In
a fully packed seminar hall, Vishnu Vardhanan, and Jayanth Thiagarajan gave tips
for the students who are aspiring to go to USA, and UK for their Higher
Education.
Amritians Geniuses in association with University’s Department of Corporate and International Relations has organized a seminar on 'Higher Education Opportunities in USA & UK' on January 7th, 2010 at 4.45 PM at Amrita Coimbatore.
They both were visiting India for holidays and had volunteered to help the students on their higher education.
The speakers:
Vishnuvardhanan Vijayakumar:
Vishnu, completed his B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering and is now pursuing a Master's in Material Science &
Engineering at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, US.
Jaynth Thiagarajan:
JK,
did his B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. He is currently
doing Master's in Management Information Systems at University of Cincinnati,
US, and Interning as Business Systems Analyst at GAIC.
They both are in the founding members of Amrita2msphd group which is an Amritians Geniuses effort to help Amrita Students for their higher education.
Outline of the talk:
1. Why Graduate Study??
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Need
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Exposure
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Skill set
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Opportunities
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Financials / Scholarships
2.
Business School or Engineering School???
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Perspectives of the alumni who have walked the talk
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Masters or PhD???
3.
Application Process:
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Time line (for US & EU)
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Required tests (GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS etc)
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Docs
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Apping process
4.
Alumni support:
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Online support @ Amrita2MSPhD e-group
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Loads of advice on every stage of the process
- Good number of universities supported
