Recommended Resources

US:

• Book: Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske

• CollegeVine https://www.collegevine.com/

• College Confidential https://www.collegeconfidential.com/

• Reddit: r/ApplyingToCollege

• US News Best Colleges

• Instagram accounts: @limmytalks @yashmahajan @yashthetrash

• Youtube accounts: Helen Piltner, Nina Wang, Taylor Bell, Kaiti Yoo, Jisoo Lim and in general searching up “Stats and ECs that got me into …..” is helpful

UK

• The Student Room: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/

• The official website of each of the school provides a lot of information on how to prepare for the interviews

• Book: The Ultimate Oxbridge Interview Guide by Rohan Agarwal

• Youtube accounts: 

  • Kwok https://www.youtube.com/@kwok

  • Video where she goes over her UCAS essay:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJpfR6Vy8hg

  • Elena Handtrack https://www.youtube.com/@ElenaHandtrack

• Instagram: @eleonorasvanberg

Resources in another language

I also can read Chinese, so if you or your family can read Chinese, feel free to check out these resources:

Books:

• 大学之路 （上下册套装）吴军 著

• 牛津女孩 赛茜 著

• On 小红书：

• Echo学姐，

• 哈哈哈哈佛李一诺

• Searching up tags like “美本“，”英本“，“24fall bg 分享” will also lead you to a range of posts