The education platform of the University of Phoenix is on eCampus. Before enrolling in the College of Criminal Justice and Security, I decided to take their academic delivery for a test drive. I am currently a police officer in Los Angeles aspiring to make detective, and for realistic consideration I need 60 to 90 credit [...]
You are now two or three years into your high school education, and you want to make sure your hard work and dedication pay off. Sure, not all of us are genius students, but we all need boost our credentials such that we maximize potential university possibilities. Grades and standardized test scores, of course, will [...]
Calculating your college GPA is much simpler than you may think. The usual confusion revolves around correctly assessing whether or not the course is a “gradable credit bearing” course, and then assigning the proper weightings to given outcomes based on how many credit hours the course is worth. First, and of greatest importance, is to [...]
“How do I get better grades in college?” In a sense, answering this is the equivalent of discovering the “Rosetta Stone” of success in the classroom. This is the key which every student searches for in college, but few of us ever unearth the truest and most efficient strategies to achieve our ultimate goals. A [...]
There is a lot of information out there about transferring credits from a community or city college to a private, public, or state university. The first thing to realize is there is no foolproof formula here and you will need to do some initial research and legwork to ensure that your junior college efforts are [...]
While many high school students strive to get into an Ivy League school, or at least the best instate school to which they can be admitted, the community college has become the backup or “Plan B” for many post-secondary education endeavors. The truth is, though, that community college may be a better option than expensive [...]
Every year, new rankings are released in an attempt to assess the quality of education and campus experience students receive at colleges and universities around the world. From Newsweek to Forbes, it has become increasingly more popular for major publications to circulate their own versions of university rankings, whether local, national, or even global. The [...]
Few words in the English language strike more fear into a young undergrad more than the words finals week. Finals week instantly brings to mind many unpleasant mental images such as hours upon hours of intimate time spent with textbooks, endless reviews with ruthless TAs, memorizing vocabulary words scrawled on index cards and long nights spent [...]
Uh oh, it’s finals time and you haven’t opened the book since the mid-term. Everyone in class seems to know what’s going on except you. It’s a terrible feeling. The best advice I can give you is to not let it get to this point, but now that you’re there, such advice is of no [...]
The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) is the leading provider of study abroad programs in the US. Over a million students have traveled abroad with AIFS since its inception in 1964. AIFS, with its extensive resources and experience in safeguarding traveling students’ welfare, provides a safe and uniquely authentic travel abroad opportunity. AIFS program [...]
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