Q: Do your research on potential schools so you can compare them. Yearly, there is a list of rankings on the top engineering schools. Schools like MIT, University of California Berkeley, and Stanford are consistently ranked at the top of the list. Read through their websites and become familiar with what courses they offer as well as their curriculum. Most schools provide a faculty page where you can learn about faculty members. If you want to know more about a school or ask questions about the curriculum, you may find contact information like an e-mail address or phone number to the department. Talk to mentors or potential professors in order to stand out as a serious candidate and learn more about the program. Once you have learned more about a particular program, set up a tour on campus. You will learn more about the geography of campus as well as other campus amenities. Tours will also help you get a feel of the campus life, to see if you would be a good fit as a student there. Talk to the college about how they will help you obtain a job after college. Some schools require internships as part of their curriculum. Often, schools will have a career service department in which students can talk about potential careers or even mock interview. Doing this will help you get a foot in the door for a potential career and make you stand out as a determined candidate. You will need letters of recommendation in order to apply to school. You want to ask professional references - like teachers, bosses, club leaders - to write these letters. You want someone to explain your skills and be a strong advocate to your studies.
A: Know the schools. Talk to mentors or potential professors. Tour campuses and look at curriculums. Ask about internships or career services. Get letters of recommendation.

Q: It can taper downward, like a bowl, but it should not have anything that sticks out, like a handle. Objects that make great molds include: Cans, cups, and pillar candles Cubes and square candle votives Bowls Seashells (you will need to smooth the bottom out later) Make sure the sand is packed tightly into the container, and that the surface is smooth. You can use anything you want to hold the sand: a bucket, a plastic bin, etc. Whatever you use must be twice the height you want the final candle to be. The sand will stick to your candle, so make sure that you are happy with the grain, color, and texture. The sand should be damp enough so that it holds its shape when you squeeze in you hand. It should not be so wet that it is soupy. Press the object down until the top is level with the sand. You should only see the top of the object. For a shorter candle, press the object only part-way down into the sand. If you accidentally messed up any sand on the surface, smooth it down with your hand after you pull the object out. Choose some glass gems, sea glass, or small shells, and press them party-way into the walls of your mold. Don't press them all the way into the sand, or they won't stick the to candle. Make sure that the bottom of your object is the part that is sticking out, and the designed part is inside the sand. Leave these objects in the sand. When you pull the candle out, these items will be embedded inside the candle, and peek through the sand. Make sure that the wick is sticking up out of the hole. If it is too short, you won't be able to use your candle. Don't worry if it is too long; you will trim it down later, after the candle sets. The wick should be sandwiched between the two sticks. This will hold the wick straight up while you pour the wax.
A: Choose a flat-bottomed object with smooth sides to make your mold. Fill a large container with damp sand. Press the object bottom-first into the sand. Pull object out very carefully, so that the sand keeps the shape of your object. Consider pressing some objects into the walls of your mold. Press a tabbed wick into bottom of your mold. Place two sticks across the opening of your mold, one to either side of the wick.

Q: To burn fat, it's important to get as much exercise as you can. Most people, however, don't have time to visit the gym every day. So, look for places in your daily routine where you can burn a few extra calories. Every little bit helps! If your work allows it, walk around while you're doing things in the office. Take a walk on your lunch break.Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Bike to the office. Look at yard work as an opportunity to get some extra exercise in. Whatever works for you is fine, as long as it gets you to spend less time sitting and more time moving. The specialized equipment that gyms have will let you get more out of your workouts than you could just running around the block. Many gyms also offer classes or individual training programs to help you stay motivated. Visit as often as you can, and try to get in a routine. Three days a week is a great goal if you have time. Core exercises like crunches are great for building up your abdominal muscles, but to burn up the fat underneath, you'll need to cardiovascular workouts like running, bicycling, swimming, etc. Anything that gets your heart rate up is burning calories. Keep up the pace. While any cardiovascular workout will burn calories, a high-intensity, fast paced workout will cause the release of growth hormones, which trigger the use of fat cells as fuel, and raise your metabolism for hours after the workout is over, extending the fat burn. Lifting weights and similar strength training not only builds muscle and burns fat, it also improves your sensitivity to insulin, helping your body process glucose more efficiently and store less of it as fat. Mix up which areas you are exercising, alternating between upper- and lower-body exercises. This will allow you to exercise all your muscles efficiently, without as much downtime in between sets. Try to target high intensity activity before low intensity activity and repeat a number of times during your workout. This will insure you maximize fat burn by following the biological sequence. You can get the most out of your weight training and cardiovascular workouts if you mix them up as well. Some studies have suggested that doing some lifting a few minutes before a jog or bicycle ride will increase the calories you burn during the cardiovascular workout. Some people suggest interspersing short bursts of cardiovascular exercise throughout a strength training workout. For example, you can set down the weights to do sprints after 15 minutes of lifting, then return to your weights for another 15 minutes, and so on. Don't start too heavy. Lift weights that you can pick up comfortably, without straining yourself too much, and work your way up to larger weights. Otherwise, you may hurt yourself. Intervals are exercise routines that involve periods of intense exercise, followed by short rest periods. By keeping the level of intensity high, your body is forced to burn more oxygen than it takes in. To compensate, your metabolism will increase and remain high for a period after your workout is complete, so that your body can assimilate a greater amount of oxygen. Like a high-speed cardiovascular workout, this helps keep the fat burning going after the workout ends. The most effective interval activities are those that exercise the whole body in a single exercise, like jumping jacks, lunges, hitting a tire with sledgehammer, and jumping rope. All of these should be done as quickly as possible. After a few minutes of activity, take a one minute rest, then do another interval. Once you've been doing a general exercise routine for a few weeks, you'll probably notice some areas of your body are shedding fat (or developing muscle) faster or more easily than others. At this point, it's a good idea to develop specialized routines to focus on the areas where the fat is taking longer to burn away. Some people find it's even a good idea to dedicate different days of the week to exercising certain areas. For example: Monday, focus on your arms and chest, on Tuesday, focus on your core, and on Wednesday, focus on your back and legs. Keeping to regular exercise regimen takes a lot of willpower, but to burn the fat and keep it off, you have to keep exercising and keep eating right.
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Get active every day. Join a gym. Do cardiovascular exercise. Train with weights. Do intervals. Target stubborn areas. Stick with it.