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Australian student, Oscar, recently gained admission to UPenn's Wharton School, Yale, Cornell and NYU just to name a few. 

He is joined by his Crimson Education Strategist of 2+ years, Mason, to discu…

Australian student and recent Stanford admit, Maggie, is joined by her Crimson strategist and Harvard graduate, George, in discussing Maggie's application including her extracurriculars, scores and e…

When you're in high school, a career can feel like a long way off. The reality though is that tech companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft as well as thousands of other companies both big and smal…

The number of students aspiring to a career in management consulting has exploded in recent years and it's easy to see why. With big pay cheques, prestigious companies and the idea of solving problem…

In the first episode of our new 'How I Got In' series, UChicago admit, Sylvia, reflects on her application journey including the essays she wrote, the scores she got and the extracurriculars she was …

It's a problem ambitious students face all around the world - how to find competitions you would love to enter. For Siddhant, it was a problem his younger sister was facing at her new school and so h…

It's been 15 years since Rohan graduated from UPenn's Wharton School and in this episode, he reflects on his experiences and his continued involvement in the Ivy League school.

For close to a decade, …

15-year-old STEM researcher and best-selling author, Naila Moloo is working on everything from a design for an improved solar cell, a photon rocket, a start-up, the sequel to her best-selling book an…

Mason Hill has a long history in education after being an Admissions Officer, a teacher and now a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education while also being a senior strategist for Crimson.

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When 16-year-old New Jersey student, Brandon, first read about sport psychology, he was immediately drawn to the field given his love of basketball and how the mind works.

He's since dived deep into t…

In recent years, students have started to believe that they need to found an organisation, not for profit or company to get admitted to top universities.

Crimson Education's Director for USA and Canad…

Jenk Oz is the founder and CMO of Thred Media. With hundreds of thousands of followers and a mission to introduce Gen Z to social change.

Thred reaches teens and young adults in 130+ countries a month…

Crimson Education Strategist, Evelyn Wu,  graduated with her bachelors and masters degree in mathematics at Oxford and spent 10 years working at the British Council. 

Her experience is now helping Cri…

How many times have you watched a TED Talk and felt that it had the potential to change your life? 

That's exactly what happened for Anagha who  always wanted to do more but felt like she should speci…

When you ask Jamie Beaton to be a guest on the show, it's not so much a podcast as a mini crash course!

In this episode, Jamie reflects on his time working for Weiss Asset Management and Tiger Managem…

17-year-old Liam Millward was aiming to study medicine but life has taken him down the entrepreneurship path!

After he turned a family travel blog into a magazine with 50,000 readers, he turned his at…

COVID-19 severely disrupted all aspects of college life but none more so than college sports.

In this episode of College Tips, Crimson Education Strategist and former Harvard lacrosse player, Bryan Mo…

Many students aim for a career in finance but Aryaansh is already experiencing it. The 15-year-old from Dubai has worked at JP Morgan, developed an algorithm to trade foreign currencies and trades on…

If you're aiming to apply to universities like Oxford or Cambridge, then nailing the UK personal statement should be high on your priority list.

In this episode of College Tips, Oxford graduate and Cr…