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Re: US Dollar dip Dhondy..I guess a US Engg/tech school entry is comparatively far easier to accomplish than a Med school.....I dont have the stats but I guess the acceptance rate at Med schools is really stringent and I dont think u have access to things like grants etc ...

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Re: US Dollar dip I have privilegde of getting Masters here.. My dad was able to afford tuition for first year, he would have bear entire education..But with grace of God, was able to find Assistantship and eventually was able to pay back whatever my dad spent even before I graduated.

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Re: US Dollar dip I was refering to graduate education, Kabira. Masters is nice, but a lot of Engineering graduates do that kind of stuff through GET, and then there's GMAT, providing entry into the management stream.

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Re: US Dollar dip I had a TA & RA for my Masters. Had a nice stipend and never had to pay any tuition. But i have had roommates & friends whose parents had to shell out hell a lot of money. One of my senior room mates came here (in the early 90s) when the dollar shot up from Rs. 28 to Rs. 40 almost overnite. His father had to suddenly arrange lakhs of rupees in a short span of time. For Bachelors its even more scarier (4 years of fees, boarding, lodging, books etc). Its a huge money drain. Top Indian Univs are as good as most of the schools here, so i wouldnt recommend anyone doing their Bachelors here when they have an option to do the same in a top Indian school.

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Re: US Dollar dip Problem with Indian education is that it offers zero flexibility once you enroll in undergraduate school. If you are enrolled in Political Science thats it. If its Mechanical Engineering. Thats it. Moreover, the choices of taking courses outside your mainstream subject are pretty poor as well. Though I did try and make up for it during graduate school by taking some wierd but interesting course like wine tasting, I would still say I missed out on undergrad education in US in that respect. My brother is however doing his undergraduate here given the overall financial situation of our family is much better than it was 12-13 years back. He initially got a 50% tuition waiver and now its 75% waived, so not all that bad.

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For Bachelors its even more scarier (4 years of fees, boarding, lodging, books etc). Its a huge money drain. Top Indian Univs are as good as most of the schools here, so i wouldnt recommend anyone doing their Bachelors here when they have an option to do the same in a top Indian school.
Nope. Indian Universities are not even close to the top Universities here. Maybe IIT would come close, but I cannot think of any other. And we all know how hard it is to get into IIT's :lol: . They simply do not have the infrastructure required to give good hands on experience. From what I've seen, with my friends studying back home, most of their education is theory, they do not have enough labs, etc. If you are willing to spend the money, going to a university in the top 10 here, is definately worth it.
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Is there anybody here who has done their undergrad (graduate education) in the US?
I am doing undergrad in the US. Was in India till 12th grade.
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Re: US Dollar dip Salil is definitely in a graduate programme at Chicago, with something like a 75% waiver, I know that. I offered to swap dads with him, but the bugger refused, which is just as well, seeing that my dad passed away long ago.

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Is there anybody here who has done their undergrad (graduate education) in the US?
Yep, 4 years on a scholarship Didn't cost me much at all, as i am an NY resident and we pay lower fees in comparision to out of state or internationals
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Re: US Dollar dip My parents didn't pay for anything though. I had to take out a loan, and i am currently in the process of paying it off - trust me, don't ever feel ashamed when your parents fund your education. Being in debt is like having a noose around your neck - not fun at all.

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What subject, Holy? What does it cost? What does your old man do? PS: Wanna swap dads?
Computer Engineering. Costs almost 40k a year! :eew: believe it or not, my dads a doctor. :hic: he doesnt practise anymore, was into health insurance earlier, now he's into management
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Re: US Dollar dip Holysmoke, i did a Bachelors in an Indian school (not IIT, but a pretty decent one) and I did a Masters here. I have seen many students who have done their B.S here & come to Masters. The quality of education & overall program in the US Bachelors program may be good but the students who come out of Indian schools are much more competitive. I did not find any of my peers who entered their Masters program with a Bachelors degree from an US school, any more extraordinary than the ones from Indian schools. If anything, i found the reality to be opposite. In short, if you are a good student, whose goal is to get a job & settle down in the US, the path that involves the least investment, is a Bachelors in India & grad program in the US. There is simply no difference in the overall quality of the student regardless of where he did his Bachelors. With booming salaries for IIM grads, even money spent on MBA studies here has become questionable. Simply put, US schools no longer have the "charm factor" they once used to.

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