I recently got an email from Mahesh Sharma, who is a Third Year student in Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology. Mahesh had a few questions about graduate education in the US. Every student who thinks about doing an MS in the US is apprehensive about things and i thought i would do good if i could put a few frequently asked questions together and answer them for everyone. Mahesh did a good job of asking pertinent questions. In trying to answer his questions, i think a lot of people will also find them useful (at least i hope!). Here goes,
1: Shall I give Subject GRE? How much is a descent score?
Answer: Subject GRE or AGRE as …

With the on-going economic meltdown of the US, many a grad student who will come to this country will obviously need to start living on a shoe-string budget. Many students in general live pretty much on paltry sums of money initially. At this point, any student who is going to travel to foreign shores to study, needs to start preparing before leaving, as to how to cut un-necessary costs and start living lean! Here are certain items which have a going to be your chief sources of strain on your wallet.

* Health insurance
* Tuition and other academic fees
* Books and Academic supplies
* Housing Rent
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This post originally appeared in Coffee with Sundar.
Hi all,
Its my pleasure to invite my senior - Abhishek Gutgutia to share some information about life @ Michigan Ann Arbor. He pursued his Masters degree there. Gutgutia is now handing his family business back in India.

* Entry Criteria:
- Approx CGPA range
The CGPA criteria depends on the specialization you want to do. A CGPA of 8.5 or more is good for most branches but for the in-demand branches it can be 9 and more too.
- Research Experience at undergraduage level.UMich is a basically a research institute. So any research done at the undergraduate level will be highly valued.
- Gre & Toefl scores range..
The GRE requirements also depend on the branch. 1400 and …

Continuing from our last post on how to write good Masters’ thesis’, here is part 2 in the series. This part talks largely about how to present you work, how to conclude your thesis and how to utilize the reference section of the thesis.
5. Presentation of Your Thesis Work
If a Master’s thesis had a climax, this would be it. The structure is highly flexible, and will depend much on the nature of your work. Whatever the thesis format, the objective is the one and the same: persuade your reader that you have done what you set out to do in writing a Master level thesis. Show all relevant evidence to support your position, and don’t weaken it with the …