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Getting into MIT is much tougher than getting into IITs

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

12 Apr 2018

Lot of students are under the impression that getting into a US program is easy. As opposed to rigorous selection-based pathways like Engineering at IITs, MBBS, or MBA/PGDM from II...

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Can I sit next to you, Son?

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

04 Apr 2018

Recently, a lot of ink has been spent writing on the bankruptcy proceedings for “Toys R Us”, a US based toys’ retailer, that fueled the fancy of many childrens dreams with its premis...

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Align your Persona with that of the University that you are planning to get in

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

02 Apr 2018

How can that be possible? I even don’t know about my personality, leave alone aligning that with the persona of the university. Most people decide their college of choice basis the rankings (and...

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Is MIM really worth it?

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

26 Mar 2018

I know about MIM programs – they are like MBAs, often taken by fresh graduates or people who have 1-2 years of experience, many of them are in Europe…. What I really need t...

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How to fill the activity section of the Common App?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

22 Mar 2018

Prospective undergraduate applicants to US face a daunting task of filling up many centralized application systems such as Common App, Coalition App, Illinois&n...

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The Value of Persistence in securing an Admission in a Top College

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

16 Mar 2018

Epitomized by Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours rule, success eventually boils down to ‘persistence.’ If you pull in efforts over a period of time (called...

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Experimental innovator who got into the Parsons, New York

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

08 Mar 2018

This girl was not a genius – she had to work extremely hard to make her creations come alive. She was not a creative genius who would lift a brush and paintings would come out. In fact, for the ...

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MIT and Stanford – Admit in 2 of the super-elite M7 Business schools

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

05 Mar 2018

He was a Chartered Accountant with about 4 years of work experience in the transaction advisory space. He was a slogger right from the start. Born and brought up in a small North India town, he scored...

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Critique of David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

15 Feb 2018

Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, David and Goliath, like his previous others, is a riveting read. Like always, his assertions are backed by research, compelling evid...

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