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About 35% of all high school graduates in America continue their education in an institution of higher learning. The word ‘college’ is used to (I)______ to either a college or a university. These institutions offer four-year programs that lead to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science (II)______ . Some students attend a junior college before entering a four-year college as a sophomore or junior. It is generally easier to be admitted at a state university than a private one. Most private schools require (III)______ entrance examinations and a high grade point average (GPA), as well as specific college preparation classes in high schools. Private schools cost (IV)______more than colleges, and famous private schools are very expensive. Poorer students can sometimes attend, however, by earning scholarships. Some college graduates go on to get master or doctoral degrees. Since college costs are very high, most students work at part-time jobs. Although college and work demands (V)______ the great part of a student’s time, most still enjoy social activities.

Strictly speaking, cartography is the drawing or compiling of maps. The explorers and surveyors go out and make measurements and gather the information from which the cartographers draw their maps. Sometimes the fieldwork and the creation of the map are done by the same person. But when the scope is broad and the sources of information many, maps are more often a compilation of that information. They represent the accumulated work of many people, brought together under the supervision of one person, the compiler. The value of maps depends, of course, on the expertise of the compiler, who must sift through available information, select the most accurate data, and come up with a thoughtful and accurate synthesis of the geographic knowledge of the region.