By Rajkamal Rao
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For your convenience, here's a running list of our most popular blog posts and published newspaper articles.
Section A. For 8th - 10th graders
- Common questions which confront high school families
- Define your brand & decide your career
- How does block class scheduling work?
- Preparing teenage children for summer
- How important is the STAAR test?
- How do you prepare for AP Physics?
- Have you fine-tuned your teenager's high school course roadmap?
- Why Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Are So Important
- Is taking a dual credit course a good idea?
- How to improve the strength of high school curriculum
- What colleges look for in high school students
- Is getting into TAMS a good idea?
- All about grades and weighted grades
- Frisco ISD changes Course Grade Weights
- Is Coppell ISD, beginning with the Class of 2025, hurting students with its class rank policy?
- Is an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma a good choice?
- Does a "good" school district mean your high school student will be successful?
- How to interpret PSAT-11 scores for National Merit Scholarships
- How Important Are Extracurricular Activities For High School Students?
- How Many Extracurricular Activities Are Good For a High School Student?
- College Planning Checklist for Student-Athletes (from the College Board)
- Should High School Students Audit a Class?
- Summer acceleration for Math courses
- Exciting summer programs for High School students
- About us
- Rajkamal Rao Bio
- Rajkamal Rao Articles Archive
Section B. For 11th - 12th graders
(Please also review Section A above)
- Common questions which confront high school families
- How do you prepare for the SAT/ACT?
- How many times should you take the SAT/ACT?
- Our partnership with Achievable for ACT prep
- Math and calculator tips for the SAT/ACT
- Are Medical School Early Assurance Programs (EAP) a good idea?
- The GRE reigns supreme
- In Texas, you now have to file the FAFSA to graduate from high school
- Core Idea 2: Graduate from a 2-year college with an Associates Degree
- Core Idea 3: F-1 Students! Take advantage of the One Year OPT Visa
- Core Idea 4: Transfer to a 4-Year College
- It's getting harder to get into colleges using ED/EA
- Beginning Fall 2021, expect three major college admissions changes
- Asian American students should hide their race on the Common App
- UT Austin dramatically relaxes essay requirements for Fall 2025
- So, you applied to UT Austin. What next?
- About the new Undergrad Degree in Informatics at UT Austin
- Statistics and Data Science Majors
- Understanding the College Pricing Ladder
- How useful is the Net Price Estimator?
- Introduction to college 529 plans
- Harvard-Stanford-Duke-Georgetown-Penn - Information Session
- Brown-Chicago-Columbia-Cornell-Rice - Information Session
- How do you prepare for AP Physics?
- Why Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Are So Important
- Is taking a dual credit course a good idea?
- How to improve the strength of high school curriculum
- What colleges look for in high school students
- Is an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma a good choice?
- What should we make of the college admissions scam?
- How to interpret PSAT-11 scores for National Merit Scholarships
- How generous are NMS awards?
- College Planning Checklist for Student-Athletes (from the College Board)
- How important are college rankings?
- Should High School Students Audit a Class?
- A Primer on College Essays
- How do you send transcripts to colleges?
- How do you send recommendation letters to colleges?
- 2019-20 Automatic Admission - Texas Colleges and Universities
- SAT Subject Tests vs. AP Exams: Which are better?
- Preparing for Fall 2020 online
- How H-1B parents with children on H-4 visas should plan for college admissions
- UT Austin: Campus Visit Observations
- Rice University: Campus Visit Observations
- Stanford University: Campus Visit Observations
- Texas A&M: Campus Visit Observations
- Texas Public University System
- #MeToo Tips For College Bound Families
- Exciting summer programs for High School students
- How to write a winning Statement of Purpose (for the newspaper article version, see below)
- How we help you fill out the Common App
- Is Coppell ISD, beginning with the Class of 2025, hurting students with its class rank policy?
- A letter to the parents of the Class of 2025
- About us
- How we can help high school seniors get into choice colleges
- Rajkamal Rao Bio
- Rajkamal Rao Articles Archive
Section C. Rajkamal Rao's published articles about education
(For a full list of his columns and TV appearances, click here).
- The SAT takes sides against meritocracy
- US college admissions continue to become more subjective
- The GRE reigns supreme
- Indian students in the US caught in a legal battle
- What would we do without editors?
- A corruption scandal shakes American college admissions
- More American colleges go test-optional
- How to write a winning statement of purpose
- Studying abroad is now more business and less education
- Look before you post on social media
- When top institutions misuse their brands to make money
- US: The go-to place for an MS/MBA
- US: The go-to place for an MS/MBA (.pdf download version)
- MBA courses in the US must reprogram to stay relevant
- Dangers of reckless online behavior
- The epidemic of self-written recommendation letters
- Ban commission-based student recruiting
- Banking on student loans in India
- Acing that application essay
- How about a career in consulting?
- Viewing the world from a Piper
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