Cardinal Education Journal
Insights on admissions, testing, and academic life.
Practical guidance on private school, boarding school, and college admissions, plus test prep—from the consultants who help families navigate it firsthand.
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Do I have to be Jeremy Lin to get into Harvard?
Read article →: Do I have to be Jeremy Lin to get into Harvard?Editor’s Note: This article is the third in our four-part series Demographic Factors in College Admissions The answer: Not quite. But the admissions process at top tier universities may be more skewed than you think. Asian Americans in particular are facing seemingly insurmountable odds in their quest to gain acceptance to elite universities. In fact,…
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Interpreting STAR Test Results
Read article →: Interpreting STAR Test ResultsEvery year, public school students in California are tested through the Standardized Testing and Reporting program, commonly known as STAR testing. Parents receive their child’s results, which slot that child into one of 5 categories: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, Below Basic, and Far Below Basic. Most parents perceive a child’s scores falling in the Advanced range…
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Cardinal Education Math Workbook
Read article →: Cardinal Education Math WorkbookCardinal Education believes in the social value of a strong public education system and sponsors pro bono programs to bring private sector expertise to bear. However, government fiscal policies are short-changing public schools of opportunities: activities, sports, variety of classes, advanced classes, student-teacher ratios, and counseling departments. The “private school imperative” means that despite economic…
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Getting on the right Math Track – Blog Post
Read article →: Getting on the right Math Track – Blog PostMath Course Grade Pre-Algebra Before 8th Grade Algebra 1 8th Grade Geometry 9th Grade Algebra 2 9th/10th Grade Pre Calc (aka Math Analysis) 10th/11th Grade Single Variable Calc 11th/12th Grade Multivariable Calc/AP Calc BC/Statistics 12th Grade Wondering what your child should be doing to get ahead over the summer? We say, focus on math! We…
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Summer Math Courses
Read article →: Summer Math CoursesDue to a peculiar relic of our agrarian past, schools shut down in the summer. While the time off provides a great opportunity for families to spend time together and for kids to gain new experiences at camp, taking summer classes is no longer merely for those whose grades suffered during the school year. In…
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The Case Against Senior Statistics
Read article →: The Case Against Senior StatisticsJunior year is almost over, and it’s come time again to pick classes for next year. Your student looks over all the choices before them for the last time in their high school career. “Remember,” you say, “you’ll need to be working on your college applications this fall!” “I know, I know,” they absentmindedly reply…
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