Tom Szymanski – Page 3 – Be the Streak

Best and Worst Top 23 Public School Out-of-State Tuitions

College, FamilySeptember 10, 2024

23 of the top 50 universities are public schools. Public schools offer different tuition prices depending on whether you are considered an in-state or out-of-state resident. However, these differences vary drastically between $14,000 and $43,000 annually.…

Movies Still to Come in 2024

MoviesSeptember 3, 2024

My six-month AMC A-List subscription will expire at the end of October. Should I renew it? Although I have not seen nearly as many movies as last year, I still get value from my subscription this…

What is the 3DO?

GamingAugust 27, 2024

As I relived my childhood looking at Sega CD FMVs, I was reminded of the 3DO. My brother had a Super Nintendo, and I had a Sega Genesis. I planted my flag in Sega land and…

What is the TurboGrafix-16?

GamingAugust 20, 2024

Continuing my series of forgotten systems, we now talk about one my brother owned. I knew nothing about the system before it appeared in my brother's room. The console was initially released in Japan in 1987…

What is the NeoGeo?

GamingAugust 13, 2024

When I was a young gamer in 1990, there was word of a magical game system that cost $650 ($1560 in 2024) and had games that cost $200 ($480 in 2024). This console was the NeoGeo.…

Sega CD FMV

Gaming, UnrealitiesAugust 6, 2024

I've talked about my love affair with the Sega CD and Full-Motion Video (FMV) games in the past. I wanted to see what I have actually been missing out on. Even though I owned the Sega…

The ACT is Back (In Illinois)

CollegeJuly 30, 2024

Since 2016, Illinois high school Juniors have taken the SAT. But the 2024 school year brings change. Juniors will now be required to take the ACT to fulfill graduation requirements. ACT Scoring The maximum ACT score…

Top 40 Schools with Cherry-Picked Majors 2024

CollegeJuly 23, 2024

I am concluding my series on top schools in specific majors that may interest my relatives. Here are the Top 40 universities and their Communications, Computer Science, Finance, History, Math, and Political Science rankings. Unranked schools…

$Top 31 US Math Schools$

Top 31 US Math Schools

CollegeJuly 16, 2024

To be included in the Top 31, a university needs to be ranked in at least three of the following lists: Top Universities, Appily, Niche, and Times Higher Education. I then excluded the maximum rankings and…

Top 25 US Finance Schools

CollegeJuly 9, 2024

To be included in the Top 25, a university needs to be ranked in the Top 60 of at least three of the following lists: Top Universities, Appily, Niche, College Vine, Times Higher Education, and US…