“Wow, I’m in U.S. and I Love It”

With less then 1 month of GMAT preparation, he scored 730. He wanted to be an Investment Banker/Analyst in Wall Street. Currently at school with full scholarship for M.S. in Finance.

He Landed in Chicago, looked around and said “Wow, I’m in U.S.” Following pictures will show  why there was a “WOW Factor”. Well, he looked around and found eye catching images, which words cannot describe

College Girls in Joy Source - partnspices

Chicago Downtown - Source stuckincustoms

Chicago City - Night View Source Giant Ginkgo

Its not just the pretty girls in Navy Pier, beautiful downtown and nightlife, but its that inspiration and desire to succeed, dream to reach new heights that drives him.

He’s good old friend of mine, we both went to school together and was my undergrad roomie. He was playful, funny college guy, well known for his Quantitative, Analytical skills and other off curricular skills. I really cannot include all that he’s well know for.

I remember when I had to convince him to take Maths semester exam during 3rd year. He was planning to take a back log, since he was not prepared for the exam the night before ( around mid night) and ended up getting 60 something marks.

MBA from IIT

His dream was to become a good manager and decided to attend IIM, but fell short and landed in IIT MBA. He’s not fond of programming, even though his background was in IT. He spent 15 months to find a good coaching center like NIIT, Aptech, ..that will teach him programming. “Mangers don’t write code” as his usual response. He did certainly know how to print “Hello World”

Like everyone else came to land of opportunity and freedom. I have asked him to write about MBA experience in India and how M.S. in Finance have changed the perspective towards his life and education. If you have any questions about MBA and M.S. in Finance, job opportunities and courses,.. write a comment to this article and he will be glad to include the answers in his article.

But he needs your Help

Following is an email I received from him recently

Need advice :((((

There was this beautiful sweater I bought from India coz US is soo cold here and I happily washed it in the machine today…
It brings tears in my eyes to tell you the size to which it has shrunk…( This was never in any basic IQ book I ever came across in my life) and I spent 2000 bucks to learn this news.

And now I am 1 sweater down plus  i have to geta new one…

If you have any knowledge about resuscitation please mail me

Thank you with a heart full of shrunken warmth

:)))

If u can’t then  wait for woolen hankies for Christmas from me…
-Sana (name changed)

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Electrical Engineering Rankings - U.S. Universities

Here’s Electrical Engineering Rankings of U.S. Universities.

I’m not a big fan of University Rankings. But, readers of this blog and wants to use the ranking system to select universities. So, here’s the rankings for electrical Engineering. If you are looking for specific areas, like VLSI, Power Systems, Embedded Systems, Communication Engineering, I don’t have the list and you can certainly browse within specific schools.

If you are looking for some form of calculator, where you can enter GRE Score, Academics, TOEFL and hit submit and it will spit out good universities with scholarship, I can say one thing - stop searching for it. You are not going to find it. It doesn’t exists. Best way to find schools is through hard way, right way - spend time visiting each schools website and talk to current students.

If you think that’s time consuming, then if you end up selecting wrong school, without proper information, your life will be at huge risk, parents money, career, job search, … so I would do my research before applying to schools, not after getting admission. I guess you would also agree.

One of the blog reader, had admission from 2 universities. I asked him to go to University of Texas at Arlington, but he selected other school.  Within one semester, he ended up getting transfer to a different school. I’m trying to make students (your) life bit easier.

I don’t agree to this university rankings, but got to provide what readers ask for. Following electrical engineering ranking list is the published by U.S. News for 2007.

Electrical Engineering Graduate School Rankings

Rank	School
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2	Stanford University University of California–Berkeley
4	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
5	California Institute of Technology
6	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
7	Georgia Institute of Technology
8	Cornell University
9	Carnegie Mellon University
10	Princeton University Purdue University - West Lafayette University of Texas - Austin
13	University of California - Los Angeles University of Southern California
15	University of Wisconsin - Madison
16	University of Maryland - College Park
17	University of California - San Diego
18	Rice University University of California - Santa Barbara University of Washington
21	Pennsylvania State University- University Park Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Texas A & M University - College Station University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Virginia Tech Arizona State University Columbia University Johns Hopkins University North Carolina State University Ohio State University
31	Harvard University Northwestern University University of Florida University of Pennsylvania
35	Brown University Duke University University of Arizona University of Virginia Yale University
40	University of California -Davis University of Colorado-Boulder Washington University in St Louis
43	Boston University Iowa State University Rutgers - New Brunswick University of California -Irvine University of Massachusetts–Amherst University of Notre Dame
49	Auburn University Case Western Reserve University Dartmouth Northeastern University Vanderbilt University
54	Michigan State University Oregon State University University of Rochester
57	Clemson University Colorado State University Drexel University Lehigh University Polytechnic University SUNY - Stony Brook University of Illinois - Chicago University Missouri - Rolla University of New Mexico University of Pittsburgh Worcester Polytechnic Institute
68	University of Buffalo -SUNY University of Central Florida University of Delaware University of Iowa Washington State University
73	Stevens Institute of Technology Texas Tech University University of Connecticut University of Kansas University of Missouri - Columbia University of Tennessee–Knoxville University of Texas - Dallas University of Utah

Salary - Bachelors vs Masters vs Doctoral Degrees

I came across an interesting article on how much more income you will earn by having Bachelors and Masters Degree, instead of just Bachelors degree. And also how PhD can increase your income.

We all know certainly having Doctorate will increase your income, but you must be willing to spend 4 to 5 years to get Doctorate degree. But, just having bachelor degree will get you less income. Here’s a research study by different groups and its indeed an interesting informative article.

Income Comparison

• Bachelor’s Degree - Those with a bachelor’s degree, $2.1 million over a lifetime:
• Master’s Degree -  People with a master’s degree earn $2.5 million
• Doctoral Degree - Persons with doctoral degrees earn an average of $3.4 million during their working life
• Professional Degree - Those with MD or JD professional degrees (medicine, law) do best with an average of $4.4 million dollars in lifetime earnings
• Read More from the source of this article

Saturday and Sunday - Chat With Me

Hello everyone, this weekend Saturday and Sunday, you can chat with me. Ask any questions related to University Selection, Bank Statement, Sample SOPS, Job Search, H1b visa, Salary details,….

Look for the message in home page Nov 15 and Nov 16 for more details. I will be on Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger Id.

Mark the date and time folks.

Nov 15 and Nov 16. Chat with me.

Look for the message in home page for more details tomorrow.

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Top 20 In-Demand Jobs with Salary Range

Current economy in U.S. is not looking good. Stock market is getting is so volatile and impact of U.S. economy can be felt all over the world. Even though there are massive lay offs in many companies, here’s list of In demand top 20 jobs with salary range as reported by Business Week magazine

1. Sales representative/business development ($65,000-$75,000)
2. Software design/development ($85,000-$95,000)
3. Nursing ($35,000-$45,000)
4. Accounting & finance executive ($65,000-$75,000)
5. Accounting staff ($45,000-$55,000)
6. Networking/systems administration ($65,000-$75,000)
7. Administrative assistant ($35,000-$45,000)
8. Business analysis (software implementation) ($85,000-$95,000)
9. Business analysis (research) ($65,000-$75,000)
10. Finance staff ($65,000-$75,000)
11. Project management ($85,000-$95,000)
12. Testing/quality assurance ($65,000-$75,000)
13. Product management ($85,000-$95,000)
14. Database administration ($75,000-$85,000)
15. Account/customer support ($35,000-$45,000)
16. Technology executive ($115,000-$125,000)
17. Electrical engineering ($65,000-$75,000)
18. Sales executive ($85,000-$95,000)
19. Mechanical engineering ($65,000-$75,000)
20. Government contracts administration ($55,000-$65,000)

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