Dear Sir,
I am doing my second year BE (Mechanical). I want to pursue my higher education in the US. I am planning to write the GRE in the third year. I am dying to get a seat in one of the famous institutes like MIT. What GRE score should I have?

I am also confused about what course to take after getting a seat. Please tell me about other famous institutes in the US. Can I get any financial aid?

Rahul Acharya

Dear Rahul,
Aiming for a famous University such as MIT is very good. But also know that that is not the ultimate. There are many other Universities in the US which can give you quality education.

First of all decide on your goal as to what career you want to be in. Some Universities are more famous in specific streams while others will be in some others. Mechanical engineering is a basic stream of engineering, from which point you can move on to many streams.

Starting from continuing in Mechanical Engineering moving on to Computer Hardware and Soft ware to Aeronautical Engineering and many other streams are open to you and in US it is much easier to switch over, but you need to know where you want to be. I suggest you go through a psychometric aptitude test, which will help you to narrow down your choice by matching your aptitude with interest.

It is not just the GRE score that decides your admission but also the academic performance as well as the zest to pursue your dream, which can be made known by your essay for admission.

Financial aid is another area, which one has to try. It is competitive as many would be looking for financial assistance. You may have to be prepared to study with family funding or loans till your trial succeeds.
There are good chances for those with high academic achievements.

Dear Sir,
My husband is a ITI holder with a 2 year trade certificate course in civil engineering d`ship.  Right now he has got an experience of 14 years working in various companies in India and abroad and is currently working in Dubai for a construction company.

He wants to do an engineering course in civil, and become an engineer.

Can you please let me know if he can do this by correspondence, since there are no such evening courses offered in the ULE? Also which site can I refer in the web regarding this?

Safeena

Dear Safeena,
There are many Universities all over the world offering courses in a variety of technical subjects including civil engineering online degrees.

Browse through the following web sites for specific course and other relevant details.
www.bachelordegrees.net, www.online-education-search.org, www.career-college.org, www.onlinedegreeadvantage.com, www.onlinedegreessite.com, www.distancelearning.hobsons.com, www.onlinecollegedegree.net  

Dear Sir,
My son is studying in the final year of MSc (Micro) and after completion, he would like to go to the US for further studies.

I want to know what courses he will be eligible for (like MD Medical Microbiology, MS General Microbiology) and or PhD in (Micro) and what will be the cost per annum, fee and lodging etc), and which universities are offering the respective courses and how much he would be able to earn?

Sajjad Zaheer Ahmed

Dear Sajjad Ahmed,
By virtue of having done his MSc your son will be eligible to join an MS programme in US in general microbiology.
Since the admission requirement for MS in US is 16 years of education, he can negotiate with the University that he chooses to give more course credits (for having studied one year more) by which he may be able to complete his Masters earlier than the 4 semesters.

Later on while doing MS he can narrow down his field for research in order to take a PhD.

Course fee for a typical MS programme is around Rs 4.5 lakh per year in State colleges and living expenditure comes to around rupees 3.5 lakh per year. Most often depending upon which part of US they stay the wages coming from 20 hours permissible work time will take care of the living expenditure.

How much he will be able to earn is anybody's guess. It all depends on the interest he takes and the opportunities that he makes use of and the kind of hard work that he can put in.

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