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[ sunkissmyface ]		Aug. 17th, 2008 10:52 am Choosing an OT school...

Hi everyone,

I just joined and am excited to have found this community. I just graduated from UC Santa Barbara as a biopyschology major and am working on OT applications. I'm currently trying to narrow down the list of schools I want to apply to, since I have about 13 on the list right now. I was wondering what I should especially be looking for in a program - I know that fieldwork and practical experience is very important, and it seems odd to me that some schools don't have much fieldwork until later. U. Washington and U. Illinois are two that I'm looking at which don't seem to have any Level I fieldwork until the summer. Are there any particular classes which you feel are especially important to have? I personally have been thinking that classes like kinesiology, somekind of healthcare or OT management, and assistive technology classes would be helpful, in addition to the basics, but since I'm not an OT I don't completely trust my own preferences! If anyone could help me out, that would be great. :) And if you want to advertise your school, feel free!

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[ shanthropology ]		Aug. 16th, 2008 11:11 pm nervous about applying to MOT with unrelated BA

Hi everyone!
I've just recently started considering an MOT and was thrilled to find this community. I have a BA in Near Eastern Studies with a second major in Anthropology and practically no OT prereqs, ha ha. I've figured out that in two years I can complete enough prereqs to apply to the schools with the fewest prereqs. While I know that's not the best way to choose schools, that's what it's going to boil down to for me. I am, however, getting really nervous that taking the bare minimum prereqs at my local no-name state college won't be enough to get me in. Yes, I will do the observation/volunteer hours and have everything the school says I need, but I won't have anything extra, because I simply can't while working full time. 
Does anyone have any advice for me? Do I have a chance at getting in anywhere? Should I just abandon the idea now, since I have NO science background? 
Thanks in advance! 

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[ theljstaff ]		Aug. 14th, 2008 04:59 pm Basic Accounts, India, and LiveJournal Inc.

Development Goals and Basic Accounts

Last week we updated our development goals for 2008. Generally we noted a number of cool enhancements and investments to LiveJournal that we are working on, including improved search, usability, and site development.

We also wanted to let you know how we hope to accomplish all these things, and how we plan on paying for them. In order to accomplish our stated goals for this year and beyond, we need to increase the revenue gained from both groups of LiveJournal accounts: paid subscription accounts and ad-supported accounts.

As of August 28th, all users will be able to choose to downgrade their account to Basic through their Manage Account page. Additionally, we will start showing advertising to visitors who are not logged in to LiveJournal when they are looking at Basic Account journals and communities.

Basic Account users themselves will not see ads on any Basic journal or community while they are logged in to their account. If you want more information about this, take a look at our new post on [info]lj_2008 where we outline our reasoning.

Indian Flash Fiction Contest

In other news, we are excited to tell you we've launched "Quick Tales" LiveJournal's first initiative for users in India, in celebration of India Independence day, August 15th. "Quick Tales" is a flash fiction writing contest in which we're partnering with Caferati.com, one of India's largest online literary communites. The contest's winners will receive some great prizes and it is open to anyone with a mailing address in India. We hope that users with an interest in Indian writing or just India will watch LiveJournal's [info]india_writing community. That's where the finalists and winners will be announced, so keep an eye on it towards the end of September! If you're in India then enter the contest - if your story is slick and quick (under 500 words) then you could be the lucky winner!

Meanwhile, back at LiveJournal Inc.

We have updated and redesigned our corporate site. The goal of the redesign was twofold: first, to update the look and feel (Dystopia users will appreciate it!); second, we want to provide a destination for prospective employees, partners, and members of the press where they can access important information about the company. Kudos to our design team.

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