the college admissions process can create anxiety. in an attempt to make it less stressful, please tell us an interesting or amusing story about yourself from your high school years that you have not already shared in your application.

But on an april morning in 1959, i heard a mother of four, having coffee with four other mothers in a suburban development fifteen miles from new york, say in a tone of quiet desperation, “the problem.” and the others knew, without words, that she was not talking about a problem with her husband, or her children, or her home. suddenly they realized they all shared the same problem, the problem that has no name. which best describes the connotation of the word “desperation”? negative, because the woman is feeling confused negative, because the woman is expressing hopelessness positive, because the woman is expressing herself positive, because the woman and the mothers are in agreement

Read the graph that displays interest and total payments on a loan. banks make the most money and take the most risk with an interest rate of 5 percent. 10 percent. 15 percent 18 percent.

Which of the following did the founding fathers see as a benefit of the federal structure (federalism) of government? a.) all power is concentrated in the national government. b.) the power is divided between national and state governments. c.) all the power is concentrated in the state and local governments. d.) the power is divided between the people and the government