For subscribers

Applying for college: Even top students pay up to $15,000 a year for help with college applications

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

A seminar focusing on admissions to medical degree programmes in the UK, conducted at Prep Zone Academy. Prep Zone Academy prepares students for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions to universities in the UK, US and also for NUS and NTU. It deals with about 250 to 300 prospective undergraduates a year.

A seminar focusing on admissions to medical degree programmes in Britain, conducted at Prep Zone Academy.

PHOTO: PREP ZONE ACADEMY

Follow topic:

SINGAPORE – Nineteen-year-old Megan Yap is a top scorer with an aptitude for computer science and a thriving Instagram business where she designs and sells cute stickers and washi tape.

Despite this evidence of her academic and creative talent, the Malaysian student based in Singapore still signed on with an external consultant to help apply to top universities in the United States. 

See more on