Resources for Academic Success

Did you just receive a ‘Waitlist’ admission decision and unsure about what to do next? Read on to get some expert tips from our ARCH US Admissions team to learn how to maximize your chances of getting into your dream school!

Identifying a supportive, responsive and reliable point of contact as your child's UK guardian is never easy. Be it through Guardianship organisations or referrals, what are the key considerations?

Make the wait for your fateful Oxbridge interview invite worthwhile by getting a head start with interview preparation, which includes practising how best to avoid common Oxbridge interview mistakes.

Much as we are pondering how best to pen our article this time round, you are probably feeling like a cat on hot bricks scrabbling for inspirations and tips to help you draft a killer statement that would grip university admissions’ attention from start to finish. Our first piece of advice is: read on! From what an outstanding personal statement entails to the Don’ts to keep clear from, our sharing will equip you with just the right number of considerations as you are writing your own. So rack your brain no more!

Many parents find themselves at the losing end of trying to divert their children’s attention away from screens and social media in favor of getting them to read books instead..

Often placed on an equal footing, Oxford and Cambridge – the epitome of prestige, heritage, and all-rounded academic excellence in higher education – are centuries-old close rivals that landing on either would suffice to give parents and students big smiles. Due to the tremendous and ever-increasing amount of applications Oxbridge receive from around the world, however, each applicant can only apply to either university only. When a student’s once-in-a-lifetime shot at applying to Oxbridge comes down to either one or nothing, it becomes all the more important for students and parents to understand the commonalities and differences between Oxford and Cambridge before they embark on their admissions planning and preparation.

As for US boarding schools, the SSAT (Secondary School Aptitude Test) was optional for the first time in 2021 due to the pandemic. For students who have excellent grades and teacher recommendations but don't test well, SSAT optional can a bit of a bonus, affording them the opportunity to be considered by schools that may have been out of reach if SSAT was required. Others worry about how they can get into a good school without an SSAT score.

Should schools retain the tradition of single-sex education or evolve with time and turn co-ed? Beyond social factors, what is the myriad of considerations parents should take into account when deciding on school type?