University Guidance
With 100% of B.D. Somani graduates attending colleges and universities worldwide, great care and attention are given to supporting students throughout their career selection and university application processes.
The College Guidance team has decades of experience and stays abreast of the latest developments and best practices in school counselling and university admissions. Our counsellors work closely with High School families, either individually or in groups, to help cultivate a sense of empowerment, independence, and direction toward students’ chosen futures. The department also publishes a bimonthly newsletter, “The High School Advisor”, which provides timely information aimed at demystifying the exciting careers selection and university application processes.
Student support services provided by the University Guidance Office include…
- Group and individual sessions
- Career mapping using psychometric assessments
- Mock interviewing
- Interactive workshops on a variety of topics
- Presentations by university admissions representatives
- Onsite administration of the SAT and other college entrance exams
- Career workshops/fairs
- A bimonthly newsletter
- Support with profile building
- Gap year planning
Team
Joined B.D. Somani in 2024
Anisha holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Macalester College and a postgraduate degree in Education from Boston University.
Anisha holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Macalester College and a postgraduate degree in Education from Boston University.
Anisha Gupta
Head of Department, University Guidance
Joined B.D.Somani International School in 2025
Masters of Science
Masters of Science
Sanjana Shah
University Guidance Timeline
January
Meet with assigned Counsellor
March-April
Course finalisation.
Preliminary university research
Preliminary university research
March-April
Personal statement.
First draft of college essay
First draft of college essay
March-April
Identify recommenders
Request
recommendation letters
Request
recommendation letters
May
Submission of Grade 9 and 10 transcripts
June
Brag Sheet
July 31
Research your options.
CA/UCAS/OUOC registration
CA/UCAS/OUOC registration
August 15
Final shortlisting of universities
August 31
College essay, personal statement final draft
15-30 September
Supplementary essays(optional)
1-15 October
ED/EA/Scholarship applications
15 Nov - 15 Jan
All other applications(irrespective of region)
University Matriculations List
AUSTRALIA
- Griffith University
- Macquarie University
- Monash University
- RMIT
- University of Melbourne
- University of New South Wales
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology, Sydney
CANADA
- Carleton University
- Emily Carr University
- Huron University
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Ontario College of Art & Design
- Ryerson University
- Simon Fraser University
- Trent University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- Western University York University
CZECHIA
- Charles University
GERMANY
- Karlshochschule International University
HONG KONG
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
INDIA
- Ahmedabad University
- Ashoka University
- ATLAS SkillTech University
- Bennett University
- FLAME University
- HR College of Commerce and Economics
- Indian School of Design and Innovation Parsons, Mumbai
- Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship
- Jai Hind College
- Jindal Global Law School
- Krea University
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
- O.P. Jindal Global University
- Plaksha University
- Russell Square International College
- Shiv Nadar University
- SP Jain School of Global Management
- St. Xavier’s College
IRELAND
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
ITALY
- Bocconi University
- Humanitas University
- Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
JAPAN
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
SINGAPORE
- LaSalle College of the Arts
- Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
- Nanyang Technological University
- National University of Singapore
- SIM Global Education
SWITZERLAND
- Franklin University
- Les Roches
THE NETHERLANDS
- Amsterdam University College
- Erasmus University, Rotterdam
- Leiden University
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- University College of Groningen
- University College Roosevelt
- University of Amsterdam
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Gulf Medical University
UNITED KINGDOM
- Arts University, Bournemouth
- Aston University
- Birmingham City University
- Bristol, University of the West of England
- Brunel University, London
- Cardiff University
- CASS Business School
- City, University London
- Coventry University
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Imperial College, London
- Istituto Marangoni, London
- Kings College, London
- Kingston University
- Lancaster University
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Loughborough University
- Newcastle University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Queen’s University, Belfast
- Queen Mary University of London
- Regents College, London
- Richmond, American International University in London
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- SOAS University of London
- St George’s, University of London
- The University of Edinburgh
- The University of Nottingham
- The University of Sheffield
- The University of Warwick
- Univerity of Bath
- University College, London
- University for the Creative Arts
- University of Arts, London
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Buckingham
- University of Cambridge
- University of Dundee
- University of Durham
- University of East London
- University of Essex
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- University of Kent
- University of Leeds
- University of Leicester
- University of Lincoln
- University of Liverpool
- University of Manchester
- University of Oxford
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Reading
- University of Roehampton
- University of Southampton
- University of St. Andrews
- University of Surrey
- University of Sussex
- University of the West of England
- University of Westminster
- University of York
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- American University
- Arizona State University
- Babson College
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Bentley University
- Binghamton University
- Boston Architectural College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Bryant University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucknell University
- California College of Arts (CCA)
- California State Polytechnic University Pomona
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- Colby College
- Colorado College
- Columbia University
- Concordia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Denison University
- Dickinson College
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Durham University
- Elon University
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
- Emerson College
- Emory University
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Fordham University
- Franklin & Marshall College
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Hamilton College
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd College
- Haverford College
- Hofstra University
- Hult International Business School in San Fransisco & London
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Iowa State University
- Ithaca College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Knox College
- Lafayette College
- Lehigh University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Macalester College
- Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
- Massachusetts College of Art & Design
- Miami University
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Muhlenberg College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University (Arts & Sciences)
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Pace University
- Parsons – The New School for Design
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pepperdine University
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Pratt Institute
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Quinnipiac University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University
- San Jose State University
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Santa Clara University
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- School of Visual Arts, Arts School in NY
- Scripps College
- Seattle University
- Seton Hall University
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Southern Methodist University
- Springfield College
- St. Lawrence University
- Stanford University
- Stony Brook University
- Suffolk University
- SUNY Binghamton University
- Swarthmore College
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Texas A&M University
- The City University of New York
- The College of Wooster
- The Culinary Institute of America
- The George Washington University
- The Ohio State University
- The University of Texas, Austin
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- Tulane University
- Union College
- University of Arizona
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Florida
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Richmond
- University of Rochester
- University of San Diego
- University of San Francisco
- University of South Carolina
- University of South Florida
- University of Southern California
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Vassar College
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest University
- Washington University, St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan College
- Wesleyan University
- Wheaton College
- Whittier College
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Xavier University
- Yale University