Semester and Quarter systems at US Universities
May 26, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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Many US Universities like MIT have 2 long semesters, Fall and Spring and one shorter semester in Summer. In these Universities most courses are offered in the two long semesters. Students typically do research or take paid internship on a full-time basis during the Summer semester. Legally international students have to [...]
Why study in California
May 21, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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In the mid nineteenth century there was a lot of gold to be found in California. You are little late for that. But still there are many reasons to apply to Universities in California!
No U.S. state can match California in the quality and number of top Universities. Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, [...]
Phone interviews for MBA admissions
May 17, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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Most of the top business schools tend to conduct a phone interview for the short-listed candidates. The interview is not to test the applicant’s knowledge but a general discussion aimed to understand the candidate better and to determine if the applicant is really interested in that business school.
Some of the commonly [...]
2008 Tylenol Scholarships – deadline 15th May
May 10, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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170 students will be awarded scholarships of $1000 and $5000. Application deadline is 15th May 2008. Winners will be declared by July of 2008.
The Tylenol Scholarship program is now in its sixteenth year. This year, up to $350,000 in scholarships will be awarded to future doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
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Write a customized Statement of Purpose for each University
May 6, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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“I am very much interested in pursuing graduate studies at your university because your University has world class research facilities” sounds impressive? Not to the admission committee. This sentence can be written by any applicant for any University. Consider this, “My research interest is in the area of Computer Graphics. I [...]
US Schools are Flexible as per an Essay Contest
May 3, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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University Language Services organized an essay contest and they found that the Students Who Attend Schools in More Than One Country See Benefits of Both.Following is a direct quote from the Press Relese.
Nervous about studying in America?
Don’t be.
Foreign schools are more rigorous than their American counterparts, say students who have studied [...]