tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74298691525623459382026-05-20T00:22:09.331-07:00America Ahoy!A Guide for successful Graduate School ApplicationsSakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-49143389685285978582010-05-03T15:29:00.000-07:002010-05-14T07:15:11.056-07:00MS in MIS vs MS in CS : Carnegie Mellon INIThis post is in response to Ramya's question about MS in Management of Information Systems versus MS in Computer Science. This is a difficult question for me and I don't have a good answer.
I do know about another course at Carnegie Mellon University at the Information Networking Institute. It sounds similar to MIS to me but honestly I haven't researched this enough to conclusively say so. I do Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-9594455044767776682010-04-10T22:57:00.000-07:002010-04-17T19:44:17.387-07:00Grad School as a Job : Improving your oddsA while back I read an article by a professor about how studying in grad school is like a job. The terms of the job are different from other industry jobs. You are paid to do research. You are paid not just a small salary but also in tuition towards your degree. This is in some sense the perspective of a professor at a university. His top interest is in doing good research in his field, to eitherSakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-19940636343096931702010-03-29T21:31:00.001-07:002010-03-29T21:31:39.628-07:00SuggestionsI'm looking for some more advice about content on this blog from my readers. Could you let me know in the comments, what topics you'd like to read about? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-66320444531996134082010-03-28T11:10:00.000-07:002010-03-28T11:42:32.079-07:00Online Master's Degree from Stanford University anyone?There are a lot of smart people at my workplace who got jobs in Silicon Valley straight out of college at age 22. While their friends were working on their graduate degrees full-time, they got their own degrees part-time. Their full-time peers took 2 years to complete their MS programs, while the part-timers took 3 years to complete their Master's degrees. I heard someone compare 2 such people Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-44194244285921842942010-03-24T20:26:00.000-07:002010-03-24T20:26:19.090-07:00From a Carnegie Mellon University Professor's Bloghttp://vonahn.blogspot.com/2009/12/advice-on-grad-school-applications.html
Quoting a few:
"1. DON'T start your research statement with a quote from Albert Einstein. You may think that's a good idea, but so do the other 50% of the applicants. Hell, don't start it with any quote, unless it's from something like Gossip Girl. XOXO.
2. DON'T say you've wanted to be a professor since you were 4Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-38306945048482085962010-03-22T20:49:00.000-07:002010-03-23T16:08:52.201-07:00Canada Ahoy!?
It might seem odd, to have an article recommending Canada on a website about American grad schools, but it isn't too odd considering that Canada is a North American country after all. Canada is a fabulous country in many respects. If you watched the Winter Olympics last month, you may have realized how scenic the Vancouver is.
Universities
The University of Toronto is arguably the leading Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-57490839205941237242010-03-17T21:20:00.000-07:002010-03-22T18:04:37.842-07:00Featured Program : University of Wisconsin-Madison : ECEThis is a new feature on this blog. I am planning to write an article about a graduate program or invite guest authors to write about a program they know closely. The objective is to give you a first-hand, from-the-horse's-mouth, impression of a graduate program which is vastly different from the kind of descriptions you get from a graduate school guidebook or a rankings website. So to beginSakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-29936143376448541442010-02-23T19:14:00.000-08:002010-03-22T17:36:57.564-07:00Location, location, location
The location of the university you attend will have a big impact on your overall choices in addition to other factors like ranking, reputation. Being close to an industry hub can mean the difference between getting a job or not getting a job. Especially during recessions employers are reluctant to spend money on hiring candidates who live far away from their locations. So if you have a choice Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-74196933637825719052009-12-04T20:23:00.000-08:002009-12-04T20:23:28.149-08:00A Recommendation for your recommendation lettersAll graduate programs will require you to submit 2-3 recommendation letters as a part of your application. If you are still studying, you'll probably have to ask your professors for recommendations. Choose professors with better qualifications or teachers who taught courses related to the field you plan to specialize in. An external project guide might also be a good person to ask as well, to Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-31582963637307590752009-06-07T12:22:00.000-07:002010-03-22T17:29:38.082-07:00The Immigration Mess
An important thing to consider if you are planning to study in the US is the immigration mess. Personally if I had understood the problems in advance, I would have been reluctant to work here. So here is a brief summary.
H1B visas
H1B visas allow a foreigner to work temporarily in the US for 6 years. Last year it was a challenge to get one, but this year it looks okay with the recession. Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-86391377635064536912009-06-07T11:25:00.000-07:002010-03-22T17:32:42.581-07:00The End of Moore's Law
I noticed a question from Harsh about the end of Moore's law, my personal pet-peeve, and so here I am writing this post.
What do I make of it? Honestly I know little beyond what is published in the news. I don't think there are a lot of people who understand the challenges at the device level unless they actually work in the area, and even when they do, they don't understand the challenges in Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-16715973100337311392009-04-20T23:18:00.000-07:002010-03-22T17:47:35.974-07:00Funding Question from Yogeshwar
Hi saket,
I have a query regarding financial support form which needs to be filled for admission. What kind of impact this form can have on my appln ? If I declare that I cannot attend the school without financial aid, whether it is good/bad ? If one gets RA/TA, then this financial doc has less importance?
Any extra info regarding this, will be helpful.
Hi Yogeshwar, yes you are right about Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-71284112595108645662009-04-07T20:45:00.000-07:002009-04-07T20:54:45.316-07:00Graduate School Applications from India dropGraduate school applications from India and South Korea have dropped last year. This according to a report from the Wall Street Journal:The council survey of U.S. institutions, which fielded more than 400,000 applications in all, showed growth of applications from China along with the Middle East and Turkey, up 16% and 20% from 2008, respectively. But applications from India and South Korea fell Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-68880510713852073162009-03-28T12:24:00.001-07:002009-03-28T12:56:51.458-07:00Another Financial Aid PostHarsh recently asked in the comments about financial aid. I think this requires a fresh post outlining my experiences and observations from a few years ago.In the years I was at UW-Madison (2002-2004), most Indian grad students in ECE at UW-Madison didn't get funding from the department along with admission. This was something I faced back then too, and honestly it was discouraging enough for me Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-39066062012308010292009-03-16T08:50:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:55:36.746-07:00Stupidity in Scientific ResearchA great article in the Journal of Cell Science talks about the importance of stupidity in scientific research. The important point to take home is that nobody knows the answers to some questions. Quoting:My Ph.D. project was somewhat interdisciplinary and, for a while, whenever I ran into a problem, I pestered the faculty in my department who were experts in the various disciplines that I needed.Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-23383973154994391922009-03-06T12:53:00.000-08:002009-03-06T12:54:54.632-08:00Times report on Graduate School applicationsAs expected the number of people applying to graduate school has gone up. What is surprising is that the number of people taking the GRE has gone down... Article here.Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-45121498329784404862009-03-04T17:11:00.000-08:002010-03-22T17:35:14.158-07:00Questions from HarshHi...first i would like to thank you for regularly posting on blogs and helping people like us who want to get into US.
I am currently in my final year of computer science and engineering. My scores are not way too good, my aggregate till now is 63%. I want to do a MS from a good university. By good , I mean top 50 universities. So, what else should i do to compensate for
my relatively lesser Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-40680856621012704482009-03-01T20:02:00.000-08:002009-03-01T20:03:15.283-08:00Words starting with the letter F Quizzes by Quibblo.com Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-8506752787028128802009-02-23T21:20:00.001-08:002009-02-23T21:20:47.650-08:00Words starting with the letter E Quizzes by Quibblo.com Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-70585125596549191442009-02-22T21:39:00.000-08:002009-02-23T21:25:11.517-08:00Questions from Prateek Singh : A Wannabe NASA engineerhi....myself prateek singh...i m doing btech currently in third year from electronics and communication...1.i m in 6th sem right now from ECE....and m planning to give my gre in month of oct so that i can apply for fall 2010....is this a right decision....2.i have got to know the importance of projects & papers,work exp..etc recently.... plz help me out abt these paper projects... i have very Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-6317747425039258372009-02-22T21:37:00.001-08:002009-02-23T20:59:19.103-08:00Words starting with the letter DQuizzes by Quibblo.comSakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-211024672490098642009-02-21T09:06:00.000-08:002009-02-21T09:07:30.050-08:00Words with the letter C Quizzes by Quibblo.com Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-22584404143582147932009-02-19T19:49:00.000-08:002009-02-19T19:50:11.966-08:00Words starting with the letter B Quizzes by Quiz Statistics Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-31558595700254886202009-02-18T18:21:00.001-08:002009-02-18T18:21:44.292-08:00Words starting with letter A Quizzes by Quibblo.com Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429869152562345938.post-44141743166735522352009-02-17T20:09:00.001-08:002009-02-17T20:09:57.747-08:00Vocabulary Quiz 2 Quizzes by Quibblo.com Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741938917826698834noreply@blogger.com0