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Universities for Masters in Germany with Low GPA

Team Macha — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:57:39 +0000

Germany is a renowned study abroad destination for international students. However, it also is true that it is not the only deciding role in determining admission for them. It is the applicant's overall profile which ultimately comes to the rescue during and after the application process for easy conversion. This post discusses a few universities…

Top 10 Tips for Writing a Winning Statement of Purpose (SOP)

Team Macha — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:39:11 +0000

Statement of Purpose (SoP), if put as an application requirement, is one of the most important components, and in some cases proven to be the deciding component, of the application documents. An SoP lets the admission committee become more acquainted with who you are; what you want to study and why; experiences you have in…

MIM vs MBA – Which is Better?

Team Macha — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:21:06 +0000

Should I pursue an MBA or MIM (aka Master in Management) or a Master in Information Management after my undergraduate degree and a few years of experience? This is a question that millions of students struggle with especially if they did their undergraduate in commerce, arts, and business. This is not a standardized, easy answer to this…

Study Medicine (MD/MBBS) in the USA after high school

Team Macha — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:11:32 +0000

Are you aspiring to study MBBS in USA after 12th from India? Well, there is no MBBS course or any undergraduate program in Medicine in the US. In the US, you can study medicine only at the postgraduate level which is MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). In this article, we…

Answer to: Eligibility Requirements for MBA in Germany

stevejack — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:51:17 +0000

I want to study MBA but couldn't decide which program is in demand and has a vast scope nowadays. I have searched and study about lot of programs but not able to decide. There are many universities that are offering online degree programs but these programs also have variations among courses as i have seen at this link. Kindly guide me about anything useful.

RE:61% of students defer plan to study abroad, says study

Kolline — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:18:45 +0000

The decision to put off higher studies abroad by a year could be attributed to several universities moving their Fall Semester entirely online. You can make your dreams come true with the help of our scholarships, awards, and bursaries to study abroad based on academic and non-academic merits.

Anyone knows what is the interview like for FAU Germany Elite masters programs?

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:05:50 +0000

Anyone knows what is the interview like for FAU Germany Elite masters programs?

Brexit blamed for rise in foreign student no-shows at UK's top schools

Team Macha — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:35:31 +0000

International students are increasingly likely to choose other European countries for their studies, business school leaders warn, as top UK schools face up to 20 percent increases in student ‘no shows’. One in six UK business schools has reported an increase in the number of “no show” undergraduate students for the 2016–17 academic year, with…

Answer to: Has anyone got the US Visa after multiple failed attempts?

Gopinath — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:27:07 +0000

Hello everyone
Visa Appointment at Chennai consulate.
1st attempt - Rejected
Date- 11th January
Time - 9 :00 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
University: Santa Clara University
I got counter number 27, walked with my file and said good morning officer
VO : did not see my face or reply anything
After 2-3 sec
VO: pass me your passport (bit rude voice)
Me: passed my passport
VO:Which University are you going to?
Me: Santa Clara university
Vo: Which all Universities did you apply?
Me : UTD, UTA, George Mason
VO : (interupted me and asked) which all admits among them?
Me: I got 4 admits and I named them
VO: looked at my i-20 for 5 sec and said this university is pretty expensive who is sponsoring for your education?
Me: My parents are sponsoring me
VO: what is your father's income
Me: 8.8 lakhs per annum
VO: 8 lakhs comes around 12000 USD your program requires 52000 USD which is 3 times your dad's Annual income
Me: I have education loan sanctioned for 60 lakhs and my parents have savings of 50 lakhs ( he did not listen this he had already started typing something)
VO : keep your left finger and take your documents sorry I cannot give you visa under section 214b please read this document.

Can anyone please let me know where did I go wrong, what else should I do better next time? Will VO officer consider my application without judging me based on my reject ? Can I go to same Chennai consulate again and after how many days I should apply again?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer to: Has anyone got the US Visa after multiple failed attempts?

Rashi — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:25:12 +0000

1st time rejected

Centre Mumbai

Date: 15/Dec/2020

Time: 5min

Counter: 30

(Because I was very nervous & counldn't ans properly, also I dont heard any question properly)

Vo. Heard somthing like cleveland state university?

Me. Yes

Vo. What is your specialization in Computer Science?

Me. Data Science and Machine learning

Vo. I couldn't heard anything but something like score

Me. Sorry sir

(Again I heard only score word

This time I was very nervous and said my undergraduate CGPA)

Me. 6.96

Vo. 6.96

Me. Yes sir

Type something And said sorry I am rejecting your Visa

2nd Time (rejected)

Centre: Mumbai

Date: 30/Dec/2020

Counter 26

Me. Good morning, How are you?

Vo. Good morning, Pass me your Passport

Me. I pass my passport and i20

Vo. Which University

Me. Cleveland state University Ohio.

Vo. Which course

Me. Masters in computer Science.

Vo. What did you do in your undergraduate?

Me. I completed my bachelor of engineering in electronics and telecommunication.

Vo. Why change field?

Me. I was very nervour this time

And say I have worked as software tester in which I gain in depth knowlage of software architecture and distributed system now I want to take this forward and interest in developing large scale distributed system.

Vo. Why this University?

Me. Cleveland state university offers advance courses in data science, And it is research driven university professior Alexandra and satish kumar are doing research in data science and machine learning and I am perticularly interested in this area, also this university is one of the best university in ohio & I received scholarship that the reasion I choose Cleveland state University.

Vo. Who is sponsoring You?

Me. My father is sponsoring me

Vo. What does he do?

Me. He is a deputy manager in state bank of India

Type somthing and say sorry I am rejecting your Visa