Cardinal Education Journal
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The Real Value of Advanced Placement/AP Exams in College Admissions
Read article →: The Real Value of Advanced Placement/AP Exams in College AdmissionsEvery April, high school students and their parents’ stress levels skyrocket. Finals are just around the corner, but even closer, a more terrible kind of examination looms: the Advanced Placement subject exams. Students cram study sessions wherever they can as their parents seek out all the extra support they can muster. APs, they’ve been told,…
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Flashcards and Its Effects on Student’s Study Habits
Read article →: Flashcards and Its Effects on Student’s Study HabitsFlashcards form the backbone of most students’ study habits. As soon as a new chapter or vocab unit is introduced, outcome the index cards and sharpies. Though this style of rote memorization has been around for decades if not centuries, what many students do not realize is that the standards and styles of modern education…
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When to Visit Where?: The Two Phases of College Visiting
Read article →: When to Visit Where?: The Two Phases of College VisitingSpring break always brings travel plans, but those plans are seldom more important than in a student’s junior year as they and their families hit the road touring a long list of colleges to kick off what is essentially the opening stages of the college application process. What many families do not know, however, is…
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When Should Your Child Finish Their Essay?
Read article →: When Should Your Child Finish Their Essay?Starting in middle school, students deal with all manner of projects and assignments that involve some kind of essay writing. These essays graduate into full-blown papers in high school, and balancing their deadlines against other schoolwork becomes a central focus of time management. It is an axiom that you shouldn’t finish an essay the night…
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When Should I Start My College Applications?
Read article →: When Should I Start My College Applications?When should I start my college application? The answer to this question can affect every element of your application, especially if you get started too late to adequately prepare. When is too late? When is too early? Is there even such a thing? Indeed there is, and with the guide below, you should be able…
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What the New AP Exams Format Means for Aspiring College Students
Read article →: What the New AP Exams Format Means for Aspiring College StudentsCOVID-19 has upended countless pillars of education in the past three months, from changing class grades and canceled finals to an uncertain college testing and admissions landscape. Perhaps the least discussed shift, however, has been CollegeBoard’s pivot on AP testing for the spring of 2020. Rather than cancel its iconic advance placement topic exams, the…
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