Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 101 ESSAYS that got Indian Students into the IVY LEAGUE and STANFORD - 2nd Edition-Revised & Expanded
Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 101 ESSAYS that got Indian Students into the IVY LEAGUE and STANFORD - 2nd Edition-Revised & Expanded

Author: Viral Doshi

Publisher: Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing

Published: 2024-02-17

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 9355433379

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Writing the Common Application essay can be an anxiety-inducing task for many aspiring university students. The essay is meant to uniquely identify each student, and help them shine. But how do fresh young high-schoolers captivate admissions officers through their narratives, portray themselves as agents of change, and chronicle personal achievements and individual talents without seeming to brag? What are the pitfalls to avoid, what would make them stand out, and give them a winning edge in this highly competitive environment? ‘Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 101 Essays that Got Indian Students into the Ivy League and Stanford is a new and expanded edition of the original, which contained 85 essays. We hope that just like the first edition, this, too, will lead young contenders on the path to drafting their successful overseas education applications.

Indian Roots, IVY Admits: 85 Essays that got Indian Students into the IVY League and Stanford
Indian Roots, IVY Admits: 85 Essays that got Indian Students into the IVY League and Stanford

Author: Viral Doshi

Publisher: Manjul Publishing

Published: 2024-02-17

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9391242715

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‘Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 85 Essays that Got Indian Students into the Ivy League and Stanford’ is an inspired collaborative by Viral Doshi, top education consultant in India, and Mridula Maluste, leading writing and editorial consultant for university applications and more. Writing the Common Application essay is one of the most anxiety-inducing tasks that many aspiring university students encounter. The essay is meant to uniquely identify each student, and give him and her the winning edge. But how do fresh young high-schoolers captivate admissions officers through their narratives, portray themselves as agents of change, and chronicle personal achievements and individual talents without seeming to brag? How does one avoid such pitfalls, stand out and even shine in this highly competitive environment? Here to answer all these questions is a rare, illuminating gem of a book that will lead all young contenders on the path to drafting successful overseas education applications. ‘Indian Roots, Ivy Admits: 85 Essays that got Indian Students into the Ivy League and Stanford’ is for any student who aims to pursue higher education in world-class universities. It fulfils its promise to engage and empower aspiring candidates, and tops that by giving them valuable perspectives in reflecting on their lives, and in analyzing and composing thoroughly engaging essays. Every essay within these pages has been written by a young student who earned a well-deserved place in an Ivy League university or Stanford. Each essay is followed by an insightful review and an in-depth assessment that will help aspirants understand how to approach, map and write their own strongly structured, creative application essays. Curated by Viral Doshi and Mridula Maluste, two of India’s leading experts in the domain of education, this book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers, as well as enthusiastic parents.

Break the MBA Code
Break the MBA Code

Author: Vibha Kagzi

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

Published: 2020-02-07

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9389305446

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Fast-track your way into the Ivy League & other top colleges # MBA aspirants globally > 2,50,000 # Seats at a top business school < 1,000 The world’s most ambitious, determined and accomplished youth dream of gaining access to prestigious business schools globally. An MBA degree from a top institute is their golden ticket to the world. The competition is stiff. The stakes are high. How can you break the code? Expert admissions counsellor Vibha Kagzi pens India’s first comprehensive book on MBA admissions to help you get there. A Harvard MBA herself, she has been on a mission to help aspirants achieve their targets. Over the past decade, she has helped hundreds of students crack the Ivy League and other top-ranked MBA programs worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, she reveals all her secrets: from profile-building strategies to essay writing and financing your MBA dream. This book also features exclusive insights from admissions officers at 17 top schools globally, including Columbia, Kellogg, Chicago, ESADE, Rotman, SMU, Yale, and tells you what qualities they look for in their candidates. It also contains sample resumes and essays of successful admits, concise lists of dos and don’ts and several comparative data tables. Everything a top admissions consultant knows, is now in your hands. VIBHA KAGZI holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She has pursued courses at the University of California (Berkeley), London School of Economics and the Indian School of Business. She is also a certified life coach. “Comprehensive, concise, compelling and a MUST-READ for all business school applicants.” Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries Limited

College Admissions India to Ivies
College Admissions India to Ivies

Author: Caroline Linger

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781517685157

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With over 18 years of experience in the education-counseling sector, I have gained an in-depth knowledge of the US, UK, Canadian & Australian college and university systems. Understanding the programs on offer and the unique personalities of each school has enabled me to easily match my students to their ideal schools, which leads to their being happy in college and in consequence exceling academically. During my years spent in India, I became increasingly conscious that not everyone attending high school outside the US had a clear vision of how the admissions process actually works (and to be frank I suspect that many of my students attending high schools in US are equally confused about it). This is why I finally sat down and decided to explain the process in full in a book of this nature. Over the years I have been exceptionally successful in placing numerous students into the 8 US Ivy League schools (Harvard, UPenn, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Cornell), and also into the other top schools in the US (including MIT, Cal Tech, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, and Duke). I've also had huge success placing my students in many of the 20 UK Russell group universities (which include Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, UCL, Imperial, and LSE). One of the key reasons for my success has been my in depth understanding of what each and every college and university is looking for, besides the top grades. I work with my students (from grade 8 up) to help them improve both their academic and extracurricular profiles, so they stand out among all other applicants. This book will help you understand the rules of the game of winning a place at your top choice school. Through it I aim to enable you to significantly improve your chances of winning that coveted place you dream of. I aim to guide you to strategically select the colleges that are looking for students just like you, and to give you an understanding of how the US universities and colleges assess your application and select the candidates that best fit their profile. This is the book for you if - * You want to maximize your chances of winning a place at the school/s of your dreams * You want to know why you have to take classes outside your major area of academic or vocational interest at all US Universities * You want to know which Technical Specialist schools boast the best gender balances * You need help choosing which colleges/universities to apply to * You want to know which schools are in the Ivy League and what the Ivy League actually is * You want to know which schools offer top programs in Engineering or Management at the undergraduate level * You want to know what Pre-Med and Pre-Law involve * You want to know what Greek life actually means * You want to understand how the size of a school will impact your student experience * You want to know which schools have the best ethnic and international diversity * You want to know how US schools assess applicants * You want to know how to write a winning application essay * You want to know how to make your application stand out * You want to know about the SAT and the ACT * You want to understand the application options like ED * You need help to ace your college interview * You want to know about Merit Scholarships * You want to know about Need-Based Financial Aid

How to Get Into an Ivy League College
How to Get Into an Ivy League College

Author: Arvin Vohra

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-05

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780980144697

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How to Get into an Ivy League College reveals ruthless college strategist Arvin Vohra's techniques on how to get into Ivy League Colleges. Learn how to write college essays, create an applicant profile, use the right academic strategy, and dominate college interviews. Whether you are starting in kindergarten or waiting until 12th grade, How to Get into an Ivy League College will give you a huge and unfair advantage over your competition. The earlier you start the better, but it's never too late to take advantage of these techniques.

Inside Stanford Admissions
Inside Stanford Admissions

Author: Daniel Wu

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781734355901

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What does the admissions office at the most selective university in the world REALLY look for in an applicant? That's the question all our contributors answered. Each of our contributors filed FERPA requests, and copied down the numerical scores and comments Stanford wrote on their applications. For the first time ever, Stanford undergrads bring their essays, and those comments, out for future applicants to see. We've compiled together a vast array of diverse student experiences - bringing you Inside Stanford Admissions. Inside, you'll find: Full applicant profiles - including activities, essays, analysis, and the reviewer's scores and comments. Over 200 essays - covering all of the prompts on the Stanford Application. Application Strategies - Our students' unique perspectives on what it takes to get in. Supercharge your application with advice from those who made it. Peek into the mind of your reader. This is a book written by Stanford Students, for Stanford Students - get Inside Stanford Admissions.

The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting into a Top College
The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting into a Top College

Author: Pria Chatterjee

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-03-24

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 194139373X

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A top college admissions insider exposes the never-before revealed secrets to getting into one of America’s elite colleges. Your child is smart. Your child is on the honor roll. Your child aced the SAT. But is it enough to get into a top-tier college? In the Dirty Little Secrets of Getting into a Top College, educational consultant Pria Chatterjee simplifies the complicated process of college admissions, providing parents and students with the tools needed to secure a spot at one of America’s most competitive colleges. In the spirit of Kitchen Confidential, Chatterjee gives readers an exclusive look inside the college admissions office—and the mind of a college admissions officer—and exposes just what elite schools look for in a potential student. Through a series of real-world case studies and with a store of deep insider knowledge, Chatterjee will help you navigate the thicket of college admissions and show parents and students what skills and attributes to stress (and what to downplay) when applying to your dream school. • 100% SUCCESS RATE: This is the bullet proof guide to getting into a top college from a consultant with a 100 percent success rate getting her clients into one of America’s best universities. • INSIDER KNOWLEDGE: Last year 35,000 students applied to Harvard. Only 6 percent were accepted. Chatterjee, a Harvard alum who interviews potential Harvard students as a member of the university’s schools committee, explains that you too can be a member of that elite group. But you must stress the right qualifications.

55 Successful ISB Essays and Their Analysis: Your Guide to India's Top Business School
55 Successful ISB Essays and Their Analysis: Your Guide to India's Top Business School

Author: Akshay Goel

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2019-12-20

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781647606169

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Are you an MBA aspirant? Is ISB your dream Business School? Do you think B-School application essays are daunting? Do you want a competitive edge in your B-School application? With increasing number of applications at ISB PGP, it is very critical to stand out and differentiate your application. Essays are the perfect platform to demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for ISB and how you will add diversity to the next batch at ISB. Essay is the most important tool in your arsenal to showcase your potential to become a Rockstar Business Leader. The essay analysis written in the book will provide business professionals and undergraduate students deep insights to unlock the key to a successful ISB application essay. This book is brought to you by ISB Alumni to help you write the perfect essay by playing to your strengths, using compelling arguments and showcasing your leadership potential. In addition to the 55 essays, the book also includes profiles of successful applicants to help you develop winning strategies to put your best foot forward. This book contains: - 55 application essays of ISB Alumni from Class of 2018 & Class of 2019 - Analysis of each essay - Profiles of successful applicants - Tips to write a successful B-School application essay

The Cult of Smart
The Cult of Smart

Author: Fredrik deBoer

Publisher: All Points Books

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1250200385

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Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.

In Defense of a Liberal Education
In Defense of a Liberal Education

Author: Fareed Zakaria

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-03-30

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 0393247694

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CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition. The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While at a General Electric plant in early 2014, Obama remarked, "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." These messages are hitting home: majors like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. "I get it," writes Fareed Zakaria, recalling the atmosphere in India where he grew up, which was even more obsessed with getting a skills-based education. However, the CNN host and best-selling author explains why this widely held view is mistaken and shortsighted. Zakaria eloquently expounds on the virtues of a liberal arts education—how to write clearly, how to express yourself convincingly, and how to think analytically. He turns our leaders' vocational argument on its head. American routine manufacturing jobs continue to get automated or outsourced, and specific vocational knowledge is often outdated within a few years. Engineering is a great profession, but key value-added skills you will also need are creativity, lateral thinking, design, communication, storytelling, and, more than anything, the ability to continually learn and enjoy learning—precisely the gifts of a liberal education. Zakaria argues that technology is transforming education, opening up access to the best courses and classes in a vast variety of subjects for millions around the world. We are at the dawn of the greatest expansion of the idea of a liberal education in human history.