A press release on Indian students opt for overseas education as admissions in local universities get tough
“Relative to the 2010-2011 school year, this has grown 25%,” says Leslie Sepuka, director, regional communications, The College Board. Though she adds that test centre growth and test taker growth are not necessarily proportionate because the number of seats across test centres varies. Some like Urvashi Malik, director and senior career counsellor, CollegeCore Education, a firm that helps send students abroad, say that the increase in applications from India this year has been upwards of 30% for a university like Yale. “This has been the upward trend and has gained momentum.” While the uncertainty around DU admissions and engineering exams may have contributed to the numbers, the trend is not limited to just Delhi or Mumbai.
Malik has just helped send a girl from Dehradun to the University of Chicago on full scholarship. Malik gets applicants from Agra, Indore, Jaipur and Bhopal and these students are equally well-informed about their choices, she says.
Source – The Economic Times
Dated – April 16, 2013