Occidental vs Cheaper College

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<p>Kinshasha - Here is the Calif. Dept. of Education web site listing graduation requirements. Look under "social studies"
<a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/hsgrtable.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/hsgrtable.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Jym - Here are the Georgia Performance Standards from the Georgia Department of Education. It is my understanding that these were revised within the past 2-3 years so your son may not have fallen under them if he recently graduated:
<a href="http://www.georgiastandards.org/socialstudies.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.georgiastandards.org/socialstudies.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Applications to Occidental Top 5,000
<a href="http://www.oxy.edu/x2801.xml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.oxy.edu/x2801.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Occidental College has received a record-breaking number of applications for the seventh consecutive year, topping the 5,000 mark for the first time in the school’s 118-year history.</p>

<p>Preliminary results show that at least 5,050 students submitted applications seeking admission to the Class of 2009, an increase of 4 percent as compared to last year. Overall, applications to Occidental have risen a remarkable 170 percent over the past eight years (as compared to 1,865 applications in 1997).</p>

<p>According to U.S. News & World Report, only 13 top ranked liberal arts colleges received 5,000 or more applications in 2003-04, the most recent year for which such numbers are available.</p>