The alumni interview is a part of the US college admissions process that high school students often overlook. Elite Admission is here to help.
How to Transfer into Wharton – an Interview
Our previous client H has recently been accepted to the prestigious Wharton School after studying one year at UPenn’s College (her application case can be found here). We interviewed her right after she received this exciting news and invited her to share some insights about her first-year experience at the University of Pennsylvania and her experience of transfer into Wharton. …
TSA Writing Task Sample and Analysis – II
The Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) Oxford is a 2-hour pre-interview test for applicants to undergraduate courses such as Economics and Management, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), Human Sciences, and Philosophy and Linguistics, at the University of Oxford. Its result plays a significant role in admission decision-making of these courses. In the second section of the assessment, applicants are required to …
TSA (Thinking Skills Assessment) Writing Task Sample and Analysis – I
The Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) Oxford is a 2-hour pre-interview test for applicants to undergraduate courses such as Economics and Management, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), Human Sciences, and Philosophy and Linguistics, at the University of Oxford. Its result plays a significant role in admission decision-making of these courses. In the second section of the assessment, applicants are required to …
Data Tells – Why 2020-2021 US College Admission Season Became So Competitive
2020 can be said to have been a very special year. The 2020-2021 college admission season in the United States, contrary to many prior speculations, witnessed a burst of applications and enhanced competitiveness for international applicants. The data recently released by the Common Application can give us some answers. Fact 1: The number of Chinese applicants has declined, but …
How to Keep Focus over Reading Comprehension
In standardised tests such as TOEFL, SAT, GMAT and GRE, reading comprehension is argubly the most important part. However, for a lot of non-native speakers (and some test-takers whose mother tongue is English) reading comprehension is also a struggle. We often hear students saying that when reading, their minds tend to trail off or just completely not notice what a …
Top 10 Tips for Virtual College Admission Interview
COVID-19 has reshaped the college application this year. One of the biggest changes is that all interviews would be conducted virtually this year. This brings up a new problem, how people present themselves through a camera lens. Here are ten tips we can give you to up your game in at virtual college admission interview. 10. Check your tech …
Create a Strong Activity List in US College Application
The activity list is a significant portion of your application to universities in the US. Even so, international applicants are sometimes confused about why American universities put so much emphasis on extracurriculars. In this blog, we will tell you why the activity list is important to an application, how students should go about choosing activities and filling this section and …
American College Application Glossary for Australian Applicants
American college admission is a complex process. For Australian applicants, it could be overwhelming not least because of the jumble of acronyms and terms as well as the difference in the education systems of two countries. Elite Admission Consulting has put together this American College Application Glossary to help Australian applicants and their family feel a bit more comfortable. We …
When should you go study in the US? Undergraduate vs Graduate
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 …
