The real price of admission
Looking to send your child to a world-class university abroad? Having the money to do so may not be enough. The student needs to be interesting too.
- Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Some experiences you gained when you were young may not be interesting or worth remembering much. But a few things you did a long time ago could distinguish you and reshape your profile, making you eligible for studying at Ivy League universities in the US, the ultimate dream of students worldwide.
Let's look at a profile of one student who dreamed of studying for a master's degree in business management at a top US university. Her life is quite simple with no exciting activities at all.
But one thing she did when she was young in the northern province of Lampang became her passport to a top-10 university _ helping her grandfather ride an elephant to haul timber logs.
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