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The advantages of studying in US top schools are widely known, but a lot of Australian students and their parents still have this looming question: When is the best time to go and study in the US? Is it more worth it to study an undergraduate degree in an US university, or would a master’s degree come off better? Let’s …
Every year, Elite Admission Consulting hosts an top college admissions seminar where our leading admission consultants share their experience in the previous year. In the past 2019-2020 application season, we helped 10 applicants receive admissions from: Stanford University University of Pennsylvania (2) University of California – Berkeley (2) University of California – Los Angeles (3) University of Southern California …
How Elite Admission Consulting team helped a student in Melbourne become a mature, confident, self-motivated young lady who was admitted to an Ivy League college, University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2024, with a SAT under 1500. Applicant H’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australia/US Dual Citizen Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 10 SAT: 1410 …
Read how we helped a highly intelligent and achieving student in Melbourne, Australia to be admitted to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Applicant J’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australian Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 12 SAT: 1570 out of 1600 School Ranking: Top 1% Significant Award: International Informatics Olympiad Intended Major: Computer Science Admissions: …
Continue from our previous post to discuss US college admission interview questions. Question 6 – How Do You Plan to Contribute to This School Why they ask this question: The university wants to recruit students who make a positive contribution to campus and academic life. Essentially, they are looking for students who can make the school better. This is a …
A typical US college admission interview usually lasts for around 45 minutes, but sometimes it may take longer. What are the alumni interviewers going to ask? Let’s take a look at the 5 most common problems and preparation tips! Question 1: Tell Me about Yourself This is technically not a question, but you may be asked this during the …
SAT, school results, personal statement, recommendation letter, extracurricular activities… In addition to all these “paperwork”, there is another very important phase of the application process – interview. 1. Purpose of the Interview Universities conduct interviews for different purposes, the most common purpose being to evaluate applicants. But the interview is only one part of the entire admission process; unlike …
Now that more and more outstanding Australian students have begun to study at elite universities in the US or UK, more and more people have become conscious and accepting in an option to study abroad. Hence, for the students and parents who just started to do their research, we wrote this article to briefly answer 10 most common questions they …
Given Australia’s growing university tuition fees and lacklustre undergraduate-level teaching, more and more Australian high school students are beginning to consider whether they should stay in Australia for their university education. It is with no doubt that prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge are extremely attractive to all students. However, many parents and students often talk about …
Applicant J’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australian Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 9 SAT: 1510 out of 1600 School Ranking: Top 10% Significant Award: None Intended Major: Political Science; Philosophy, Politics, and Economy Admissions: University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon University We started our admission consulting service for Applicant J when he was …
