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A great score in Canada means little; you need to obtain a U.S. loan from a U.S. lender that reports to U.S. credit bureaus.... More »
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Loyalty Lesson: Is a 30% return on credit card spending possible? Yes, it sure is! + MORE Oct 23rd
This is one of those posts that wasn't planned but it kind of fell right into my lap and I had to write it after I completed another post on our site. That other post was A closer look at the credit card that Canada voted as the number one overall travel rewards card in Canada where we took a .... More »
The Ultimate Small Business Credit Card portfolio! + MORE Jun 8th
In this feature of Rewards Canada's Ultimate Credit Card Portfolios we look at the ultimate one for those who want to reap the most their Small Business Credit Cards. While many of us use personal credit and charge cards for our small businesses some companies find it much easier to track expens.... More »
Earning Stories: 3,000 Aeroplan Miles earned on an Avis rental in Palm Springs May 11th
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More earning college, university credits in high school
– macleans.ca
Philippe Ferland, a first-year student at St. Thomas University (STU) in Fredericton, N.B., remembers his first day on campus in a university course, which he took while still in Grade 12 at Oromocto High School.“At first I felt apprehensive,” says the Great Books major, “but when I walked into the classroom it felt just like high school—except harder.”
Ferland took introductory Japanese as part of STU’s University Now program, where high-achieving students are invited to take one credit—pretty much any for which they have prerequisites—and apply it to both their high school diplomas and university degrees, at STU or elsewhere, thus lightening their university course load. The program, free to students, started in 2010 with just a few enrolled and grew to 30 participants in 2013. As of 2012, 28 per cent of the program’s alumni had enrolled in STU degrees, says recruiter Ryan Sullivan.
Japanese wasn’t the first university-level course Ferland passed…
More earning college, university credits in high school
– macleans.ca
Philippe Ferland, a first-year student at St. Thomas University (STU) in Fredericton, N.B., remembers his first day on campus in a university course, which he took while still in Grade 12 at Oromocto High School.“At first I felt apprehensive,” says the Great Books major, “but when I walked into the classroom it felt just like high school—except harder.”
Ferland took introductory Japanese as part of STU’s University Now program, where high-achieving students are invited to take one credit—pretty much any for which they have prerequisites—and apply it to both their high school diplomas and university degrees, at STU or elsewhere, thus lightening their university course load. The program, free to students, started in 2010 with just a few enrolled and grew to 30 participants in 2013. As of 2012, 28 per cent of the program’s alumni had enrolled in STU degrees, says recruiter Ryan Sullivan.
Japanese wasn’t the first university-level course Ferland passed…
