cleopatra and bibas100...........Both of you may be gradute TA in mathematics. Grishma.....No No you dont have to go Nepal after MS.Please start to to appy right now for spring.I am sure that you will be accepted.DO you have GRE?If not I recommend for you to do it. Grishma here is one of the Nepali women professor link and her pic. http://www.uncg.edu/~m_chhetr/