I want to study communications and major in advertising/marketing because I want to eventually become an entrepreneur. I got into a few different schools (Michigan State, Florida State, Drew, Boston University, and I got wait-listed at Wake Forest). I have ruled out MSU and FSU because they were really my EXTREME safety schools and I am confused about the other 3. Now on one hand, BU has a fantastic communications program and it is in Boston which not only gives me a lot of job opportunities but will be a lot of fun. Drew I liked as a safety, my dad and uncles went there and it was nice but i never fell in love with it. Now the big decision for me i think will be BU and Wake, assuming I get in. The problem with Wake is that it doesn’t specialize in communications and I am nervous I am going to be will all Fairfield county people all over again. However, it is significantly higher in the ratings that BU and prestige is EXTREMELY important to both my family and myself. HELP what do i do?
I signed up for BU already (meaning i put down the deposit money but that doesnt mean that i payed tuition and if i get into Wake i can still back out of BU) but I’m trying to figure out in the best case scenario: that I get into both schools (or rather Wake since I’m already accepted at BU) what to do then.

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the instructions given to the settlers by King James I? (1 point)
find gold
find a water route to Asia
settle Virginia
cultivate tobacco
2. Which one of the following was NOT a challenge that the settlers faced?
(1 point)
attacks from the Portuguese
attacks from the Algonquian natives
disease
famine
3. To whom was Pocahontas, daughter of the Algonquian chief, married? (1 point)
Francis Drake
John Smith
John Rolfe
Roger Williams
4. Indentured servants received free passage to America from England in exchange for what? (1 point)
their inheritance
a vow of poverty
agreement to work for several years upon arrival
a pledge of allegiance to England
5. Which of the following Jamestown events played a role in the development of America? (1 point)
Convening of a general assembly to create laws for all of Virginia
The “starving time” winter of 1609
Initiation of extensive fur-trading with the natives
The king’s revocation of the Virginia Company Charter
6. Where was the first Puritan settlement in Massachusetts?
(1 point)
Holland
Plymouth
New Hampshire
Providence
7. Whose structured leadership kept the Jamestown colony from dissolving? (1 point)
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Francis Drake
Entrepreneur John Rolfe
Captain John Smith
8. Who founded the town of Providence, Rhode Island?
(1 point)
Thomas Hooker
John Smith
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
9. _____ was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
(1 point)
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
10. All of the following were important economic resources in the original 13 colonies EXCEPT:
(1 point)
tobacco
slaves
fur
oil

i take a class online and i have to get it done before july. i’m stuck on this one question. oh! and the class is career planning. this is the assignment

“Using the profile you have developed in previous units and sections, and using the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, write a two-page essay analyzing your potential as an entrepreneur.

In this paper, you might compare/contrast your personal skills, abilities, and interests with that of successful or famous entrepreneurs. You might describe your passions and how they relate or don’t relate to becoming an entrepreneur.”

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What do you think about these…?
What makes a successful entrepreneur?
What types of businesses and social enterprises are most likely to succeed?
What support can be given to young people starting out?
What skills are needed and how can these be encouraged and developed?

Well guys…

From about 18-21 I obtained a few different credit cards (3-5). In my young stupidity I ran these cards up and could not pay them off. Last year, I saved up about $5,000 and contacted all of the collection agencies that had been writing me letters. I settled on all of the cards for the price they were asking. I should’ve paid the entire amount but I didn’t have the cash and was under the impression that paying the requested amount from the collection agencies was the same as paying off the card entirely.

Here I am now, 23 years old and wanting to buy a house in the next 2 years. I currently have 3 credit cards that I pay on time every month in an attempt to rebuild my credit score. I also have a student loan that’s in good standing. However, I have about 5 negative accounts on my credit report from the cards I had when I was young and closed. I am DESPERATE to repair my credit and am willing to take any steps I can but I just don’t have many resources. I have written letters to all of the companies on my credit report kindly asking them to remove the negative accounts but my requests were all denied. I Google’d “credit repair services” but it seems that everything I find is expensive, illegal or both.

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I will continue to assist Entrepreneurs in every way to succeed, to improve whatever it is that they are doing. Can’t help it. It is a genetic trait that we humans have; a natural desire for upward mobility.

It’s not the Yuppie Syndrome, as much as it is self-improvement and personal success. It seems that it is a drive in varying degrees of passion with each individual that exists from birth, otherwise our species would die out after a couple generations!

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I am a Chinese student who is applying to transfer from community college to UC now. I wrote a personal statement for my application. Could anyone help me revise my grammars and sentence patterns? Even a paragraph or a sentence, I would appreciate it.

My interest in economics and business has reasons. For one thing, born in a business family, I had been influenced by my family’s economics sense and education. For another, I was nurtured in a new China which keeps economic development as its central task and under a backdrop of rapidly growing economic globalization

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1.Which of the following best describes the term economics?

a .A study of government’s role in the monetary affairs of a country.
b. A study of how traditional economies can succeed through adopting new strategies.
c. A study of peoples’ interaction with their government and fellow citizens
d. A study of how people try to satisfy what appears to be seeming unlimited and competing wants through the careful use of relatively scarce resources.

2.Which of the following best describes an economic product?

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1. According to the “guns and butter” example, if a country decides to spend more on military goods, which of the following will happen? (1 point)
The country will have less money to devote to consumer goods.
The country will have an equal amount of money to devote to consumer goods.
The country will be forced to make trade-offs in military purchasing.
The country will have more resources to devote to consumer goods.
2. By the end of the summer, Jason had saved enough money for college from his job as a waiter. He even had some money left over. Although he wanted both, he decided to buy a DVD player rather than a digital camera. Which of the following is the opportunity cost in this scenario? (1 point)
the DVD player
the digital camera
college
the job
3. How does a society answer the three economic questions about the production and consumption of goods and services? (1 point)
Its answer is based on the importance it attches to various economic goals and societal values.
Its answer is based on the importance it attaches to the stock market.
Its answer is based on recent technological advances.
Its answer is based solely on current environmental regulation.
4. Centrally planned economies can work effectively toward explicity stated goals, but which of the following is one disadvantage of such a system? (1 point)
Its performance almost always falls short of its ideals.
These economies can never produce an increase in output.
The workers control all the production factors.
It gives too many rewards for innovation.
5. The purpose of the free enterprise system is to (1 point)
give consumers goods and services free of charge.
eliminate economic choices.
create political campaign slogans.
give consumers freedom to make economic choices.
6. Which word BEST completes the following sentence? Improvements in _____ allow an economy to produce more output from the same or a smaller quantity of inputs. (1 point)
GDP
free enterprise
technology
communication
7. What is a factory building an example of? (1 point)
human capital
physical capital
an economic trade-off
technology
8. An example of an entrepreneur is (1 point)
a writer who is hired by a film studio to adapt a novel into a screenplay.
a lawyer in a high-profile law firm that specializes in business law.
an Olympic ice skater who later decides to join a professional ice show.
an artist who runs a business painting murals in office buildings and restaurants.
9. Human capital includes (1 point)
the salary paid to an accountant.
a taxi driver’s knowledge of the city streets.
the machinery used to weave cloth.
the equipment used by a doctor to cure a patient.
10. Which of the following is NOT an example of a public good? (1 point)
shopping malls
national parks
highways
municipal libraries
Match each term with the correct statement below.
11. government aid to the poor (1 point)
market failure
public policy
externality
welfare
poverty threshold
12. a situation in which goods are not fairly distributed (1 point)
market failure
public policy
externality
welfare
poverty threshold
13. an income level below that which is needed to support families or households. (1 point)
market failure
public policy
externality
welfare
poverty threshold
14. laws and standards on topics of public interest (1 point)
market failure
public policy
externality
welfare
poverty threshold
15. an economic side effect of a good or service that generates benefits or costs to someone other than the person deciding how much to produce or consume (1 point)
market failure
public policy
externality
welfare
poverty threshold
Kelly is an artist. He’s found that he’s very good at painting portraits of children and pets, but he’s not happy doing it. He wants to paint other things. Although none of his other paintings have sold, he believes that they will sell in the future and that if he works very hard at it, his painting could really become great. He can’t predict when that will happen, however, and he has bills to pay now. He uses a decision-making grid to help him decide how to proceed in his career. Answer questions 16-19 based on the information in the grid.
16.

What benefits will Kelly forgo if he chooses to paint what he wants? (1 point)

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Hi,

I have 2 years left in high school before i go to university and i was wondering what is the correct path to take ? I was thinking of going and getting my (BBA) Bachelor of Business Administration Then after 4 or 5 years of work experience going back for my (MBA) Master of Business Administration and after that maybe another 5 years or so going back for my (DBA) Or Ph.D in business administration ? do you think this is a good career path ? and also will it pay off ? eg: ( good salary and ease of getting a job in a high position such as CEO or President ? if not what is a good path for me to take ?

1 last thing will this make me an entrepreneur ?

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