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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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“Mom, you are starving me.. for time”

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

06 Mar 2019

Sometimes we are willing to compromise on our time for the sake of money. Taking a hard assignment, putting in long hours, sacrificing time with the family or friends all in the hope of a good reward ...

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Accidental Enterprenuership

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

19 Feb 2019

I think of myself as an Accidental Entrepreneur. Never in my career before had I thought that I would not be working in a secure environment that would ensure a steady salary at the end of the month. ...

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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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300 Hours to Get into the University of Your Choice

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

10 Mar 2017

That is correct! 300 hours or 12.5 days of pure effort. That shall get you an admission into the University of your Choice in a program that...

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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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Future Jobs in Space

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

06 Nov 2018

While we keep focusing on the earth, there is a race on to leave the planet and reach out in space. And while the previous era of space exploration was led by the Governments (think NASA, RO...

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Peer Pressure in the context of Education Options

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

25 Jan 2018

“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-...

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