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Writing your UCAS Personal Statement
Your UCAS Personal Statement (PS) is the one opportunity that you get to talk about why you want to study a particular degree. It is your opportunity to demonstrate the drive, ambition, skills and achievements that make you a great choice for the universities you have applied to. Unfortunately, you only have a limited amount…
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Best Creative Writing Majors and Related Careers
Colleges in the US usually offer English majors with a concentration in Creative Writing or sometimes just a minor (such as NYU). Others offer rigorous programs that include courses, reading lectures and workshops in Creative Writing. Apart from the renowned visiting faculty who would most probably be authors you’ve read or heard of, look out…
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Why Pictures and Videos are Important for College Applications
As unexpected as it may sound, clicking pictures and videos of you engaged in extracurricular activities can help you stand out in your college applications.
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World Reputation Rankings 2020
The Times Higher Education have just released their rankings of the worlds universities according to their reputation. The rankings are devised by asking just over 11,000 senior academics from 132 countries to name the universities that they believe are the best for research and teaching in their subject area in this academic year. The United…
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How to Write Essays for US College and University Application?
US colleges and universities practice holistic admissions, which means that they are looking at their applicants as being whole individuals with their unique set of experiences and learnings. For this reason, your college essays need to reflect the values and skills you have developed as a result of all those wonderful things mentioned in your…
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Choosing a major: A parent’s guide
Do you know what the most common entry is against the question ‘what major would you like to study’ is? Its ‘Undecided’. There is no requirement for a student to say what they want to study at college, however there are clear advantages in having at least some direction. It is natural that parents will…
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Tips for the Stanford Supplemental Essays
Stanford University is keen to understand the depth and breadth of your personality, something that doesn’t reflect in your transcripts. That is why Stanford’s supplemental essays are designed to get to know you beyond the academic data. This is your chance to diversify your application. Show elements of intellectual curiosity, volunteering experience, interdisciplinary learning, reading…
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University of Chicago: A Students View.
My ‘Why UChicago’ essay was longer than most newspaper articles. Therefore, as you might’ve guessed, I arrived at the University with high expectations. My head was ringing with visions of school-wide scavenger hunts, bizarre class lists, and professors who re-enact papal elections — complete with costumes, assassinations and alliances — below the gothic spires of…
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Five Tips to Help You Reach Your Study Goal
At some point in the year, just about every student I work with will comment about having deadlines that they are struggling to meet. For many it is just a short term challenge but for a few it can become a cause of stress and anxiety that impacts on the academic and extra-curricular work together…
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Your Reading Habits can help you Win your Dream College
Most colleges expect you to demonstrate critical thinking skills in numerous ways.The simple reason: they are looking at crafting a well-informed community. A typical classroom environment in the US and UK involves engaging discussions filled with perspectives and counter-perspectives. Moreover, tons of student clubs and organizations drive the campus spirit.
