Many a times students ask their seniors about their scores, colleges they applied to, the ones that gave them admits and some suggestions as to which Universities they should apply to. Here, for your convenient reference, we have tabulated all the important information of the Fall 1999 students of TSEC. By clicking on their names you can write an email on-line to anyone. At the end of the table there are some suggestions that will surely help you make some decisions. Do go through them. We may add here that . Trends do keep changing!!! Ofcourse some Universities like USC, Penn State seem to admit everyone who show sufficient funds for their entire duration of study.
SUGGESTIONS BY SOME OF OUR FELLOW STUDENTS
WARNING!!!
The following suggestions do not reflect our views. We are not liable for any of these statements. Trust them at your own risk.
Manoj Devnani
One thing I want to tell you guys is that when you are selecting the school to apply to..and cancelling school cause they are too expensive pls look at the tution fees per credit hr..like when i chose WPI..the total cost projected was some 20 grands ..later i saw that that the tution per credit was abt 650$..thats quite a lot ..i mean USC which is suppose to be expensive ..had atution per credit of 720$..sdo i would basically save some 100$ per sem..thats not much if u compare the ranking of the two schools....usc is 12th and wpi is 98th..so pls..see to it that u see the tution per credit..and try to compare and sdee..whether ur paying less is really worth the diff..i mean if u saving little..and compromising too muych in the ranking then its not worth it....hope ive not confused u....
Rajat
Mail Indian students in US colleges to find out which particular concentration areas are good in there respective colleges. This helps a lot in finally deciding which colleges to app to......provided of course you know your area of interest
Rohit Kanjani
All the best. Use the net its the best for Info I have recvd most of the Info from the net. the virtual community has been a boon. . APPLY TO PURDUE IF U HAVE A 2100+ ON UR GRE
CRAIG
I took the TOEFL later and it didn't affect my admissions though I did get my accepts a little later than everybody else.i would advise the Toefl to be taken well in advance. Also , I was rejected by UW-madison first and now I'm going there! So if you feel you deserve an accept(or actually even if you're really desparate for 1) don't hessitate to question the reason for your reject and ask them to re-consider.
PRIYA
Please do not sit quiet even with good acads. Please mail professors. No prof. really reads your file unless its fed to him/her personally .Don’t imagine a place where all the proffs congregate and decide upon the applications and research/teaching assistantships. I personally feel I didnt do this bit and so im having a hard time with aid. Its not dfficult to get aid if you mail consistently and show a lot of genuine interest. Just do it!
DEEPA KALANI
Apply early (even if you are not applying for aid). I got a reject from Virginia Tech because there was no space available ( I sent my packages around Jan 20th).
KARISHMA SHARMA
Try and communicate with the profs or admission coordinators/counselors (preferably indian) of the concerned university indicating your profound interest in the course you have applied for. dont hesitate writing a long email (for the first time) introducing yourself, your interests and your awareness about your field. it gives a good impression about you and shows that you are 'really' keen to pursue the program. just another point to better your application packet. good luck!
SONAL RAMNANI
Try giving the TOEFL alongwith TWE. The best time to give the TOEFL is August. That way, there is no hurry in getting the scores. Oct. gets too late.
SHANNON QUADROS
Avoid the texas colleges unless one is exceptionally qualified as their application fees alone could be used to apply to two whole colleges.Avoid the TSE also unless necessary as you will have to repeat it in the US. Last but not the least do not feel too afraid to try and apply to one or two highly ranked colleges, you just might get in.
SHILPA REGE
I just wanna say...that it is never too late...to apply...!!! I took my GRE on the 1st of March... and i started sending my apps in the end of march...sent my last app on 4th may...i don't think too many ppl get aid anyways... so ppl shldnt think its too late to apply... Also.....ppl shldnt be afraid to stray frm norms...I took IE though no one else did...an i am happy i did..!!!! all the best to everyone..!!!!!!!!
(V+Q+A) | TSE | ||||||
| ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING | |||||||
| MILIND NEMLEKAR | 1920 | 607 | 45 | 67% | Purdue,UCSB, TAMU, UFL, ISU, NCSU, MSU, USC, SUNY-Buffalo, VTech, Wayne State, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Northwestern, Lehigh | USC NCSU MSU Wayne State UTD | No No No No No |
| ANANTH RAMANATH | 2110 (650 750 710) | 650 | 50 | 57% | Rutgers, Penn State, SUNY-Buffalo, UIC VTech, USC, MSU, UFL,SUNY-Stony Brook, Syracuse | Rutgers Penn State USC | TA No No |
| CRAIG SALDANHA | 2090 (590 750 750) | Wisconsin Madison, Purdue, USC, Penn State, UFL, NCSU, UMDCP, OSU, Univ of Arizona -Tucson, Univ. of Mich -Ann Arbour, CWRU, Syracuse, SUNY- Buffalo | Wisconsin- Madison USC Penn State UMDCP NCSU Syracuse | No No No No No No | |||
| SHANNON QUADROS | 2070 (580 780 710) | 667 5 | 55 | 56% | Columbia Univ, USC, Syracuse, UFL, Penn State, Purdue, UIC, TAMU, VTech, UMass-Amherst. | Syracuse Penn State USC | No No No |
| AARESH POWVALLA | 2090 (540 800 750) | 653 6 | 50 | 62% | Umass-Amherst, VTech, UFL, ISU, Rutgers, Clemson TAMU, MSU, | Rutgers MSU | No No |
| PURVIN PANDIT | 1820 (500 730 590) | 623 | 50 | 65% | VTech, UFL, UIC, Rutgers, SUNY- Buffalo, Clemson, MSU, ISU | UIC MSU | No No |
| ASHUTOSH THAKUR | 1870 (500 770 600) | 647 | 45 | 61% | Syracuse, USC, RIT, ISU, Clemson, UFL | USC RIT Syracuse | No No No |
| VIVASVAT KESWANI | 2060 (530 760 770) | 650 5.5 | 50 | 70% | UCB, UCLA, Santa Clara, Purdue, Penn State, UCSB, San Jose State, UC Davis, Carnegie Mellon , Stanford | Carnegie Mellon Penn State Santa Clara | No No No |
| RAJAT MATHUR | 1900 (500 760 640) | 660 | 50 | 63% | Purdue, ASU, UFL, TAMU, Utah State, SUNY-Binghamton, Michigan Tech, Ohio Univ-Athens, USF, Penn state, Univ of Toledo,Texas Tech, Univ of Delaware | Utah state MichiganTech SUNY -Binghamton USF OhioUniv -Athens | Yes No No No No |
| ASHUTOSH MORDE | 2180 | 650 | 45 | 66% | Northwestern, UIC, Univ of Wyoming, Vermont, Rutgers, Ohio Univ, UMDCP MSU, ISU, CWRU RPI | Rutgers MSU UIC RPI Wyoming Ohio Univ. | No No No No TA Fell |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | |||||||
| KARISHMA SHARMA | 1930 | 637 6 | 50 | 58% | NYU, ASU , UIC, TAMU, UMCP, Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, George Washington Univ | UMCP CMU Drexel UIC | No No Fell No |
| SONAL RAMNANI | 2090 | 660 | 71% | UMinn-Twin Cities, ASU, UFL, Indiana Bloomington, VTech, Penn State, SUNY- Buffalo, OSU, UIC, UofArizona-Tucson | VTech UFL UofA - Tucson UIC SUNY-Buff UMinn-TC | No No No No No No | |
| DEEPA KALANI | 2060 (610 750 700 ) | 623 | 56% | USC, UMass Boston, NYU, Vtech, George Washington, UCSB, Kansas State Univ, NorthEastern, Lehigh, TAMU, Penn State,NorthWestern | USC UMass-Boston Kansas State Univ NYU | No No No No | |
| MEHER SHAH | 2010 (430 780 800) | 667 6.0 | 40 | Marymount Univ, FDU, UMinn-Twin Cities, IIT, NJIT, USC, San Jose State Univ, Drexel, SUNY Buffalo, Temple, Santa Clara Univ, Loyola, | FDU NJIT USC Drexel Temple | No No No No No | |
| TEJAL JOSHI | 2120 | 653 | SUNY-Buffalo, UIC, TAMU (1 year work - ex) | UIC | No | ||
| MANOJ DEVNANI | 1970 (590 690 690) | 550 5.5 | 59% KT in 1st yr. | Vtech, Mich Tech, UFL, FSU, WPI, IIT, U of Toledo, U of North Carolina, UC Santa Barbara, USC, U of Arizona, Umass-Lowell | FSU WPI U of Toledo UMass -Lowell USC | No No Yes No No | |
| ROHIT KANJANI | 1930 | 580 | 54% | UTD, UT Arlington, UT ElPaso, UT SanAntonio, UNorth Texas, UT A&M, U Ohio Akron | UTD for MIS U Ohio Akron for CS | No No | |
| VINEET VERMA | 2180 (AGRE 730/990 69th) | 657 6 | 50 | 66% | USC, Vtech, OSU, UNC Chapel Hill, UMCP, Purdue, MSU, Georgia Tech, UMass- Amherst, Univ. of Delaware | USC Vtech Georgia Tech | No No No |
| AMIT PATIL | 1960 | 650 | 50 | 54% | USC, KSU, CSU, UFL, UT Arlington, Penn State, NJIT, USL, Loyola Univ- Chicago | USC KSU CSU | No No No |
| BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | |||||||
| PRIYA GOPINATH | 1930 | 617 5 | 55 | 65% | UMich-Ann Arbor, Univ of Minnesota, OSU, Univ of North Carolina-Chapel hill, CWRU, Duke Univ, Univ of Wisconsin Madison,Univ of Tennessee-Memphis | UMich.-Ann Arbor Univ of North Carolina -Chapel Hill CWRU Univ of Akron, Univ of Tennesse | RA No Yes No TA |
| INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | |||||||
| SHILPA REGE | 1970 | 670 (CBT) | Georgiatech, Rutgers, Vtech,Cornell, SUNY- Buffalo, ASU, USC, OSU | GeorgiaTech SUNY-Buff VTech USC | No No No No | ||
| CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (Fall 2001) | |||||||
| VIRAL PATEL | TAMU,IIT,UMR,Drexel,NMSU,USF,Tennessee Tec, LSU- Baton Rogue, Univ of Akron. | Univ. of Arkansas-Fayette TAMU IIT UMR Drexel NMSU USF Tennessee Tech | Yes Yes No No No No No No | ||||
SUGGESTIONS BY SOME OF OUR FELLOW STUDENTS
WARNING!!!
The following suggestions do not reflect our views. We are not liable for any of these statements. Trust them at your own risk.
Manoj Devnani
One thing I want to tell you guys is that when you are selecting the school to apply to..and cancelling school cause they are too expensive pls look at the tution fees per credit hr..like when i chose WPI..the total cost projected was some 20 grands ..later i saw that that the tution per credit was abt 650$..thats quite a lot ..i mean USC which is suppose to be expensive ..had atution per credit of 720$..sdo i would basically save some 100$ per sem..thats not much if u compare the ranking of the two schools....usc is 12th and wpi is 98th..so pls..see to it that u see the tution per credit..and try to compare and sdee..whether ur paying less is really worth the diff..i mean if u saving little..and compromising too muych in the ranking then its not worth it....hope ive not confused u....
Rajat
Mail Indian students in US colleges to find out which particular concentration areas are good in there respective colleges. This helps a lot in finally deciding which colleges to app to......provided of course you know your area of interest
Rohit Kanjani
All the best. Use the net its the best for Info I have recvd most of the Info from the net. the virtual community has been a boon. . APPLY TO PURDUE IF U HAVE A 2100+ ON UR GRE
CRAIG
I took the TOEFL later and it didn't affect my admissions though I did get my accepts a little later than everybody else.i would advise the Toefl to be taken well in advance. Also , I was rejected by UW-madison first and now I'm going there! So if you feel you deserve an accept(or actually even if you're really desparate for 1) don't hessitate to question the reason for your reject and ask them to re-consider.
PRIYA
Please do not sit quiet even with good acads. Please mail professors. No prof. really reads your file unless its fed to him/her personally .Don’t imagine a place where all the proffs congregate and decide upon the applications and research/teaching assistantships. I personally feel I didnt do this bit and so im having a hard time with aid. Its not dfficult to get aid if you mail consistently and show a lot of genuine interest. Just do it!
DEEPA KALANI
Apply early (even if you are not applying for aid). I got a reject from Virginia Tech because there was no space available ( I sent my packages around Jan 20th).
KARISHMA SHARMA
Try and communicate with the profs or admission coordinators/counselors (preferably indian) of the concerned university indicating your profound interest in the course you have applied for. dont hesitate writing a long email (for the first time) introducing yourself, your interests and your awareness about your field. it gives a good impression about you and shows that you are 'really' keen to pursue the program. just another point to better your application packet. good luck!
SONAL RAMNANI
Try giving the TOEFL alongwith TWE. The best time to give the TOEFL is August. That way, there is no hurry in getting the scores. Oct. gets too late.
SHANNON QUADROS
Avoid the texas colleges unless one is exceptionally qualified as their application fees alone could be used to apply to two whole colleges.Avoid the TSE also unless necessary as you will have to repeat it in the US. Last but not the least do not feel too afraid to try and apply to one or two highly ranked colleges, you just might get in.
SHILPA REGE
I just wanna say...that it is never too late...to apply...!!! I took my GRE on the 1st of March... and i started sending my apps in the end of march...sent my last app on 4th may...i don't think too many ppl get aid anyways... so ppl shldnt think its too late to apply... Also.....ppl shldnt be afraid to stray frm norms...I took IE though no one else did...an i am happy i did..!!!! all the best to everyone..!!!!!!!!
