Choices and alignment of interest
A strange topic for a website that helps people get into college you would say! But then, this gains critical importance when the product you are going t...
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...
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...
“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-...
American psychologist and psychometrician, Robert J Sternberg's came up with the triarchic theory of intelligence suggesting that there are three kinds of intelligence:
Componential intelligenc...
Will colleges and universities return to standardised tests like SATs? How can you apply for your overseas education if exams and tests have been cancelled?
If you claim to be the future,...
Study Abroad - How can I differentiate myself in the post-COVID 19 era
Differentiation is a difficult beast to tame, even in the easiest of times! It is like running on a treadmill - you have t...
Most of my ‘successful’ mentees have worked extremely hard to get into colleges or career paths that they are currently at. While I have constantly talked about the value of persistence an...
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...
