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Step by Step Guide to Choose the right stream and College for your child!

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Vaishali Pandey
Updated On:
Jul 4, 2025

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Deciding on what stream to choose while planning for your child’s future is a long haul. Given the fact that the future of your child heavily depends on this decision also makes it extremely crucial. There are several factors involved here that one needs to consider before making a conclusive decision related to this.

We are here to help your decision making process easier with this step-by-step guide :

Step 1 - Discuss with your child to understand their inclination towards certain fields - whether engineering or medical.

Step 2 - Introduce your child to multiple disciplines under each field, for instance : 

  • Engineering-Mechanical, chemical, civil, Computer Science, Information Technology etc
  • Medical - Allopathic medicine, ayurvedic medicine, dental, homeopathy, veterinary medicine etc 

Step 3 - Monitor your children’s performance and assess their strengths in subjects

Step 4 - Focus on strengthening the weaker subjects

Step 5 - List all the courses aligning your child’s interest & strengths

Step 6 - List top 10 colleges for each course suitable for your child, based on factors like - reputation, ranking, & placement records

Step 7 - Make a list mapping which colleges have which courses & disciplines

Step 8 - Use internet to find out the cut-off scores for each college & course in the last 3-4 years

Step 9 - Aim to achieve higher than previous years highest cut-off score, that way you increase your chances of getting through to your desired college

Step 10 - Create a preparation strategy keeping in mind topic weightage & your strengths

Step 11 - Keep a look out for any news or updates related to these colleges : 

  • You will stay updated on when the forms will get released  and when the exam would be conducted
  • Also, if the institute is capturing headlines due to any specific positive or negative reason

Step 12 - Have faith that dreams are always achievable

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Vaishali Pandey
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A banker turned content marketer with expertise in growth-focused content strategies for the finance and digital sectors.  She currently drives data-backed content initiatives at Propelld, through high-impact storytelling.

Before moving into content marketing, Vaishali spent nearly a decade in banking, across their asset and lending divisions and spent almost a decade in finance. An MBA in Marketing and a writer at heart, she finally took up content marketing and now simplifies money talks for the readers.

She is also a certified digital marketer (MICA), combining data-driven insights with creative storytelling to deliver measurable business growth.

Beyond work, Vaishali is a handcrafted brand founder, avid reader, and travel & food blogger, blending creativity and strategy in everything she does.

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