Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve gotten into a top business school, managed to find yourself the best education out there, ready come out a professional and disrupt the job market. A sense of accomplishment has grown all over you. But allow us to be the killjoys here. It’ll be wise, to not allow this single accomplishment to be viewed…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A century ago, job changes were rare – people would normally just stick to one (or two, at most) job for their entire lives. However, things have changed, and ‘job-hopping’ is now commonplace. People have been hopping from job to job in short periods of time. This trend, with being carried into the era of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently the news about former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg offered a generous $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University to support student financial aid and make its admissions process “forever need-blind” spread like wildfire. Here’s what he said: “When colleges review applications, all but a few consider a student’s ability to pay. As a result,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes You must have an older generation parent or grandparent who will lament about the days gone by. “I used to spend 1 rupee for a rickshaw ride of 1 km. And now, look at the prices of petrol!”Rupee against dollar Sounds familiar? Globally, the inflation rate has been at a steady 3.05% while India has…
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is no secret that most engineers wish to pursue an MBA instead of a Masters degree after their graduation. By the end of the 4th semester, most engineering students are actively seeking admission to MBA programs in India and abroad. Not just in India, the trend is skewed towards MBA as the choice of…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Surviving college is no rocket-science – but that, we say in hindsight. Juggling between academics and the eternal “settling in” period that never seems to end when studying abroad can be challenging for many, and lead to an unpleasant college experience.College Abroad Thankfully, these can be remedied by incorporating some small but important changes to…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of thousands of scholarships are made available to students worldwide every year and each is populated to the brim with applications. In such a mixed bag of individuals, it may be difficult to stand out. While there may be several candidates that fit the objective criteria, it is in the essay that you can…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The college application essay. That dreaded question about your life’s purpose. Sometimes, it can stump the best writers among us. How do you summarize your life in a 500-word essay? What is it that the Admissions Office really wants to know about you? And if you spill out your darkest secrets (yes, we all have…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you ready to study abroad? Are you ready to begin that new chapter of your life – new experiences, dirty laundry, independence, a foreign country, top university and all? Or have you yet to work on it? Deciding to study abroad is a life-changing one – it puts you on track to several new…
