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Category:

Admission Application
Published:

01 Feb 2021

The College board has announced that SAT Subject Tests have been discontinued in the US and will be discontinued internationally after June 2021. The decision does not affect the main SAT tests. ...

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The importance of your Profile in the year to come

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

09 Apr 2021

Thirteen months and counting since the pandemic began, with no end in sight, chaos in the economy amongst lockdowns - and uncertainty and fatigue in the academic world. These are not words one would h...

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COVID - 19: Education plans in the time of Coronavirus

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

27 Apr 2020

Reactionary response vs long term strategy These days, as we try to stay patient and hopeful while dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdown and self-isolation, there is...

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How to give a great College Interview

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

22 Mar 2020

Interviews for college admissions can be stressful. It’s the last lap, you feel you’re running out of steam, but hold on. There’s hope yet. The mantra for a great interview is simple...

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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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So, you want to study abroad?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

02 Oct 2019

APPLYING FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN THE US(A timeline to structure your approach in the year leading up to admission) (For a detailed list of the important components of the application process, rea...

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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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Self concept and University applications

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

21 Nov 2018

The concept of self-knowledge has been prevalent in the old Eastern philosophy as an integral part of higher education. Expertise in any domain at the highest levels was complete only w...

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How to accept a college admission offer in the times of COVID 19

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

30 Mar 2020

With April round the corner, the date for accepting a college admission is fast approaching. However, the excitement to begin a new course, in a new country, to take some big steps, explore education ...

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