high school credits
Queen’s University Math Requirements
Queen’s University offers a nice feature for prospective university students, a blog where they post up-to-date announcements, such as their New Math-Old Math conversion chart. November 8′s entry MCB, MGA, MDM, MCV, MHF – Oh my! leads students to a page from Queen’s website that describes the math requirements for all programs, as well as [...]
The 5P university admissions strategy – Program
In an info session for parents held at a local library earlier this month, a US educational counselor, Matthew Greene, describes what he calls his “5Ps” of university admission: program, performance, preparation, passion and presentation Here’s my take on these strategies for Ontario home schoolers, starting with the first one. Program: For traditionally-schooled students, this [...]
Home school university admission policies – freeing or constraining?
My husband Joe and I look at planning differently. I want an all-up-front plan to my day. Before he’s barely opened his eyes in the morning, I want to know what the plan for the day is. Don’t get me wrong, I may not even stick to the plan, but for me, there’s security in [...]