kunal227

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hi all i got my visa on 5th of december and am leaving india on 27th december. Anyone else going to tamu for spring 2006? We can meet there at the orientation and solve the problems of housing combined. send me a mail if u are willing to meet kunal227@yahoo.co.in All seniors and gurus!!! Any tips for my new endeavour. please post. kunal

hi all, i thank you all heartily for helping me throughout this process of studying abroad. finally i have my visa and i have taken it for tamu. finally two cents of my visa interview. all the standard questions you can get from any forum but remember the most important thing is if you are changing your I-20 i.e. you take a date on one I-20 and after that you go for some other university's I-20 THEN do not forget to remind the visa interviewer to inform about this before leaving the window. OR go to the nearest VFS centre and give them this information and do as they guide you. other wise you will get the visa for the university on which you had taken the date because the ds-forms indicate that only and they refer only those forms. kunal

hi pankaj, i know it is a very good school but can you tell me what are the pre requisites for the dsc group. kunal

what is the total cost of attending umich ann arbor for graduate studies program of mech. engg. dept. ?

please teach me how to create a poll. kunal

i have got my admissions tamu cwru ufl which do you suggest for robotics and automation.

i had applied to tamu and cwru at the end of september and it took 1.5-2 months for the decision to come. thanks for voting. which field you belong to? kunal

vote for university TAMU, mechanical. case western reserve, mechanical. uni of florida, mechanical. many have given tamu as the best choice. but many rankings that i have seen show cwru above tamu. help me to identify for mechanical engineering . which is the best. funding is not a problem for me. kunal

vote for university TAMU, mechanical. case western reserve, mechanical. uni of florida, mechanical. many have given tamu as the best choice. but many rankings that i have seen show cwru above tamu. help me to identify for mechanical engg. which is the best. funding is not a problem for me. kunal

mechanical engineer, 63% aggregate gpa-3.8/4.0 gre 1440 and toefl 290 a good project in the final year on automation in assembly line (really fundoo project)and some participations in IIT techfest also i had received some training from iti for plc programming and digital electronics really good recos from hod (is famous for his projects in india with barc and others; news about his project was there in times of india), a professor of elective subject in final year and project guide (too impressed from our project). final year elective was computer applications in mechanical engineering (not too good but had some cool names) where we studied not more but atleast the basics of AI, neural networks, fuzzy logic, 8085 microprocessor in detail, robotics, java in good detail, c in nice detail,c++, scilab, proe in good detail, networking, etc. kunal

please rate this issue and argument for me and also give suggestions for corrections. ISSUE TOPIC: "In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more generalists -- people who can provide broad perspectives." MY RESPONCE: In today's modern world we find a variety of specialists in nearly all fields-doctors, teachers,chefs,etc. They have their own special place in the society. They all play a very important role in the development of society. Previously, if a student completed graduation in a medical or dental field, he would be considered very intelligent. But now completing graduation is no big deal. The student has to do a specialization in a particular field of his choice. Job preferences are now given only to the post graduates. A person having an injury in his bones would obviously prefer to go to an orthopaedic surgeon rather than a general physician. A person would take his infant child suffering from cough to a pediatrician rather than a physician. In case of teachers too, specialization is very much required. A person employed to teach in the high school has to have a master's degree. Also, a restaurant which specializes in a particular dish is generally more preferred by the customers than a place where all kinds of dishes are available.e.g Pizza Hut has a monopoly in pizza in many countries. On the other side of the coin, generalists also have their own place. In a rural place where hardly any facilities are availabe, a specialized doctor would not be suitable. Instead a general phyisician would be preferrable. Also, teachers which can teach in all classes of the school would be suitable. A general restaurant would only be preferred if different members of a family have different taste and choice. Moreover, a manager or a director of a company has no specialized area to work in, instead, he looks over all the departments of the company with equal diligence. A manager will solve a probelm differently than a specialized person. The former will review from all aspects the solution of the problem while the latter may review it from a particular angle only. Thus a person having different skills can work out any problem in the company. Thus, specialists and generalists both have their own role in society and both should be given equal importance according to the location and conditions. The University of Claria is generally considered one of the best universities in the world because of its instructors' reputation, which is based primarily on the extensive research and publishing record of certain faculty members. In addition, several faculty members are internationally renowned as leaders in their fields. For example, many of the faculty from the English department are regularly invited to teach at universities in other countries. Furthermore, two recent graduates of the physics department have gone on to become candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics. And 75 percent of the students are able to find employment after graduating. Therefore, because of the reputation of its faculty, the University of Claria should be the obvious choice for anyone seeking a quality education. MY RESPONSE: The author concludes that the University of Claria should be the first choice of a student seeking quality education. To support his statement, he has mentioned about its academic faculty. But there are many assumptions and flaws made by the author in the argument. The foremost flaw is that the author has not mentioned as to which subjects is the University of Claria famous for. It may be possible that the English and the Physics department may be the best for studying, but at the same time the Zoology department may not be as good as the former. Hence it may not be the obvious choice for a student who wants to do his majors in Zoology. Secondly, the reputation of all the instructors has been based on the works of only certain faculty members. It may be possible that some faculty members may not be as active or intelligent as their contemporaries. Due to the work and dedication of few persons, their credit cannot be given to the lazy persons. Thirdly, the graduate students who became candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics may not have depended completely on their faculties. They may be in-born genius and worked hard by themselves without any sufficient guidance from their instructors. Thus a University's reputation cannot be judged only by its students' works. Furthermore, sufficient data has not been provided as to students graduating from which field get employment easily. They may be finding the jobs due to the demand of that particular field at that time. e.g. information technology. But as its demand decreases in the market, the graduates may automatically face employment problems. Thus, if the author had provided sufficient data about the works and records of all the faculty members & performance of all the departments of the University, the argument would have been more persuasive to rank the University of Claria at the first place.

please give the suggestion for improvement. The University of Claria is generally considered one of the best universities in the world because of its instructors' reputation, which is based primarily on the extensive research and publishing record of certain faculty members. In addition, several faculty members are internationally renowned as leaders in their fields. For example, many of the faculty from the English department are regularly invited to teach at universities in other countries. Furthermore, two recent graduates of the physics department have gone on to become candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics. And 75 percent of the students are able to find employment after graduating. Therefore, because of the reputation of its faculty, the University of Claria should be the obvious choice for anyone seeking a quality education. MY RESPONSE: The author concludes that the University of Claria should be the first choice of a student seeking quality education. To support his statement, he has mentioned about its academic faculty. But there are many assumptions and flaws made by the author in the argument. The foremost flaw is that the author has not mentioned as to which subjects is the University of Claria famous for. It may be possible that the English and the Physics department may be the best for studying, but at the same time the Zoology department may not be as good as the former. Hence it may not be the obvious choice for a student who wants to do his majors in Zoology. Secondly, the reputation of all the instructors has been based on the works of only certain faculty members. It may be possible that some faculty members may not be as active or intelligent as their contemporaries. Due to the work and dedication of few persons, their credit cannot be given to the lazy persons. Thirdly, the graduate students who became candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics may not have depended completely on their faculties. They may be in-born genius and worked hard by themselves without any sufficient guidance from their instructors. Thus a University's reputation cannot be judged only by its students' works. Furthermore, sufficient data has not been provided as to students graduating from which field get employment easily. They may be finding the jobs due to the demand of that particular field at that time. e.g. information technology. But as its demand decreases in the market, the graduates may automatically face employment problems. Thus, if the author had provided sufficient data about the works and records of all the faculty members & performance of all the departments of the University, the argument would have been more persuasive to rank the University of Claria at the first place. ISSUE TOPIC: "In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more generalists -- people who can provide broad perspectives." MY RESPONCE: In today's modern world we find a variety of specialists in nearly all fields-doctors, teachers,chefs,etc. They have their own special place in the society. They all play a very important role in the development of society. Previously, if a student completed graduation in a medical or dental field, he would be considered very intelligent. But now completing graduation is no big deal. The student has to do a specialization in a particular field of his choice. Job preferences are now given only to the post graduates. A person having an injury in his bones would obviously prefer to go to an orthopaedic surgeon rather than a general physician. A person would take his infant child suffering from cough to a pediatrician rather than a physician. In case of teachers too, specialization is very much required. A person employed to teach in the high school has to have a master's degree. Also, a restaurant which specializes in a particular dish is generally more preferred by the customers than a place where all kinds of dishes are available.e.g Pizza Hut has a monopoly in pizza in many countries. On the other side of the coin, generalists also have their own place. In a rural place where hardly any facilities are availabe, a specialized doctor would not be suitable. Instead a general phyisician would be preferrable. Also, teachers which can teach in all classes of the school would be suitable. A general restaurant would only be preferred if different members of a family have different taste and choice. Moreover, a manager or a director of a company has no specialized area to work in, instead, he looks over all the departments of the company with equal diligence. A manager will solve a probelm differently than a specialized person. The former will review from all aspects the solution of the problem while the latter may review it from a particular angle only. Thus a person having different skills can work out any problem in the company. Thus, specialists and generalists both have their own role in society and both should be given equal importance according to the location and conditions.

hi all, i have got my admissions for the spring semester. i am kunal agarwal, an old member of testmagic.com. i had been browsing the gre forum but this is my first message here. my admits case western reserve university, cleveland, ohio. university of florida, gainesville, florida. texas A&M university, college station, texas. i am a little confused which to choose for graduate studies in mechanical engineering out of these three. :hmm: help me out with all your valuable suggestions kunal

hi all i am kunal and am knew to the tse forum. i have already given my gre and toefl and applied to the universities for spring 2006 now i am thinking of giving the tse test about one month from now onwards i.e. in the first week of november so that i can be a probable candidate for teaching assistantship. first tell me something about the test what is there in the test. how the test is taken. please guide me that from where should i begin and where i should focus more to get an awesome score not less than 50. kunal