Truly global advising, not just the USA
Earlier this week I was on tenterhooks. Not for the latest news on the US admissions scandal, but I was expecting news on whether one student had been made an offer from her top choice university. This was not an option in the UK, or Europe, or North America, but instead a world-class institution located […]
Podcast Episode 23: The US Admissions Scandal – what exactly has happened?
There’s been lots of commentary about the news that broke earlier this week about some high-profile people who cheated the US college application system on behalf of their children, with the help of a dodgy company. However, much of this has assumed a good level of familiarity with how applying to US universities works. For […]
Podcast Episode 22: the ‘Colleges that Change Lives’
Reon Sines-Sheaff and I discuss the Colleges that Change Lives, an amazing group of US colleges, as well as her own college, the College of Wooster.
Why are professional memberships important?
At the bottom of my website I list two organisations: the International Association for College Admission Counseling and the Council of International Schools. I am fortunate to hold membership of the first organisation and to be one of 15 Independent University Consultants approved by the latter. But why does this matter? Well, the profession in […]
Podcast Episode 21: The SAT & ACT for UK Students, with Jason Smith of UES Education
For students at schools in the UK, there are particular challenges when it comes to preparing for the ACT or SAT. In this episode, I discuss the process with Jason Smith of UES Education, one of the UK’s top test preparation organisations.
Podcast Episode 20: The SAT & ACT – top tips for international students to prepare well
In this episode, Jeremy Craig of Test Takers Singapore and I discuss how international students might go about preparing for US standardized testing:
Visiting US Colleges: Top Tips
The US college road-trip is a rite-of-passage for many families. Everyone heads off, visiting two colleges a day, staying in hotels and exploring the future. They have become such a staple of popular culture that a few years ago Yale did a widely-imitated spoof of the whole thing: For international families there is a variation […]
US University Teacher References
For many students attending schools in the UK with aspirations to apply to the United States, an often overlooked part of the process is making sure that your school know what to do. There are clearly some paperwork submission requirements, but one of the crucial elements of this process is what the school writes about […]
Don’t just study abroad once, do it multiple times
Multi-country pathways are becoming increasingly popular, with students able to get the benefit of multinational study across some widely different cultures. The World Bachelor of Business programme run by Bocconi, HKUST and the University of Southern California is very well established, and Minerva at KGI – where students move en masse to a new location […]
Why study outside the UK?
With a highly-regarded and high-quality university system in the UK, students and parents are often a little unsure why they should think about university in another country. However, when realising that the experience of studying at a UK university is not one automatically replicated in other countries, students can be more open to the idea. […]