5 Takeaways from the Weekend Information Session: Cornell, Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern & Princeton This past weekend had a plethora of colleges visiting. While I struggle to fit in 2+ hours of information into 5 takeaways, the post below is meant to give you the juiciest, most important points. 1. Colleges can be surprisingly similar…yet […]
Read Full Article →Is it possible to have zillions of concepts in your mind but still be uneducated? Uh…? Is brain drain after high school worse than brain drain after college? After all there are as many articles complaining about students who go for undergrad as IIT-ians and IIM grads going to US Companies each year! That’s true… […]
Read Full Article →Missed the USC Information Session in the CollegeCore office on April 19th? Unsure if you would have the chance to go visit USC? Not sure what the most important thing is on the website virtual tour? This post is meant to give you the quick and dirty update on important things you may have […]
Read Full Article →Trying to decide which test is best? Before we get into the nitty-gritties of comparing the New SAT and ACT, let me make one thing very clear. SAT and ACT are equally accepted in universities abroad. Understand one thing…..If you want a competitive college application, you need high test scores. And if you want high […]
Read Full Article →So, you got waitlisted. There is a special feeling of overwhelming frustration that descends upon the students that are stuck in admissions purgatory (waitlisted), so here are a few do’s and don’ts to get yourself off the waitlist. To make things more interesting, lets examine how you should approach the 5 Stages of Waitlist Grief. Denial […]
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