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Meet Ross Leebody: The Former Pro Soccer Player Helping Students Realize Their College-Athletics Dreams We’re thrilled to welcome Ross Leebody to the AddedEducation team as our new Deputy General Manager of Athletics! Ross’s journey from international student-athlete to US college sports leader brings a wealth of experience and heart to our team. A Scottish StartBefore […]

The Common App Personal Essay may seem like the final boss in a video game, seemingly undefeatable. However, with practice and a good strategy, you can emerge victorious. Your personal essay is a crucial part of the application process. It’s not just a task but an opportunity for you to display your unique voice and […]

On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! The infectious cries of the crowds at Camp Randall still echo in my ears when I think of a football match at UW Madison, with an entire stadium lit crimson—it is a fever, and being a Badger is an emotion like no other. Football is a religion in Madison, and for […]

As I flip through the albums that capture every milestone of my life, I want to reflect. It started with a photo of you holding my hand as I take my first steps, you letting go of the bicycle while I nervously take my first bicycle ride, you consoling me after losing at a sports […]

The Experts Speak: Your Most Common Concerns Addressed Through the years, we’ve come across parents and students who have many similar apprehensions and questions when it comes to college athletic recruitment. Our experts have addressed some of the popular questions and fears that student athletes and their parents have: 1. I live in a small […]

Called to Serve Tennis has been a part of my life since even before I was born! My mother always had a passion for the sport and back in the days when televisions barely existed, she spent hours reading about how Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graff and Boris Becker were playing. Born and raised in a […]

The Talking Point: What Every Parent Of Ambitious Students Needs To Know In most Asian countries, parents often play a vital role in making college decisions and preparing their children in the pursuit of an education abroad, becoming highly influential in every step of the way. Frequently, however, parents are blinded or fail to have […]

The Best of Both Worlds My life up till now has been a study in contrasts. I was a clumsy kid who loved to dance, a shy student quipped with a quick mouth. Though an IB student, I opted to pursue my undergraduate here in India, an odd choice in 2015. I was an academically […]

What is the Best Time to Start the College Admissions Process? You don’t have to feel intimidated by the US college admissions process, especially if you are the first in your family with a big dream to study in one of the top US colleges. With so many things to do like writing your essay, getting […]

All For the Love of Golf People say life is about the journey and not the destination, well mine has been an interesting one so far… sometimes full of self reflection, another time full of doubt. Growing up, I always thought that by the time I reached adulthood, I would have it all figured out […]

Beyond The Whistle: Ex-Yale Tennis Coach Christian Appleman Hundreds of thousands of amazing student-athletes with perfect test scores and grades submit their applications to the Ivy league universities every year. The Ivy League reviews its athletic programs very carefully and is extremely selective about the athletes who are accepted. Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia are […]

US University Application: All You Need to Know or Be Prepared For With more candidates making a beeline for US Universities, getting into the best universities in the USA is highly competitive today. Top universities were the destination for over 1 million international students in the USA during 2019 – 2020. The most-selective lists featuring the top […]