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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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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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Value of Long-Term-Planning to secure an admit in Top10 Universities

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

28 Aug 2018

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...

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The SATs and ACTs are Cancelled

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

07 Apr 2020

The SATS are cancelled Reports around the world inform us that all schools and communities have been impacted by the pandemic of COVID-19. The SAT’s and ACT’s too have cancelled their exam...

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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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How to Make a College List

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

20 Apr 2020

How to create a college list to study abroad? Step 1: Gather your scores: ACT, SAT1 Step 2: Get your desired college names together, including college ranking. Step 3: Get the average sco...

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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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Study Abroad - Differentiation in the era of COVID19

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

20 Apr 2020

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...

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Impact on Indians as UK lifts cap on PhD-level work Visas..

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

18 Mar 2019

On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, UK Chancellor Philip Hammond said that from later this year, highly qualified roles will be exempt from any visa restrictions. This implies that Ph-D level roles will be ...

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