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Pygmalion effect in Mentoring/ Admission Counselling

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

31 Jul 2019

The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon whereby others' expectations of a target person affect the target person's performance. A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which low ex...

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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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The Power of Narrative in the context of your Admission Application

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

13 Aug 2018

Consider the following Examples – A “While reviewing my science project in the 8th grade, my father, upon seeing my half-hearted attempt, told me, “Every job is a...

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Active Forgetting

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

06 Mar 2019

Reading through an article in the Atlantic on active forgetting (How Active Forgetting Makes Memory More Efficient?), it occurred to me that the current age of cheap memory sticks and cameras in every...

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Why does the application process have SO MANY requirements?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

08 Aug 2020

Elements of an application While applying to a college, especially overseas, the application process could seem long and complicated. It always has many components - and often students and parents spe...

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The only two languages that a kid needs to learn today are English and AI..

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

01 May 2018

This was a comment from the exasperated parent of a school-going boy. He was already struggling having to learn 2 languages - English and Hindi, and multiple subjects like Language and Literature in b...

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In Short - how to answer "short questions"

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

15 Jan 2020

UG application freshman admission applications Towards the end of the application form for UG admissions, certain admission applications contain some questions which require short answers. For ...

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Admission Case Study - What not to focus upon

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

05 May 2022

A mind-map is a good way to look at the profile of a person. The picture above is a summary of the key elements of an MBA aspirant. As I work with students, especially the ones who are looking to ge...

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Study Abroad - Notes for students during the COVID pandemic

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

27 Apr 2020

While the whole world is reeling under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, it is students who are affected immensely. A student is someone who is in the midst of his mo...

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