{"id":6124,"date":"2020-06-09T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=6124"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:43:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:13:01","slug":"8-things-top-colleges-of-the-future-are-doing-today-how-to-get-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/8-things-top-colleges-of-the-future-are-doing-today-how-to-get-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Things \u2018Top Colleges Of The Future\u2019 Are Doing Today [How To Get Admission]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A Versace perfume<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">An Armani bag<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A pair of Nike shoes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Brands penetrate into every part of our life and the millennial generation is more brand-savvy than any other generation before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Perhaps nowhere is brand fascination stronger than in the education industry. Parents and students have always made big decisions, spent big bucks, and traveled long distances based on the brand value of the college.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The simple logic was, \u2018Degree from a top college means lifetime job security.\u2019 Until a few years ago, this was true, and that is why parents today still believe it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The real value of branded colleges has changed drastically in the last decade, but the perception is changing slowly. Two main reasons why brand names matter much less today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>1. University <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>Curriculums<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b> are not Aligned to the Real World Need<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Top CEOs and some of the most successful people today believe that traditional University education is not imparting students with the skills they need on the job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">They believe that education that imparts real-life skills is much more valuable than education with just a brand name. \u201cSkills matter more than diplomas,\u201d is the belief of Elon Musk, Founder &amp; CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mindset of, \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do. But, I will go to a good university and get a great job,\u201d will not work in today\u2019s day and age. Watch<\/span><i> Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba,<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> talk about his view on college education.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack Ma On College Education\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHOEPA8ViPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">2. Top Companies Care Much Lesser About College Brand Names<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Companies like Google, Facebook, Tesla, and many others are removing the college name mentioned on the resume\u2019 before having the hiring manager do the interview. They don\u2019t want to allow the inherent bias (Halo \/ Horn Effect) to come in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">For the 1st time in its history, <\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Half of the new hires at Apple in 2018 <\/span><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">did not even have a four year college degree!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Tim Cook, CEO of Apple thinks you don\u2019t need a <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/strategy\/apple-ceo-tim-cook-explains-why-you-dont-need-a-college-degree-to-be-successful\/articleshow\/68308772.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">college education<\/a><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">to be successful.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Many other companies like Google, IBM, Bank Of America Echo the same thought. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The focus is now on YOU and YOUR SKILLS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/167546\/business-leaders-say-knowledge-trumps-college-pedigree.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two surveys conducted by Gallup<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">, confirm that hiring managers are most concerned about the knowledge that a candidate possesses and not where they received their college degrees from.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Table-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6174 size-full\" title=\"Gallup survey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Table-1.png\" alt=\"Gallup survey\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The New Age Of College Education Focuses Less On \u2018College\u2019 &amp; More On \u2018Education\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Colleges which are focused on helping students prepare for an uncertain and unpredictable future are coming into the forefront like never before.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Colleges which help students sharpen their ability to learn and potentially solve real-world problems. Colleges which understand the rhythm of what employers are looking for are making a name for themselves at a record pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Institutions like Indian School Of Business, Ashoka University, O P Jindal Global University in India became strong brands in less than 10 years. Earlier, it used to take 3-4 decades for a college to \u2018Rise\u2019 in reputation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Not just in India, all around the world, young colleges are making students think critically and equipping them with a skillset that\u2019s hard for companies to say no to. They are redefining the education system and preparing students for the future. Another evidence that skills are what ultimately dominate in today\u2019s market is that <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/home\/education\/news\/how-online-degrees-will-set-the-quality-benchmark-in-indian-education\/articleshow\/74061700.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Online Degrees<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> are being taken up at an unprecedented rate.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><b>What Makes A College A TOP College In Today\u2019s World?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Here are a few qualities that make a college a TOP college.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>Interdisciplinary Curriculum<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Interdisciplinary curriculum cuts across various disciplines and allows you to apply the knowledge of one discipline in another. In today\u2019s employment world where you are expected to know something about everything, an interdisciplinary curriculum paves the path to it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">FLAME University, a popular University in Pune rises beyond the traditional curriculum. A student at<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flame.edu.in\/academics\/ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>FLAME University<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">can choose subjects from across Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Performing Arts in the same year. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">They can truly explore all their academic interests, widen their learning spectrum, and finally ace one specialization that they enjoy the most. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">The college that you are thinking of should allow choosing subjects and not have a rigid \u2018One Size Fits All\u2019 approach<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Global Partnerships<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Global Partnerships help students broaden their perspective, give exposure, and make them more adaptable as people. All of which is very essential for landing a great job in today\u2019s time.<br \/>\n<\/span><i style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/i><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashoka.edu.in\/page\/international-partners-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ashoka University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> offers students great global exposure with their optional international internships, research collaboration, short term study opportunities, and student mobility, both inbound and outbound. Duke University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania are some of the universities that Ashoka University has partnerships with.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Internships &amp; Industry Interactions<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Practical experience is a cherry on the cake for any employer while they are interviewing someone for a job. Colleges that lay stress upon internships &amp; industry interactions are preparing you for your future. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">SP Jain Institute Of Management &amp; Research helps students get industry experience with their<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spjimr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/PGDM%2520Placement%2520Report-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compulsory internships<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Every year, more than 47 companies visit their campus to offer Autumn Internships, most of them are also offered pre-placement opportunities too. Companies like Amazon, Google, Philips, Loreal, Asian Paints, and a lot more offer internships to students and make them industry-ready. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check the past track record of internships that the college has. Most colleges focus entirely on final placements, but not so much on internships.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>Visiting Faculty &#8211; Industry Experts<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Learning from industry experts gives you an edge over the rest. Colleges with visiting faculty, who are experts in their respective fields, teach you more in an hour than what you learn in an entire semester. Not just that, you start making connections early on. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NALSAR University has an entire army of<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nalsar.ac.in\/visiting-faculty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>visiting faculty<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> who are experts in their domain, which helps students in learning from a practical perspective. From History of Law by Abhinav Chandrachud to Mergers &amp; Acquisitions by Vaibhav Ganjiwale, they have industry veterans come and teach on campus.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>A Combination Of Digital &amp; Physical Infrastructure<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The world is moving at a pace that\u2019s hard to catch-up. Innovations happen every second, quite literally. So it is important that a college has a mix of digital and physical infrastructure to make you ace both at tech-intelligence and emotional-intelligence.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Built with great vision and keeping the future in mind, <strong>Amity University<\/strong> provides the best combination of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amity.edu\/infra-study.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>digital and physical infrastructure<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> with classrooms and e-learning studios. Their classrooms are digitally equipped to have lectures be screened from anywhere in the world. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Their e-learning studios are the focal point for the live sessions by guest faculty. Not just that, they are the first university in India to have student Intranet, so that student learning doesn\u2019t end at the classroom.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Leadership Opportunities<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">You can\u2019t be taught leadership in theory, but only through practical exposure. With jobs looking for leadership qualities while recruiting, it is paramount that colleges provide leadership opportunities to you for early exposure &amp; learning. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">O.P. Jindal Global University focuses on building <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/ygbl.jgbs.edu.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>leaders of tomorrow<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">They make this happen with their curriculum and the extracurricular activities they offer. With their young business leaders program, large scale debates, and other initiatives, they push students to become leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Campus Clubs That Nurture Your Potential<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">From Debate Clubs in Law colleges to Mock UN Counsels for Political Science, college clubs push you to think beyond the curriculum and grades and help you develop skills that are needed to ace in the real world. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">National Institute Of Fashion Technology has a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nift.ac.in\/student-clubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>lot of clubs<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">that bring together their various campuses with huge events. Some of the clubs include; Social &amp; Environmental club, Literary club, Drama club, Film &amp; Photography Club, Sports club, etc. These clubs bring together students of different years for cross-learning and to nurture potential.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Placement Opportunities<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Placement Opportunities give you the initial boost you need to transition into the employment world and give you a sense of security right in the final year of college. Colleges with great placements will always be on top of the table. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune boosts of a<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sibm.edu\/welcome\/placement-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>great placement record<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">. Every year hundreds of companies like Colgate, Godrej, Accenture etc. recruit on campus, which gives students a great sense of security. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Students are starting to understand what makes a TOP college in today\u2019s world. They believe that quality education needs aspects like high qualified teachers, good employment rate, up-to-date technology.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to an <b>International Student Survey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conducted on 62,366 students from 65 universities around the world, the ranking of the university is NOT one of the top three factors that indicates the quality of teaching.<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Table-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6175 size-full\" title=\"International Student Survey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Table-2.png\" alt=\"International Student Survey\" width=\"685\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">So, now you know what makes a college a TOP college in today\u2019s day and age.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><b>How Do You Get Into A TOP College?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traditional methods of admission involve school grades and entrance exams.\u00a0 While these are still important, they can only get you through the initial elimination process only and NOT the selection process<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In fact, a lot of top colleges around the world made standardized tests optional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/harvard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6143\" title=\"the new york times\" src=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/harvard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>Top colleges of the Future want to see the clarity of thought. Have you thought through why you are wanting to study the course you have applied for? Have you \u2018Demonstrated Interest\u2019 in the course you are applying for or are you just saying it?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There are various ways that a student can \u2018Demonstrate Interest\u2019 in the field applying to and the steps begin from school. Here are 10 different kinds of activities a student can do:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify; list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>Work Experience &#8211; <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Nothing can show interest like the vigour to start working in the career industry of your interest early on. If you have work experience in the field of your interest, it will give you an edge over the rest. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Anusha Jain is a student who interned at various places like BNP Paribas (Bahrain), Environmental Management Centre(India), Ambuja Cement and got admission in Univerisity of Toronto.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Summer Programs &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every top university around the world offers summer programs. Participating in a summer program and dedicating an entire summer learning the subject of your interest, demonstrates interest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Online Certifications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Online education is seeing a major boom in India, especially considering the current COVID-19 crisis. Having done online certification in the career of your interest, will push you ahead of the rest.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/studentproducts.univariety.com\/virtual-internship-program-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Explore <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studentproducts.univariety.com\/virtual-internship-program-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">the Virtual Internship Program<\/span><\/span><\/a> that allows you to experience 18 different career-based internships at home.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Academic Honors &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scoring straight As in the subject of your interest is the most obvious and conventional way to demonstrate interest. Whether you are a Science geek or English pundit, prove it in your academics.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Competitions &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Participating in competitions relevant to your subject or career of interest shows that you have the zeal to grow in that particular career. Also, competitive spirit is valued deeply by top colleges.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Projects &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it is a school project or your own personal project, they show your interest in the subject and the fact that you go deep into understanding and solving aspects related to your subject interest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Extracurricular Achievements: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top colleges are always looking for well rounded personalities and extracurricular achievements are a great way to demonstrate it. Picking up an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/get-the-maximum-benefit-of-extracurricular-activities\/\">extracurricular activity<\/a> related to your subject interest will not only showcase your personality, but also demonstrate your interest in it. <\/span><\/span>One such profile is of Sreyan Chaterjee who focused on extracurricular activities from early on. He cleared the National Talent Search Examination conducted by NCERT in Grade 8 and received scholarship from Govt of India. He was a part of Intellian quiz in which 500 schools had participated and his school came 2nd, participated in more than 70 competitions including debates, olympiads and extempore. He got into IIM Indore with impressive extracurricular achievements.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\t<a class=\"paoc-popup-click paoc-popup-cust-6167 paoc-popup-button paoc-popup-btn \" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Click Here!!!<\/a>\r\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify; list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Awards or Scholarships &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Awards and scholarships prove that you are a pro at something and hence showcase your learning capacity. If the awards &amp; scholarships are in the subject of your interest, then, it demonstrates interest along with proof.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Volunteer Work &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community work shows you care about the people around you and are empathetic to them. This aspect of your profile will give it a boost you can\u2019t imagine. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Shrishti Asthana launched Project Teach Every Girl, an initiative towards empowering underprivileged girl children by supporting their education. She got into Princeton University with her excellent community service and extracurricular activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Papers &amp; Conferences &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papers in the subject of your choice show your deep thinking capabilities. Conferences too showcase the same along with your communication skills and ability to work in a group.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch what <\/span><b><i>Parneet Shergill, Assistant Director of Ashoka University <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has to say about their admission process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Role of Profile in Admission Processes to Good Universities in India | Univariety\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rsGTdZebGBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\t<a class=\"paoc-popup-click paoc-popup-cust-6165 paoc-popup-button paoc-popup-btn \" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Click Here!!!<\/a>\r\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Who are you as a person? What are your aspirations? What do you hope to achieve with your skills? All of these aspects of your personality need to translate on your profile. As philosophical &amp; trivial as it sounds, this is the biggest differentiating factor on your profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">So, How Do You Build A Strong Profile?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Just like how you have a pattern, strategy, and time-table for preparing for tests, you need a strategy for a non-academic profile too. Broadly, it must follow the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Set Clear Goals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Achieve Clarity with what your goal is in terms of the kind of career you want, the country you want to study in and the type of colleges you will apply to.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Understand the Requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Depending on your career and colleges you want to target, the kind of activities will vary.\u00a0 Most people underestimate this grossly.\u00a0 Each top college looks for different qualities.\u00a0 For example, Harvard will value Intellectual Curiosity whereas MIT will value Hard Work as an attribute.\u00a0 Hence, one has to clearly understand what will work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Self-Assess<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 All the activities you have done till now in school and outside, can add great value to your profile.\u00a0 You need to know where you are already strong, where you may not need to spend more time and where you need to come up with new activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Plan the Activities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Based on the amount of time and money you are willing to invest, the right activities need to get selected.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Balance <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; You also need to be careful about achieving balance between studies and non-academic activities.\u00a0 Hence a roadmap must be made that will guide exactly.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This process helps you to finalize your career goal, aspirations, course &amp; country selection,\u00a0 And then plans activities you need to do specifically to target those aspirations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This process is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.promap.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PROMAP<\/strong><\/a>, which is short for \u2018Profile Map\u2019. 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