After reading a short article written last week by my distinguished associate, Michele Hernandez, I was inspired to write this article not for students, but for their worrisome, naive and micromanaging parents. Yes ma’am, we’re going there. So you want your child to go to Yale, huh? It’s such a famous school, after all. & [...]
A lot of random bits of lingo get tossed around when people discuss what top colleges look for in a student. One of the hardest to define is that ubiquitous little word: leadership. Well, actually it’s not that hard to define. The Merriam-Webster dictionary calls it “the office or position of a leader” (exciting!), the [...]
It’s May again, ain’t it? Freshman undergraduate decisions have been mailed out, transfer decisions have been emailed, and you’re looking forward to all of YOUR big decisions ahead. Sitting there all pretty and content though, you might not know what a momentous year this was for Chinese students going abroad. This was the single most [...]
You know what I love about this wacky, wonderful little country we live in? Every single day is a learning experience, and every so often it reminds you just how stupid you really are. As a so-called pedant and world-class goupi-artist, I’m always offering advice to Chinese students on how to assimilate into Western culture [...]
I don’t know how you kids handle taking that horrifying Gao Kao college entrance exam. That’s some scary business. The entirety of your academic future left to the performance on a single three-day test? I’d cry myself to sleep every night if I had that thing looming over me. Well don’t be too nervous about [...]
I don’t know about you guys, but I was pretty well pleased when British pseudo-songstress slash cat lady, Susan Boyle, turned up short on Britain’s Got Talent the other night. Let me tell you, as an American, diversity always comes out on top. But that’s a good thing for all of you Chinese students. In [...]
Well the NCEE is over and done with, and it’s almost time to relax by the pool. Right? Right?! Oh baby, no! Summertime is when you get a leg up on all your application competition next year by knocking out those standardized tests and getting as much information as you can about US universities. Lucky [...]
Congratulations, my friend, because I’m about to save you the trouble of making the worst possible mistake you could ever make on your applications to elite western universities. Are you ready? Here it comes. The best way to RUIN your chances of getting into a top school is…letting someone else write your essays. Whoa, strange [...]
Quick, what’s the best way to get a high score on the SAT? Wrong. The answer is read. A lot! Researchers have conducted hundreds of studies proving facts like…90% of all students who earn perfect SAT scores were read to by their parents every night as a child. Basically, the point is, reading makes you [...]
We all know that college admissions officials are an ethical, honest lot, right? They’ll only look at your applications & base your admission decision on those materials alone, right? Ehhhh, not so much. Not to disparage all of the fine people who work in university admissions offices around the world, but you can’t blame them [...]
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