1. Students will be allotted an experienced counsellor who has over 5 years of experience in guiding students in overseas admissions.
2. Our counsellors are adept at guiding students from different subject streams and combinations be it a matter of career guidance or seeking college admissions.
3. Our counsellors are recruited after a rigorous selection process after which they go through an intensive induction of 6 months before they are given the responsibility of counselling.
4. Counsellors have access to our most recent database of college admissions processes for each college and university. This is updated by our research team centrally so that the counsellors have the latest information and are able to give appropriate guidance.
5. Our counsellors are aware of the course offerings in multiple countries which makes it possible for them to configure the best shortlist of colleges/universities to target globally.
6. Our counsellors’ factor in the financial budgets that the students may have to pursue higher education abroad.
7. Our counsellors identify options where financial assistance is possible by way of scholarships, fee concessions, assistantships, and campus jobs.

Career interest assessment is an important first step in the process of seeking admission abroad. It involves:

1. Taking a 45-minute Career Interest Profiling test to identify the vocational personality of the student and the career options that suit the student.
2. Having a one-to-one discussion based on a 20-page report with the counsellor to finalise the course(s) of study from the college/university abroad.

Career Values Profiling helps determine what will be important to the student in his or her work and what will make it meaningful. How well a job or career satisfies his or her values is one of the most important considerations when evaluating career options. The values are classified as:

1. Intrinsic values which relate to how the actual tasks involved with performing the duties of a job or career make you feel;
2. Extrinsic values which are what you get out of the work that you do, and
3. Lifestyle values which relate to how and where you want to live and how you spend your time away from work.

1. Supporting the student in selecting hobbies, sports, and other extra-curricular and co-curricular activities to pursue seriously

2. Guiding leadership initiatives that the student can take up at school and the community where he/she lives and demonstrate the student’s leadership/entrepreneurial/ teamwork ability

3. Identifying internships, research projects and/or summer courses, education, and training programs that the student can participate in that will make him/her stand out in her or his class in performing cocurricular activities

4. Determining activities where the student can demonstrate social sensitivity through community service and social engagement

5. Advising the student in creating an online persona and engaging in online communities, groups, social networks etc. with that persona judiciously

1. Quality of education
2. Cost of attendance
3. Academic recognition
4. Work opportunities after the completion of the course
5. Scholarship opportunities
6. Work on-campus opportunities
7. Visa availability

In addition, family concerns like safety, adjustment and well-being also need to be addressed when deciding on the destination

1. Aspirational: Colleges where the admission criteria are a little out of reach for the student but still attainable by strengthening the application for example by better performance on standardised tests

2. Realistic: Colleges whose admission criteria match the student profiles and the probability of getting admission is realistically high.

3. Contingent: If admission does not happen in the above category of colleges, the shortlist in this category will be of colleges where the probability of getting admission will be almost certain.

Resume building The goal of resume building is to:

1. Present the scholastic and co-curricular activities undertaken by the student.
2. Showcase the student’s achievements in a manner that creates impact and illustrates what the student is likely to do and contribute to at the college when he/she joins college.
3. Indicate the professional goals and aspirations of the student.

1. 1. Supervision of SOP/ Essay writing including providing feedback, red lining and providing inputs on areas of improvement/corrective action so that it is effective in letting the college know who the student is and what makes him or her unique and different from everyone else.
   2. Reviewing drafts of the essays until the final draft is completed and has the potential to convince the college admissions committee that the student is a good match for the college and worthy of being admitted.

1. Advising the students on the tests to take and their scheduling
2. Guiding students in applying for the standardized tests
3. Sharing sample papers/ mock test links wherever available
4. Tracking dates for the admit card release/entrance exams and keeping registered students informed of the same over e-mails.

1. Providing information on the universities/colleges and the courses where personal interviews are part of the admission process.
2. Share details on the type of topics from which the interview questions are asked.
3. Coaching and practice for the interviews through mocks based on past interview patterns.

Once the student has got the admission and the finances to attend college, the final frontier he/she must cross is getting the visa. Owing to the ongoing political changes and disruptions in world order at large, many countries change their visa processes regularly. Our counselling team understands the framework of the visa process and shares the same with the student for smooth implementation of the steps involved. It might be pertinent to note that most universities provide visa guidance to the selected candidates..