmaceutical research Process control Quality control Shelf management/store management Student r...

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Soon the predictions of Friedman became reality and it was found that appalling test scores, alarmingly low secondary school graduation and school passageway rates, constrained instruction open doors inside and outside schools, and racial and monetary detachment have knitted the training scene on May inward city groups (Rand). ... Greene (1999, 2001) found that appalling test scores, alarmingly low secondary school graduation and school passageway rates, constrained instruction open doors inside and outside schools, and racial and monetary detachment have knitted the training scene on May inwa...

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What they found clearly promotes Bhutto's argument, but it also serves as a contradictory rebuttal: "The mean score for political rights (on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the highest level of rights) in the Muslim world is 5.24, compared to 2.82 for the non-Muslim world. The mean score for civil liberties in Muslim countries is 4.78, compared to 2.71 for non-Muslim countries. ... The way the scores are reached is not shown, there's always a bias of some level from whoever is crunching the data, and the validity of the data that is used is not certain. ... But to her credit, sh...

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The opening sequence of the film establishes the off-centered rollercoaster that soon departs, as there are no opening credits and the first shot is Barry seated at a desk to the far left of the screen in an empty garage. ... Unfortunately, this scenario is broken when a group of brothers from a scummy phone sex line begin to threaten Barry after he had called them one night, and refused to help one of the girls with money problems, after he had already passed over his credit card and security information. ... Adding to this collaboration of moods being created was the films soundtrack, origin...

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Many Americans fueled their purchase of the new American Dream with credit cards, a choice that eventually affected the state of the American Dream" (How the American Dream Has Changed Over Time). As more people used their credit cards, they accumulated more debt, which later caused a recession over time. ... For instance, Redding reported research findings from Hong Kong managers of higher scores for 'social needs.' ...

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There was no specific name of his domestic or foreign program, but in foreign affairs Jackson scored two diplomatic triumphs, one with Britain and one with France, that ended long-standing disputes with those countries. ... Although this was to a large extent a privately owned bank, it had a government charter to regulate the flow of currency, control credit, and perform essential banking services for the Department of the Treasury. ... When depression came, credit became scarce. ...

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The measure of motivation through expectation was a multiplicative score of expectancy, instrumentality, and valence, plus it used extrinsic outcomes. ... These students were in a management class and for their participation received extra credit. ... After reviewing the scores, it was shown that the scores were higher on the post-training conditions than in the pre-training conditions, and the no-accountability conditions. ... Hypothesis four was also supported by the fact that when presenting accountability information before the training sessions the results were much higher test scores ...

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