Swiss School

Sustainability Management School (SUMAS)
This video shows how SUMAS is located in a great place in Switzerland and gives a brief description of it. SUMAS is the first school of its kind that exclusively focuses on achieving a greener future without forgetting the standards society has set for "success". Switzerland is a great place to live because of the great views and it's relatively safe.

Sustainable consumption & production: a greener world
This shows the effect consumption and disposal has had on our world. By 2050 we will need two planets for Earth to be able to absorb all of the CO2 emissions and the garbage we throw away. Europe has developed a marketing system in which it tags ecologically better products so that citizens are aware of it, and will try to exclusively buy these products; doing something for a greener future.

An Inconvenient Truth | Film Trailer | Participant Media

This trailer of a movie called An Inconvenient Truth shows how the warming up of our world has brought destruction alongside. Most of the coastal cities throughout the world will be submerged since the worldwide sea levels will rise 20 feet. The trailer also shows how several landscapes have changed drastically the past 50 years. The trailer does a great job of convincing people to watch the movie.

FLIGHT MOFFETT TO PHOENIX: BEST OF

The Solar Impulse plane is a plane that runs uniquely on solar energy, which means that it will only run out when the night falls. This solar technology can be used for a variety of things that include refrigerators and homes. The pilot is really excited to board the plane and they are trying to fly across America. This can only be done with stops, since 12 hours of daylight is not enough. The woman who "solarized" Arizona feels really excited that Arizona was the first stop the Solar Impulse plane made.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: GRADUATION CEREMONY

This video is the graduation ceremony in Arizona that Mr. Borschberg and Mr. Baccard were invited to. They invite the engineers who are graduating not to invent small objects but for them to invent the future because the world needs them. "Every difficulty is a potential opportunity" - Andre Borschberg

ASSIGNMENT
•Please describe how you can apply sustainable consumption in your city.

First, due to the fact that most automobiles have no CO2 emission filters I would suggest to check every single car in Bogota. But then, these cars should all become powered by alternate means, let it be solar or wind, etc. Another way to apply sustainable consumption is by tagging products that are eco-friendly so that citizens know how to support a green future. Another interesting way of applying sustainability, would be to create 2 other trash chutes in every building so that the different types of trashes are classified. This is a pretty ridiculous idea, but a useful nonetheless.

Somehow, roads should be greatly improved because being stuck in traffic causes more CO2 emissions, and no one turns off their cars while waiting for the light to turn green, although it is something they should do. Roads in Bogota are completely destroyed which is why the heavy traffic brings us all out of our minds. If somehow we are able to get rid of corruption (or at least reduce it 50%) we need to fix the roads and build new ones.

Good and Interesting Colleges for BioMedical Engineering and Bio-Engineering

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Career Exploration

2 Colleges that interest me right now:
1) Johns Hopkins University
2) MIT

2 Colleges that interest me that I do not know of:
1) California Institute of Technology
2) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

	Johns Hopkins University (95%)	MIT (82%)	California Institute of Technology (96%)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (94%)
cost	$42,680	$40,732	$37,704	$26,834
school   size (students)	20,977	10,566	2,175	29,390
gender mix	48% men, 52% women	63% men, 37% women	66% men 34%women	41% men 59% women
majors that interest me	1)bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2)Business Administration and Management	1)Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 2)Chemical Engineering	1)Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 2)Genetics, General	1)Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 2)Genetics, General
GPA	3.72	4	3.9	3.86
SAT	2090	2225	2277	1947
Applicants accepted	19%	10%	12%	34%

	Berkeley	NYU	college 3 name	college4 name
cost	$35,712	$41,606	details	details
school size (students)	35,833	43,797
gender mix	49% men 51%women	41% men 59%women
majors that interest me	1)Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 2)Nuclear Engineering	1)Biochemistry 2)Biology/Biological Sciences, General
GPA	3.88	3.7
SAT	2030	2030
Applicants Accepted	21%	32%

My GPA: 3.8444...
I need to raise my GPA to enter either the CIT, MIT, Berkeley or the UNC. I will need to work harder, but also the PreAPs will help me get in, since they are harder. 

REFLECTION

I have learned that I could be accepted in many colleges, but if I would like to go to MIT I will need to have a perfect 4 GPA. I also learned that public schools have half or even a third of a price for residents of that state. I did not know that the University of North Carolina offered bioengineering and that the CIT existed. I now know that CIT is one of the best options for me. Also, I learned that the CIT requires a higher SAT than MIT.

This motivates me to work harder to achieve a better GPA, and to eventually get high SAT scores since I now know that I am missing just a bit to reach the GPA admission of most colleges.