Happy Schools Blog
September 2007
The Archives
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09.29.07Student Loan: How to use the money and save more?
Student Loan (4)I had this question from one of the reader about Student Loan, If I apply a loan for say $20,000 for the full course..it will include what all? How can I pay for my room rent, groceries, recharge, books,etc? How much will these expenses come to in a month? Before continuing with this post, If you guys haven't read Who else wants to know about about Student Loan, I suggest you to read , I have also discussed about monthly expenses, how much it would cost, what expenses are involved and how place of study will affect your monthly expenses. Now, you should ...
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09.27.07Changes to GRE in November: Sample Questions
GRE (2)Changes to the GRE questions from November 2007 is not a complete revamp of GRE exam. New changes are gradually introduced to asses the ability of the students planning to study Graduate courses. Starting in November you will see maximum of one question either in Verbal or Math section. Which means students appearing for Graduate Record Exam will not see more than one question from the new question pattern in GRE. New questions will not affect your scores. I'm not sure if you guys were aware of the fact during 2002 when I took GRE, before AWA section for 6.0 point ...
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09.26.07Masters in Network Security : Readers Question
FAQ's (0)I'm planning to do M.S. in Network and Security and going to apply for Fall, but I heard people face problems in getting a job after doing M.S. in that field. This is what I heard..."though network and security is a really good field for research and job prospects,the only concern is as an International student, you will need a H1B to work in USA. And if you look for a job in Network and security, you might need a security clearance from US Department of Homeland Security, which you wont get as a Fresh International student. So, many companies won't ...
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09.26.07Happy Schools needs your help
General (5)I hope everyone is enjoying and finding the post useful. I got wonderful and encouraging comments to keep writing on various topics. My list of questions for applying to graduate school is increasing every day. I'm spending about 80% of time in Marketing the blog and most of you should have found the link from Orkut. I have so many questions to to answered, but with less time. Unless I market the blog, it will not reach majority of the students. About 80,000 students form India come to study in U.S. every year. So, far Happy Schools Blog had around 8000 ...
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09.25.07Happy Schools : New Layout
General (0)New Layout : Update in ProgressI will be updating the template to his blog, so it will fit all screen resolution. You should be able to access the posts but the layout will look empty without ad's. I should be done in couple of days to a good look and feel. Till then hang on.New Layout for Happy Schools is almost updated and I'm still working on to put small pieces together. If you have any suggestions or comments regarding the layout, let me know.Have Fun!
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09.24.07How Graduate School Application is Reviewed and Accepted
College Admission (6)I read your Happy Schools blog and its very great work and thank you for helping us. I have a doubt regarding Statement of Purpose, whether the graduate school admission committee will give equal importance to Statement of Purpose and the scores from GRE or TOEFL or Academic scores or its just part of everything? -Bindhu That's a good question and I'm sure many students will have the same question in mind. I have discussed about Graduate School application process in detail ( Part 1 and Part 2 ), but haven't explained in detail about the importance of different parts of ...
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09.23.07University of Alabama @ Birmingham ( Admission with Scholarship)
Universities (2)School: University of Alabama at Birmingham Major : Computer and Information Science Degree: Masters ( 2002 To 2004 ) GRE 1810/2400 TOEFL : 250 Aid : If you get an on campus job you are qualified for In-State Tuition fee and that is less than half the regular fees. Most of the students manage to get an on campus job. Cost of living is very low.Two bed room apartment between $450 and $600. Also, I learned that, in Fall 2007 most of the students who applied go admission with some form of Scholarship, Assistantship. So, I advise the the readers to check ...
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09.23.07Social Bookmarking explained
General (0)Definition from Wiki - Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to store, organize, share and search bookmarks of web pages. In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. Bookmarking, in general will save the links to the pages for future visits on your computer. But, Social bookmarks lets you at add tags of your choice are usually public, may be saved privately. People can usually view these bookmarks chronologically, by category or tags, via a search engine, or even randomly. Social bookmarking sites: Some of the commonly used Social Media sites are Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Reddit Netscape Magnolia How ...
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09.22.07Statement of Purpose (College Essays) : Be Original
Statement of Purpose (5)College Essay ( Statement of Purpose ) and Recommendation letters for graduate schools play very important role in getting your application noticed and that leads to acceptance into college. Today I had few emails from students who are applying for Fall semester, asking for Sample copies of recommendation letter and college essay, statement of purpose. Most of students college essay and recommendation letters are replica of their friends or from online resources. Sometimes essays are written by combining different sample essays obtained from various online sources. College essays play an important role in getting you accepted into the graduate school you desired ...
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09.22.07Free Resume review : Winners
Resume (1)Last week, I had a post for Free Resume Review for student readers who read the posts and comment on topics with their email. There were lots of comments, but few didn't have email id to contact them back and some were anonymous. I have selected Nikhil and Alok and their Resume will be reviewed. Resume format used here is quiet different from the format followed in India while you are in college or formats used for applying for jobs. So, what's included in Resume Review: Resume template evaluation Guide to highlight your strengths, achievements instead of listing your experience How to guide for ...
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09.21.07Spring or Fall : Graduate School Admission
College Admission (3)Graduate school admission in Spring semester, you must have read my previous post on different types of questions and ideas among graduate students. If you haven't read Questions about Spring admission in Graduate School, I strongly suggest to read that before continuing reading this. Previous post will give an overview of what this article is about. I had so many emails from students applying for Spring semester to post this article ASAP. I still haven't completed the college shortlisting part. Also, I'm planning to run small quiz in future posts, that will create awareness about Graduate School admission process. You can find ...
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09.20.07My experience with Happy Schools : 2 months
General, Personal Touch (0)Last few days all posts were related to Graduate Schools admission, short listing universities, colleges, GRE, TOEFL. All were education related topics. It's been a very long day today and I don't have any pre-written posts to publish. So, I'm going to talk bout personal experience. This doesn't dosent' need any time from my part to do the much needed research about college and universities and admission and scholarship details. You will find answers to following questions today in this post My experience with Blogging for Happy Schools What types of comments Happy Schools received What types of email I get daily and ...
