Career Contessa: How a Job Platform Helps Women Navigate their Careers

The career resource gives 1 million women access each year to even the people they need to help move forward and gain clarity about their careers

The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom by Taylor Pearson

This book is a must-read for Millenials as technology is threatening traditional jobs, while making entrepreneurship safer and more profitable.

A guide to understanding standardized tests

SAT, ACT, IELTS, TOEFL… don’t let the acronyms put you in a tizzy! In this third instalment of our 12-part series on US college admissions, we explain what the tests do, and whether you need to take them

US college seniors are losing out by graduating during the pandemic

Anya Sinha, a senior at the University of California, San Diego won’t get to say a proper goodbye to a campus that’s been a second home

More than 1 million international students in the US but new enrollments are decreasing

The Open Doors report proves beyond doubt that US is still the number one choice for international students. But, will it stay that way? There is reason for doubt.

New components of the US university application

Increasingly, US universities and colleges are trying new ways to get to know prospective students. Here are some tips to approach the video essay, diversity statement, and other new components.

An Engineer's Guide to Surviving Grad School

The US education system teaches you to be self-reliant in a way you cannot imagine back home. From your courses to your evening meal, everything is up to you. This is a complete education -- a life education!

How to Create Your Own US College Major

An overwhelming number of US colleges and universities encourage students to create their own majors to suit their career goals

Here's your chance to change the world – one good idea at a time

The World Bank and the Wharton School are organizing the annual Ideas for Action competition for high school students. Here’s what you need to know.

Demonstrated interest - what it is and why it matters

In the eighth of her twelve-part series, Katherine Ernst Mehta talks about demonstrated interest and how it can increase your chances of being accepted by a US university.