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Hardworking students accepted by UChicago and Cornell!
It’s been a while since I posted anything, mostly because I’ve been focusing on my musical projects. But good news: Last year, an international school student with a 1540 on the SAT wrote college application… Read more
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How My Student Improved his TOEFL by 28 Points
Student M’s TOEFL scores are as follows: –Dec 2, 2023: 81/120 – Reading: 17 Listening: 22 Speaking: 20 Writing: 22 –March 23, 2024: 85/120 – Reading: 17 Listening: 22 Speaking: 26 Writing: 20 –June 16,… Read more
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“Fake Tetris” Will Make You a Learned Wordsmith
We just developed a new arcade-vocab game hybrid: Fake Tetris! With our 780,000-word database (530,000+ real words and 250,000+ fake words), you will never run out of vocabulary to learn as you play this one-of-a-kind… Read more
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Word Snake: A Twist on the Classic Nokia Game
We developed a new game: Word Snake! Like the original Snake game featured on old Nokia phones, your objective is to control the snake so that it eats as many apples as possible. The snake… Read more
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The First Space Invaders-Vocab Hybrid Game is Here!
Miss arcade games? Want to nerd out? You’ll love our first-ever ten-level Space Invaders-Vocabulary hybrid game! We’ve modified the classic Space Invaders game to incorporate words drawn from a 530,000-word collection of real vocabulary words… Read more
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Word Pong: A Classic Game With A Massive Vocabulary Twist
First, if you haven’t checked out our one-of-a-kind 530,000-word vocabulary assessment game, make sure you do! Second, we just developed another game that draws words from our massive word database: Word Pong! Also, be sure… Read more
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How Many Words Do You Know? Get Results Now!
With a 530,000-word database, we present the only vocabulary test in the world that comprehensively measures your vocabulary knowledge! Caveat: this is a beta test! Sometimes, nonexistent words might have been mistakenly categorized as real… Read more
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Music From Thin Air: Inside the Beautiful World of the Theremin
The first time I saw someone play the theremin, my jaw dropped. In the show Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter mentioned the instrument, making me pause the video and do a quick search on YouTube. I quickly… Read more
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Explaining the Fatal Flaws of Simple Cultural Relativism
A prevalent view among college students just starting in academic philosophy courses is that morality is relative—either to individual beliefs (moral relativism) or to the collective views of cultures (cultural relativism). However, it is important… Read more
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The Old Affirmative Action Debate in Higher Education Demystified
This crash course on affirmative action in higher ed seeks to clarify the old debate and encourage you to reflect on the question, “Where do we go from here?” Read more
Welcome to Milestone College Consulting!
Milestone’s no-nonsense approach to education forges avenues to academic brilliance fostered by honesty and respect. At the helm is Meng-Ju (Raymond) Chuang, a gritty, fully caffeinated Vanderbilt University summa cum laude graduate with a B.A. in psychology and philosophy (hon’s) and an M.M. in jazz piano from Fu Jen Catholic University. Furthermore, Raymond has more to boast. He has perfect and near-perfect scores on the GRE Verbal, TOEFL, and SAT EBRW, respectively. With thirteen years’ teaching experience, Raymond offers bespoke English test prep, college selection advice, and application strategy sessions designed to cultivate a new and bold legion of independent thinkers and well-rounded scholars. (Feel free to check out Raymond’s curriculum vitae.)
Raymond updates this blog with a wealth of personal experiences. He relies on accurate, concrete statistics gleaned from the Common Data Set. Moreover, he meticulously calculates statistical data from CDS, painstakingly incorporating them into interactive graphs found only on this website.
For more information about Milestone, see our About page. Also, be sure to check out our exclusive content, such as this interactive USNWR Historic Rankings line graph. It depicts the ranking trajectories of more than 120 schools from 1983 to 2024 and can’t be found anywhere else!
Lastly, Raymond is not a robot, so feel free to reach out and get to know him! For example, Raymond plays the theremin, the only instrument played without touch, and is also a classically trained jazz pianist with a master’s degree in jazz performance. Indeed, he is somewhat of a music nerd, collecting instruments ranging from the Vietnamese dan bau to the waterphone (used in horror movie soundtracks) to the musical saw. So, join Raymond as he delves into the fun and complex world of college prep and admissions, and be sure to contact him, leave a comment, or simply chitchat!
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