Originally
published in The Hindustan Times Education section
Many colleges
abroad ask you to write an essay about why you want to attend their program.
“Why Princeton” for example, is a particualry daunting one. These questions are
also sometimes combined with questions about yourself, e.g. explain “why you
have chosen Carnegie Mellon and your particular major(s), department(s) or
program(s).” But all these types of questions require the same deep and
insightful research on the part of the applicant.
