American Experience | 体验美国
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February 11, 2014 3:25 am | By Nadia
We talked about how each college is different. There’s no more truth than that. What also is different is the interviews you will be asked to attend. My Columbia interview was one like I’d never experienced before. I was contacted by email to meet with the Alumni about a week ago. I had to postpone…
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February 5, 2014 11:42 pm | By William
A résumé is a way for an employer to review your work experience and skills. It’s also your chance to explain what separates you from other candidates. Whether it’s a particular accomplishment (being named employee of the month) or volunteering for the summer, you never know what might impress your potential boss. However, you shouldn’t…
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February 3, 2014 11:07 pm | By Li
Have you ever lost valuables such as laptop, cellphone, or even glasses? Well, one day, after taking a 20 min nap on the desk in the library, I woke up to discover that all these things I put on my desk was gone. I panicked at first, and I started to ask people whether they…
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February 3, 2014 5:06 am | By Julia
I rushed home right after my tennis match and sprinted to my mailbox. With shaking hands and thousands of butterflies in my stomach, I opened my mailbox. There it was, a single golden envelope, the content inside would either crush me or give me a sense of accomplishment that I had been working toward my…
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January 30, 2014 3:34 am | By Julia
Growing up as a Chinese American in Seattle, WA, my experience with Chinese New Year is very different than how it is celebrated in China. Here in America, my family does not celebrate with huge festivities like the ones they do in China. Instead, we just have a nice family dinner at home. All of…
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January 30, 2014 3:19 am | By IntroAmerica
Groundhog Day is a popular tradition in the United States and Canada. As the custom goes, if the groundhog emerges from its burrow to see its own shadow, the groundhog will take this as a sign of six more weeks of winter, and return to its burrow. Early spring arrives if it doesn’t see its…
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January 30, 2014 3:08 am | By William
On February 2nd, 2014, New Jersey will host the 48th NFL Super Bowl. The Super Bowls are numbered with Roman numerals, so you may have seen an advertisement mentioning Super Bowl XL VIII, and wondered what it meant. Well let me explain. With the exception of the Olympics, the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting…
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