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...
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...
MBA applications are a hard nut to crack. And with acceptance rates for top schools for highly visible demographics like Indians, Chinese and South Koreans running into very low single digits (like 1-...
Ethics and trust in college applications
The US admissions scandal, in case you missed it, has unearthed the seedy underbelly of admissions in some of the world’s top, most desired, most elite ...
This article is time-sensitive. Last update on 8.10.2020
There is a lot of uncertainty about admission requirements for the upcoming admission session (First-Year applicants joining in Fall 2021). We ...
It’s almost spring. And traditionally, spring brings with it, hope. Students across the world wait at this time for college admission decisions to roll in.
At Christmas, the Early D...
The debate between the SAT’s, subjects, and ACT’s has lasted a long time.
Both the ACT and SAT are accepted by all U.S. colleges.
Both the ACT and the SAT include core section...
When is the best time to plant a tree?
Twenty years ago.
When is the next best time?
Now.
This Chinese Proverb has long emulated the thought process suited to taking action. It’s Septe...
