I wanted to write something to you for a while and seeing that Cognito is scaling down means this might be the last opportune moment, so...
What do you think about situations where kids must take a single test to qualify for local colleges? My understanding is that in India, IIT admissions are basically based on a single exam. In China there is the gaokao. Are there any unique study strategies you would recommend there?
What about kids who aren’t career-oriented? This is different from being smart or dumb. It’s possible to be very smart and have getting into a good college or making money only at roughly the same priority as other goals like enjoying time with family and friends, exercise, and travel. How would a person with these more laid-back goals “optimize their life trajectory”?
What do you think about trading off how challenging a course is versus the grade you get? My guess is that you don’t want to take courses you can’t get A’s in. Period. Your goal should be to get all or almost all A’s in your subjects and only after that do you worry about taking AP courses, college courses, or whatever.
Finally, is there any advice you would give specifically to kids in developing countries who want to attend US colleges?
Thanks for these questions. We’ll look into them over the next few months, and I’ll update this comment to include updated thoughts or links to our content discussing these issues after we’ve written about these.
I wanted to write something to you for a while and seeing that Cognito is scaling down means this might be the last opportune moment, so...
What do you think about situations where kids must take a single test to qualify for local colleges? My understanding is that in India, IIT admissions are basically based on a single exam. In China there is the gaokao. Are there any unique study strategies you would recommend there?
What about kids who aren’t career-oriented? This is different from being smart or dumb. It’s possible to be very smart and have getting into a good college or making money only at roughly the same priority as other goals like enjoying time with family and friends, exercise, and travel. How would a person with these more laid-back goals “optimize their life trajectory”?
What do you think about trading off how challenging a course is versus the grade you get? My guess is that you don’t want to take courses you can’t get A’s in. Period. Your goal should be to get all or almost all A’s in your subjects and only after that do you worry about taking AP courses, college courses, or whatever.
Finally, is there any advice you would give specifically to kids in developing countries who want to attend US colleges?
Thanks for these questions. We’ll look into them over the next few months, and I’ll update this comment to include updated thoughts or links to our content discussing these issues after we’ve written about these.