So we have been talking a whole lot about universities in the US. But there are some really nice universities in Canada where people find good education at cheap rates and its good value for money. Many times its easier to find scholarships at Canadian univs. We spoke to Amod Gupta, who is a Masters student in computer science at University of Waterloo. We asked him why he chose to go to this university, how he was funding himself and what avenues he saw after his masters. He also talks about what the university values in the applications it receives from students. Here is Amod himself telling his story..

The Department of Computer Science at Stanford released data about the salary statistics for the out going batch of 2007-2008 - and this also included survey of students from Electrical Engineering Dept. We have managed to get our hands on it and here we present for our readers, what the data looks like. The salaries are segmented based on 3 types of degrees, bachelors, masters and PhD.

Many people have been curious about what sort of courses exist in the US for people interested in automobile engineering. kaaledge team has done some research on this and come up with the following list of universities which offer courses in automotive engineering:
1. Some of the best automotive engineers are produced by University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University - these 3 univs cater to the detroit automobile industry.
2. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) - Purdue has been producing top notch engineers for the detroit region for a long time - but Indiana Univ and Indianapolis are no less.
3. Cornell University - has always been known as one of the best engineering universities in the US …

What are some of the chief reasons why some candidates make it and other dont reach the expectations of the admissions committee at US universities is that - those candidates that do get in - have started preparing early and so there is always time to correct mistakes if any. This is what Awantika Manohar talks about. Awantika has been accepted to many graduate programs in Law (LLM) in the US and she has chosen to accept Cornell. She shares with kaaledge.com what she feels are important aspects of applying to US universities in general and to law schools in specific….
Awantika: Good grades, Work Experience, Presentations, Moot Courts and Publications are the essentials of getting through a good Law School …