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The Value of Persistence in securing an Admission in a Top College

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

16 Mar 2018

Epitomized by Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours rule, success eventually boils down to ‘persistence.’ If you pull in efforts over a period of time (called...

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Should I write about the Coronavirus in my College Admission Essay?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

09 Apr 2020

Should I write about the Coronavirus in my College Admission Essay? The short answer is, probably not. What is a good essay? Let us recap what makes a college essay memorable and impactfu...

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Who should I get my References from?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

03 Mar 2017

The Letters of Reference (LoR) are the third-party validation of your self-declaration in the application to any university. These letters help the evaluator look at your application ...

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What is the difference between MIT and an average university?

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

13 Apr 2018

A lot of my students ask me whether it really matters that they get into top schools. We all know that getting into a top college like Harvard or Stanford is extremely difficult, and addit...

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Getting into MIT is much tougher than getting into IITs

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

12 Apr 2018

Lot of students are under the impression that getting into a US program is easy. As opposed to rigorous selection-based pathways like Engineering at IITs, MBBS, or MBA/PGDM from II...

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COVID 19 Impact on your Education-Abroad Plans

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

26 Mar 2020

Lives and businesses have been impacted adversely because of COVID 19, some more than others. What should your prime considerations be as you plan your immediate future? Harvard, MIT, Stanford,...

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Peer Pressure in the context of Education Options

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

25 Jan 2018

“I want to join XYZ classes, BECAUSE my friends also go there” Man is a social animal. Therefore, he is always trying to belong. Countries, states, villages, homes – any social unit-...

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Why Colleges Should Open in Fall

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

21 May 2020

Why colleges should open in the fall The ideals of education are high and untouchable. Yet the truth remains, on an economical level, as well as a functional level, that an educational institute cann...

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Teamwork between Parents and Kids to Write College Admission Applications

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

08 Jul 2019

Information was wealth. Access required assiduous effort and whoever made it and worked to develop an information arbitrage gained supernormal profits. It led to a lot of zealous gatekeepers tryi...

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