Friday, April 30, 2010

How is it possible for any student with average financial resource to go abroad, what are the expenses involved?

Studying abroad has to be planned properly with due stress on country and college selection. Ironically though US universities appear to be very expensive on paper, a student pursuing Masters in America or Canada, from even a moderately reputed university should not have to spend more than 7 lakhs in the worst case scenario, irrespective of the projected amount written on the Brochure.

For Australia/ NZ the amount is anything between 8-14 lakhs, for UK it may go up to 20 lakhs if one plans to pursue his/her degree from a decent institution, in Germany though there are no tuition fees, living expenses are more than compensate for it.

It should be remembered that a good education abroad need not be expensive, in fact often the converse is true, some of the best universities, especially in the USA have a unwritten rule that an offer of admission should be compulsorily accompanied by an offer of financial aid.

The good news is extremely soft student loans by the Nationalized banks in fact have made it extremely easy for students with even the meager means to study abroad.

The Bottom line?

Following the herd is often more counterproductive than beneficial, one should things out for themselves and analyzing them. Though being skeptical is a part of the process but often enough we are skeptical to the point of underestimating ourselves. It has to be understood that the universities abroad believe in a process of selection, contrary to the process of elimination that we follow in India.

Monday, April 26, 2010

READING CAN BE TOUGH ON GRE, GMAT & SAT !!!!!

Reading of late has become a hard nut to crack on all competitive exams.Even the best of the students find themselves at their wits end when it comes to reading.But the point to debate here is,Is reading indeed an insurmountable arena? Is there no way to make it an all attainable arcade? Don`t you get disheartened guys!!! "there is always light at the end of the tunnel" & reading is no exception to this.All
it needs is loads of commitment & focus towards your preparation & a conscious effort to develop faster reading.Right from day one,when you decide on taking any of the above tests,think of reading extra stuff as the first step towards your goal.

Here is how you develop faster reading habit:

1.To begin with even a newspaper would do.Read stuff like the editor`s column & note the time taken to comprehend it on day one.

2.On the second day read another such column but taking a few minutes less than what you had taken on first day.Continue each day with as much less time possible to comprehend.

3.Religiously & consciously reading new stuff coupled with proper time management would slowly but steadily help you bud into a fast reader.

4.After one or two weeks try to grab some fiction or non fiction books but mind you never you fall in love with the books & get immersed into it.Instead have a practical approach to it from exampoint of view. Hence a strategic & well planned technique would surely put you in a better frame of mind glowing with confidence to take up any challenging passage in your stride.