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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

1. Common questions which confront high school families
2. Define your brand & decide your career
   
3. How does block class scheduling work?
4. Preparing teenage children for summer
5. How important is the STAAR test? 
6. How do you prepare for AP Physics? 
7. Have you fine-tuned your teenager's high school course roadmap?
   
   
   
   
8. Why Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Are So Important 
9. Is taking a dual credit course a good idea? 
10. How to improve the strength of high school curriculum
11. What colleges look for in high school students
12. Is getting into TAMS a good idea?
13. All about grades and weighted grades
14. Frisco ISD changes Course Grade Weights
15. Is Coppell ISD, beginning with the Class of 2025, hurting students with its class rank policy? 
16. Is an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma a good choice?
17. Does a "good" school district mean your high school student will be successful?
18. How to interpret PSAT-11 scores for National Merit Scholarships
19. How Important Are Extracurricular Activities For High School Students?
20. How Many Extracurricular Activities Are Good For a High School Student?
21. College Planning Checklist for Student-Athletes (from the College Board)
22. Should High School Students Audit a Class?
23. Summer acceleration for Math courses
    
24. Exciting summer programs for High School students
    
25. Tips for after-school academic support


26. About us
27. Rajkamal Rao Bio
28. Rajkamal Rao Articles Archive

Section B. For 11th - 12th graders
(Please also review Section A above)

1. Common questions which confront high school families
2. How do you prepare for the SAT/ACT?
3. How many times should you take the SAT/ACT?
4. Our partnership with Achievable for ACT prep
   
5. Math and calculator tips for the SAT/ACT
   
6. Are Medical School Early Assurance Programs (EAP) a good idea?
7. The GRE reigns supreme
8. In Texas, you now have to file the FAFSA to graduate from high school 
9. Core Idea 2: Graduate from a 2-year college with an Associates Degree 
10. Core Idea 3: F-1 Students! Take advantage of the One Year OPT Visa 
11. Core Idea 4: Transfer to a 4-Year College 
12. It's getting harder to get into colleges using ED/EA 
13. Beginning Fall 2021, expect three major college admissions changes 
14. Asian American students should hide their race on the Common App 
    
15. UT Austin dramatically relaxes essay requirements for Fall 2025   
16. So, you applied to UT Austin. What next?
17. About the new Undergrad Degree in Informatics at UT Austin  
18. Statistics and Data Science Majors 
19. Understanding the College Pricing Ladder
20. How useful is the Net Price Estimator?
21. Introduction to college 529 plans  
22. Harvard-Stanford-Duke-Georgetown-Penn - Information Session
23. Brown-Chicago-Columbia-Cornell-Rice - Information Session
24. How do you prepare for AP Physics? 
25. Why Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Are So Important 
26. Is taking a dual credit course a good idea? 
27. How to improve the strength of high school curriculum
28. What colleges look for in high school students
29. Is an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma a good choice?
30. What should we make of the college admissions scam?
31. How to interpret PSAT-11 scores for National Merit Scholarships
32. How generous are NMS awards?
33. College Planning Checklist for Student-Athletes (from the College Board)
34. How important are college rankings? 
35. Should High School Students Audit a Class?
36. A Primer on College Essays
    
    
    
    
    
37. How do you send transcripts to colleges?
38. How do you send recommendation letters to colleges?
39. 2019-20 Automatic Admission - Texas Colleges and Universities 
40. SAT Subject Tests vs. AP Exams: Which are better?
41. Preparing for Fall 2020 online
    
42. How H-1B parents with children on H-4 visas should plan for college admissions
    
43. UT Austin: Campus Visit Observations
    
44. Rice University: Campus Visit Observations
45. Stanford University: Campus Visit Observations 
46. Texas A&M: Campus Visit Observations
47. Texas Public University System 
48. #MeToo Tips For College Bound Families
49. Exciting summer programs for High School students
50. Tips for after-school academic support
51. How to write a winning Statement of Purpose (for the newspaper article version, see below) 
52. How we help you fill out the Common App
    
53. Is Coppell ISD, beginning with the Class of 2025, hurting students with its class rank policy?  
    
54. A letter to the parents of the Class of 2025 
    


55. About us
56. How we can help high school seniors get into choice colleges
    
    
    
    
57. Rajkamal Rao Bio
58. 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).

1. The SAT takes sides against meritocracy
2. US college admissions continue to become more subjective
3. The GRE reigns supreme 
4. Indian students in the US caught in a legal battle 
5. What would we do without editors?  
6. A corruption scandal shakes American college admissions 
7. More American colleges go test-optional 
8. How to write a winning statement of purpose 
9. Studying abroad is now more business and less education 
10. Look before you post on social media 
11. When top institutions misuse their brands to make money 
12. US: The go-to place for an MS/MBA 
    
13. US: The go-to place for an MS/MBA (.pdf download version) 
    
14. MBA courses in the US must reprogram to stay relevant 
15. Dangers of reckless online behavior 
16. The epidemic of self-written recommendation letters 
17. Ban commission-based student recruiting 
18. Banking on student loans in India
19. Acing that application essay 
20. How about a career in consulting? 
21. Viewing the world from a Piper  

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