Happy Schools Blog
August 2007
The Archives
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08.29.07Taste of Alaska
Personal Touch, Travel (1)I'm in Alaska for a week. Its an amazing world out here. Very huge Glaciers every where, lots of wildlife viewing opportunities. I will be here for another 4 days. I will give an detailed trip report with lots of pictures once I get back home.
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08.27.07Getting around the campus/town
Life in U.S. (1)Campus are huge in some schools. I mean really big. I have seen friends who will have part time job in medical school and they will stay few miles away but within the campus. At times it will be hard to go places within campus. Especially, when its cold and showing. People will wait in bus stop when there is few inches of show pouring on them. New student's usually walk a lot, but there will be campus shuttle that will take you free around the campus. Some students get bikes ( bi-cycle) to get around. All the building will have ...
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08.26.07Do you know where your next class room is…
Life in U.S. (0)Fall semester is on its way. New students are trying about to enjoy the feeling that will be with them for years to come. Your first day in U.S. Your first time to Walmart Your first time calling home Your first day in lab Your first time in class room Yes, it was Software Engineering 1 class for me and it would be a different class for you. It will always be difficult to find the way to class building. Best way to remember your way around to keep landmarks. You can find campus map in the college website. find the way around respective to your ...
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08.23.07Do you use Firefox?
General, Personal Touch (2)Its been 1 month and counting since I started this blog. SO, far I had nice comments that are encouraging me to write more for students and share my personal experiences from student life. I'm using Google Analytics and StatCounter to track Happy Schools performance. You will be surprised to see what features and capabilities those 2 tools provide. It helps to drill down to so many details that will help a blogger to write and focus contents based on customer needs. So far Happy Schools had some 3000 visitors and around majority is split between Firefox and Internet Explorer. I ...
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08.23.07Cheap International Student Health Insurance
Insurance (0)I wrote about Student Health Insurance, How health insurance works, Travel Insurance. I did an analysis of how ICICI Student Insurance works, with its advantages and dis-advantages. I was browsing to find if there is an better alternative and cheap student insurance for International students and I found health insurance along with other benefits offered by International Students Organization based in New York. International Students Organization, offers COMPASS Plans underwritten by AIG and ISO MED Plans underwritten by ACE USA. COMPASS Plans, includes Gold, Silver and Bronze plans ( Plan Details ) ISO MED Plans includes Med Prestige, Med 1 and Med 2 ...
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08.21.07New Student : 8 A.M wake up call
Life in U.S. (0)It feel so nice to see number of page views, new visitors, returning visitors go North daily. I got very encouraging reviews and adding list of questions to write about. I was thinking about how first few months at school where. It was very steep learning curve. Everything is different, opposite of what we are used to. If we need to run on the lights, switches has to be pushed up side ( opposite to India). When traveling, people will talk about Exits, road numbers, and many other jargon's. When, I driving to the University for the first time, I was ...
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08.21.07Oozeball : Yeah, that’s fun
General (0)Oozeball ( Mud Volleyball) is the game played during Summer months in some Universities. I had chance to watch the game for couple of hours, back in schools days. The atmosphere was awesome, lots of mud, students, water, trash can filled with mud filled shoes,.... Each team will have 6 players ( 3 Guys and 3 Girls) to maintain the balance of the team. Oozeball is played on atleast 8 inches of mud. Mud-court is specially prepared for the event.There were 4 courts and so many teams. Games will be knockout and teams that survives the mud, water, fun for ...
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08.20.07Carnival of College and Finance
Money (0)I'm happy to see my post Students Spending Habits .. Timeline listed in first Carnival of College and Finance. I found several interesting articles in there. One that caught my eyes was Intro to Financial Series: My Early Credit Blunders, from Plainadvice.com. It will be an eye opener for students who are planning to apply for credit cards and how to use it wisely. This was my first ever submission to an Carnival and it got listed along with other good articles for students. Hope you all enjoy reading the other posts about Credit Cards, finance, Admission Tips and many other useful ...
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08.19.07U.S. News Ranking : Is it a joke?
Universities (1)CNN Quotes • Rankings include the "reputation survey," which is filled out by college presidents • It asks academic leaders to rate other colleges; results count for 25% of rankings • Critics claim survey isn't a valid basis for judging the quality of education • U.S. News editor: "It is a way for students to get intangibles about colleges Watch the video from Dickinson College Professor's comment on U.S. News Ranking I recently read few articles about U.S. Colleges and Universities not participating in U.S. News Ranking System. I have always told student, when short listing universities. Because, it doesn't give you an overview or in-depth ...
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08.18.07How to find a part time job
Jobs, Life in U.S., Money (9)Part time would definitely make student life easy. It will pay your monthly living expenses atleast. But, you must be aware of the fact that, it must be of least priority in your list for finding way sot meet your financial ends. Order of importance would be as follows 1) Research Assistantship 2) Teaching Assistantship 3) Scholarship 4) Part Time job In this article, I'm going to talk about part time jobs. As an International Student, you are allowed to work 20 hours per week within University Campus. Any work outside the campus, like gas stations, restaurants, hotels, motels, is considered illegal. It can lead ...
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08.16.07Airport Pickup
Life in U.S., Travel, Universities (4)Most of Indian Students Association in the University will arrange airport pickup for new students and also temporary accommodation. They will usually ask to fill out a form with your flight details and date of arrival. List of thing to have with you: 1) Name of person who is coming to receive you 2) Contact phone number of that person 3) Contact phone number for backup person 4) Home address where your temporary accommodation is arranged When you clear the customs and walk out from the baggage area, wait for them. Some student might hold a board with university name, some might not. But, its ...
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08.15.07Students spending habits.. Timeline
Money (3)I started thinking about how I spent money after starting coming to U.S. and thought it would apply for most of the students. It was quite amazing, when I think about how the spending habits changes over time . Here's the timeline First 3 Weeks in U.S: Mind calculator will be always at work. Any time you see some product will be multiplied by Rs.50.( India) Yes, it was Rs 48.50 per $ when I came to U.S. First week, I went to Walmart and total bill was around $48 for 2 weeks of groceries. Second time I went my roommates and it ...
