How to Survive College at 40 and Get All A-Grades

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Five admissions tips for the A-minus student from Bethesda More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Nancy Funk | permalink
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The Ivies won’t take you, and merit dollars are scarce. But even in the affluent suburbs, there are ways to turn the admission process to your favor.
Tags: college admissions, college rankings, applying to college

For further reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/five-admissions-tips-for-the-a-minus-student/2012/07/11/gJQAzku3cW_blog.html ^[1]

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Regional public colleges — the ‘middle children’ of higher ed — struggle to survive More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Cyril Pahinui | permalink
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Forty percent of U.S. college students attend regional public colleges, but many of the schools face a squeeze.
Tags: highered, educationpage, regional public colleges, public colleges, community college

For further reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/02/09/regional-public-colleges-the-middle-children-of-higher-ed-struggle-to-survive/ ^[2]

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Why The Ones Who Have Bad Grades Are Often The Ones Who Are Most Successful More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by founder Sonne | permalink
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This is an ode to all students who have ever gotten B's, C’s, D’s (and sometimes even failed). It’s a declaration to the kids who calculated the exact number of points they needed to get on their finals in order to pass.

For further reading: http://elitedaily.com/life/motivation/why-the-ones-who-have-bad-grades-are-often-the-ones-who-are-most-successful/ ^[3]

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How college grading is different from high school More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Lafayette Howell | permalink
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Before you try to explain your first semester GPA to your parents, check out these clues into how the college grading world tends to work.
Tags: campus life, academics, admissionado, grades, katherine kendig

For further reading: http://college.usatoday.com/2013/05/31/how-college-grading-is-different-from-high-school/ ^[4]

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Behind Forbes College Financial Grades More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by simon rogers | permalink
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If colleges and universities were traded like stocks based on their listed tuition prices, higher education would be a short-seller's paradise.
Tags: Investing,Personal Finance,Small Business Roundtable,Best Colleges 2013,Forbes,FORBES College Financial Grades,Magazine

For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2013/07/24/behind-forbes-financial-grades/ ^[5]

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College is Free! (But Sometimes You'll Get What You Paid For.) More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Kenny Munck | permalink
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A guide to the frequently awesome, frequently buggy world of massively open online courses.
Tags: , college, coursera, ed-x, free online courses, harvardx, mit, mitx, mooc, online education, stanford

For further reading: http://time.com/money/2793973/college-is-free/ ^[6]

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Grade Inflation: Colleges With the Easiest and Hardest Grades More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by lev laltoo | permalink
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Here are the 16 colleges and universities that grade the hardest. Consider yourself warned.

For further reading: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/grade-inflation-colleges-with-the-easiest-and-hardest-grades/ ^[7]

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Cyril Pahinui, Lafayette Howell, founder Sonne, Nancy Funk, lev laltoo, Kenny Munck, simon rogers

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1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/five-admissions-tips-for-the-a-minus-student/2012/07/11/gJQAzku3cW_blog.html

2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/02/09/regional-public-colleges-the-middle-children-of-higher-ed-struggle-to-survive/

3. http://elitedaily.com/life/motivation/why-the-ones-who-have-bad-grades-are-often-the-ones-who-are-most-successful/

4. http://college.usatoday.com/2013/05/31/how-college-grading-is-different-from-high-school/

5. http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2013/07/24/behind-forbes-financial-grades/

6. http://time.com/money/2793973/college-is-free/

7. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/grade-inflation-colleges-with-the-easiest-and-hardest-grades/