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To fulfill your larger dream of securing admissions in a reputed global university, find some tips and strategies for admissions process down to the minutest detail.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15387151594710558165noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-37743912779608616782017-05-23T06:09:00.003-07:002018-05-26T02:11:07.904-07:00Pre-departure Planning: Dos and don'ts for your packing list <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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• Check out with your airline or shipping agent to find out what your baggage allowance is.<br />
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• Plan your onward travel from the airport to your final destination – your university.<br />
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• Make sure you have received a letter of unconditional acceptance from your college or university.<br />
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• Find out how many goods you are allowed to bring in the country you plan to study in, and which items are prohibited.<br />
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• If you are taking any prescribed drugs or medicines, ask your doctor to write a letter explaining what they are and why you are taking them.<br />
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• Start gathering all the items and documents you are taking with you – make sure you have everything before you start packing.<br />
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• Buy any extra items you need e.g. money, belt, photos of yourself, dictionary.<br />
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• Label all your luggage with your name and address</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-14139381992945353612017-04-24T05:26:00.001-07:002018-02-25T20:12:11.231-08:00USA tightens immigration : Boon or Bane for Indian Students <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I just received a call today from a student, "Ma'am, I have an admit from UTD and UIC. I am skeptical whether I should go to USA". This prompted me to come up with this blog article.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Over the last few days, you might have come across a lot of proposed changes to the H-1B Visa reform and its impact on your ability to secure a job post your degree in USA.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">First and foremost do not go by hearsay, have the strong conviction and just go ahead and apply for higher studies if you have decided to. Each year brings with it different phases, which inevitably pass - sometimes there is a recession phase, there was a time when the rupee got devalued and hence students got worried but that phase has passed, this year its about immigration policies </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">These newer immigration orders are just proposals and will take time to implement and become a law only if they get complete support.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There is nothing against student community; students are still encouraged to apply. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">There is opposition not for granting work permit</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> o</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n the whole, but to minimize the loopholes in the system like reducing the middle men, better wages and work permit based on merit not luck.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This will, in turn, streamline the OPT requirement. If the H1 visa is skills based, you can still have a one year OPT and get a job you deserve, in fact, with much better wages.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Lastly, why is it always going to US that is synonymous with going abroad for higher studies? Our students have bagged admits in top world universities in Netherlands - TU Delft, Germany - Hamburg, Canada - Ottawa and Australia - Sydney, to name a few.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Overall, what we advise is that students weigh the pros and cons and then decide pragmatically and not just through hearsay.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-54857465345698476272017-03-01T05:50:00.002-08:002018-02-25T21:04:05.599-08:00Sorting the Spring vs Fall intake dilemma <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have your eyes all glued to the top global admit, but as you rummage through the information overload on the internet, you pause to think which is the best intake, what's the timeline, what tests... Ah, questions, questions and more questions!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's take this one step at a time: Most countries like USA, Europe, Canada and Australia will have two intakes in a year for admission. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The academic calendar in all these countries commences in Aug /Sep each year (called Fall or Winter). Since this is the first semester of the academic calendar, most funding for projects and research comes in during this semester. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondly, it is concurrent with our graduation months in June when most Indian universities grant the degrees. Thus you can take up the higher education degree immediately after your degree completion without a gap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hence Fall/Winter is the most preferred intake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, let's look at the other side: Since Summer/Spring/Jan intake is the second intake in the academic calendar, most funding is exhausted by then. Also, not many international universities accept international students in this intake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most importantly, some universities do not allow students to do internships when they join in Spring intake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hence, in summary, you need to weigh the pros and cons well before deciding what the best option for you might be. U</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nless there is a dire situation, we would not recommend that you opt for Spring intake, though a lot of CS, ECE and Mech universities (mainstream courses) are open to spring intake these days. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don't carry too many/ unecessary docs (refer to the website for the required document), plastic bags, mobile etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dress neatly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be audible and clear to the officer, do not lie / or hide information.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-7004874855972012442016-08-03T00:40:00.001-07:002018-03-03T18:30:55.177-08:00My journey into Geotechnical Engineering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">My journey into Geotechnical Engineering started some 22 years back when Soil Mechanics and Foundation engineering course was
offered in my undergraduate third year at Bengal Engineering College. I immediately fell in love with the subject and even chose Geotechnical Engineering as my elective too. After getting my Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, I wrote the GATE exam and secured a percentile score good enough
to get a seat in the revered Jadavpur University. And from here, my journey
began with Geotechnical Engineering. MS program in Geotechnical Engineering
educates and prepares individuals for careers as geotechnical engineers in the
areas of soil mechanics, foundation engineering and environmental
geotechnics. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Let me take this opportunity to explain what this Geotechnical Engineering is all about. Every structure on earth, whether it be
a building, bridge, dam, retaining wall, railway line, highway, canal,
pipeline, landfill, or pavement is founded on soil and/or rock. Geotechnical Engineering is a branch of Civil Engineering that is concerned with studying
the engineering properties of soil and rock and its behavior under the
influence of proposed loading forces. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">After receiving my Master’s degree with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering, I worked in the industry as a geotechnical engineer. Job
prospects are excellent because every construction project involves foundation
work. With increasing use of developed land many projects involve the challenge
of building on difficult ground such as swamps, or hills. In these areas,
specialists like geotechnical engineers and consultants are needed.<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">If you are wondering what the geotechnical professionals do,
here you go. </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">The geotechnical engineer is
involved in field and laboratory investigations to determine the engineering
properties of site soils. The basic responsibilities include obtaining soil and
rock samples at different depths across sites, testing samples to determine
their strength, compressibility and other factors that affect the behavior of
soil and rock when a structure is built on top of it and determining the safe
loading level for the soil. In short, the work of a geotechnical engineer
includes five key activities: desk study or research into existing information,
ground investigation (gathering new data), interpretation (understanding new
data), analysis and design, and finally construction (or remediation).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After working in the
industry for good 8 years, I decided to pursue a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering because by then, my thirst for the course had increased so much
that I wanted to conduct research. Deep in my heart I cherished my wish to become
a professor. I chose to do research on landfills. So, I looked up at all the
prospective research areas in the US and UK universities. I got an offer from Cambridge University but financially I could not afford and so finally settled down on
the work done by a professor at Michigan State University in US. I took guidance from
Career Plan where iGradGlobal's Biruda Virkud worked earlier. With good GRE, TOEFL and TSE
scores, recommendations from my professors and my notable work in Master’s
thesis, I landed up at MSU with full scholarship. Within four years, I finished
my PhD and after that I worked at a college as a Professor where I designed a brand
new course on Geotechnical Engineering. My love for Geotechnical Engineering
continues till today…..<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-82306154686936431912016-07-17T05:37:00.002-07:002018-03-03T19:05:50.825-08:00Should our students be groomed better to fit top global schools?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My nephew turns 3 this month, so is eligible to commence his formal schooling journey this year. I was initially very excited to hear about this from my sister, only to later find out that this little toddler, who can't even frame sentences yet, had to actually qualify for this elite ICSE school seat in the hi-tech locality of Pune city, through an "exam".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the kid progresses through his schooling years, so does the number of entrance exams he needs to take to stay competitive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All along our academic life from the age of 3 to the age 21 and thereafter while securing a job /career, we have been conditioned to appear for and excel at entrance exams.You can't expect overnight transitions in the approach. Students cannot be made to rethink or rewire this thinking when they start aspiring for that top global admit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being in the higher education counselling/mentoring space for about 15 years, I have tried in vain to make students see the point of how the admission in global universities is subjective and does not depend only on entrance tests alone. You can't blame them, when they repeatedly ask me, "Ma'am, I aspire to study at Stanford! Could you inform me what are the entrance test cut offs there?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am always lost on how to react when they say, "Let me first pass the GRE/GMAT/SAT exam and then approach you for admission counselling."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a piece of advice to all those who are aspiring a seat in top universities like MIT (note that MIT does not even seek a GRE score): global university admissions are a very subjective selection process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Academics scores + Entrance test scores + relevant profile (it's a sum total)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, its in the student's best interest to gain more practical skills relevant to his/her subject of interest which will help boost their overall candidature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember, high test scores are just 1/3rd the battle won in the admission process, success lies in presenting a winning application strategy supported by a strong relevant profile.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-40715943544890935552016-04-07T23:19:00.000-07:002018-03-04T14:15:50.972-08:00Recommendations (LORs) - the long and short of it ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do letters of recommendation add to the storyline that your application creates?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know that the way you're perceived by your professors or boss has a direct impact on your application? Not for nothing that you're always hearing the sage advice to better be in their good books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's understand the WHO, WHAT and HOW of these letters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WHO:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People who know you technically/professionally. Not peers, uncles and friends please! Identify 3 such people who can vouch for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WHAT:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Should not contain just a list of adjectives, but rather an endorsement of your soft skills which are otherwise not reflected in your mark sheets. Desirable qualities might include good research and/or leadership skills, elucidated through examples and incidences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HOW:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are sent mostly online through application forms by providing their official ids and receiving a link and updating the content.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are confidential letters not to be seen by the applicant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The designation and qualification of the person providing the recommendation does not matter as much the content and relevance.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bad reference can turn an admission decision. After all, it is other people's opinion about you that also matters in securing that coveted ADMIT!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-91912817767786811192016-02-19T07:18:00.000-08:002018-03-05T14:21:02.582-08:00Financing your Global Masters - It's all about money management <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just yesterday, we were at the UVCE College conducting a seminar.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In an attempt to get started, I asked the students, "What is first thing that comes to your mind when you think of study abroad?". Pat came
the reply, "Money".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was happy to get this unison answer thinking that they were
thinking of the immense earning potential after pursuing MS, but soon realized
the look of concern on their faces was about the affordability of the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most students who aspire to get an admit into top global universities have the potential do so, yet dread the costs that accompany this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">How to work on a plan that is easy on your parents' pockets and yet
helps you bag a dream admit?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first word of advice would be to look at pursuing a GLOBAL MS as a long term investment in terms of money,
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scholarships – Scholarships from universities for international students is always merit-based not need-based.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scholarships from India like BPCL, Tata endowment etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part-time work options on campus: Up to 20 hours per week.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Student Loans – Banks provide loan up to Rs. 20 lakhs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Personal funds like sponsor’s PF, savings, FD’s etc.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Typical cost of MS: Rs. 20-30 lakhs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With internship: Save ~Rs. 5 lakhs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Assistantships
reduce tuition to 1/3<sup>rd</sup></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Starting salary in
US:</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Graduate from (say in top 50): US $75k to 110k per year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Average starting package in US: Around US$ 65k
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Whether it is a fresher or someone with even 15 years work experience ,all are treated alike with the same belonging and accountability and responsibility as one big family and this relation goes a long way .</span></span></div>
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<li>Chemnitz University Of Tech- MS Automotive Software Engg</li>
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and decided to take up Masters at TU Darmstadt- MS Distributed Software Systems<br /><br /><br />With more and more students preferring to study in Germany, here is a perspective about Study in Germany a - Student perspective on the following aspects:<ul style="text-align: left;">
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A conversation with Manish about the admission requirements of doing an MS in Germany. (Use headphones to listen)<br /> https://soundcloud.com/igradglobal/ms-in-germany-a-personal-perspective<br /><br /><br />For more contact us at www.igradglobal.in/contact</span></div>
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I joined Rochester Institute of Technology. Sorry for informing so late! I moved to NY on 14th August.</div>
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I settled down on the accomodation, with the help of few folks on FB.The college is very good in terms of research and opportunities. People out here are very friendly. I managed to make it till here now :D. I'm currently looking for on campus jobs to compensate on some of the expenses.</div>
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It was a pleasure getting guidance from Igrad global. Thanks for all your support and guidance!</div>
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If any new students from Igrad are joining next fall/spring. I would definelty look forward to help them out with respect to RIT, because I saw how hard it is to set things up without knowing anybody here :)</div>
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<span style="color: #888888;">Congrats Monish , as I read this mail from him , can't express how happy we all at iGrad are for him </span></div>
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<span style="color: #888888;">Monish was referred by our past student Sourabha who has completed her MBA for SPjain Global He was aspiring for a degree either in CS or MIS , he has successfully secured an admit in UMBC for MIS for Spring 2016 , but decided to take up the CS admit in Rochester Institute of Technology with a scholarship. Way to go Monish , all the best and stay in touch .</span></div>
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Down memory lane, I can still vividly remember the day I first met Biren Parmar, like any other aspiring student in the year 2008 November, when most Fall deadlines were very close for applications.<br />
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With great reluctance,at first decided to take up his case since we were a little in PHD applications . After a lot of discussions , we settled for a mix bag approach on the applications instead of applying for all PHD applications and putting all eggs in one basket , we also looked at ECE departments instead of Biomedical Engineering which broadened the scope.<br />
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Biren succeeded and secured some very good admits ,one among them been TAMU from which he graduated a few days back with doctoral degree.<br />
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Wow it's Dr Biren Parmar now , so I better be careful how I address him now ..<br />
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For iGrad and me this association has been more than just a student and mentor one , its been 8 long years we have known each other and families have connected as well, he has been more than an advisor and guide at times for iGrad , infact the whole idea of iGrad stemmed from his encouragement that I start a platform for student interaction.He has been instrumental in portal development , team mentoring or spreading the word about iGrad among the student community.<br />
So much so that Manisha , his wife is also helping us with the design work at iGrad.<br />
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There are so many students that I have interacted with through my journey of admission guidance , some of them hold a special mention and place .Here at iGrad, our students stay connected with us for life, we believe in going beyond the usual consultant role and try to connect on more personal touch., this joy knows no bounds when we are remembered and invited to be part of the wedding celebrations or graduations or are consulted on which job to take up or are informed abt the contact number when u land there ... this shows we are bonded for ever<br />
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All the best Biren, and may you succeed in your career !!<br />
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If you or your peers feel that we have made a small fraction of difference to your career in any way, do help spread the word across<br />
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* its very impromptu post., all typos be ignored<br />
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For any mentoring queries we can be reached at contact@igradglobal.in<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-19480265355639274582015-03-25T03:38:00.000-07:002018-05-26T02:12:37.874-07:00Visa Tips : Here are some tips to get you started<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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skills are and how best to highlight them through examples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Understand your own goals and objectives:
to make a favorable impression, to collect information about the university
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are important to you. Engage in conversation and ask questions that
show you are interested in the university and the type of work. Try not
to be too "scripted" or prepared but remember to adapt to the
conversation (i.e.. sometimes answers to questions can appear
"canned"). Get a feel for the university: the values,
opportunities for continuing education and growth, social atmosphere etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lack of preparation: no knowledge of university’s
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Not listening to question asked: be responsive
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Not engaging in conversation: interact with the
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Being too scripted or prepared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Going overboard on flattering the university:
unfortunately, this rarely comes across as sincere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Not showing enough interest in the university: we
want people who want to be here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #45494a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Not having an answering machine or cell to enable
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As I pen down my thoughts today, I am reminded of the conversation I had with a 3rd year ECE student from Vellore Institute of Technology . Recently , University of Michigan -Dearborn had visited his college campus and had spoken to them about some courses that they offer like MIS, Business Analytics, Big Data<br />
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Hey, wait a minute , I think these buzz words have been doing circles a lot these days , you may call this subject the " IN THING" for pursuing your MS degree in ..currently. Like any one else , this student wanted to do his MS degree from UMich -Dearborn in these courses ...like any other trendsetter ..<br />
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When I spoke to him - - I in my usual mentoring gesture , tried to explain that he needs, to give it thought, is this really what he wanted to do , has he checked what these subjects really mean, what job will they land him in and most importantly will his profile of being an ECE student help him secure an admit in one of these courses<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; text-indent: 48px;">What is the trend today may not be there tomorrow, if you have chosen the subject ? Where do you end up Do you have it in you to make it big in this field ? What will be the opportunity ten years later in this subject ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The course that you <span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="il">choose</span></span> <span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;">to</span> apply for will depend on your qualification, electives taken, related projects, seminars, papers presented, industrial training, internship and / or related work experience and your career goals.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It's time you ponder on these why and how questions when you are planning for your global degree to make full use of various opportunities </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">available</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-72790397479484684112015-02-17T10:03:00.002-08:002015-02-17T10:03:41.893-08:00Do you really need 40 lacs in the bank to study abroad ??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here I would like to pen down my thoughts in this very first blog in an attempt in narrating some of my experiences during this journey of 12 long years guiding various students in their pursuit for global studies.<br />
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A very recent experience that comes to my mind, as I recollect details about how important right information collation is.<br />
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Last week, we had been for a seminar at a college in the outskirts of the city of Bangalore .<br />
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As usual , I began the session by asking them the reasons they all wanted to study abroad<br />
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The enthusiastic 3rd year participants came up with various reasons based on their priorities some said : good jobs , nice pay package while same said best education<br />
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While these reasons were right in their own way, how does one ensure that you are at the right place at the right time , here the right parameters for university , program , location selection become very important.<br />
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The session proceeded and took interesting turns where we went to discuss the admission process time line , the admission criteria for MS in USA and other countries , how to prepare for the entrance exams like GRE , TOEFL, IELTS , most importantly how to plan this time consuming process.<br />
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Q & A session was a relevation , I was stunned to know how students believe in hearsay , blindly follow herd mentality and apply to universities that an X friend of theirs would have applied to , get misguided by false claims like assured admits , randomly select the course they want to apply to without thinking whether they are eligible for it or not , dread the visa process before even getting an admission .One of the questions threw me totally off guard " Mam , I am from a middle class family do I need to show 40 lacs in my bank before the I can apply for MS , I was speechless as to how students believe in just anything that is been told without verifying the facts<br />
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This experience makes me only reiterate that in this age and time where you have internet to help you with information at your finger tips , don't let the information overload confuse you , verify details from the right sources like university websites , the admission team at the universities and trusted mentors<br />
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Do note its not 40 lacs that gets you an admit in a top global university program , its your merit and hard work, that does get you.<br />
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For more information on global admissions visit us at www.igradglobal.in<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-1943492557619721202015-01-18T06:06:00.003-08:002015-01-18T06:06:54.794-08:00What after admits for I-20 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Congrats on securing your admits!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So half the battle is won, here is how you proceed with
the remaining half </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The approximate sequence of what you have to do after
the admits to get the I-20 form and Visa is as follows:</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Read the admit letter or email carefully. If you have to send an
acceptance of the offer do it promptly. Even if you have multiple offers it
makes sense to accept one.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Based on the factors mailed earlier, decide the final university
that you want study at, since you can book a visa date only for one university!!</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">If you have received the I-20
form along with the offer of admission you can straightaway start the
preparations for visa. <span style="color: red;">Note: you cannot apply for the
F1 visa unless you have the I-20 form from the university that you have chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Please note that you cannot
apply for the visa interview more than 120 days before the starting date of the
program mentioned in I-20 form.<span style="color: red;"> The fall 2013 semester
will begin sometime in the third week of August. So, if you plan to join an
American university this fall, you can start applying for your visa from the
third week of April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">However, the university will ask you to send affidavits of support
from your sponsors as well as the bank statements of your sponsors showing that
you have sufficient funds for meeting the I-20 form amount (that is, the total
cost of the first year which, includes tuition, other fees and living
expenses.)</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> Most universities mention
that the funds should be only bank funds and accept balance certificates from
banks on bank’s letterhead which are sealed and signed by the banker.
Generally, electronic copies and faxed statements are not accepted. Funds in
bank include savings account and fixed deposits. You can also include Personal
Provident Fund (P.P.F.) balance</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The I-20 form is an official document issued by the University on
behalf of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The following important details are mentioned in the
document:</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the name and passport number of
the student</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the name of the university
which the student is joining</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the program to which the
student has been admitted</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the date of commencement of the program</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the date by which the program
has to be completed</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">the total cost of education for
one year(minus any aid received)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Once you receive
the I-20 form check it carefully to see that all details are accurate. Pay
specific attention to spelling of your name, accuracy of date of birth and the
start and end dates of the program. Of course, all details should be accurate
and the first page of the I-20 form MUST bear the signature of the university
official. The third page need not be signed at this stage.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">8.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">As soon as you have applied for I-20 form, you have to prepare the
financial and other documents required for the visa interview. Putting together
the finances may take time. Please refer to the documents mailed for the
standard and details of documents required.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">9.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Keep in mind that you should have adequate liquid funds to cover the
total cost of one year of education – this is mentioned in the I-20 form. Many
students are under the wrong impression that their sponsor needs to deposit
this entire amount in the bank and that otherwise their visa can be rejected.
This is not true. Funds can be shown in the form of bank deposits, shares,
mutual funds, provident fund etc. Even education loans of up to Rs. 20 lakhs
are also permitted. Of course, having adequate funds alone does not guarantee a
visa approval. The consulate officer also considers the following points:</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">whether you have admission to
an accredited and reputed university</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">whether your academic
background is good</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">whether your GRE score is
satisfactory</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">whether your sponsor’s income
is adequate</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But the more important factor is you should have good
communication skills and should be able to give convincing and honest answers
to the consulate officer’s questions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Most students show their parents as their sponsors. If
this is not possible, they can show support from any other family member e.g.
their brothers or sisters, their grandparents, either individually or as
co-sponsors with their parents.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sponsorship can also be taken from other immediate
relatives, like uncles and aunts, provided their financial position is very
sound and their income level is high.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17942240838990253634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-49643145950695604432014-09-23T05:55:00.003-07:002014-09-23T05:55:52.524-07:0011 Resume Myths Busted: Realities Revealed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Crafting
the perfect résumé is a hard-enough challenge before trying to factor in all
the myths there are about the process. However, some of those common myths —
including your résumé can't be more than one page or it's OK to have some white
lies on your résumé — hold very little water among companies looking to hire
employees. To separate fact from fiction, several experts gave the truth behind
some of their favorite myths on what companies look for in a résumé. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Grade point average is a top
consideration</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: I don't even consider it when I am interviewing potential
employees. I know that a 4.0 can mean that you took relatively easy classes to
pad your GPA. I also am aware that you can be excellent in your major and have
non-related topics destroy your GPA. For me, that was Spanish and statistics,
neither of which is necessary or relevant in my chosen line of work. What I am
more interested in is examples of your work as a showcase of your ability. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Shelli
Dallacqua, president,</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><a href="http://www.sheltenmediallc.com/"><em><span style="color: #8b1722;">Shelten Media</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Résumés should be one page.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: Résumés are allowed to be two pages unless you are stretching
the information. One page just isn't enough, unless you are right out of
school. —<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.careercoachjill.com/"><em><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jill
MacFadyen</span></em></a></span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, career and outplacement
coach</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Achievements should be highlighted
in a separate section.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: By separating accomplishments from the experience, recruiters
are more likely to overlook this section. Instead, showcase them by bulleting
them in the relevant sections. —<em>David
Hardtke, chief data scientist,</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bright.com/"><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bright.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2135-job-skills-resume.html"><strong><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">50+
Job Skills You Should List on Your Résumé</span></strong></a></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">]</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Résumés should have your entire work
history.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: If you have been working for 30 years and the first few years
were in an outside field, you can certainly drop selective things. Same thing
is true about internships after you have 10 to 15 years of experience, unless
those internships or prior employers and your work are awesome examples of what
you are capable of or the employer's name itself may garner some interest. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Tiffani
Murray, résumé writer and career coach,</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.personalityonapage.com/"><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Personality on a Page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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increase your chances of getting a job.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: Highly customized and targeted résumés are the only ones that
are successful in securing interviews that can lead to job offers. Instead of
marketing a general résumé, job seekers should take the time to do extensive
research to understand the required skills, expertise, experience and
qualifications for their job target. This information can used as a guideline
for tailoring résumés and other marketing materials. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Abby
Locke, executive career architect at</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.premierwriting.com/"><em><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Premier Writing Solutions</span></em></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Paper résumés are enough.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: LinkedIn is changing hiring. In another few years, employers
will not be able to hire without it and the LinkedIn profile is replacing the
need for a résumé. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Tom Armour, co-founder</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.highreturnselection.com/"><em><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">High Return Selection</span></em></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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media</span></b></a></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> information.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: Because most recruiters are now visiting your publicly
accessible social media pages anyway, it is a good practice to include them in
your contact information on your résumé. Specifically, you should include a
link to your LinkedIn profile. Just make sure to keep your social media pages
consistent and professional. Information on your LinkedIn profile should match
your résumé — be sure to check that dates of employment and other key facts are
consistent. —<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Eric Semon, director of customer
success</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hiringthing.com/index.html"><em><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hiring
Thing</span></em></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: Honesty is the best and only policy. A résumé is a
factual history of your work experience. Do not embellish or overstate your
accomplishments or responsibilities. Employers value integrity and you
demonstrate that by being honest and forthright in all your interactions,
starting with your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2615-resume-examples.html"><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">résumé</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Many companies will use outside firms to perform verifications
with prior employers and schools. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Lynne Sarikas, director of</em></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/"><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Northeastern
University's MBA Career Center</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>A PDF is better than a Microsoft
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: Résumés should not be posted in PDF format. PDFs can sometimes
prevent keyword- scanning software on job boards or applicant-tracking systems
from picking up critical information that allows you to be found or captured —
in essence making you invisible. —<em>Megan
Pittsley-Fox, career coach, résumé writer and recruiter at</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.worklifecareers.com/"><em><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Work Life Careers</span></em></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>A good résumé will get you a job</strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Truth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: A good résumé will get you an interview. Once you are in front
of the hiring manager, you will need to sell yourself even better than the
résumé sold you to gain the phone call. The résumé is only one step in the very
involved job search process. –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Melanie Denny, professional résumé
writer and president</em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.resume-evolution.com/index.html"><span style="color: #8b1722; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Résumé
Evolution</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Myth</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Don't sweat the small stuff on your
résumé — a few grammatical errors or typos are expected.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to detail, and are serious and professional. Otherwise, you come across as
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Want to study abroad but concerned about how to
finance your education?<br />
Here are a few awards that can aid you in your pursuit of a degree in some
countries<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Studying abroad is an expensive proposition, but
some financial support can ease your cost burden -completely, if you bag an
all-expenses-paid scholarship. You can find a host of full or partial
scholarships and fellowships for different levels of study, from various
governments (including Indian), universities, trusts, companies and other
organisations. A good point to start your search for funds is the website of
the embassyhigh commission or the education promotion agency of the country you
wish to study in or of the institution you intend to attend. Here is a small
slice of numerous awards for international students in different parts of the
world:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Fulbright-Nehru
fellowships: These include a broad range of awards like the Master's, doctoral
and postdoctoral fellowships among others. The fellowship benefits include J-1
visa support, round-trip economy class air travel from the fellow's home city
to the host institution, fees, living and related costs. However, sometimes the
fellowship may not cover the entire costs and the awardee may have to
supplement grant benefits through other resources.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Rotary scholarship: Rotary offers fully-funded
academic fellowships to study at its peace centres in different parts of the
world, including the US. These cover tuition and other fees, room and board,
round-trip transportation and all internshipfield study expenses. The
fellowships are for short-term courses as well as full-time Master’s lasting
for 15-24 months with a practical internship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarships: Meant
for postgraduate (PG) level study in the US and in Europe, the scholarship pays
for tuition fees, living expenses and one-way travel for a specified period. In
the case of specific programmes, the financial coverage would be discussed
directly with the candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Commonwealth scholarship and fellowship plan: The
scholarships are for PhD programmes of up to three years’ duration (one year
for a split PhD), one-year taught Master’s and six months of clinical training.
These are for engineering and technology, science (pure and applied),
agriculture, social sciences and the humanities. Winners receive funding for economy,
return international travel, tuition fee and maintenance and other allowances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The fellowships are for postdoctoral study.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● GREAT scholarships: GREAT provides 370
scholarships worth about Rs 100 million to Indian students in 260 undergraduate
(UG) and PG courses at 36 UK institutions. The award value varies from
institute to institute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Gates Cambridge scholarships: This covers the
full cost of studying for a full-time PG degree in any subject at Cambridge.
Apart from the airfare, visa costs and tuition fee, students receive a
maintenance allowance. They may apply for discretionary grants like family
allowance, academic development funding, among others, as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Rhodes scholarships India: Funding PG study at
Oxford, this award provides for all fees, a personal stipend, private health
insurance and airfare costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Erasmus+ scholarships: These fully-funded awards
cover all costs including travel, living, insurance and visa. Under Erasmus+,
India is a partner country, permitting Indian universities to link up with
their European counterparts to become a member in a consortium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Australia awards: Funded by the Australian
government, these international scholarships and fellowships offer the next
generation of global leaders an opportunity to undertake study, research and
professional development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● International postgraduate research scholarships
(IPRS): These scholarships are aimed at international students to pursue a PG
research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian
researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">● Joint academic scholarships online network
(JASON): Developed jointly by a number of universities, it is meant to assist
PG aspirants find information regarding funding opportunities through various
scholarship programmes run through universities, charitable foundations,
government and private institutions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">New Zealand India sports scholarships: These were
recently launched for Indian students intending to study Bachelor's degrees,
graduate diplomas or PG sports-related programmes at New Zealand universities,
institutes of technology and polytechnics in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all international PhD students accepted for enrolment in New Zealand pay a
substantially reduced tuition fee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raining scholarships, making the
foreign education dream all too real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Students of the class of 2014 at the International
School Bangalore (TISB) have got a whopping $9.1 million in scholarships to
study in foreign universities. Anindya Sharma from National Public School,
Indiranagar, got a 100% scholarship at the prestigious Cambridge University .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">“The scholarships are from prominent universities
like London School of Economics, Russell Group Universities, UK, Stanford
University , California Institute of Technology . The scholarships are only
going up every year,“ said NPS chairman K P Gopalakrishna. At Canadian
International School, all 54 students have got scholarships to the tune of $1.6
million, said school executive director Shweta Sastri.The story is no different
at Indus International School (IIS) where at least 50 students have got $4.22
million to study undergraduate pro grammes at foreign universities. Lt. Gen
(retd) Arjun Ray , CEO of IIS, said the quality of teaching, job opportunities
abroad and research facilities in these universities is attracting students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Interestingly , it's not just UK and the US. At
Greenwood High International School (GHIS), 15 students have obtained
scholarships worth $1.7 million. GHIS trustee Niru Agarwal said students are
also heading to Singapore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This year, around 20% of students got scholarships
at Inventure Academy. Nooraine Fazal, managing trustee and co-founder of IA,
said the entire four-year programme got a $350,000 scholarship while last
year's scholarshipamount was significantlylower.The scholarships take care of
tuition fee and living expenses, she added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Santanu Das, principal of Sarala Birla Academy,
said, “Around 60% of our students got the scholarship, approximately each
student got $5,000 in scholarship on which they will go abroad to pursue UG
courses in industrial engineering, journalism, sound system and other
subjects.“<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sharmafrom NPS Indiranagar bagged the Dr Manmohan Singh Award given by the
Cambridge Trust. The 100% scholarship from the prestigious Cambridge University
takes care of his tuition fee and boarding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Winning is second nature for him. He won the bronze
medal and a Best Solution award at the World Olympiad in Beijing, and was
placed among the top 1% at the Physics Olympiad. “I'm taking up a four-year
course in computer science and mathematics at Cambridge. I had to choose
between IIT Chennai, IISc Bangalore, Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai
Mathematical Institute and Cambridge. I'm looking forward to do research in
computer science with mathematics once I complete my course,“ he told TOI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A 780 is a great score, sure—but you don’t <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">need</i> that kind of score. You probably do need something higher than 500, though. How good is good enough?</div>
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The short answer to the question is this: a good score is a score that will make you competitive at a particular school. So the first question to ask yourself is where do you want to go?</div>
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Then, hit the Inter-web and find out what kinds of scores those schools report. Most schools report both an average score and a “middle 80% score” (the latter gives the score range for the middle 80% of people admitted in that year).</div>
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So, if Stanford has an average of 732 (which is what their website says as I write this!), then clearly you need a 750, right?</div>
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Wrong. <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Really</i> wrong, in fact. I was inspired to write this article because of two recent blog posts written by my colleague Jeremy Shinewald, founder of MBA Mission. The posts are fantastic—and they are both linked in this article. They are mandatory reading for all of my students (and not because he mentions me in one of them!).</div>
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First, remind me what the word “average” means.</div>
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Right … in other words, many of the admitted students scored <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">below</i> 730. In fact, Stanford’s reported scoring range is from 550 to 790. (Yes, someone got into Stanford with a 550! I’m sure that person was absolutely amazing in some other way or ways, and so the admissions committee didn’t care about that one below-average data point.)</div>
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I’m not suggesting, of course, that you only need a 550 or even 600 to get into Stanford. Ideally, you want to be pretty close to the school’s average. The school is not, however, going to ding you for getting “only” a 700. (You might get dinged for other reasons of course … )</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d56901; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">What’s a good quant score? What’s a good verbal score?</span></div>
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Schools do check the Quant and Verbal sub-scores as well as the overall score—and this is another source of anxiety for test-takers. Have you heard about the 80/80? Many years ago (actually, we could be speaking in decades at this point), some people did talk about wanting to see 80<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> percentile sub-scores for quant and verbal. I haven’t been able to verify whether actual business schools ever said they wanted this, but the topic has been around for a long time.</div>
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As of early July 2014, there are now only two Quant scores above the 80<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> percentile: 50 and 51. Clearly, the top business schools don’t admit only people with 50s and 51s any more than they admit only people with 750 scores. There wouldn’t be enough people to go around!</div>
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So what’s going on? Percentiles are a relative ranking; they change over time. The sub-scores themselves are fixed. The skill level that it takes to score 45 today is the same skill level required to get a 45 five years ago, or fifteen!</div>
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In 2007, a Quant score of 45 was the 77<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> percentile; today, a 45 is the 63<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> percentile. But the underlying skill needed to reach that score hasn’t changed one bit, and here’s the important part: the schools know this.</div>
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They aren’t actually interested in how your percentile ranking stacks up against the rest of the pool of test takers. Their main goal is to make sure that you can handle the rigorous work that will be required of you when you reach b-school. Pay attention to the actual scoring level, which tells you something real. A quant 45 was once “good enough” for schools and <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nothing has changed</i>: it still is today!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d56901; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">But seriously … If I just get a 750, I’ll be a shoo-in, right?</span></div>
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Wrong. The schools don’t admit based on GMAT scores. The GMAT is more of a threshold indicator: show me that you can handle my rigorous program, and then I’ll consider the other (more important) parts of your application, such as your work history, your essays, your recommendations…in short, your story. That’s how I’ll actually make my decision about your application.</div>
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Seriously, consider who’s telling you that you don’t actually need these crazy high scores. I work for a test prep company; our whole reason for existing (and making money!) is to help people get higher scores. If even <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m</i> telling you that you don’t need a 750 or a 50 or 51 on quant, then believe it! <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div>
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Here is the heart of the anxiety around this test. Your GPA is already set. Your work career can’t be substantially changed in a few months; your history is what it is. So you feel as though this is it: the GMAT is how you can give yourself the best possible chance to get in!</div>
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You can’t bomb the test, of course, but there are a lot of other things you can be doing with your very valuable time than chasing a 750 (or even a 720). You could actually pick up an extra project at work, try to get yourself into a team leader or mentor role, or work towards a promotion.</div>
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Also, don’t underestimate the time and effort required to put together a great application package. Ideally, your package will tell a coherent story, something that fits together across all pieces of the application and jumps off the page so that the admissions committee can really visualize you and get a sense of who you are and why they want to have you at their school. For instance, have you thought about what you want to tell your recommenders to emphasize (in terms of both strengths and weaknesses) so that their recommendations dovetail with your own essays?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">From November it will be more difficult
for Indian students to travel to the UK. Britain on Tuesday announced a fresh
crackdown on student visas as further measures of the Immigration Act came into
force.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Tougher rules will be imposed on
universities and colleges who sponsor international students to study in the UK
from November.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Currently educational institutions can
enjoy highly trusted sponsor status if the home office rejects 20% or fewer
student applications. But that figure will be cut to 10% in November after a
three-month grace period for colleges and universities to re-examine and
improve their admissions procedures. If more than one in 10 applications are
being rejected from November onwards educational institutions could lose their
right to bring in new students from overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The change will
ensure all institutions are administering immigration rules to enjoy the
benefits of bringing in foreign students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The numbers of
students to all universities coming to the UK from India fell by 38% between
2011 and 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It is estimated that
the overall value of UK higher education exports to the economy in 2011-12 was
around $17 billion. Income from international (non-EU) students generated
through their tuition fees in 2012-13 came to $5 billion, which represented
around 30% of all tuition fees. Data revealed by the Higher Education Funding
Council for England shows that the number of Indian students fell from 18,535
in 2010-11 to 13,250 in 2011-12 and further to 10,235 in 2012-13.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">UK has recorded a
sharp dip in overseas students enrolling in universities -the first fall in 29
years -thanks to Indians giving it a skip.<br />
</span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Home secretary</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Theresa May
said, “We are building an immigration system that is fair to British citizens
and legitimate migrants, but tough on those who abuse it or flout the law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">In India, the pharmacist’s career is still synonymous with
dispensing medicines.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">A peek at pharmacy career abroad reveals all of the
mentioned below….</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Well-rounded</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Exciting blend of health care, direct patient contact, business, and technology</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">You can choose a two -fold career path <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vs Industry driven</span></b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People Driven</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Community Pharmacy/Hospital/Managed Care(review therapy) /Consulting/Drug
Stores</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Majority of pharmacists work in community pharmacy, but
growing number of pharmacists working in other health care settings, such as…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Pharmaceutical Companies</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">: Pfizer, Merck --- research, Sales ,QA, Marketing.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">(for Marketing/Sales look at special courses as in MBA in
Marketing Mgmt offered at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>USP)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Govt<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>labs</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">: FDA ,NIH</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Biotech Industry</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">: Mol
Bio techniques</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Academics: Teaching & research</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Medical publishing/Technical Writing</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Special<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>career
tracks like hospital management/administration</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–You <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>can Requisites : work experience of 2+
yrs ,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>GMAT<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>TOEFL,
MBA in Health Care Administration/ or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>University
of Wisconsin - Madison</b><br />
M.S. Program (with concentration in Hospital-Pharmacy Administration)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choosing your specializations <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choose your subjects wisely:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While taking up a degree program you want to decide on an
intelligent mix of courses so that you are able to fit the job market and also
match your interests<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Apart from interests(align your project work here) consult
seniors, faculty,</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Study job market – for the past one year the trends are
medicinal chemistry /pharmacology ( also applicable to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RGUHS)</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These are the some of the specializations available at the
school of pharmacy – for a MS/PHD program<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Drug
Discovery & Design</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">(synthesis
of new drugs)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> Fields; Medicinal Chemistry, Combinatorial
chemistry, Biotechnology</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Drug
Delivery: </span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">dosage of
drugs</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> Fields: Pharmaceutics, Pharmaco-kinetics</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Drug
Action</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">: <b>how drug works in the
body</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> Fields :Molecular biology, Pharmacology,
Pharmaco-dynamics, Biochemistry ,Toxicology</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Analysis</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">: <b>Separating,identifying
& quantifying components</b> Fields :Analytical Chemistry </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Cost
effectiveness of Medicines </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">- Pharmaco-economcis </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Regulatory
Affairs</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Pharmacy Administration</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Some top
universities and their courses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Marketing for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>e.g<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MS in marketing <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Univ<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
sciences ,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>philadelphia</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">MS in Hospital<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>administartion<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–Wisconson<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Madison ,Ohio State<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>univ</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ohio State University and many other schools also offer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Hospital Administration/Hospital
Management – MBA</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;">What
does the shortage of pharmacists mean for pharmacy graduates?…</span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in pharmacist jobs</span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">More and more people today have started questioning the
medicines they consume.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Due to this…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">1.Increased<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>life
span</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">2.Sophistication<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
medicines</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">3.Increased<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>emphasis
in patient care</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Salary Outlook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Placement Services at University of Georgia –Athens <span class="apple-converted-space">organizes</span> career fairs each year –recent
graduates have been placed in agencies like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>NIH,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>FDA,Pfizer </span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Their graduates have received multiple offers with a salary
of $45,000.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Australia –starting salary is 9, 000 –12,000 dollars</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">UK the starting salary is 16,000 –21,000 pounds</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Ideal career progression in terms of salary the range can be
anywhere<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>between<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>45K<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>80K starting from a staff
pharmacist to a pharmacy director </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15387151594710558165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289783044170118904.post-36026977833640893312014-04-06T20:09:00.000-07:002014-04-06T20:09:29.746-07:00Hacking the GMAT in 8 days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px;">This is how I scored a 730 (96</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px;">percentile) on the GMAT in 8 days: The summer before I started my senior year at Northwestern University, I finished my internship and still had a month left. My brain was getting bored, so I picked up an LSAT book and decided to take the test. After the first week, I put the book down. I really did not like that test. So then I opened up a GMAT book and took a practice test…it was much better.</span></h2>
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I went back to college, and from time to time I would pick up the GMAT book, but never actually spent much time on it. Then one day, I <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">decided</strong> to take the GMAT. Why? First, I thought it would be a fun way to test myself. And second, it wouldn’t hurt to have the GMAT done incase I decided to apply to business school (once you have a job, it will be hard to find time to study).</div>
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I started reading GMAT forums. I remember reading everywhere that it took on average 100 hours to master the GMAT. I took a look at the next day that the GMAT was being offered…it was 8 days later. I signed up, went to sleep, and woke up the next morning eager to start my <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">100 hours</strong>.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is this guide important?</strong> As soon as I signed up, I looked for a guide for taking the GMAT in 8 days. No guide was nearly this short. The shortest course I found was the Manhattan GMAT course during which you stay in a hotel for 2 weeks and learn the GMAT non-stop. </div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-GMAT-Review-ebook/dp/B008846CAC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1393472084&sr=1-1&keywords=official+gmat+guide" style="border: 0px; color: #4ea3d0; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Official GMAT Guide</a></li>
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* Purchase all of these in e-book format. On the actual test, you are going to be looking up at the computer, down at your paper, and then back up at the computer. Get in the habit of doing that by using electronic books. Additionally, time is a huge constraint; you need your books NOW. Getting them electronically is a massive advantage as you can get them in seconds. Personally, I downloaded all of mine off of Kindle. Oh and also, since it was on my Kindle, I could pull up textbooks on my phone and study while commuting on trains or busses!</div>
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1. Essay</div>
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2. Integrated Response</div>
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3. Quantitative</div>
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4. Verbal</div>
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First, forget the essay. At the time I took the test, most business schools had publically stated that they didn’t care about the essay. And literally, the only prep I did for the essay was the night before I took the test. I went through about 20 essays (both in the official guide and the Manhattan GMAT guide) that had scored a perfect 6 out of 6, realized that they all had the same format, memorized the format, and reproduced that on the test the next day. Sure, I only got a 5/6 on the essay, but when you only have 8 days, every second of study time is valuable. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have typed up my essay notes below:</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Essay (formally referred to as the Analytical Writing Assessment):</strong></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> a) Cause and Effect</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> i. Conclude that x causes y when y causes</span></div>
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ii. Conclude that x causes y when y causes x</div>
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i. Sample is not representative of the entire population</div>
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ii. Conclusion does not match statistics</div>
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i. Not enough similarities to draw conclusions</div>
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i. Unsubstantiated assumptions</div>
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ii. Vague words: some, many, few</div>
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iii. Ignoring supply+demand fundamentals</div>
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iv. Drawing a strong conclusion based on weak evidence</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 5. Find 1 or 2 ways to strengthen the argument</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> 6. Choose the top 2 to 4 flaws -> write essay</div>
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7. Proofread</div>
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Essay outline:</div>
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Intro:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First sentence: paraphrase argument and state that it is flawed.<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">General Format: The author concludes x based on y, however…</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Second sentence: In drawing this conclusion, the author not only fails to X, but also Y, furthermore, the author Z’s.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ex: first, second, third, therefore, additionally, consequently, because, since, finally, similarly, conversely</li>
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For this section, I would only do the practice problems from the official guide. Make sure you do the ones in the book, as well as the problems that come on their CD (it comes with the book). I did both the official guide and the Manhattan GMAT guide. I simply just learned way more from the official guide questions. And unfortunately, I lost the CD with the additional practice questions :(</div>
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When I took the test, most of the top business schools had publicly stated that they did not care about the IR section (Harvard Business School said that they would still consider it). This was because the IR section was brand new when I took the GMAT. Therefore, business schools didn’t have historical data to evaluate IR scores.</div>
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2 sections</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Data Sufficiency: </strong>you are given two statements, and you need to decide which of them are true (this type of question is unique to the GMAT)</li>
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Both quantitative sections test fundamentally the same skills: your ability to do math, so I will address them both at once. Doing well on the quantitative portion comes down to how many practice problems you have done. The more problems you work through, the more likely it is that those same problems will show up on your actual test. Don’t waste your time with the lessons. Learn which problems you really don’t know by trying to do them and working through them with the answer key. To cut down on time, start at the end of the Official GMAT Quantitative guide and work backwards. Questions at the end are generally harder, so you will learn faster.</div>
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I first started with the syllabus that the Manhattan GMAT instructor had given me. It had lessons and then practice questions selected from the GMAT guide and the Manhattan practice books. After the 3<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> day of working through the syllabus, I knew I would not finish in time for the test, so I only worked on official GMAT math problems for the rest of the time. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the biggest takeaways</strong> that I got from doing both the Manhattan math problems and the official GMAT math problems was that the official math questions were much more accurate and helpful in terms of what was actually on the test. On the other hand, Manhattan solutions to problems usually showed faster and simpler methods to solving similar problems.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another key strategy</strong> is to use <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #4ea3d0; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Khan Academy</a>. There are going to be times when you are burned out from working through problems. When this happens, open Khan Academy and navigate to the GMAT page. There I found that he had recorded himself working through every math problem in the old GMAT official guide. This is extremely useful, since you can see someone work through problems and explain step by step what they are doing and why. This was probably the best tool for quickly learning the math section that I used.</div>
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Along the way, you may realize that you forgot how to long divide or multiply two numbers. You will also realize that it is easy to miscount zero’s and decimal places. You have been warned.</div>
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Random notes on the Math Topics:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You will see these a ton. They are very easy to make a simple mistake on.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Factors and Multiples<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex: A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You need to memorize the square of 1 through 20</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rates<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These probably gave me the most difficulty. Drawing a picture of the problem helped.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Systems of Equations<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most times, this means just plugging one equation into the other</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Overlapping Sets <ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Quickly draw and label a Venn diagram</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There will be a bunch of rules listed on these in both the Mahnattan GMAT book and the Official GMAT book. You need to memorize all of these.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inequalities<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rearrange the inequality</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There will be a bunch of rules listed on these in both the Mahnattan GMAT book and the Official GMAT book. You need to memorize all of these.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Percentages<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have trouble on these, draw a box and shade in the appropriate percentages so you can visually see the problem</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First, skim the questions so that you know what you are looking for</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read it like it is a story. Understand the general flow of the logic, and write a small note next to paragraphs so that you can quickly reference paragraphs when answering questions</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Critical reasoning<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just do a bunch of these. Take all the ones you got wrong, and go over them with a friend. This is important because when you initially try to solve the problem, you will create a line of logic in your head that makes sense to you. It is hard for you to change your line of logic without someone else helping you to think differently</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence correction<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Both the Official GMAT Guide and the Manhattan GMAT Guide will have a list of common sentence corrections that you will have to look for. I have reproduced my outline of this section below:</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Misplaced<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Modifier is placed far away from subject, thereby not modifying it</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not really clear what it is modifying</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex: I got some tips for how to protect myself <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from the police</em>.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Modifier may modify 2 different subjects</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex: Students who miss classes <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">frequently</em> fail the course</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pronouns do not agree</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Improper comparison</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wrong subject/verb agreement</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wrong verb tense</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Improper sentence structure</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Incorrect idiom: You simply need to memorize these. I have listed common idioms below to kick start you…<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">among: 3 people</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fewer: a specific #, ex: fewer children (countable nouns)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">less than: a continuous quantity, ex: less devastation (quantities)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">farther: distance</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">further: degree</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">contrast A <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with</em>B</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">same to A as to B</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">so A as to be B</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">much: used for an uncountable quantity, such as rain</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">many: used for a countable quantity, such as people</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Where you study is important</u>: Fortunately, my girlfriend lived about a minute away from my house. When I studied, I would only take my GMAT material to her place and study at her desk. She would do work directly behind me. Therefore, anytime I felt like taking a break, there was someone behind me to call me out on checking E-mail or Facebook. This held me accountable and helped me to stay focused.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Diet</u>: While studying for the test, I was on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet" style="border: 0px; color: #4ea3d0; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ketogenic diet</a>. I’m not sure how this affected my mental performance, but having cut out carbohydrates, I did feel like my energy was lacking at certain points in my study marathon. On the other hand, it greatly simplified my choice of food, so I put almost no mental effort into choosing my food. Maybe this helped me focus on the GMAT more? I don’t know.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Signing up</u><a href="http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/register.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #4ea3d0; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>: If you are going to take the GMAT seriously, you need to sign up. If there is no deadline (test date) and you haven’t paid the $250 to take the test, it is going to be much harder to motivate yourself. Sign up <a href="http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/register.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #4ea3d0; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
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At one point, I wanted to stop because life got boring. I would literally study all day and eat really plain food (because of the Ketogenic diet). However, during the last day of studying, I felt abnormally happy. I had come to appreciate the test since I had spent so much time learning it. The strategy written above for hacking the GMAT in 8 days worked for me. I wrote this post so that I could help others hack the GMAT in 8 days, so if you think I could add value to this post in any way, please let me know and I will do my best to help.</div>
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Source : taken from a student's blog </div>
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