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How to answer "tell me about yourself" when you have no work experience Careers How to answer "tell me about yourself" when you have no work experience The opening question is not asking for your life story or an apology. It is asking whether you understand the job — and that can be answered without ever having held one. 4 min read The documents an overseas application needs, and when to start each one Study Abroad The documents an overseas application needs, and when to start each one Most missed deadlines are not missed by a day. They are missed because one document that takes six weeks was started in the last two. 4 min read BECE and WASSCE grading: why the two cannot be compared Exams & Results BECE and WASSCE grading: why the two cannot be compared The two exams use different grade scales for different purposes, which is why a raw grade from one tells you almost nothing about performance in the other. 4 min read Remarking a WASSCE result: how the review works and when it is worth requesting Exams & Results Remarking a WASSCE result: how the review works and when it is worth requesting A review is a re-check of the marking, not a second sitting. Understanding what it can and cannot change is what separates a useful request from a wasted fee. 4 min read How to read a school prospectus without being sold to Education News How to read a school prospectus without being sold to A prospectus is a marketing document, and reading it as one is not cynical. The useful information is in what it specifies and what it carefully does not. 4 min read Studying in Ghana or abroad: how to compare them honestly Study Abroad Studying in Ghana or abroad: how to compare them honestly The comparison is usually made on tuition alone, which is the one figure that settles the least. A framework for weighing the decision on what actually differs. 4 min read Boarding or day school: the costs and trade-offs nobody itemises Education News Boarding or day school: the costs and trade-offs nobody itemises The fee difference is the visible part of the comparison and rarely the decisive one. What to weigh beyond the invoice, including the costs a day place quietly transfers to the family. 5 min read