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Toronto homeschooled student places 16th in University of Toronto National Biology Competition
Taryn, get ready to have your name go ’round the blogosphere because people are talking about you! Taryn Vandenberg of Markham, Ontario came in an impressive 16th in the 2008 U. of T. National Biology Competition. Taryn, who has always been homeschooled, placed ahead of all students from a handful of prestigious Toronto private schools [...]
6 ways to turn your interests into extra-curricular activities for your university application
Business Week recently shared advice from university admission officers: depth means more than breadth when it comes to extra curricular activities. Schools are becoming more familiar and less impressed with “resume padding” in the university application. Susan Chan, the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale University, comments in a September 2006 article: “We are [...]
Can we predict the outcomes?
Ontario is one of many places where “Outcomes-based Education” has taken hold. This educational philosophy focuses on “outputs” rather than “inputs.” For example, traditional curriculum documents might be nothing more than a table of contents from a textbook, with a suggested time frame for covering each unity. This type of syllabus focuses on educational “inputs” [...]
