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Tips for Applying for a Degree in Your Second Language

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One of the best ways to solidify your language proficiency in your second language is to complete a degree in it. This option is only available for those who have a good mastery of their second language but are looking to solidify it so that it is as natural as their first language. You will, after all, be learning in your second language, conversing with students in a second language, and so on. One of the most common examples is when an international student attends an English-speaking university. As English is the unofficial lingua franca, it is very useful to prove your proficiency with a full degree and not just language credentials. If you are interested in starting a degree in your second language, use these tips: Understand Your Likelihood of Acceptance of Your Top Choices Before we get into the additional requirements you’ll need to get before you should apply, start with understanding the base requirements. These requirements will be different from the minimum requiremen...

The 15 Richest States in the US Right Now

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Los Angeles skyline / Photo by Venti Views / unsplash.com The United States is without doubt the richest country on the planet, holding 30% of the global wealth, which amounts to over $126.3 trillion, according to the 2021 Global Wealth Databook from Credit Suisse. It’s also the country with the most millionaires in the world, 40% of them to be more precise. That’s over 21.2 million adults. But that doesn’t mean that everyone in the US is doing great in terms of wealth, as there’s a huge income inequality which affects the entire country. If you want to find out which US states are the most prosperous, you’re gonna have to dig up some figures. Don’t worry though, we’ve done that already. We’ve looked at the median household income , which is one of the best ways to determine the wealth of a given area, by looking at how its people are doing. There’s more than one way of determining the overall wealth of a state. The Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, is one of the most utilized me...

The 20 Most Expensive Pianos in the World

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Steinway & Sons In the early 1700s, an Italian instrument manufacturer named Bartolomeo Cristofori designed the piano. The actual definition of it was “ gravicembalo col piano e forte “, which translates to a keyboard capable of producing delicate and powerful sounds. It was made to fix a lot of problems with clavier items, like keeping the dynamic variation. By the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, prior to the invention of the radio, the piano served as the centerpiece of entertainment in almost every home. Nonetheless, every country that made pianos had its own distinctive design. For example, the English pianos had a heavier mechanism and a louder output , while the Austrian versions had a softer sound. When you sit down and start playing the piano, you can let your mind focus and even relax, as this instrument needs undivided attention, leaving no room for other thoughts. Any distraction could completely alter your ability to reproduce a musical piece. One note...

15 Best Street Legal Go-Karts for High Speed Thrill Seekers

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KTM X-Bow GT The world is full of cars. Almost everybody owns one, some more than one, and they’re used mainly to go from point A to point B, typically going to work and then back home. There’s a little bit of variety, but the most common types of cars can be divided into three categories. Off-road enthusiasts prefer SUVs and off-road ready machines, with the pickup truck variation for those who need to carry stuff, then there’s the compact car, sedan or a similar variety, which most people use to drive to work, and vans which are primarily used as a utilitarian vehicle. And these are the types of cars most people would think about when they think cars. They might also think about high performance sports cars or luxury vehicles , and that’s about it. But there’s more to it than most of us know about. There are other, less known categories that share the same roads, but are not that well represented in numbers and surely aren’t used as day to day vehicles. Meet the go-karts ! B...