I thought, most of you know little about me, why not write some personal and interesting about me.
Here are random things that you probably wouldn’t know about HSB (Raghuram Sukumar).
- I graduated high school in 1998.
- Completed Masters in Computer Science and Engineering in 2005 from University of Texas at Arlington.
- Applied to 5 schools and received admits from all 5 schools in USA.
- I used to run 100mts in less than 12 seconds during college days.
- Engineering degree was not my first choice.
- Scored 100% in High School Public State exams in Math and Chemistry.
- Most of my T-shirts in my closet is either Black, Gray or White.
- Sunday’s are reserved for NFL (American Football) Game Day.
- I passionately follow New England Patriots and I hate New York Giants.
- I do follow Dallas Mavericks in Basketball with same amount of passion.
- I had ZERO knowledge about blogging when Happy Schools Blog was launched.
- I tried hard to graduate MS in CS with 4.0 GPA, but fell short.
- I have owned 4 cars till date while in USA.
- I do have a full-time job as Software Engineer
- I used to drive Mazda and Camry.
- Looking forward buy iPhone5 on first day.
- I have iPhone, iPad, iPod, Macbook, Airport Extreme Router.
- Right now at home, I have 1 PC, 2 Macbooks, 1 HP Sleekbook, 1 HP Ultrabook, Thinkpad, Nexus 7 and 3 old non-working laptops (Thinkpads and Fujitsu)
- I have lived in Texas and Florida before moving to North Carolina.
- I currently drive Acura TSX and a Honda Accord.
- I have been to following States in USA – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
- I don’t like to cook and wash dishes and always gets appreciated by my better half.
- Big fan of Sketchers Shoes.
- I prefer jeans, casuals and t-shirts.
- My most precious Christmas present is my son born on 25th Dec.
my friend you are living the perfect american dream
I didn’t see thin until now. WOW! Awesome
. I will always support this blog and the writer. After I get my first paycheck in US, I will donate what I can to this blog 
.. Raghu has been helpful in many ways. I am an avid reader of this site and I always will be. Thanks a lot 
.. Epitome of useful resource 
.. Long live HSB 
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Btw, where was this pic taken??
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Las Vegas – Inside Caesars Palace.
Las Vegas! US’s party place
Rajkamal – I know you have been active reader for long time. You can contribute by sharing your experience. Happy Diwali.
Of course I will Just a few years between me and USA!
.. I will get there 
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Belated diwali wishes
lol 
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it was just a hunch nthin more
ur from south india..i guess tamil nadu..
16. Looking forward buy iPhone5 on first day.
Still holds true? I am now lost and not sure if iPhone 5 is what I really want. I guess I will still buy it, but the last time Apple had me excited was in June 2010 when they launched iPhone 4.
I still feel the same after watching the event today. iPhone 4 had huge buzz. But, we kind know what iPhone 5 will have. I’m still going to buy iPhone 5.
I have 4 and its 2 years old. I run this blog at times exclusively from iPhone. So, high speed and larger screen will help me. Check your email inbox in 15 minutes for a surprise.
Samsung galaxy s3 also very good smartphone…
thanks a lot buddy… you inspire me lot.
Ok Sir ,
You might find something very interesting and suprising ,One of the your youngest HSB fan was born on 25 December and Even i run 100 mtrs less than 12 seconds
Raghu i should say the post is very nice and inspiring but it would be much better if u add a couple of things like what is the changing point for u that made u realize that this was the thing for you and so many cars …. lol!!! helpful to trace them…. may be in another post….!!
Hey HSB, its great that you share your some personal things. People really wanted to know about HSB. But, You missed out some points…Sorry for posting it here,
Following are some more things about HSB that people really wants to know,
About HSB,
B.E, Computer Science and Engineering from Bharathiar University.
Past
QA Analyst at Credit Suisse
Software Engineer at GE
Internship at GE Energy
Currently : Senior Software Engineer at EMC
Thats really good.. great.
Damn! For some reason I always expected you to be some uncle types. You look like a kid lol (or is that an old pic?
). And you have your own kid! :O Nice read 
Which is your native in India? Where you studied your UG? Didn’t tell about these questions..
Thats for another post titled 25 More Random things you didn’t know about Me.
Wow Raghu!glad 2 finally meet u- the face behind happy schools blog!nd u hav a truly inspiring story
nd- wow-u hav been 2 that many states!!u r livin the dream.. 
Thanks Ira. If you like to travel, do it before you get married or before having kids.
UUUUUUUU HHHAAAAVVVVEEE AAAA KID??? wow,but genuinely u look a lot younger!!! And hey HSB is a better name nw 4 me,coz “raghu” reminds me of MTV roadies raghu(dat blockhead,no offense). U will aleays be our HSB wid d square logo!!!!!
Poll in FB said HSB is better than Raghu, since people got used to it.
you didnt say anything to my suggestion to keep HSB instead of Raghu in Q&A section, anyway!! you can put “HSB (Raghu)” as ur name in ur profile…that way, HSB remains visible to us and and ur name will be there too!! cheers!!
I was familiar with who you are from the facebook page of HSB but all this information will actually help quash a lot of rumors about this blog, that it is operated by selfishly motivated individual/group of individuals as well give the face to the voice coming from this always helping platform.
Great Work! Keep it up!
May god bless you and your family.
Thanks Rajat – I did hear from few folks that there were group of folks in some groups who wanted to start Anti-HSB site or group. Do you have any info on that?
Even if there was such group or folks, I personally don’t care. I had my own reasons to stay anonymous and what others think of HSB (and the blog) is their opinion. Folks who like my point of view are going to be visiting the blog and haters and naysayers can stay away. Unfortunately, I can’t produce contents to cater to everyone’s needs based on their personality/views/opinions.
I dont have any info about the groups. I had just come across some comments on ur facebook page which were moderated and anyways I dont like to keep track of detractors.
You dont need to cater to everyone, its your blog, people who like it can subscribe to your views and those who dont need not be bothered about what you are writing online or how are you guiding/helping students realise their dreams and making them aspirational about things they can actually conquer without being afraid of unknown factors.
And yeah, I too was surprised a bit by the fact that you have a kid..:P. I thought you to be a bit younger. Btw, is he an Indian Citizen or US born citizen?
i really envy your cars
i havent got one
mazda furai looks like a batman car
well i am better than you in pt no. 4
i run 100ms in less than 11secs
Yet you are wearing a yellow t-shirt!
I said “Most”, not “ALL”.
7. Most of my T-shirts in my closet is either Black, Gray or White.
Except the one in the photo here.
9. I passionately follow New England Patriots and I hate New York Giants.
I do the same, though I also love Red Sox.
16. Looking forward buy iPhone5 on first day.
Me too
21. I have been to following States in USA – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
I wonder how many US aspirants can count which states you have not been to (without using any help), I have the following in mind:
Maine
Vermont
Ohio
North Dakota
South Dakota
HI
Minnesota
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
btw: nice meeting you
(virtually)
There is no fun in just listing the States I’m yet to visit right?
u r like us,.,.
that s nice…
and i thought u were frm states..??
bt India has to be the one!!
You look totally different then what I’ve imagined.
I can’t believe that such an intelligent and experienced person is quiet young.
Experience comes with age and I’m still young. Thanks for your comment.
This wasn’t a great surprise . I already know that you have attended UTA from your google+ profile , I also saw pics of you in your fb account,g+ and happy schools fb fan page , you mentioned about your son in one of the posts describing the effectiveness of 911 and in “about me ” in HSB .
3 rd point is a bit shock to me … Because I remember once some where you said in a comment like ” I was devastated when I got a reject from Purdue University ”
I know that you are an apple fanboy when you expressed your regret when Steve jobs died in a blog post..there you mentioned you have all apple gadgets .. Also in many posts regarding advises to students for buying a laptop ..you mentioned about Mac book.
I know that you really loved to be a doctor..you mentioned even this in a post and told us that you came from a family of doctors
Also I guessed you are a runner because of one of the posts where you made us clear about the benefits of having monthly goals..
Likewise for frequent followers of your blog.. This wasn’t a great surprise…
Anyway here’s a 26th point about you… “You are a “superspecialawesome” and highly successful person”.
Amazing post! So what is your new venture? When you gonna announce about it?
Btw, use this photo (the one i am seeing in this post (cropped) in your profile its much cooler than existing.
I’m still looking for “the pic”.
Hi Raghu,
Great to know more about you. Your blog is very helpful to students. Awesome job. Wish you all the best!!!!!
Thanks Munna. Seeing your comment after a while.
thanks raghu sir for making an fantastic site for us … i want to know tht i m applyd for class 12th in usa illinois aurora and i have the I20 also..do i also have to give the sat or tofel or anykind of test for this ? … i want to know sir pls sugesst me as soon as possible pls sir …..
You need to ask the school for English language requirements.
thankyou sir for ur help … scl is saying i have tht all there in united states
hi…i got an admit for MS aerospace engineering at Embry riddle aeronautical university for the fall 2012 and started my classes here. i would like to transfer to another college…like purdue or univ of California for the course. would that be good for me?and more over i would like to know my chances too. my gre scores are Q162 V143 and Toefl 104.
I always read your blog. You are really doing an awesome job.