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Apply to university of maryland,College park(http://www.umd.edu) they have very good faculty in Telecom area especially DSP. And with your profile, I think you can take a chance

There is no reasonable way to convert percentage into GPA or vice versa. But yes there are some international organisations which do it for you (like http://www.wes.org).

Hi Friend, Few universities have direct PhD program, which takes undergraduates. You will be taking credits initially as you do for MS but within one year you have to pass the PhD Candidacy qualification exam. In this program you will be given MS degree on the way after fulfilling certain requirements. Most of the people chose the option of Direct PhD as it gives better chances of funding. But most of the people try for MS, so that they can later think about either options, that is to go for PhD or to go for the job. About 2 research interests, that is quite common. Now a days things are so interconnected that nothing follows in a single domain. Well for PhD also you have to take one Major and One Minor specialization. So there is no harm in specifying 2 research interests in my opinion, but do take advice from others also. Hope it helps, EDA

HI Compsci, I have also applied to university of Colorado, Boulder for MS(EE) and got admit. My profile is : 790 (Q) 680(V) 4.0(A) TOEFL:287 3 yr experience Country : india don't know whether your profile specially verbal will be enough.

Thanks all for your wishes. My profile is : GRE V:680 Q:790 A:4.0 TOEFL : 287 2.5 year experience in a MNC in India in VLSI/EDA. Can anyone suggest me where the job and aid chances are better ( between UMN and UMD)? Is there any website which gives all these details?

Hello All, It has been pretty long since I posted a message. I am surprised by the time universities takes to finalize the list of admitted international students. Still I am waiting for the results from 2 universities. Here are my results: Accepted: University of Minnesota, University of Maryland, University of Colorado,Boulder ( All MS ECE) Rejected : UCLA (MS,CS) , Texas(austin) (PhD,ECE),Virginia Tech(MS) Waiting: Georgia Tech (PhD), UMASS I have not heard about aid yet. I sent a mail asking them about the financial aid. Please tell me which will be better choice, both in terms of quality education and in terms of employment after graduating.

Congratulation Hendrik! All the best for you future endeavors

Congrats murboy... That's great.

Hi murboy , they sent me an informal email asking my confirmation to join the program and told that they will be sending the formal letter through airmail soon.

thank you all, Actually my application have been received in graduate office in the second week of November. Regarding financial help they told me that this process is being done side by side and they will inform me by mid march. I have applied for MS program in ECE department. Once again thank you all and All the best!

Hi All, Finally the wait is over. I got admitted to the university of Colorado, Boulder in MS for Fall 2004. Still waiting for other results to come. But this has certainly relieved the pressure. All the best for you guys.

Hello friends, I am an international student and live in India. I have applied to the universities in US. PLease tell me generally when we hear about the admission decision ( or relative time after the application deadline).

Hi Ritu, I assume that you are from India. So I beleive that quant section will not be a problem to you. You have to concentrate on your verbal and analytical sections. In verbal if you have not already done so....try to go through all the wordlists of Baron and take as much practice tests as possible.

Yaa, I agree to Eagle... Baron is quite good for practicing ...u can practice with the excercies given in the end of each chapter/tactic... I am sure this will help you to increase your score

All the best for your future. Hope you will post your success here.