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Shortlisting Universities – 1

By HSB 

Its really difficult decision to make when you have admission from more than one U.S. University. Without much exposure about place, locations where each school is completely different and unique with respect to  profile/rank/location.

Selecting among 5 Universities

I still remember how hard it was for me to decide between 5 admits. I had applied for 5 schools and admission kept coming. After I got first admit, I started mailing students(seniors) to find out what kind of place/cost of living ( I know we don’t think about cost of living while applying for schools), part time jobs/ tuition waiver/ RA/TA/ apartments/ roommates/.

Between that, I got admission for another school. So, I had to decide between those schools and so does the contact list increased. Finally, after I got 5 admits, it was difficult few days to decide on the schools. I created a list of details I collected from different people and made a good decision to attend a school in Texas. Let talk about that experience little later.

Studying Master’s gave exposure to what I should have done while applying for universities and how to short schools. Lets talk about U.S. Universities in part 2. Hang on!

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17 Responses to “Shortlisting Universities – 1”
  1. Utkarsh Shah says:

    ME STUDYING IN MBBS AND I HAVE GRE SCORE OF 1060…
    AND I WANT TO TAKE ADMISSION IN MPH COURSE…..CAN TELL ME WHICH UNIVERSITIES APPLICABLE TO ME…

  2. Raghuram says:

    @Kavitha : 1170 is enough to get into good school. I wouldn’t concentrate much about major, instead I would go for M.S. in Computer Science. If you look for schools specific to Info Security, it will be hard to find schools.

  3. kavitha says:

    my Percentage in B.E(CS) from anna university is 79%
    GRE—–1170(Q—-760;V—–410)
    TOEFL(IBT)—–111.Kindly intimate the universities i will get into.I want to do M.S in network security

  4. Abhishek says:

    hiii can anyone tell me which subject should i opt in GRE as subjective test so as to get admission in MS pharmacy in USA?

  5. Samuel says:

    in pharmaceutical biotechnology.

    thnx Samuel.

  6. Samuel says:

    Hi, can u tel me some univs. dat offer MS/Ph.D or intergrated Ph.D ??
    Watin 4 ur reply.

    thnx ,

    Samuel

  7. RITESH says:

    hi my score in gre is 1270
    toefl resut awaited
    applying for ms (pharmacy)

    vcu(pharmaceutics)
    ndsu(”)
    univ of mississipi(”)
    massachusetts colege of pharmacy,boston(pharma
    administration)
    st johns(”)
    can u say is the choice rite

  8. Ankita says:

    Hi there,

    This is Ankita Verma, from Delhi – India . I can very
    well understand that you would be tied up with your
    studies and work there but I would sincerely request
    you to spare a few minutes n kindly provide me
    guidance with my education plans.

    My Profile is as follows:

    Schooling from Sophia convent, X grade-84%
    XII grade-79%(Science Background)

    Bachelor of science(Information
    Technology)…CGPA-6.09/10 (amity university,noida)- 3yr degree course

    1 yr diploma-PGDCA distance learning from Punjab Tech
    University to make up for 16 yr of education.

    GRE- 1350 with a break up of 610 and 740 in eng and
    quant respectively…Analytical-4.5
    (taken in nov 06/valid for 5 yrs)

    Toefl(cbt) 287/300 and 6.0 in writing (Taken in sep
    06′)

    IELTS- 7.5 overall (Taken in Mar 06′)

    I have an admit from NJIT(MSIS), Syracuse(MSIM) & UMR (MSIST)..No
    aid .. I am really confused If I shuld go ahd
    as I have been getting mixed feedbacks from diff
    people about the university’s reputation.

    Since you’ve been there, I would request a honest
    Feedback from your end as It will influence the most
    Important decesion of my Life with which I cannot
    afford to act careless. I would be taking a Bank loan
    for My further studies so it makes the decesion all
    the more cruicial for me.

    I would like to know about the the placements(after
    MS-IST), internships,faculty, students, and on campus job
    prospects(is it possible to shell out our own
    expenditures)..

    I would be highly obliged if you can help me with
    the same.

    Thanks in advance.

    Best Regards
    Ankita.

  9. sunil says:

    hi this is sunil can u please eveluate my profile
    gre 1010 ( q:670 , v:340)
    toefl 84
    acads 75%
    can u please tell me to which of these universities i can get an admission
    please any on e tell me

    Kansas state univ
    univ of texas arlington
    soutern illinoios univ edwardsville
    univ of arkansas
    new jersy institute of technology
    san jose state univ
    lousiana state univ
    arkansas state univ
    univ of lousiana

  10. Raghuram says:

    @ sagar
    UTA, KSU, U of Arkansas are good. Others are not good. Still you can look for better schools.

  11. sagar says:

    my proflie seems bit dull can u suggest me some univ from the list
    GRE – 1100 (q:760 ,v:340)
    toefl – 79
    acads – 72 (0 backlogs)

    the universities are
    1) univ of Texas Arlington
    2)Univ of Arkansas
    3) Kansas state univ
    4) san jose state univ
    5) southren illinois univ-edwardsville
    6) University of missouri kansas city
    7) Missisippi state univ
    8) portland state univ

  12. pradeep says:

    No I am writing my toefl exam in the coming month .I did not get placed in to any job.

  13. Anonymous says:

    sorry bout the second last one. did a mistake

  14. Anonymous says:

    ok, gotta go. please reply to my queries about whether u r taking up any exams?(if yes, then which) and also how r ur placements

  15. Anonymous says:

    ok, gotta go. please reply to my queries about whether u r taking up any exams?(if yes, then which) and also how r ur placements

  16. pradeep says:

    Hey great work ,continue the same flow.I have some doubts about getting visa.I have around 10 backlogs during my bachelors degree,but I cleared them by the time I completed my B.tech and I have low academic percentage.My question is How to convince the VO when he asks me about my backlogs?Please help me out.My gre score is 1020.

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