By Mike Omamo Buckle up. You are about to go on one hell of an emotional rollercoaster. It won’t be an easy journey, not for me, and definitely not for you too. It’s a little longer than I thought it would be. But I promise you, this story will be worth your time and I […]

By Mike Omamo Badassery. The art of engaging in seemingly impossible activities and achieving success in a manner that renders all onlookers completely awestruck. I’m sorry, I know I sound so cocky in my blog posts. I don’t mean to imply that I have the answers to everything but, I know a couple of things […]

By Mike Omamo The SAT The first time I began my study abroad applications, my dream college had been Yale, like almost everybody else. I wanted to go to Yale School of Drama and I applied there a couple of times for an acting undergraduate program except Yale didn’t offer an undergraduate program for acting. […]

By Mike Omamo Dear reader, I remember the time Learning and Testing Services of East Africa (LTS) told me I’d be writing for them. I freaked out. I had never written before. Not for an audience anyway. You see, I journal. I watched Stefan Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries journal and I picked it up. […]

By Clara N.  You have studied, practiced, had sleepless nights, not had a social life at all during this intense study period and now you are all set to take the test. Congrats on making it this far! Now, you can not have dedicated that much time for preparation, only to let your nerves get […]

By Clara N.  The SAT Test: Everything You Need to Know  So you are excited about attending college abroad but wait you’re told you must take the SAT. WHAAAT!!! What a bummer you think…….Where do you start? What does SAT even mean anyway? Well don’t worry too much about it. It’s not as complicated as […]

By Clara N.  So here is a question that we get all the time. “Can I get a scholarship to study abroad?” Look, even if you’re lucky enough to be receiving financial support from your family, they probably won’t foot your entire college bill plus you want to take the big girl/boy pill and try […]

BY CLARA N. ON JULY 26th, 2019 So here is a question that we get all the time. “Can I get a scholarship to study abroad?” ? Look, even if you’re lucky enough to be receiving financial support from your family, they probably won’t foot your entire college bill plus you want to take the […]

By Clara N. We receive a lot of questions asking what the full cost of the SAT is and how to go about the registration. And just like many parts of the college application process, taking the SAT (and even using your SAT scores) comes with an assortment of fees. So let’s jump right into […]