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Is your St Andrews personal statement reflective enough? The personal statement is an incredibly useful contextual clue for St Andrews, giving them insight into their applicants. That's why they warn students not to treat it like a laundry list of qualifications or a resume. Many applicants get so caught up in why they're qualified to be admitted into the college, that they forget to talk about what they want to study and why. This lack of reflection is often a major factor in differentiating between applicants. A competitive university such as St Andrews has students with top grades applying. What differentiates these high academic achievers is how well they can articulate their goals and identity, and how St Andrews fits into that. Do you think your personal statement is reflective enough to truly say something about you, your goals, how the university can help you reach them, and how you could contribute in turn? If you're not sure, contact us to get your personal statement reviewed. We can help you craft a statement that will stand out to the admissions committee and increase your chances of getting accepted. Vir Singh Anand Riddhi Thanawala Prachi Bist Vasantha Robert Kaustubh Kaushik Ekta K Divya Rawal Triveni Wahi Jasmine Abdulla Ganesh Kempaiah Pratyusha Ghose Monica Sharma Dr. Chandana Sawant Puja Chopra #StAndrews #PersonalStatement #Admissions #Reflection #Goals #Identity #commonmistakes #ucas #personalstatement #personalstatementmistakes #collegebound #collegecounseling #studyabroad #studyinUK

Welcome back students! Our College Recruitment team is coming to your school! This week we will be engaging with University of Florida, University of South Carolina, The University of Georgia, Florida State University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! Stop by to meet us and learn more about our college programs. You can also learn more about our programs by scanning the QR code below. #lifeatcarters #carterscareers

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Welcome back students! Our College Recruitment team is coming to your school! This week we will be engaging with University of Florida, University of South Carolina, The University of Georgia, Florida State University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! Stop by to meet us and learn more about our college programs. You can also learn more about our programs by scanning the QR code below. #lifeatcarters #carterscareers

#26Days. Over FIVE consecutive years, Santa Rosa Junior College conferred upon me #TenDegrees. Although in 2020 and 2021, #COVID19 caused the commencement ceremonies to be online, being a part of FIVE consecutive commencement ceremonies meant a lot to me. In those five years, Ten Degrees in varying subjects were conferred, and all but one class (being Public Speaking) was completely done online. Five degrees prior to #COVID19, Five since. In a little under 4 weeks now, my SIXTH consecutive commencement ceremony will occur. My sole degree, my Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Sonoma State University (thru their Sonoma State University School of Extended and International Education at Sonoma State's Saturday Degree Completion Program), is my #EleventhDegree overall. Eleven degrees in six straight years means a lot to me. Twelve Degrees in seven-eight years means something to me (and will at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte), while Thirteen Degrees in eleven years will mean the most. #ComeWhatMay, it will happen again, and again, and again.

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In a not-so-distant "utopian" future, college admissions officers take a page from football coaches to recruit black male students. 🤝 They scout talent, partner with high school coaches, and build personal relationships with recruits, just like athletes. 🌟 "The Recruit," seen through the lens of Critical Race Theory, tells a compelling story about how programs supposedly meant to address issues of social justice, in and of themselves, become new and more insidious versions of their predecessors. The Setting It is the year 2140. Small Town U.S.A. is a self-supporting ecosystem set up as a feeder for an expanding technology sector. For over one hundred years, the vast majority of the population of over one million people live and die within the walls of Small Town U.S.A., never venturing outside. But there is one way out, the “selection.” The Recruit: A Futurist Story About Race and College Admission by London Thompson Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/geTZ-5rC 📢 #HigherEd #DiversityMatters #CriticalRaceTheory #TheRecruit #academicadvisors

If there is one image that personifies my professional passions, this is it. How I love bringing St. John's University students to DC for the St. John's University Career Services Alumni Insider’s View US Capital ("DC-AIV") program. My #governmentrelations career, teaching and talking #government & #politics all began as a student on this trip. https://lnkd.in/ewQFdD2B

"The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled race-conscious college admissions policies and practices unconstitutional. Affirmative Action opponents have long argued that admitting presumably unqualified applicants of color to highly-selective institutions sets those students up for failure because they can’t do the work. If completing a bachelor’s degree is a reasonable measure of whether someone has what it takes to succeed in the Ivy League or at another highly-selective university, then federal data from the three institutions where admission slots are among the most coveted in the world confirm that Black students are indeed more than capable and deserving of the opportunities they earned. My analysis of statistics from a publicly-available U.S. Department of Education database reveal that six-year graduation rates (a commonly-used metric in higher education) for Black students are higher at Harvard and Princeton than they are for the overall student body. At Harvard, it’s 98% for undergraduates overall and 99% for Black collegians. It’s also 99% for Black students at Princeton, compared to 97% of bachelor’s degree seekers there overall. Additionally, 98% of Yale students graduate within six years – the percentage is the exact same for Black Yalies." https://lnkd.in/gF5MB8zF #blackgraduation #blackcollegestudents #affirmativeaction