Growth mindset in pre-teens. Everyone throws the term around now, teachers, coaches, that one parenting book collecting dust on the shelf. But strip away the jargon and it's pretty simple.…
I still remember a student telling me he felt like a failure next to his best friend. He played chess on weekends, drove two hours each way to tournaments, and…
Had this conversation again last week about Ivy League schools. Someone asked, "wait, is Stanford Ivy League?" No. "What about MIT?" Also no. People are surprised every single time, so…
Two students. Nearly identical marksheets, 97-98% board average, both from good schools in Tier 1 cities. One gets into three Ivies. The other gets rejected everywhere except a safety school…
Half the job titles floating around tech right now barely existed ten years back, and a good chunk of today's will probably sound just as dated in another ten. That's…
Professors get emails from high schoolers more often than you'd think. The emails that get a response are generally concise and ask for just one thing. Saying "I'd love to…
Ask most people for career advice, and they'll hand you a job title first- "software engineer," "biotechnologist," and work backwards from there. That's kind of backward, if you think about…
A student finishing a course often faces the same question next: build a prototype, enter a competition, write a research paper, or take another course? Each format teaches something different,…
Somewhere right now, a student is staring at a blank document titled "extracurriculars," feeling nothing. Not inspired. Just tired of scrolling lists that all sound the same: start a nonprofit,…
By the time college applications come around, a lot of students look back and find a pile of activities that don't really talk to each other. Robotics club freshman year,…
