How to Start Building Your Profile for Applying for MS programs abroad

Is getting into a top notch foreign university for your masters’ program your dream? Well, dreams are easier to achieve when you have a beforehand fair idea about how to prepare yourself for the journey. Most students aspiring for an MS do not have sufficient knowledge of what universities expect in their profiles, and it is quite disheartening when they face multiple rejects from universities. In this post, therefore, we list a few tips on how you can start building your profile for applying for a masters’ program abroad.

Identify your USP and start building relevant achievements

In order to make your application powerful, you can identify your USP/strengths and start towards building relevant achievements in that particular area. This helps give the admissions committee a direction to build an impression of you and provides consistency to your application. At the same time, it also proves that you are passionate about that thing and are determined to perform more and more.

For example, if you have good oratory skills, you can start participating in various MUN Conferences (Model United Nations), parliamentary debates etc. Or say, if you have good leadership skills or an entrepreneurial streak, you could engage yourself in organizing community services or an NGO or initiating a club in your college etc. Whatever you choose upon, make sure you work meticulously on building that particular thing. You can then use these details of your resume in writing powerful Statement of Purpose (SOP) and also ask your professors to highlight the same points in your Letter of Recommendations (LOR)

Internship at a prestigious organization

An internship or any sort of work experience at an organization that has a challenging and competitive process of selection can add on very strongly to your application. This gives the admissions committee an insight that you are dynamic enough to get selected into an organization whose recruitment process was highly competitive.

Certificate Courses

Taking up recognized certificate courses can help in the admissions committee viewing your application in a positive light. It gives the indication that you are committed to learning even outside the classroom and are curious and determined enough to learn more and more. So you can consider taking up relevant certificate courses or even online MOOCs, whenever you have holidays or free time.

Publishing research papers

This can be an extremely strong add on to your profile, and can make your profile look really robust. Publishing research papers in reputed journals is not everyone’s cup of tea and if you manage to publish one, you could strongly increase your chances of being selected. This gives the admissions committee the outlook that you have research interests and are capable of academic writing, and thus, could be a potential asset for their university.

Thus, having listed these four important tips, we are sure that if you start working assiduously on these guidelines, you can create a robust application for applying abroad. And along with this, if you also manage to get a good test score, you are certainly good to go!

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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4 Biggest Mistakes that people make while preparing for the GRE

Are you aiming for a really high GRE score? A critical factor in ensuring your success on the GRE is knowing what not to do. Skill Maestro lists 4 common mistakes that most people commit while preparing for the GRE. Avoiding these mistakes can help you streamline your time and efforts more judiciously, which can be a significant score booster.

Last minute preparation

Many GRE aspirants slack most of their early preparation time and try becoming a ‘samurai’ in the last few weeks. Most of them think that working under pressure might increase their productivity. This is, however, a common fallacy. That’s because GRE is an aptitude based exam and not some undergraduate college exam where full swing last minute prep can help you ace the exam. GRE requires tacts and tricks to crack it. You cannot expect last minute prep to help you crack the GRE. Preparing for the GRE is a process.  If you want to crack it, you need to be methodical right from the beginning. Remember, cracking the GRE is a skill that you can acquire if you give yourself sufficient time. 

Focusing only on one section

It is quite common for students to underestimate either quant or verbal section of the GRE, thinking that they have the natural ability for a particular section, which leads them to systematically neglect their preparation for that section. This can be deadly. For example, many students underestimate the quant section of the GRE and take it too lightly. This can prove to be lethal because GRE is a tricky examination and building familiarity with the common traps that the test throws you with is important. And only practice can help you with that. Thus, no matter what it is always advisable to have a balanced study plan.

Not charting your performance after practice tests

Practice tests allow you to monitor your performance for patterns, weaknesses and strengths. Therefore, just seeing your score on the practice test and not charting the mistake patterns you have committed can be a blunder. Understanding your mistakes, weak areas and strong areas can help you quantify your progress and accordingly help you create a study plan for yourself. This can make a significant difference in your performance. 

Reviewing only the questions that you got wrong

It is essential to review each and every question that you practice, because getting the right answer is just not enough - how you got the right answer is more important. You might get an answer correct with a lot of drudgery that can eat up your energy and time, leaving you with less of it for other questions. Thus, knowing the most efficient way to approach questions is extremely important. Thus, review all the questions that you practice and look out for the solution process given in the answer sheet and ask yourself what’s the most cost efficient way of approaching this question.

We hope this article would make you more methodical in your GRE prep plan. After all, knowing what not to do is also crucial! 

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How important are extra-curricular activities in your application?

Do you think having just a good GPA or a good test score enough to get into a top ranking university? The answer is no! Extra-curricular activities might just be as important for your application to be accepted.  In this post, we try to answer why.

Almost all applicants at top ranking colleges have excellent academic record!

At highly selective schools, almost all applicants have a reasonably good GPA as well as good test score. The university obviously can’t admit all of those applicants who are equally good academically. It is here that extra-curricular activities can help draw a distinguishing bar. Selective colleges are attracted to students who are curious, active and eager relative to their peers.

Universities want to build diversity in their classrooms

Many a times, universities look for other details beyond a strong academic record so that they can create diversity in class. Thus, you would at times see some applicants who might not be academically extremely stellar being selected to top ranking universities – it is the right mix of their extra- curricular activities and beyond classroom engagements in a relevant area that gets the ball rolling for such applicants. Therefore, if you have got the right mix of extra curricular activities to showcase, that might just cover up your not so stellar grades.

Extra-curricular activities speak a lot of things about you!

Admissions committee get to know a lot about your personality with the kind of extra curricular activities you have on your profile. For example, if you have initiated a club in your college, it conveys the admissions committee of your confidence, leadership, initiative, team work and networking skills. Universities specifically value activities wherein you have showed leadership and created an impact. After all, they want that their campuses give birth to future leaders in business, academia or research.

Finally - It’s not about quantity, but about quality!

This is a word of caution. While extra- curricular activities are important, they are not the by all and end all for your admission. Scores do matter, and of this, there is no doubt. Extra-curricular activities act like the icing on the cake of your application and make your application look appealing to the admissions committee. So, rather than flooding your profile with a deluge of different extra-curricular activities, it is better to narrow down your domain to 2-3 areas (say, community service, or, literary club, or soccer club , or research club, or anything that you are passionate about) and have your extra curricular activities revolve around those areas. This will help you convey a ‘narrative’ about yourself to the college admissions committee.

Thus, to conclude, while your GPA and test scores, do matter, extra curricular activities are the cherry on the top of the cake, and they complement your academic profile. The catch is maintaining the right, relevant mix of extra curricular activities on your application which can convey a robust, dynamic impression of your personality to the admissions committee.

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6 ways to equip yourself with GRE/GMAT/SAT much before you begin your test prep formally

They say “A little progress everyday adds up to big results”. Most people start preparing for the GRE, GMAT or SAT just months before they have to actually take the exam. Most candidates give themselves a 3 month/6 month/12 month prep time to formally prepare for these exams. But it is a wise decision to equip yourself with the skills tested on these exams years before you face the actual test situation, just by making the certain skills a part of your everyday life, so that you can master the skills in small doses.

Wondering how? Skill Maestro lists some tips to equip yourself adequately with the skills tested on these exams much, much before you actually start preparing formally. 

Habituate yourself to non-fiction reading daily

All the standardized tests throw at you dry non fiction, academic styled passages, often not from your area of study. It is often a struggle to tackle reading comprehension, since many of us are not habituated to read those serious and dry academic passages, and hence mastering such reading comprehension passages requires a lot of practice. Hence, the best way to equip yourself for cracking reading comprehension is to already have a sound and thorough practice of reading such material. 

You should habituate yourself with reading heavy, analytical columns from magazines and newspapers to get your reading and assimilation speed fast. Get yourself daily to read a piece of reading from newspapers like the New York Times or magazines like the Scientific American. If you get accustomed to reading such pieces, you’ll take lesser time in dealing with the RC section when you actually plan to prepare for the test, thus giving you a competitive edge over others.

Maintain a vocabulary diary

Vocabulary is important to master for any competitive exam, and as such students preparing for these exams have to learn some 2000 odd words in any case to crack these exams. Those with an already good flair of vocabulary definitely get an edge over others. Hence, it is advisable to build your vocabulary way before you intend to start preparing for the tests. It will help you save your time which you would have otherwise devoted to learning words you didn’t know. 

To be adept at vocabulary, you can maintain a diary and start writing words you come across with their meanings and usage. This also has a bearing with point number 1 – when you get yourself to read the academic styled pieces, you are sure to come across with new words, note those words in a diary along with meaning and usage.

Start using applications for word games or speed reading

With a deluge of smart phone apps, you should definitely get your hands on apps that help you in your language skills. There are plenty of apps available for word games, vocabulary building and speed reading. This will help you ‘learn by fun’! You will never come to know that you have actually acquired essential skills for your test through this!

Practice writing analytical pieces – like say movie/book reviews and critique!

Almost all standardized tests have an analytical writing component. Many students struggle with this section, since it is not just about writing flowery language or being a literary genius, but is more about developing strong arguments and expressing critical thought process. You could equip yourself with such skills by developing a blog of your own for commenting and writing reviews about the movies and books you have read! This will not only be fun, but will help you develop analytical style of writing, just what is required in your tests!

Audit your way through practice tests to know what exactly the tests require of you

It is a good idea to sift through full length GRE/GMAT/SAT practice tests to get a hang of what exactly these tests demand of you. Once you get a fair idea, you can tweak  your daily habits in a way such that it revolves along the lines of acquiring the skills required in the test.

Start  estimating calculations and validate them later 

Estimation and ball-parking is an important skill required in competitive tests. Often you do not have the time to perform lengthy calculations, especially in the data interpretation section. The good news is that the test makers also do not expect you to perform those lengthy calculations! The answer choices in the tests, especially in the data interpretation section, are often such that if you can make a reasonable estimation, you are good to go!

Hence, make it a point to start estimating calculations in your daily routine – this will help you save your considerable time in the quant section, especially in the data interpretation part. 

These were some ways you can equip yourself with the skills needed for the standardized tests much before you formally start your test prep. Adopting these ways can help you gain a competitive edge over others, for sure! 

We hope that this post cleared the essential differences between the GRE and the GMAT when making a choice to study abroad. Skill Maestro wishes you all the best for whichever option you think is more suitable for you!

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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How to manage GRE/GMAT prep if you are a working professional?

GRE/GMAT are no easy going tests that can be taken lightly – both of them require thorough and adequate preparation. It is relatively easier to take out time for test prep when you are already a student, because you are already fixated in that momentum. However, with working professionals, things change a bit and it becomes relatively difficult to take out time for adequate test prep. 

This post is for all such working professionals who are wondering how to manage their working hours and schedule to take out adequate time for test prep.

Make judicious use of your commute times

Commute times which people see as a hindrance and waste, can be turned into a favourable opportunity if only you use them wisely. You may use your travel time for brushing up on concepts or revising vocabulary. If you have joined a coaching for test prep, you can revise the portions taught in the classes while you commute. You can make use of flash cards for vocabulary while travelling or can maintain your own diary of vocabulary and revise them while commuting. One of the most effective ways to use your travel times for test prep is by listening to audio lectures and audio vocabulary tapes. 

Constant Practice/Revision at regular intervals

This may sound like a cliché but when you are a working professional, staying focussed becomes a bit difficult and you tend to forget soon the concepts and words you have learnt amidst your professional work. Thus, regular practice and revision becomes all the more important when you are a working professional.  You may take out a fixed amount of time at regular intervals for review and revision. For example, you can set aside an hour in every two days for reviewing and practicing the previous concepts. This will help you break the interia which working professionals often get trapped into when they venture back to studies. In addition to this, you must definitely take a practice test, say, each Sunday. 

Use good test prep applications

There is a wide proliferation of GRE/GMAT prep centric apps which you can use for your prep. For example, there are many apps specifically built for vocabulary enhancement for GRE/GMAT. Many apps help you in explanation of math concepts tested in the GRE/GMAT. It is wise to use these apps, since you can use them even while you are at work. All you need is your smartphone!

Invite other test aspirants for revision sessions

This is another effective way for you to stay focused and motivated in your test prep. If you have any friends also preparing for GRE/GMAT, you can set up your revision sessions with them – this will help you as well as them to spend some more time on preparation. Not only this, it will also help you monitor your progress viz a viz, the other person and is a good motivational booster.

These are a few small tips how can manage your GRE/GMAT preparation while working. At Skill Maestro, we have coached several GRE/GMAT aspirants who were working professionals and helped them dovetail their work schedules with their test prep. Almost all of them have got their admits to top universities even after tight work schedules. If you are also a working professional aspiring for GRE/GMAT, Skill Maestro wishes you all the best and welcomes you to interact with our test mentors.

We hope that this post cleared the essential differences between the GRE and the GMAT when making a choice to study abroad. Skill Maestro wishes you all the best for whichever option you think is more suitable for you!

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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Funding your study abroad education and managing your expenses

An education which changes a student’s future for good has worth its weight in gold. Studying abroad is a dream for many students considering the bright prospects ahead, but soon proves shattering for most because of the high cost involved such as traveling cost, college and tuition fees, living cost, day to day expenses etc. In fact students willing to study overseas, as a very first step, have to demonstrate that they have genuine access to sufficient funds to cover the associated expenses to be granted a student visa.

However, in spite of being a burly expense, students can still manage their funds adequately if aware of the possible options with proper planning done beforehand.

Mentioned below are few options available for funding your education:

• Scholarship: Government, education institutions, and a number of other public and private organizations provide financial contribution towards a number of scholarships which enable students to study overseas. Some scholarships cover the entire living expenses at the university where as some are partial and require students to arrange for additional funds. These scholarships and aids are largely provided on the basis of merit but are far and few and vary from course to course. Therefore, a thorough research regarding the institutions, type of scholarships, eligibility criteria and application deadlines and procedures is essential to successfully receive one.
• Financial aid from private institutions: Financial aid is provided by many private institutes and few state universities. Private universities can give discounts or lower the cost of tuition fee providing invaluable help. However, the tuition fees of state universities are almost half than the private universities. You can request it through sending application online or for more information, you can also contact the international school offices at the U.S institutions.
• Loans:
• Indian banks: Many Indian banks offer foreign education loans to students but only when the admission in the foreign university is confirmed and the student has enrolled for a full time course. The loan is not offered for distance learning or correspondence courses. Unlike scholarship students have to repay the loan taken with interest as per the bank’s terms and conditions.
• Foreign banks: Some U.S banks also offer loan to students. Such banks require sign by a co-signer who is a permanent resident of U.S or has a green card.
• Some international organizations also to provide loans to students.
• Personal or family funds: In certain conditions when a student can not avail the scholarship opportunity or is not interested in taking loan, a good option is to pay fees and expenses by arranging money from private or family funds. In this way, a student can also exempt from paying loan back with interest. Later, after 1st year or semester, students can apply for jobs like teacher assistantship (TA) or research assistantship (RA). Apart from working and gaining experience, students also gets stipend for such jobs which can help in bearing day to day expenses.

Managing your expense

The expenses involved in studying abroad are not limited only upto booking flight tickets and paying college and tuition fees. There are more expenses like house rents, phone bills, health insurance, travel, etc which can cause huge financial burden on students. Let’s look upon the possible solutions that can aid you in paying such expenses and saving money.

• Part time Jobs: Mostly the students go to U.S in F1 Visa which allows them to work for maximum of 20 hours per week. The student can apply for various job opportunities in the university campus itself or outside and earn money to deal with the daily expenses.
• Cutting down on the non-essential things: There are various other ways other than doing job through which a student can save his/her money and cut down on the expenses. For example-  
• A lot needs to be paid for housing rent but a student can save money by sharing accommodation with his/her fellowmates or friends.
• Instead of eating out in the canteens or restaurants, a student can choose to cook at home.
• Choose your accommodation at a place where public transport is easily available.
• Look for the call and data plans which don’t cost the student much.
• Student discount: Everybody looks for discount and what better if you are getting it at a country where saving every coin matters. Yes, for students studying abroad, ISIC (International student identity card) is available through which they can get discounts  for travel purpose, online purchase etc. Many countries accept ISIC student card including the U.S.
• Plan in advance: Planning and organizing in advance is beneficial. For example if you are planning to go to India for a visit then plan in advance when you want to go and for what time and book your tickets accordingly. Booking tickets early costs less and also reduce panic.

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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GRE vs. GMAT – Which test is more suitable for me?

In the recent years, the scope of GRE and GMAT has become increasingly convergent, unlike a decade ago, when GRE and GMAT were viewed as quite divergent from each other.  Everyone knows that while the GMAT is the standardized test for Business Schools, the GRE is a standardized test for technical masters/PhD degrees from foreign universities. What many people do not know is that today an increasing number of B-schools have also started accepting a GRE score, as an alternative to GMAT.

With this increased scope of GRE scores, people, especially, working professionals often find themselves confused between the essential choice between the GRE and the GMAT. If you are wondering about which test is more suitable for you, this post is for you.

Get a clarity on the scope of the two tests

In order to get a diverse pool of applicants, a lot of management programs have started accepting GRE score as an alternative to GMAT score, including universities like Harvard and Stanford. However, the GMAT cannot be used in place of the GRE, so unless you want to a business school, do not take the GMAT. If you are sure that you want to do a masters/PhD in say, sociology, then, GRE is your only option. 

Check the admission requirements of each college

Just because B schools of the likes of Harvard and Stanford have started accepting GMAT scores, it does not mean that all the top B schools accept the GRE score as an alternative to the GMAT. Always check with the business/ management program to see which ones accept GRE scores. If most of your intended schools accept a particular test and only one or two give you a choice, maybe you should go with that test that will work everywhere.

Understand where do your strengths lie

When comparing the difficulty level of both the tests, there is no black and white conclusion, since it depends on who is taking the test. For example, those who struggle at math and quant, will find the GMAT quite daunting. GRE math is easier than the level of GMAT math. On the other hand, those who struggle with language, reading comprehension and vocabulary, the GRE would seem quite daunting. Understand which skills are you adept at. You can take an official GRE practice test and an official GMAT practice test to get a clarity on your strengths.

Get in touch with experts

Once you take the respective official practice tests, see what your results are. If you score significantly better on one, then the answer is clear. However if there isn’t much difference, you can consult GRE/GMAT trainers to get detailed and personal expert advice. We at Skill Maestro, provide personal counselling sessions by experts to aspiring candidates to help them analyse what option is more suitable for them based on their aptitude, inclination and profile.

We hope that this post cleared the essential differences between the GRE and the GMAT when making a choice to study abroad. Skill Maestro wishes you all the best for whichever option you think is more suitable for you!

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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The ‘How’ Behind a Good Letter of Recommendation

Letters of Recommendation (LORs) are a powerful tool to bolster your chances of securing admit into the university of your choice. People tend to take them lightly, but most often these carry more weightage than your essays. They are extremely resourceful to the college admissions committee as they are instrumental in providing valuable insights into your attitude towards studies, work habits, learning behaviour and your ability to perform to pressures and challenges. They are also a potential source of conveying how robust was your learning environment and academic program.

Skill Maestro presents a comprehensive list of tips to assist you in your process of securing LORs.

1.    Choose the teachers who know you in and out!

You need to be wise while choosing the teachers/counselors/advisers who will write an LOR for you. Your recommenders should be those who are familiar with your intellectual abilities, academic skills, critical thinking skills and communication skills. Those mentors who have seen you coping up to challenges and are aware of your desire to learn are the ones who are best positioned to support your application. Choose the ones who will act in your best interest.

2.    Share your finest details of activities and achievements with your recommenders

Send your CV with the recommender you choose to expose him to your profile completely. If possible, discuss things with him/her. Your recommender might know you in and out, but there might be fine details he/she might not be aware of. Share those details with him/her so that he/she can get a holistic picture of your profile and can help you endorse better.

3.    Sufficiently inform them about the way you are projecting yourself to the university

There needs to be a balance between how you are projecting yourself to the admissions office and what your recommendation letter talks of. Sufficiently inform your recommenders the achievements and strengths that you are highlighting in your application so that things can remain consistent through-out your application.  Share your motivations, ambitions, aspirations, strengths and weaknesses with your recommenders.

4.    Keep them informed about the application deadlines and the relevant forms

Inform your recommenders about the application deadlines and the guidelines and information sought by the universities you are applying to so that you can avoid any discrepancies and last minute hassles.

5.    Give them time!

You need to request your recommenders well in advanced about writing an LOR for you. They need to take out time from their busy schedules thinking about and preparing the letter. This will again help you avoid last minute rushes and will ensure that your LORs are in their best form of expression and not hastily drafted.

So, start looking for your potential recommenders who can project the best form of your talent to the universities of your choice! Needless to say, LORs are not just indispensible but extremely resourceful, to both you and to the admissions committee!

About Skill Maestro At Skill Maestro, We guide prospective students about the entire application process as well as suitable universities as per their profile/test scores. We have consulted dozens of prospective students for MIS across the globe. We have a physical presence in Indore where we also help students prepare for GRE, GMAT & SAT Follow Us  on Google+!

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Choosing the Right University for graduate studies

Taking the GRE/GMAT is only the first step towards your journey of studying in a reputed foreign university. The real and the more taxing task starts after your GRE/GMAT, when you finally decide to apply to universities. Often students get bogged down in deciding what specific course and which universities they should be targeting. Most of them are often wary about not taking wrong decisions, given the cost, time and effort for applying to foreign grad schools.

We list some tips that may come in handy for you to take a wise decision towards choosing which universities to keep in your platter and which ones not to.

1.    Choose authentic sources for rankings

The first step to list down the universities falling under your area of interest and your bracket of your test score is to go through the top 100 universities and deciding which ones are in accordance with your scores. While doing so, it is important to search for universities on legitimate sources. For example, US News is a reliable platform for comparing the rankings of US universities. Similarly, instead of relying on your home country’s search engine, you may reach out to the websites based in the concerned country.

2.    Catch the right people!

Once you have listed down your intended choice of universities from a pool of universities, the next what follows is to go to the official websites of these universities and get a sense of the fine details of the program that they offer (the curriculum, duration, workload etc.). It is often a very good idea to reach out to the college via mail to seek out specific information that you need. While doing so, the concerned administrator might also put you in touch with the current students/alumni (if not, you may request him/her to) to get an honest assessment of the program and the atmosphere and opportunities in the university. Do not shy away from sending mails – the administrators do reply to mails with celerity!

3.    Get insights about opportunities

Talk to the current students/alumni and learn what all opportunities lie once you graduate to get a good clarity of the scope of your program. You may also consult the concerned school’s international students and scholar’s office to know about the Optional Practical Training program (OTP), which allows international students to work in the U.S. legally for one year after graduation as long as their jobs are related to their educational field, as well as about visas.

4.    The often forgotten factor – location!

Students generally tend to forget the location factor while determining the choice of their universities. This is an important factor. For example, if a university is located in an urban centre, it is easier to get good internship opportunities there, rather than if the location of your university is in a small or rural town.

5.    Assessing your chances via pre-application process

For those who are risk averse and want to apply to universities where there is more probability of getting selected, you should definitely assess your chances via pre-application process, which essentially entails sending universities or professors of universities e-mail declaring your interest and scores along with your CV. Though informally, the professors generally tend to give you an evaluation of your application. This might come in handy to assess your chances of being selected, according to which you can choose your universities. You might want to keep more of such universities where your pre-app responses had been positive.
 

It is indeed an onerous task to zero in on your choice of universities given the cost and time constraints. Very often students spend a lot of money in this process, blindly applying to universities and facing discouraging rejections. It is important to know how to optimize your search for the right kind of universities matching your profile so that you don’t burn your pockets and waste your precious time. At Skill Maestro, we are more than dedicated towards this end!

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How to compensate for a low GPA in your application?

 Many a time a lot of our students ask this question. I have a low CGPA.. How do I improve my chances for an admit to a good graduate program? You fervently want to get into a good graduate school, but feel uncertain and hazy over your prospects of getting selected due to your low college/school GPA? If this is the story of your life, read on. This post is dedicated to expound on how to counter low GPAs during application process. While college GPA is an important parameter for application processing, it is not all, and there are ways to deal with it.

We have listed a few such ways to provide you insights and make your lives simpler!

1.    Target for a high GRE/GMAT score

If you’ve had low GPA in your college, but a good score on standardized tests like the GRE or the GMAT, it reflects to the admission committee that while you’ve had low scores in college, you have a reasonably good aptitude and intellectual capabilities. Also scores in college exams are very often a bit subjective since grading pattern/scales and also evaluation criteria and class difficulty differ hugely across countries. Since standardized tests are not subject to such differing patterns, it is a very good indicator of your aptitude since everybody is tested on the same grounds. Thus, if you score reasonably good in these tests, your chances to get selected will significantly escalate.

2.    Take responsibility and offer an explanation

While a high GRE/GMAT score might prove your intellectual capabilities, you still cannot get rid of that low GPA simply with a high GRE/GMAT score. That’s because such a condition suggests that while you are intellectually capable, you are possibly less motivated. It is thus critical not to disregard your low GPA just because you have a decent GRE/GMAT score. Take responsibility for your low GPA in college in your application. There are a number of reasons of low GPA like illness, family issues, lack of maturity, lack of interest/motivation, switch in teachers etc. You could possibly choose one of these and expound on them. When you take a responsibility for your poor grades with a justification, it gives an impression to the admissions committee of your maturity and drive to improve. You could discuss your poor grades in a personal statement or in an additional information field in application form.

3.    Try and get a good recommendation letter

A good rapport with a professor can be a life-saver in case of low GPA. Develop close relationships with teachers and professors so that they may help you with your recommendation letter. A good recommendation letter from a professor that speaks of how you are improving consistently may come as a brownie point. Have an explicit discussion with the teachers/professors you have good rapport with.

4.    Extracurricular or outside enrichment classes

These are often the most strong compensatory steps in your application for your low GPA. You could point out how you spent tons of time on extracurricular activities like sports, arts, competitions, contests, internships, part time jobs, other enrichment classes/certificate courses etc. Colleges often like to have a diverse pool of students in their campus. So if you have been significantly active in say sports, highlight that. Most colleges are often forgiving when they get a good reason to believe that you have been prolific in other activities outside academics.

5.    Take additional learning courses

When you take additional learning courses, it comes as a brownie point.  It gives an impression to the admissions’ committee that you have a drive and motivation to learn. You may consider taking up online e-learning courses (which are becoming very popular these days) or certificate courses with some learning centre or university etc. This can give your application a reasonable weightage. You could also use this to counter for a low GPA in a particular subject. Say, for example, if you didn’t do well in Operations Research subject in your college, you could take up e-learning courses from platforms like Course-Era in the same subject and display your proficiency there and mention in your application that since you could not have the opportunity to do well, you decided to take up a course on Operations Research to enhance your competence.

6.    Wait to apply – Double Masters’

If you are ardently passionate about going to a good university abroad, you may consider waiting. By waiting, we mean, you may enroll yourself into a masters’ course in some college in the country itself and perform well, gain competence and then apply for a double masters’ in universities abroad. While this can be taxing, it escalates your chances significantly and make your application really strong and convincing, displaying your vigour and enthusiasm to learn.

We at Skill Maestro have provided admissions counseling to hundreds of students with this age-old story of the’ low GPA trap’, and have successfully enabled their applications to get selected at many reputed universities like North-Eastern University, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University etc.  You are always welcome!

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Should you join a coaching for GRE preparation?

Whether to join a coaching for GRE preparation remains a dilemma for many. The answer to this question is actually not in black and white. It depends on a lot of factors, which people usually are unaware of.

Skill Maestro is committed to genuinely assist GRE aspirants – whether they take the coaching for GRE or not. This post is dedicated to you for an objective evaluation of whether to join a coaching for GRE or not.

We list a number of factors that will shape your decision to join coaching or not.

1.    Take a diagnostic test

The first and the foremost step in deciding whether to opt for coaching or not, is by self evaluation through a diagnostic test. Take the ETS powerprep Test 1, which is the official sample GRE test and evaluate yourself on it. If you score between the bracket of 157-170 in both verbal and quant, you probably would not require a coaching to assist you. You would just need good practice material and you are good to go.

However, if you score below this bracket on any one of the section, you might want to take a coaching class, as GRE tutors would provide you with a GRE oriented direction with handy tips, tricks and valuable advice on your weak spots. Remember, cracking the GRE is more of a skill which can be developed. GRE tests your English and basic quant skills, which any adult is capable of intrinsically, it just needs to be fine tuned in accordance with the GRE pattern.

2.    Are you self-motivated and disciplined enough?

Are you an extremely self motivated person? Or do you have just short, capricious, inconsistent bouts of self motivation? Self preparation often takes a lot of self motivation on your part. If you are one of those people who can manage to stay afloat with regularity and discipline, you may consider not taking a coaching. But if you do not fall in this category, it might be a risk to undertake self-preparation.  Joining a coaching in such a case makes your study more regular, structured, consistent and disciplined. Decide which category you fall in.

3.    Small Tricks and Hacks

Remember, the GRE is a manageable exam to crack, but it is interspersed with a lot of tricky questions. The Verbal section is not easy, even for those who have a good command over English, and often a lot of hacks and tricks can help you in dealing with different types of questions. For example, on the Reading Comprehension (RC) questions, the GRE often puts a lot of trap wrong answer choices, which you will be tempted to choose. Wrong answer choices often contain the same relevant sentence from the RC, but would just distort the sentence by changing some minor words, which completely change the meaning of the sentence. Now just because you see a similar sentence structure on the answer choice, you feel tempted to pick up that answer in a hurry, without noticing how those subtle omissions/additions in the sentence have changed the meaning of the answer choice. 

A good GRE Verbal tutor will assist you in identifying the wrong answer choices and in understanding why the choice is wrong. The same goes for the Math section. There are multiple tiny tricks and hacks which GRE experts may help you with.  This is the greatest advantage of joining a GOOD coaching with GRE experts.

4.    Are you exposed to study material that is close enough to GRE like questions?

For the GRE, it is quite important that you study from study material which is representative of the GRE questions. A lot of students, due to lack of awareness, study from sub-standard material, which often is not representative of the GRE material. In fact, a lot of coaching centres also use non representative GRE study material and often have non experts teaching the GRE aspirants. It is simply a DRAIN of your money! The best study material is the Manahttan Books, which are a very good reflection of GRE questions. Other good materials includes Princeton Review’s 1014 Question Book and of course, the ETS official guide. If the coaching centre you plan to go, does not expose you with these study materials, there is a good enough chance that you might be exposed to study material that is not close enough to GRE like questions.  

Whatever decision you take, to join or not join coaching, you MUST get your hands on GRE like material, otherwise, it is a waste of time, money and efforts.

5.    How well are you placed for the writing section?

A majority of students, including those who possess fairly good writing skills, manage to score only between 3 to 4.5  out of 6 on the writing section of the GRE. The primary reason for this is that most of the students remain unaware of what exactly is expected of them in the writing section of the GRE. The writing section measures your analytical and critical thinking skills more than just you ability to use fancy words. Using fancy words and complex sentence structures is definitely a brownie point, but remember that is not all.

If you think you can develop the skill of writing critically and analytically along with a high standard of English, you may manage to prepare on your own using good resources. But if you feel under-confident about it, or you feel you need a personal guidance, you must consider taking an expert’s help for this. Remember, even if you do take mock tests online, only a few of these give you your writing score, which is why a lot of students are unable to evaluate their writing section while preparing on their own. A lot of coaching centers personally train students on how to develop this skill of writing critically and analytically. 

The decision to join coaching for the GRE or not, depends on your capabilities, aptitude, perseverance, self motivation, access to resourceful rich practice material and the ability to write critically and analytically.   Evaluate yourself on all these parameters and take a decision accordingly. In case you decide to opt for classes, remember that a good coaching center must provide you with multiple mock tests (both paper based and computer based), periodic tests, training for tricky GRE questions, an exposure to the representative GRE questions and a personal guidance by experts for the writing section. 

We hope after this objective evaluation of whether to join coaching or not, you are good to go!

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TOEFL vs. IELTS

Are you confused which exam to take –the TOEFL or the IELTS? Are you wondering what are the essential differences or similarities between the two tests? If yes, then this post is for you!

Speaking very fundamentally, both the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) are tests to measure English proficiency of those who come from countries where English is not the first language. Most universities worldwide while accepting students from such countries require such students to exhibit their proficiency in English, and these two tests are the most widely accepted tests for English proficiency.

But before deciding which test to take, it is wise to understand the differences and similarities between the two tests. Skill Maestro offers a comprehensive comparison between the two tests.

1.    Scope

While both the tests are widely accepted, it is important for you to know which test your intended choice of university accepts. If you are planning to head towards the US or Canada, the TOEFL should be your preference, while if you are planning to head towards Europe, Australia or New Zealand, you might want to give the IELTS. While TOEFL scores are accepted over 500 locations in the US and over 4500 locations worldwide, IELTS scores are accepted at 59 locations in the US and about 900 locations worldwide. You must check the website of the universities that you intend to apply to be sure whether they accept TOEFL or IELTS, and then take your decision accordingly.

2.    Medium

While TOEFL is a computer based test, IELTS is a real time physical test. This means in order to be able to give your TOEFL successfully, you should be comfortable with typing on the computer (for the writing section) and with answering over the microphone (for the speaking section). Similarly, it follows that for the IELTS, it is a brownie point for you if you have a legible handwriting and are more comfortable with a detailed in-person interview than speaking over the microphone.

3.    Pattern

Both the TOEFL and the IELTS measure your English proficiency on four parameters – Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. However, while the TOEFL tests only Academic subjects, the IELTS is a mixture of both, the academic writing and reading sections plus the general listening and speaking sections.

Also, in the writing section, the IETLS does not have a listening component like the TOEFL does on the integrated assignments (instead it may have a graphic or other written information source for building up an argument for your writing).

As far as the speaking section is concerned, the TOEFL mostly requires you to give your opinions and summarizing and interpreting information from various sources. On the other hand, on the IELTS, the speaking test is in person, and includes a short speech to be prepared within a small period of time and a conversation component as well.

4.    Question Types

While the TOEFL mainly has multiple choice questions in the listening and reading section, the IELTS has diverse question types including multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, matching, flowcharts, true/false questions etc.

5.    Exam Duration

The TOEFL is a 4 hour long test, while the IELTS is a 2 hour 45 minutes test. However, the duration of the exam is not the indicator of the toughness of the exam. As far as the toughness is concerned, both the exams have an equivalent level of rigor. The extent of your comfort with the respective exam pattern is what determines which exam might appear easier to you.

6.    Score Scale

The IELTS grades you on a scale of 0 to 9, while the TOEFL is graded out of 120 points (30 marks each for its four sections).

Having read this comprehensive comparison between the TOEFL and the IELTS, you might find yourself in a better position to decide which exam is suited to your requirements. Remember, it is difficult to compare the level of hardness of the two exams, and as such both the exams are rigorous and are accepted widely. At the end of the day, it all narrows down on the requirement of your intended university.

Skill Maestro wishes you all the very best for your IELTS/TOEFL!

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Some Handy Hacks for the AWA section on the GRE

Analytical Writing Section is an integral part on the GRE, and as ETS cautions, ‘Everyone- even the most practiced and confident of writers- should spend some time preparing for the Analytical Writing Measure before arriving at the test center’. You might be wondering why this caution. The fact is that the AWA section on the GRE does not measure only your writing skills, but moreover, measures your ability to think imaginatively and critically on an issue or argument. 

Here are some tips for facing the AWA section more confidently.

1.    Be sure to read the question with its instructions carefully

Both the issue and the argument task often come are accompanied by varied set of instructions. For example, in the issue task, you could have an instruction like– “Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based”, or you could have something like,  “Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both views presented”. 

As evident, both set of instructions expect different things from your response. Therefore, be sure to read the instructions carefully. By the way, there are fixed 6 set of instructions on the issue task, out of which one would show up. Same goes for the argument task. You can have a look at these fixed set on the ETS website.

2.    Budget your time

Since you are given, 30 mins of each task, in which you have to think , organize as well as type out your response, it is important that you budget your time. Ideally, you should adopt the following –
3 mins – Brainstorming and forming the outline
3 mins – Introduction
20 mins – Body and Examples
2 mins – Conclusion
2 mins – Review

3.    Dont waste too much thinking for that perfect introduction

More often than not, people tend to spend more than required time to think for a perfect impactful introduction, and often this leaves them lesser time for developing their body, and as a result, the body does not look quite that impactful, replete with diverse examples. Now, you need to know that your introduction and conclusion do not carry as much weight as your body does. What makes an AWA task stand out is the body. So, even if your introduction and conclusion are just of one line, it really does not matter, and you should not be wasting too much time on it.

4.    Length matters!

On the AWA, the length of your writing does count toward your score. So, try to write a lengthy essay, of course, one that does make sense. For this, you must try to provide numerous examples, as they could help you increasing the length of your essay, without being devious and senseless. Often, the essays with a score of 6 are lengthier. Of course, quality does matter, but what you should know is that even if a similar quality essay is to be graded, but it is much shorter, it is more likely that it would get a 5 or a 5.5, and not 6. So, work on the length.

5.    Always address ‘the other side’

As mentioned above, the purpose of the AWA measure is to test your critical thinking. Hence, you must always develop your position fully, implying that always address the other side of the argument as well. You could state how the other side holds true under certain circumstances, or you could state the other side and then refute it by your stance - anything! When you address the other side, it gives an impression that you are aware of the holistic picture and are able to think critically. You could address this ‘other side’ in the 3rd or 4th paragraph.

6.    Number of paragraphs

Ideally, you should have at least 4 paragraphs on your essay. The first should be the introductory paragraph, in which you state your thesis statement (indicating your stance), followed by 2/3/4 paragraphs in the body (elaborating your stance and bolstering it with examples, and also addressing the other side) and then a concluding paragraph.

Introduction – First paragraph
Body - At least 2 paragraphs
Conclusion – Last paragraph

On the argument task, you must point out at least 3 logical fallacies and elaborate on them, stating how those fallacies weaken the argument and how the argument could have been made stronger.

7.    Do check out pool of the essay topics

The topic that you would see on your test day would not be unfamiliar to you, if you once have a look at the pool of essays that ETS has published on its website. There are some 250-300 topics, out of which, one would show up on the test day. So, do check out the pool.

Tell us what you think about this post. Our team would love to hear back from you!

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GRE Anxiety Mantra - How to cope up with GRE Anxiety

GRE is an examination critical to shaping your future life and hence anxiety for this exam is a common phenomenon. However, letting this anxiety overtaking you completely can have a negative impact on your performance. Therefore, it is essential that you understand the causes of this anxiety and find ways to overcome it. Remember, taking an exam is not a matter of life and death; it is just about the feeling that you’ve proved your abilities! Instead of thinking that ‘you HAVE to take your GRE’, think that ‘you WANT to take the GRE’- that is the key to self motivation!

Skill Maestro suggests some ways that can help you cope up with your anxiety levels.

1.    Figure out the Root Cause

Understand the root cause of your stress. Is your anxiety arising from inadequate preparation? If it is so, you must fully prepare yourself first. It will definitely take time for getting fully equipped. Give 6-7 hours daily for your prep.  When your prep is adequate, it fuels up your confidence.

2.    Plug in the Loopholes

It is always a good idea to focus on your loopholes. Which are those areas where you are facing troubles? Plug them in. This can prove to be very effective rather than just taking a list of endless questions without evaluating your weaknesses. When you plug in your weaknesses, your confidence (and your score) drastically improves.

3.    Leave Pestering Areas 

If still weakness in certain areas persists (even after devoting adequate time), do not waste much time chasing those areas incessantly. For example, if you feel your critical reasoning questions are not gaining much improvement even after more than adequate devotion of time and practice, you may want to focus on other areas than just be bogged down with it. As it is, critical reasoning questions carry little weight on the exam. So weigh you pros and cons wisely. There is no point being alarmed by certain areas which just aren’t improving as it may have a chain effect and may negatively impact your performance on other areas of the test too, which is certainly an unnecessary cost that you are paying.

4.    Remember that ‘A little progress everyday adds up to big results’ 

It has been proven by cognitive psychology that daily practice leads to better retention of memory than a prolonged one shot study. Thus, it is important that you study bit by bit daily to add up to big results rather than attempting to do things in one shot. This is effective not only to reduce your anxiety levels, but also improving your score.

5.    Do not Compare

Stop comparing your results with your peers, it just fuels up your anxiety levels and puts you under performance pressure. Studies show that performance pressures are a deterrent to optimum performance.

6.    Stop Painting that too Big a Picture

While taking the actual/practice tests, do not take questions with the attitude ‘I want to score a really high score’, instead face the questions with the attitude ‘I need to answer this question correctly and carefully’. Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.

7.    Biological Clock 

Setting your biological clock is an effective strategy to boost your performance. Take practice tests on the time slot when your actual test is scheduled so that your mind becomes agile during those hours of the day. This strategy can be a great confidence booster.

It is not a big deal to crack GRE if you have the iron will to manage your anxiety levels. More than half the candidates on any exam are not able to score up to their abilities, just because they do not know how to manage stress levels. You are not among those people anymore. Now that you have the mantra to manage the anxiety, go ace your GRE!

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10 Tips to Face the GRE that the Test-Prep Text Books Probably won’t Teach you

You might have prepared hard for your GRE, but that’s not enough. You also need to be familiar with some useful tips and strategies that test prep textbooks might not teach you. While the test-prep textbooks will help you to prepare for the exam, it is also important to take note of certain facts that you must be careful about while you take the actual test to not commit a stupid blunder. We list some strategies and tips that you may find extremely helpful while you face your GRE.

• Never try to predict the experimental section

On the GRE, you face 6 sections – one writing section (AWA), two verbal sections, two quant sections and one experimental section (either verbal or quant). Now this experimental section is an un-scored section, implying that it won’t count toward your GRE score. But the important takeaway is that you don’t know when this experimental section will show up. You could have your experimental section show up as the third section or the fourth or the fifth- you really don’t know! So even if you have got two verbal and two quant sections already and say the quant section comes up again, do not be led into believing that this is an experimental section. It could be your scored section! So always take all your sections as seriously as though they are your scored sections. You don’t want to throw your score in jeopardy in case you just feel a section is an experimental section and take it up lightly when in reality it was your scored section!

• Avoid attempting all the Reading Comprehension (RC) questions in one go

RCs are one of the most challenging questions on the GRE. It eats up a considerable part of your time and monotonous passages may simply exhaust you out. If you choose to attempt all the RC questions in one go, there are chances that you might just lose track of time. Also continuous reading might obscure your further readings.  However, this is a subjective choice and may vary from person to person. Adopt what suits you best.

• Do not waste a lot of time on Critical Reasoning (CR) Questions

CR questions are challenging questions and many of us use more time than is required on these questions. You need to be aware that CR questions just make one percent of the entire syllabus. Thus, do not waste a lot of time on them.

• Do not be tempted to use the Calculator for everything

Just because the calculator is available to you as a tool on the GRE, do not jump to use the calculator for every question. Many questions that might seem computational, in reality are not tedious and can be solved by simple algebraic techniques or simple application of logic. While you do not realize it, the ETS throws you many questions, that prima facie might appear that they will be requiring the use of calculator, but you can break your question down through simple techniques. Through such questions, the ETS tempts you to use the calculator which might ironically take up longer time than what you’ll take if you break the question down through certain techniques. Most test prep books elaborate on such techniques.

• Compensate for the time that RC and CR questions take up by Sentence Equivalence questions

Sentence equivalence questions are mostly easy (of course only when you’ve built your GRE vocab) since they require you to look for consistent synonyms, and as such they take less than a minute if your vocabulary is sound enough. Thus, you can always compensate for your time that gets eaten up in RC and CR questions on these questions. Manage your time in such a way that you can leverage this fact. It is a good idea to finish off with your RC, CR and Text Completion questions first and attempt your sentence equivalence questions at the end since all the sentence equivalence questions can be completed in less than 5 minutes.

• Do not waste much time on questions where you get stuck

The Revised GRE is a section adaptive test. You can scroll through the questions of the entire section and mark those questions which you aren’t confident about to attempt them later in your 30/35 min time for a particular section. It is always a good strategy to attempt the easy questions that you are confident about. This not only gives you a psychological edge, but also gives you more time for the questions troubling you which you can then take calmly. Do not simply get stuck on that one question that you aren’t able to solve. You can always come back to that question as long as you are on the same section.

• Do not leave the questions that you aren’t confident about, unanswered

While you should not waste much time on questions that are troubling you, remember not to leave them unanswered. You should know the fact that there is NO NEGATIVE MARKING on the GRE, implying that you don’t get penalized for a wrong answer choice. Thus, even when you are not sure about the correct answer of a question, still attempt it using your instincts and guesses. Although with lesser probability, you still have a chance to get your guesses correct. If you choose not to attempt that question, you altogether devoid yourself of the chance of getting it correct.

• Beware of the questions that have multiple answers

On the Revised GRE, there are questions that have a single choice as the correct answer and there are questions that have multiple choices as the correct answers. Do not be in a blithe disregard of the questions that expect more than one answer from you as you may end up choosing just one answer for a question that had two correct answer choices, which won’t fetch you any marks. Remember that the questions with square boxes in front of the answer choices are the multiple answer questions and the ones with round boxes in front of the answer choices are single answer questions. Being in a disregard of this fact, might prove to be very costly.

• Familiarize yourself with the 300 topics suggested by ETS for the AWA

ETS has created a pool of 300 topics for the writing section. You can familiarize yourself with those 300 topics so that you do not find yourself in a situation where you just do not understand a particular topic. Note that if this happens, you would not only spoil your AWA section, but the panic might also spoil your other sections, since the AWA section is the first section.

• Do not ramble unnecessarily in the writing section- Focus on the pith of your writing

Your essay questions are expected to be of a length of 350- 500 words. While attempting the two writing sections, remember what you are primarily evaluated on. In the Analyse an Issue task, always take a stand. The pith of your entire essay should be the justification of that stand through reasoning and examples. The stand could be positive, negative or neutral. In the Analyse an Argument task, always try to find the fault in the logic. Do not be led into believing that only using fancy words or verbose writing can make your essay better. Focus on the pith!

You might feel better equipped to take the GRE now. We wish you good luck for your test!
Feel free to express your concerns or ideas in the comment section below!

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