Amanda Said:

Northwestern University help please?

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Oh, I don't think you will have any problem with them taking you seriously, since you are decently involved in extracurriculars and have a good GPA. However, you will be hurt by your ACT score, and it does seem a bit suspicious and inconsistent that your ACT score would be so low despite your GPA being so high.

So at this point, I would say that you should definitely not give up hope, but at the same time NW would probably be a reach school. Just write a good essay and hope for the best, and good luck!

Sidenote: Are you seriously including an attendance award as a major accomplishment? You really should selectively choose what awards you think are important and just forget about all the rest - the college admissions boards are very experienced and can smell resume padding from a mile away, and they don't really like it.

Billie Said:

Things to do in Ka'anapali?

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snorkeling, whale watching, luaus, shopping, mini golf. I would suggest going to any activity company and seeing what there is that would be good for all of you. Many activity companies offer big discounts for you going to timeshare presentations for about an hour. Depends on the one, but I think some even provide childcare while you are in the presentation, If thats not your thing, it will just cost a little more money to do the activities.

Helen Said:

Proposed clinical trial of estrogen as a rescue drug in TBI and hypovolemic shock?

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How much estrogen would be used, would it be a one time thing or will the patient have to take it for an extended period of time? You know but most people don't know that even men have a small amount of estrogen in their blood, would the extra amount of the hormone and its effect on the body only work for the brain injury and its "sexual"/"gender" side effects be negligible. Or will a male patient have gynocomastia, for instance, as a side effect?

Of course if the benefits greatly outweigh the side effects then it should be used. So the big question is what are the side effects.


EDIT: Well if there are no adverse side effects and its a one time thing, then there really is not risk of males becoming feminised, as would be some of the issues males would prbly bring up. But I think that any man that is in need of this would want it because its gonna possibly save his life. I think if doctors were more honest with patients on how exactly things work, there wouldn't be as much of an issue. I don't think most people would have an issue with taking a one time dose of estrogen.

Now as far as human trials. Those things go on all the time and I rarely hear of people objecting to it, because humans can actively participate or not. As opposed to people who disagree with animal trials siting that fact that animals don't consent. As long as a person consents to this there shouldn't be an issue.