Many student all over India and other countries are at this time slogging to meet the deadlines for graduate admissions at various US universities. Many have worked for over a year in trying to give the standardized tests, get the statement of purpose ready, get the recommendation letters ready, etc. It requires a lot of planning and thought. And success, in most cases, comes only to those who have been working ahead of time to achieve their goal. If you are in the second or third year of college and thinking about graduate school in the US - it would help to start early.

But you may ask, where do i start? What is required by the US universities? Where do i get the information on admissions on these universities? Many times, there are many commonalities in the admission requirements for various US universities. Most of them require the same set of documents. We found an interesting piece of information on the SFSU (san francisco state university) site which has guidelines for their admission process to grad school in computer science. The following is a flow chart which should help you plan your, application process. It tells you how essentially the admission process works at SFSU. In general, this is how things happen at most US universities. This should be a good starter as to enable you to think about what you need to get started. Grad school in the US is an exciting journey. But the journey begins with a few baby steps. Start planning now and you are sure to reap the rewards for it in the near future.