College Guidance

College Guidance

Essays Vs SoPs

A personal essay answers the “Who are you?” question….SoPs answer the “Why do you want to study this course in this college?” question.

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In conversation with an HKU student

the job scene is good. Every undergraduate student gets a work permit automatically. Jobs are also available; engineering students tend to get jobs more easily, well paid too. It can be tougher for other students as the language can be a barrier.

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To drop out or not to drop out….

The simple point I am making is that many successful dropouts dropped out to handle their growing careers, not to escape dreary lectures. They no longer needed a college degree – a compelling path to success was laid out to them and college was, in fact, a minor inconvenience to it.

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College Guidance

Navigating Applications to International Universities

Studying Abroad is not such a daunting idea anymore and if you are in school or college, you have probably counted your chances and pennies many times already.

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Why not to stress about which college you get into

The Economic Times 40 Under 40 list for 2018 gives us a look at contemporary leaders from inMobi, Oyo, Puma India, Hindalco, Endemol Shine India, Bira, Lowe Lintas, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mobikwik, Zomato, Jabong-Myntra and Bain & Co. And the colleges they went to include IITs Kanpur, Kharagpur and Delhi, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Bihar, Maharishi Dayanand University Rohtak, SIBM Pune, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Mumbai University, Indian Law Society’s Law College Pune, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal and Presidency College, Kolkata. The list is a testimony to the caliber of these people themselves and not a listing of India’s Top Colleges – barring a spattering of IITs.

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