University Placement
Myth Of Brand
Students' Perspective
Fast Facts
2300
Number of applications received
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1250
Number of interviews conducted
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650
Number of offers extended
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550
Number of students enrolled
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30%
Offer rate
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The name of the A Level institution has no bearing on the candidate’s chances of getting admission or financial aid to universities in the US. What matters is the candidate’s accomplishments, both academic and extracurricular and their ability to convey that in their application.There is plenty of research to support this claim. Universities confirm that as long as the A level school offers a globally recognized curriculum like the CIE, the years of existence of the institution make no difference – the brand of the institution makes no difference. One of the officers went so far as to say, “Whether the school is 1 month old or 100 years old – it does not matter”. At Harvard, for instance, home schooled students (i.e. private candidates) are not at a disadvantage relative to those who attended a prestigious private high school. A Level candidates are encouraged to do the due diligence and directly contact their universities of interest. Ask them about the factors that are considered in the assessment of applications to their university. You have an obligation to yourself and to your parents to be a well informed consumer.
Bilal Khan - Class of 2012
UPenn’s Wharton Business School, which ranks No 1 amongst Undergraduate Business Schools in the US, has given Bilal an unconditional offer of admission, for the Class of 2016. Only 6% of students who applied to Wharton for the 2016 session were actually given offers of admission.
Saad Ali - Class of 2012
Saad has received offers to pursue a BSc. in Management from 10 universities including London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), University College London (UCL), Warwick, City University’s CASS Business School, McGill, University of Toronto and many others.
Areeba Kamal - Class of 2011
Mount Holyoke College (USA) has selected Areeba for the College’s 21st Century Scholars Program. She will receive scholarships and grants for up to 125% of the cost to attend Mount Holyoke. Areeba had an A Level result of 3 A* & 2 A.
Shahryar Bachani - Class of 2012
Shahryar has acceptances from the University of Bristol, LSE and UCL in the UK; McGill and UBC in Canada; LUMS in Pakistan; NYU, UC Berkeley and UMass Amherst in the US. He has been offered a Chancellor’s Award from UMass, and has been nominated for the UC Berkeley Alumni Association’s Leadership Award.
Rooshan Aziz - Class of 2012
Rooshan has received offers from McGill, City University’s CASS Business School, Warwick and The London School of Economics.
