How to beat low college acceptance rates! A lot of Indian students who look to do their undergraduation abroad are persistently concerned about it being harder than ever to get into selective colleges in the US. They cite ever dropping acceptance rates among top colleges as evidence. Selectivity/acceptance rate is measured by the percentage of […]
Is applying Early Decision for you? Early Decision (ED) has grown more popular as the rejection rates for highly selective colleges have continued to climb. In fall 2011, 55% of colleges reported increased applications for their binding ED programs, according to the National Association for College Admissions Counselling and even now these numbers continue to […]
What makes an extraordinary college application essay? Students often break into a cold sweat at the prospect of beginning work on their essay, troubled by one too many thoughts like “I haven’t done anything special that deserves a place in my essay”, or “will my essay make or break my application”, or “how can I […]
Choosing a Major Last week I met a Dad at a social event whose daughter went to Northwestern University. Through the course of my conversation with him, I stumbled upon the details regarding his son’s education and learnt that he is in a community college in the US. Not that this boy is any less […]
How important are SAT scores? With the admissions focus on a holistic process, SAT is but one piece of the jigsaw puzzle. How big a piece of the puzzle it is, will vary depending on the type of university. For the IVY league and very selective universities, being in the top 10% of your academic […]