Posted by: sgy May 16, 2006
Identifying the right US university
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You said you have perfect or near perfect GRE and TOEFL scores. You also said that your grades are excellent. Now, If you get equally excellent score in subject GRE(s) and If you can get 3 or more solid recommendations from appropriate people and If you write a stupendous essay(s) for your application You have a complete package that will get you into any school, yes, with full financial benefits, i.e. scholarship + stipend. Chances are, you will courted by the grad schools to come attend their's. They will make their bids - much like with pro atheletes but at much much much diminutive level - (scholarship/stipend/research opportunities, what have you),put you in nice hotel and take you out to nice restaurants, etc. Only one caveat... What is your field? If it is... say... Leisure Studies or Sociology or psychology... there ain't no money there. Heck, you won't make much money once you graduate with PhD on those fields anyways. One Nepali guy I know goes around all smug calling himself Dr. so and so and Professor so and so. But when asked his field, it was Leisure Studies. That pretty much ended the conversation right there, everybody knows you don't need Leisure Studies to enjoy leisure. But, if your field is one of the hard sciences, like Physics, Chemistry, Biology... yeah, you stand a better than decent chance of getting into a top program with the whole shebang.
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