Harvard Essays for the Class of 2010

What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit)
What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)
Please respond to three of the following (400-word limit each))

Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. How did this experience highlight your strengths and weaknesses?
How have you experienced culture shock?
What [...]

2008 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship

Applications are now open for the 2008 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships. The scholarship pays upto US Dollars 25000 to study abroad. The best feature of this scholarship is that there is no restriction on what you have to study.  You cannot use this scholarship to study in your own country or in a country where [...]

Honesty with your MBA admission essays

The essay writing is the most challenging part of the MBA application process. The applicant may end up writing anywhere between 10 to 25 essays on different topic. For a non native English speaker the task can be daunting and one may get tempted to ‘look at’ good essays from friends, books or the internet.
Business [...]

Private and Public Universities

Before you finalize the target Universities to apply, it is very important to understand the difference between a public and a private University. There are both private and public Universities which are very well known and the respect for a degree is mostly determined by the academic reputation, and has nothing to do with public [...]

Applying in Fall or Spring

For Undergraduate and MBA programs, fall is the best time and in most Universities the only time to start your education.

For MS and PhD programs, the bulk of admissions are offered for fall semester. Most of the funding is also available in fall. However if your personal situation requires you to apply for spring, by [...]

How to study in US free of cost

The US education system is expensive – so expensive that a good percentage of people in US cannot afford to pay for college. Yet this is one of the few countries where you can practically study free of cost.
The Universities employ graduate students, as teaching and research assistants and pay them a salary, in addition [...]

MS, PhD Applicants, checklist this month

For MS and PhD Applicants targeting for fall 2008, this is a good time to decide on the Universities. Take the GRE and TOEFL appointment if you have not done so. If you are from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, you will need a passport to appear in the GRE and TOEFL, so it is high [...]