College admissions can be nerve-wracking experiences at the best of times. When Kavitta B Bedi’s daughter faced the arduous college admissions process in 2019, she realised there must be a better way for students to demonstrate who they really are beyond school marks, test scores, college essays and application forms.
Bedi teamed up with Katherine Ernst Mehta and started Xtraview, a digital startup where a team of experts from varied fields, interview student applicants in an unscripted and unbiased virtual setting.
Katherine Ernst Mehta
These interviews can then be used to bolster traditional paper applications to colleges and other institutions. “Our aim is to help students speak, showcase and succeed. We want to empower them by highlighting the different aspects of their personalities. Our platform gives every student an equal, unbiased opportunity to seize their dreams,” the duo says emphatically.
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New Delhi: In an endeavor to promote talent, Xtraview, India’s leading digital interview platform for students has partnered with The Big Red Group to sponsor a full scholarship for two students to participate in the 2021 Harvard Youth Lead the Change (YLC) conference. The Harvard Youth Lead the Change is a prestigious 7-day leadership program that offers a life changing experience to students to unleash their leadership capabilities.
This scholarship is a continuation of Xtraview’s effort to mobilize change and encourage out of the box thinking amongst students. The scholarship is valued at INR 40,000 and students are selected through a rigorous screening process. Students can participate in this scholarship through their schools or independently through the wild card entry. Through the wild card entry, any student studying in any high school (any board) across India can participate. The entry through schools closed on March 1st. However, the last date of entry through W