The School DOES Matter II

My 13-year-old son, who is starting on his 2nd year of high school this coming school year, asked me one time what prompted me to choose UP from among all the universities. My answer was simple: I had no choice. Coming from a working-class family, my mother impressed...

How to Review On Your Own

By Helen Ng High school graduates are naturally excited in anticipation of new experiences and the kind of life that college offers. They also consider a college education as the best way to fulfill their dreams, because it is an investment that will never depreciate....

Study Smart. Be Ahead.

Whenever the entrance exams of the reputed top three universities draw near, we find students scrambling for their textbooks from their freshman high school year to the present. The student wonders, “Algebra first? Trigonometry? Or focus on Chemistry? What if...

Industry Leader Owes Business Skills to Caroling Experience

Rossana Llenado did not have any kind of advantage. Her family poor and no one gave her any capital. Her parents were not important people. They didn’t have any connections. When she was young, she lived in Los Baños, a small town in Laguna. She was a very...

Another A+ for AHEAD Tutorial & Review

Amidst the tutorial centers that have recently mushroomed in the metro’s school districts, one name stands out—AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center.  For one thing, they’re the most visible.  Their billboards, featuring celebrity students Maxene Magalona and Andrei...