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xaero · 03-29-2004, 02:20 PM

Hi,

I am Sumanth (Screen Name - Xaero). I had been an active TestMagician, during the heydays of my GRE and TOEFL, circa mid 2002. With valuable inputs from my veteran comrades of those times, of the likes of Raghuveer, Sri, AmigoRo, Synthia, Ramya, Sri, and others whose names I might've missed out, but are still around in the forum, and ofcourse our man Erin himself, I secured my scores at 1470 - GRE, and 287 in the TOEFL.

I completed my Bachelors in Computer Science at Bangalore, India, and applied for my grad education at 12 universities in the US. Thus far, I have been granted admits for the Masters program in the following colleges:

Cornell University (M.Eng program - without Financial Assistance)
Dartmouth College (With 50% Scholarship)
Iowa State University (No info so far about Financial Assistance)
North Carolina State University (No info so far about Financial Assistance)
Florida Institute of Technology (Was offered TA)

I'm awaiting the results from Columbia University, and looks like the school has just begun announcing its results.

I've had my share of rejects as well, for PhD programs in Purdue, JHU, U of Virginia, UCSB and UC Davis.

I had a fairly decent background in Computer and Network Security (the domain I plan to specialize in), through projects and publications. I was backed by 4 recommendations, two of which were from my professors at the Indian Institute of Science, a premier research institute in India.

Currently, Cornell interests me greatly. The "Big Red" towers in the rank lists for Computer Science studies, so I look forward to proceed towards that.

I owe much of my success to TestMagic, the members of the forum and Erin. Much help was needed during the days of my GRE (my test date was October 7th, 2002 - 4 working days after the introduction of the new pattern), when no one was sure about the grading and answering ways of the AWA. Erin's feedbacks, and suggestions and the interaction of the TMians over the threads proved invaluable. May the glories of TestMagic glow brighter than fireworks!!!

Cheers,
Xaero.

jaideep · 03-29-2004, 02:45 PM

Hey Sumanth,

CONGRATULATIONS !!! Indeed Cornell is a nice place to start. Best of luck.

Jaideep

swetak28 · 03-29-2004, 03:38 PM

hey sumanth

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

randhawa · 03-29-2004, 05:15 PM

congrats Sumanth

U have a good profile and Ofcourse Cornell is grt...

xaero · 03-31-2004, 01:57 AM

Thanks all for your wishes

. Cornell is a great place indeed. I'm seriously considering Cornell for my grad studies now!

thaiva · 03-31-2004, 02:40 AM

Congradt'z totally awesome!!!

**Erin** · 03-31-2004, 03:59 AM

Hey Sumanth, nice to *finally* be able to say congrats to you. You've been around for a while (your ID is in the low 1xxx; we're up to 7xxx now!), so it's good to finally found out not just what's happened, but that you've gotten into some great schools.

So congrats, and keep us updated!

xaero · 03-31-2004, 01:16 PM

Hi Erin,

Thanks for your wishes! I'll keep the group posted

03-31-2004, 03:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
Erin So many things to do... Forum Admin Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,301	Hey Sumanth, nice to finally be able to say congrats to you. You've been around for a while (your ID is in the low 1xxx; we're up to 7xxx now!), so it's good to finally found out not just what's happened, but that you've gotten into some great schools. So congrats, and keep us updated! _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ [Say 'hi'!] [Google Interviews Erin] [San Francisco Chronicle Interviews Erin]

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03-29-2004, 02:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
xaero Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: India Posts: 227	Hi, I am Sumanth (Screen Name - Xaero). I had been an active TestMagician, during the heydays of my GRE and TOEFL, circa mid 2002. With valuable inputs from my veteran comrades of those times, of the likes of Raghuveer, Sri, AmigoRo, Synthia, Ramya, Sri, and others whose names I might've missed out, but are still around in the forum, and ofcourse our man Erin himself, I secured my scores at 1470 - GRE, and 287 in the TOEFL. I completed my Bachelors in Computer Science at Bangalore, India, and applied for my grad education at 12 universities in the US. Thus far, I have been granted admits for the Masters program in the following colleges: Cornell University (M.Eng program - without Financial Assistance) Dartmouth College (With 50% Scholarship) Iowa State University (No info so far about Financial Assistance) North Carolina State University (No info so far about Financial Assistance) Florida Institute of Technology (Was offered TA) I'm awaiting the results from Columbia University, and looks like the school has just begun announcing its results. I've had my share of rejects as well, for PhD programs in Purdue, JHU, U of Virginia, UCSB and UC Davis. I had a fairly decent background in Computer and Network Security (the domain I plan to specialize in), through projects and publications. I was backed by 4 recommendations, two of which were from my professors at the Indian Institute of Science, a premier research institute in India. Currently, Cornell interests me greatly. The "Big Red" towers in the rank lists for Computer Science studies, so I look forward to proceed towards that. I owe much of my success to TestMagic, the members of the forum and Erin. Much help was needed during the days of my GRE (my test date was October 7th, 2002 - 4 working days after the introduction of the new pattern), when no one was sure about the grading and answering ways of the AWA. Erin's feedbacks, and suggestions and the interaction of the TMians over the threads proved invaluable. May the glories of TestMagic glow brighter than fireworks!!! Cheers, Xaero.

03-29-2004, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
jaideep Within my grasp! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 137	Hey Sumanth, CONGRATULATIONS !!! Indeed Cornell is a nice place to start. Best of luck. Jaideep

03-29-2004, 03:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
swetak28 charlie angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA Posts: 288	hey sumanth Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-29-2004, 05:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
randhawa Within my grasp! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: India Posts: 127	congrats Sumanth U have a good profile and Ofcourse Cornell is grt...

03-31-2004, 01:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
xaero Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: India Posts: 227	Thanks all for your wishes . Cornell is a great place indeed. I'm seriously considering Cornell for my grad studies now!

03-31-2004, 02:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
thaiva TM Guru-in-Training Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 761	Congradt'z totally awesome!!!

03-31-2004, 01:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
xaero Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: India Posts: 227	Hi Erin, Thanks for your wishes! I'll keep the group posted

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