When applying to elite colleges, your application is typically evaluated based on three key aspects: Data, Voice, and Talent. Data includes your academic achievements and test scores, Voice is conveye...
A news article in 2018 about an auction at Christie’s of a painting called Portrait of Edmond Belamy caught my eye. This painting sold for about $432,500, about 43 times its reserve price. So, w...
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...
The most successful students who have been able to get into some of the best colleges in the world have consistently spent more time on getting ready for those educational programs. They start out ear...
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-...
Abundance vs Scarcity Mindset in the Context of Education and Career Pathways
Economists have known for hundreds of years one fact:
“In a competitive marketplace, price always falls to the mar...
A lot of us aspire to do Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the best colleges of the world. The process of application to great B-Schools all over th...
The Letters of Reference (LoR) are the third-party validation of your self-declaration in the application to any university. These letters help the evaluator look at your application ...
"Papa, can I become a doctor?"
"Well, you will not know until you try!"
And he went on to become a practicing psychiatrist at the top US hospital. Of course, in the process, he worked extremely hard...
