How Important Are Your 12th Grade Marks in Your Future Career?
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How Important Are Your 12th Grade Marks in Your Future Career?

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the months of February and March approach, high school students in their 10th and 12th grade begin to feel the heat of the mounting pressure of studies. The ICSE and CBSE Board exams for grade 12 happen around February, and for the 10th grade, the Board exams take place in March-April. Naturally, school teachers,…

7 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make at Your Job Interview
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7 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make at Your Job Interview

Reading Time: 3 minutes Things You Say or Do at the Job Interview Can Come Back to Haunt You Do you know that feeling when you say something, and bite your tongue later? Most people will not admit it, but we have all been there. Job interviews are stressful. And stress makes you blabber without thinking. You want to…

5 Reasons Why Engineers Should Pursue an MBA After Graduation
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5 Reasons Why Engineers Should Pursue an MBA After Graduation

Reading Time: 3 minutes Engineering Plus MBA is Your Gateway to Corporate SuccessOne of the common dilemmas students go through after completing their engineering degree is should they pursue an MBA after graduation or not?engineers Students who opt for computer engineering study various aspects of computers, technology, and software development. Most jobs that pertain to Tech and ITES, prefer…

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ReachIvy Exclusive: Top College Series – An Interview with McCombs School of Business

Reading Time: 3 minutes Name: Rodrigo Malta Designation: Director of MBA Admissions          School Name: The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business 1. Who should ideally be applying to study at Texas McCombs? At Texas McCombs, we are looking for students ready for an immersive two-year educational experience in Austin, Texas the most entrepreneurial city in the…

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How Indian Students Can Cope With Culture Shock While Studying Abroad

Reading Time: 4 minutes Here’s an excerpt from a letter written by one of our students who went abroad: culture shock “The first two months abroad were excruciatingly difficult. Finding roommates to share a room with, adjusting to their cultural and personal lifestyle, and then the challenges of adjusting in the sea of diversity in the class. Every day…

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35 questions to ask before writing your statement of purpose

Reading Time: 4 minutes Writing a statement of purpose from scratch unnerves even the best of writers. This is no ordinary essay. This essay is a compilation of your goals, dreams, and your milestones. Not just that, you have to write an essay stunning enough to take you through the golden gates of your dream college abroad. So how…

How to Tackle Homesickness When You are Studying or Working Abroad
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How to Tackle Homesickness When You are Studying or Working Abroad

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tips for Dealing with Homesickness Abroad Homesickness can arise from several different factors — difficulty adjusting to a new environment, feeling lonely or cut off from your regular support system, confusion or problems understanding a new environment/culture/language, a perceived lack of control over what’s happening around you, culture shock, and the list goes on. FOMO…

8 Tips for Women to Be Safe While Studying Abroad

Reading Time: 4 minutes Consider the following statistics. According to Open Doors (2002), the leading source of US national statistics on study abroad, twice as many undergraduate women study abroad as men. According to a report by UNESCO, more women than men travel overseas to study. In the US, research reveals that women account for two-thirds of participation in…

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My Experience at IESE Business School – A Student’s First Hand Experience

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dushyant Sharma MBA Candidate 2018 — IESE Business School It was exactly two years ago when I was hustling through the 2nd round application process, introspecting deeply to identify exactly what makes me an ideal candidate for a leading MBA program, trying to figure out the best stories for my essays and speaking to alumni…