hey guys as u know I'm new here (came today) and man,
am i impressed !! thanks a lot
gforce and
myquest4glory for such prompt and a-class replies...
since you are already into spending time for newbies and getting a lot of good karma that way, here are some more questions for you.. disclaimer - you might realize i'm more of a newbie *** than u thought...
I am third yr B. tech. IT student of MNNIT (formerly MNREC), planning to take GRE in june, english and all is fine, hopeful of okay score.. research and all is zilch..
gforce, what coll/univ do u belong to? does that matter? although i am from one of the 17 NITs of india, i somehow think my coll is not good enuf... in the sense that i don't think ill get great recos (there simply are'nt great professors around), and hardly any research goes around here..
so how would u say i proceed for research? what exactly did u do and where? is research/publication pursuance possible, say, on the web (as i said my coll is...)
how important are recos? do the credentials of the recommender matter or what he writes?
thanks again and pardon the total ignorance... hope u guys will fill in... aage pareshan nahin karoonga

(yeh jhooth hai

hee hee)...
best,
attraxion.