I received a message from my brother asking for guidance on GRE or
GATE. I asked him to choose GRE, take coaching and stay serious till he
crack it. He was bit surprised and asked me you write so much on GATE
and when it comes to me you are recommending to go abroad for higher
studies.
I asked him to read my post on GATE or GRE: Which one to choose,
to understand me better. I kept trying to go to good university abroad
right from MS till PhD. I could not pursue it or ignored that option due
to lack to guidance and knowledge about how to pursue father,
especially for PhD. I don’t regret the decisions I made and feel that it
was really best for me that I completed all my education back in India.
After living outside India for almost a decade and spending good time
working with top university professors in the world I felt its important
to share Study abroad in detail.
In this post I will share what all you need to know to go to study
aboard, things one much consider even before applying GRE exam, what
will make your journey a successful one.
Affordability
Going abroad for studies is not free, we need to fulfill few requirements and pay some fees and other costs (may be you will get them back in couple months). These costs include, coaching classes for GRE and TOFEL, running for recommendation letters, official transcripts of your degree, applications fees, flight charges and minimum living expenses would cost you minimum 3~4 Lakh Indian Rupees.
Going abroad for studies is not free, we need to fulfill few requirements and pay some fees and other costs (may be you will get them back in couple months). These costs include, coaching classes for GRE and TOFEL, running for recommendation letters, official transcripts of your degree, applications fees, flight charges and minimum living expenses would cost you minimum 3~4 Lakh Indian Rupees.
There are two ways to get
this money, one is from family if they can afford it, second is to take
education loan. Ironically education loan is more expensive than
personal loan in India. I will discuss how to deal this money issues in
coming posts under study abroad category.
Make Own Living
Some universities give fee exemption and a little scholarship every month for student survival. If you get admission with full fee waiver and scholarship then consider yourself as one of the lucky chap. Otherwise, you must be willing to study and doing some kind of job to pay your bills (room rent, food and other stuff). For me it was hard to imagine making living and studying as I am average student need more time to complete my assignment and actually learn the subjects. Studying and making my living was totally out of question for me.
Some universities give fee exemption and a little scholarship every month for student survival. If you get admission with full fee waiver and scholarship then consider yourself as one of the lucky chap. Otherwise, you must be willing to study and doing some kind of job to pay your bills (room rent, food and other stuff). For me it was hard to imagine making living and studying as I am average student need more time to complete my assignment and actually learn the subjects. Studying and making my living was totally out of question for me.
GRE, TOFEL and IELTS Exams
As we are not native English speakers and most of us are rural backgrounds with little or no exposure to English as it must be there, we face huge difficulty while preparing for these exams. On the same time as our strength in math will help us to compensate this.
As we are not native English speakers and most of us are rural backgrounds with little or no exposure to English as it must be there, we face huge difficulty while preparing for these exams. On the same time as our strength in math will help us to compensate this.
All these exams and their coaching is expensive.
Good University Admission
If you are not from IITs or some top school in India, cracking to top universities in US, Canada, Australia and UK is very difficult. If you are not from a good university landing in a part time job (for living in case of no monthly scholarship) or a permanent job would be damn difficult. With the visa getting expired you will feel more insecure and troubled.
If you are not from IITs or some top school in India, cracking to top universities in US, Canada, Australia and UK is very difficult. If you are not from a good university landing in a part time job (for living in case of no monthly scholarship) or a permanent job would be damn difficult. With the visa getting expired you will feel more insecure and troubled.
Remember you are not going anywhere less than middle
tire universities to have a great career. Otherwise better stay in India
and nail it down to IITs and then go abroad for job. Dont compare going
to US for MS with IITs.
There are ways you can still knock the doors of top engineering
schools without a Bachelors degree from IITs or top universities in
India. I will share this in coming posts.
Open For Non-English Speaking Nations
If we move toward developed non English speaking nation, all conditions will be relaxed and opportunities will increase. But one same, do keep in mind that you learn the language of the nation you are going, to make best use of your time.
If we move toward developed non English speaking nation, all conditions will be relaxed and opportunities will increase. But one same, do keep in mind that you learn the language of the nation you are going, to make best use of your time.
In many countries, this will fetch your
free tuition, and a monthly scholarship to take care of your expenses.
If you are too weak in English and have issues with GRE then try this
option. While trying to go non-English speaking countries make sure you
have the list of top university and you apply in top 10.
I see
great teaching faculty in many universities. A great teacher will make
sure you learn the subject that eventually help you land a wonderful
career.
Hope this will help you have an idea about what it takes
to go abroad for studies. I will be writing few more posts related study
abroad its advantages and disadvantages, common mistakes and issues. To
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Wish you all a great luck ahead
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