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Lead story · College Applications
Common App essay prompts for 2026-27: choose meaningful material, protect the student's own voice and use a focused revision check before submission.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
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Standardized Tests
SAT vs ACT in 2026: compare current test formats and use a diagnostic error record to choose a preparation plan that fits the student and available time.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
College Applications
A waitlist is managed differently at every university. The practical priority is consistent: follow the institution’s exact update rules, but secure and act on an existing offer while the waitlist remains uncertain.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
Academics
Purdue’s 2026 AI working-competency requirement is discipline-specific, not a generic prompt-writing course. It offers a useful test for families: does a university teach access to AI, or the judgment to verify and defend AI-assisted work?
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
Profile Building
Students often focus heavily on gaining college admission and overlook the importance of their actual college experiences. They have access to abundant career information but struggle to utilize it effectively. Engaging in practical experiences, such as internships and conversations, can help uncover personal interests. Colleges should encourage exploration and growth, not just career preparation.
By Adarsh Khandelwal
· 5 min read
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A commission does not automatically make advice poor. But families should know whether they are seeing an open-market search or a partner-network shortlist, and what that difference means before making a costly decision.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
Career Planning
Many parents tend to focus more on securing college placements for their children instead of nurturing their overall growth. This article emphasizes the importance of investing in a child’s potential to add value. It suggests that developing innate qualities like curiosity and resilience is vital for achieving career success. As AI continues to innovate the job landscape, the need for rapid learning takes precedence over mere academic qualifications.
By Adarsh Khandelwal
· 6 min read
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AI-assisted cheating is a legitimate academic-integrity problem, but AI detection creates another risk: confidently misclassifying human work. Stanford-led research found a 61.3% average false-positive rate across seven detectors on a specific sample of human-written TOEFL essays. UK ombudsman cases show why universities must distinguish between algorithmic suspicion and evidence of misconduct.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 6 min read
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England is moving towards AI tutoring for disadvantaged pupils at significant scale. Yet the same profession already adopting AI rapidly remains deeply unconvinced about handing it a tutoring role. The gap is not evidence of teacher resistance. It exposes a more important divide between using AI to extend professional capacity and trusting AI with educational responsibility.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 6 min read
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Harvard’s AI-tutoring experiment produced a significant result: students learned more in less time than under a strong active-learning comparison. But the study does not validate every chatbot being sold as an “AI tutor.” It raises a more consequential question about what schools should demand before putting AI between a student and the learning process.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
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UNSW AI assessment rules vary by task; Indian families can examine course expectations and discuss preparation for Australian study with Collegify.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 3 min read
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Cambridge’s AI policy is not a blanket ban. Applicants may use AI for ideas and research, but fabricated achievements may be treated as application fraud, while AI use during interviews is expressly prohibited. The larger shift is more important: as applications become easier to polish, Cambridge is placing greater value on whether students can independently own and defend the thinking behind them.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
College Applications
AI application rules differ at Harvard, Knight-Hennessy and Rhodes; Indian applicants can discuss permitted support and preparation with Collegify.
By Rohan Ganeriwala
· 5 min read
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