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To Kenyan Parents - An Argument for Sending Your Child to a US College 4 min; updated Dec 28, 2022

Context ¶ Brief Intro: I’m Chege, currently a 4th year undergraduate student at Princeton University. I studied at Mang’u High School in Kenya. This post is directed to Kenyan parents/guardians who have child in high school that is about to sit for their KCSE. It’s never too early to start thinking of possible next steps. If your child has already started undergraduate classes at a local university, it’s a bit risky for them to start thinking of undergraduate US universities....

Studying your Way to (Nigh) Perfect Scores 2 min; updated Nov 30, 2021

My test scores back in the day. While I don’t think they’re the sole reason I landed a scholarship at Princeton, they certainly didn’t hurt my chances. This post is based on what I learned when preparing for my SATs. The fact that the SATs are standardized also reveals their greatest weakness - they can only differ so much, otherwise the test scores from the May test wouldn’t compare to those of the October test....