by Jay Rege | Feb 13, 2021 | Masters Abroad, MS in USA, Study Abroad
Anil graduated with a Electronics degree from India but wanted to pursue a MS in CS from the US. When he wrote to the CS department head of NCSU about his interests, he got a reply saying that they cannot consider his application as he did not have the prerequisite...
by Jay Rege | Feb 12, 2021 | Masters Abroad, MS in USA, Study Abroad
Raj graduated with a Masters from the University of California at Berkley and started working with Microsoft as a Applied Machine Learning Engineer from June 2020. Studying at a top notch US university was a dream that Raj nourished since the time he...
by Jay Rege | Feb 3, 2021 | Masters Abroad, MS in USA, Study Abroad
Part 3: DECIDING WHERE TO APPLY Start with a larger list: Categorize universities into Ambitious – where you have a low chance of getting in. These would be universities say only 20-25% students with profiles similar to yours have got in. Moderate...
by Jay Rege | Feb 3, 2021 | Masters Abroad, MS in USA, Study Abroad
Here are factors you should consider while deciding on universities you can apply to Reputation & Ranking of the universityAdmission Statistics of past studentsLocationAlignment with your career interestExperience of past and current studentsCost FactorOther...
by Jay Rege | Feb 3, 2021 | Masters Abroad, MS in USA, Study Abroad
In this three part series let me walk you through a step by step process of how to go about selecting the right universities to apply to PART 1: UNDERSTANDING YOUR PROFILE AND EXPECTATIONS. Your profile and expectations can be broadly classified into: Your...
by Jay Rege | Feb 2, 2021 | Masters Abroad, Study Abroad
As a career counselor, we often get asked this question a lot – both students and especially by parents: Is it really worth investing the time, efforts, and money in a foreign masters? Is studying abroad a good decision? Many years ago, a bachelor’s degree was...