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What is the year of our degree?The year we passed or the year we got the
certificate?
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The year you got the certificate.
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John hopkins has asked 'expected grant for tution'&'expected grant for
living expenses'.What to write there?
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About the Financial Statement Form - I was informed to
leave it blank and just sign at the bottom and write on the
top - "all financial support will be provided by the department".
Is that allowed ? Some universities emphasise strongly that
international applicants have to fill this form and without
that their application will not be processed.
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You should sign at the bottom, write something like
"All financial support to be furnished by department" at the top, and
leave everything else blank.
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what Visa type should I plan ?
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F-1. That is the student Visa type.
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They are asking for the title of the course followed by
the course # . what should I write here ?
and then after course # they have asked for units
what is this units ? is that marks obtained or the number
of lecture hours ? I scanned the whole application material
nowhere I could find the explanation to this.
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Leave the space for numbers blank. In the US it is
customary to attach a number to each course, so that advanced courses are
given higher numbers than elementary courses. Since in ISI we have no such
system, you do not have to write any number.
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How do I respond to the following item in an application form?
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS (Fill in all for which you wish to be considered)
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Teaching assistantship
- Graduate Student Researcher
- Fellowship/Registration Fee Grant
- Non Resident Tution Fellowship
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Say "yes" to the first three options. Make sure by
asking the department secretary whether saying "yes" to the fourth option
will jeopardize your chances of getting on-campus housing. If not, then
say "yes" to that too.
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What is a post-secondary school?
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Post-secondary school means higher secondery schools in
Indian terminology.
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What is meant by "colleges attended" ? |
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The institutes from where you got (or are going to
get) your Bachelors' and Masters' degree.
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What is meant by "high school of graduation" ?
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The school/college from where you got
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What is meant by "the title of the recommenders"?
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It means the designation of the recommenders. For
instance, in case of ISI faculty members, it will either "lecturer",
"associate professor" or "professor". Ask the recommender for each
specific case.
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When filling out the application form, I made a careless
mistake.I have struck it out and signed.Is it o.k. or should I obtain a fresh
form?
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It is OK, provided it is not part of a computer
scannable page.
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They are asking - how many terms and how many more units must be
completed for the award of your degree in addition to the courses
listed above.
Above this I gave the courses I did the last semester.
Now what does this terms mean ? and what do they mean by
additional units ?
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In the course list do I have to mention the courses of this
semester? What about those of the next semester?
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Mention as many of the courses that you have taken
as possible, including the courses that you are taking this
semester. Also, if you have already decided upon (at least some of) the
courses that you are going to take the next semester, then mention them
too as "courses that I plan to take".
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Am I applying as a Degree student or a Qualifying student?
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What is meant by a minor course in B. Stat?
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You may mention the optional courses here. But
mention that they are optional.
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Should I mention my private tuitions as teaching experience?
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I had asked
ETS to mail my General GRE scores to 4 places in my SubGRE form.Do you
have any idea whether the General GRE scores will be sent after the subGRE
exams have been evaluated or will they be sent much before that(since I
have
already taken my General Test). Since the deadlines for many places are in
the first week of Jan. I am worried that my General GRE scores will not
reach them before the deadlines.
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I don't think that ETS would process the request until subject gre
is done if you make the request with subject gre score. But it is ok if you
send a copy of your student score report with the application form for the
decision purposes. the
official document may reach the grad school a little later.
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In
all the application forms I am supposed to write my GPA. As you are well
aware, we do not receive grades but percentages. Please confirm whether I
am supposed to write my aggregate percentage in B.Stat.,M.Stat.1st year
in the space provided for the GPA. Besides, if i report percentages then
do I have to write in a separate sheet how the grading is done here?If yes
then please tell me what exactly should I write.
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Simply write the percentages with the explicit %
sign. No, you do not have to write any additional explanation.
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Coming to score reports. Can I request for the additional
score reports of Sub-Gre which is on the 11 th of December at
this stage or should I wait untill I take the exam ?
Perhaps I can do that for GRE and TOEFL exams which I have
already gave.
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You can request additional score report only after
you have taken the exam.
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I have 75.2% in B.Stat and 67% in M.Stat 1st year. What will be my
grade point averages in these cases?
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Look for instructions in the application material
for doing the conversion. If you do not find any instruction, then better
write the percentages in place of the GPA's with explicit % signs.
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How to send the application material?
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Suppose you are sending the three reco's with your
application form, and the application fee is being paid by someone in the
US. Then this is what you should do.
- Ask ETS to report your scores to the
university.
- Ask the person paying the fee to send you a cheque drawn on a US
bank.
- Put the completed application form, the cheque, the SOP, course list,
official transcripts, and supporting documents eg, students' ETS score
report etc in one envelope. Mail all these to the appropriate university
address. Mail the recommendations separately to the university if that is
the instruction. Some universities encourage you to send the
recommendations along with the application form. In that case, you should
do so, since it saves money.
Make sure
where you are to send the materials : to the graduate school, or to the department.
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Is it a good idea to send four or more recos?
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You may send four or more reco's to the same
place. However, do not forget about your social resposibility to your
fellow students who might also be wanting to have reco's from the same
recommenders.
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Should I write down my SOP for the universities who have provided the forms,
or can I send the formatted copy?
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You may send a formatted copy.
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The universities are asking for 2/3 sets of official transcripts
If I send photocopies (attested by the Dean) of the marksheets and
certificates, then will that be acceptable?
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Yes, but they should be in an envelope bearing the
official stamp of the Institute. In case of ISI, this means that the
envelope should be SEALED WITH THE DEAN'S SIGNATURE STAMP.
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I once wrote an article that was
published in the journal Resonance. I would like
to mention this in my SOP. Should I send the copy of it to the dept ?
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Simply mention the precise reference. No need to
send a copy.
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Should I send the letters of recommendation with the application
materials?
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No, you should not do that. Send them
separately. This means that even if you mail all the things on the same
day, you should not put the recommendation letter envelopes inside
the same envelope that contains the filled in application form etc.
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gopi asks : which newspaper should we subscribe to to get information
about scholarships , and during which period are such ads published ?
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The Statesman,the Telegraph and the Times of India
are some obvious good choices.
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I have decided to send more than three recos to some places.
However, most of the universities have , in their application forms, 3
spaces to write down the names of the referees, specially in the computer
scanable forms. What do I do then?
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In the computer scannable forms write the names of
the three "most important" recommenders. In all other places where you
have to mention the recommenders, squeeze in the other names as well.
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