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Our tenth grade English class just recently received our Pre ACT test scores. As part of going over them and what they mean, we have been looking at future occupations and the schooling that goes along with them. We are being told to look more into our futures and to start thinking about what colleges or universities we want to attend and what we might major in. I researched the qualifications needed and recommended for being an author.
For this occupation, an author would write about topics that interest them and others. They may have to conduct research about that specific topic if they are not too well versed on it. An author needs to be able to organize facts and ideas as well as develop themes, characterization, and setting. Authors require …show more content…

The school is located in Omaha, Nebraska and has a student body of roughly fifteen- thousand. Out of state tuition is $16,632 a year and rooming costs are estimated to be $8,408. The application fee is $45. This school only requires you to have a high school degree to attend. For Jackson County Central High School that means you would need to have four years of English and three years of math, history, and science. The average ACT score for students accepted into this schools is 18-29. This school offers a major in Creative Writing as well as English Composition and Writing. They offer a Bachelor’s,Master’s and other advanced degrees for the broader category, English Literature and Writing.
Seton Hill University also offers a study in English Literature and Writing. It is located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania with a student body of around two-thousand. The cost for dorms is listed as $10,612 and tuition is $31,420, with an application fee of $35. This university, like the University of Nebraska, Omaha, only requires an high school degree to attend, no specific classes. The average ACT score of students accepted is the same as the Nebraska school, between 18-29. This university offers a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or other advanced degrees for their English Language and Writing

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