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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Indian Job Market is Changing In the past decade, there has been a sea change in the job market scenario. With the growth of technology and digitization, jobs are getting highly specialized and automated. Consequently, there is a learning gap that needs to be addressed by the educational sector. Skilling employees is important not…
Reading Time: 5 minutes When is the right time to planning for my study abroad program?” “Am I too late or too early?” “What do I need to do now so that I can leverage my potential to get into my coveted college?” As career counsellors, we are often asked these questions by eager parents and students. In India,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes For an Indian student in foreign shores, Christmas holidays in a new country can be not just an exhilarating experience, but also a great occasion to enjoy new holiday traditions. Christmas in US, UK, Canada, Australia or Singapore is unlike Christmas back home. As an international student, you get the opportunity to immerse yourself in…
