University application process

Note: Choose University is such a way that your profile(academic score,test score,financial, research) align with university and professors.

Academic score

• GPA > 3.0/4
• Transcript Evaluation: WES, NACES

Test exams

• GRE > 300
• TOEFL> 80
• IELTS > 6.5

Researchers and universities

• List universities according to your research area for PHD and affordable/job opportunities for Master and test scores requirements.

• For PHD visit professors profile and look at there personal website whether they are accepting students or not.

• Researchers

• Universities

Course Structure

• Visit university website and look at the course structure

  Example:

  • University of Texas Permian Basin

• How much credit(30 or 37) required to complete the course

• How much credit of each subject(usually each subject have 3 or 4 credit)

Plan time duration for your graduation, when you wanna finish your program i.e 18 mont or 24 month.

Application fee waiver

• Check admission fee waiver

  • by searching 'University name program admission fee waiver'.
    • eg: University of South Dakota admission fee waiver
  • Some university waive admission fee by attending event
  • Some university automatically provide waiver code
  • Some university provide link/form
  • Maxium universities don't offer waiver for international students

• Write Application fee waiver in linkedine and filter by post.

• Start writting application fee waiver emails to grad school or program/Graduate director or department chair person. Most effective direction to mail director or chair. Grad school receive lots of email it's not possibe to get waiver code from them.

  • Application fee waiver email template

Check funding(TA/RA)

• You can check funding by visiting professors personal website
• Check funding by sending email to program director/chair/head.
  • funding checking email template

Scholarship and On-campus job

There are several scholarships and on-campus jobs at universities.

Here is an example of the University of Texas Permian Basin.

• Scholorship
• Apply through career portal
• Visit each department physically for job opportunaties
  • Career Education: maribea.merritt@utpb.edu
  • Literature and Language: chamblee_m@utpb.edu : There is no any GA/RA at this department , recommended to Dr.Jessica Stephens
  • Mathematics: feit_p@utpb.edu : There is no any GA/RA at this department
  • Chemistry and Physics: montes_m@utpb.edu
  • Biology: oldham_a@utpb.edu : No GA already left email and phone
  • Geosciences: zavada_m@utpb.edu
  • Department of Management, Marketing, & Industrial Technology:
  • ITS department: crisanti_p@utpb.edu
  • UT Permian Basin testing center: testingcenter@utpb.edu
  • Library:
  • Rasidant and dining:
  • Student life department: no position
  • Register Office : Taken an email
  • Welcom center: Thursday 9:30 to 11
  • Resturant and dining: portal
  • Computer Science Department: vuckovic_v@utpb.edu

If you are not getting funding

• Focus on how much per credit hour you are going to pay and how many credit required to complete the course(eg: 30, 37)
• Insurance(you can choose insurance instution yourself)
• Apartment
• Grocessary
• Internet
• Electricity
• Book/Library ...

Finalize universities

Note: Finalize 10-15 universities from above features and your profile, (i.e university ranking and researchers, Course Structure, Application fee, Check funding in department, Scholarship and On-campus job opportunities). if you did not get funding then focus on location and other costs

For PHD:

• Test score requirements
• Number of researchers related to your field at university
• Application fee
• Funding avilable
• Communication with professors

For Master/bachelors:

• Test scores
• Number of researchers and affordable universities.
• Application fee
• Funding avilable(For master funding is only apply for some semesters only)
• Communication with professors

Statement of purpose(SOP)

Prepare SOP for selected universities.

• How to Write a Bad Statement
• cs-sop.org

Latter of recommendation(LOR)

• Berkly Sample
• MIT sample

• How to ask for a letter of recommendation?

Submit application

Ready your all your documents sop,test score pdfs,transcript,resume

• After submitting your application you will receive id to track your application status
• Keep track of your applcication

Request your professor for recommendation

Write an email for latter of recommendation.

• Mail template for recommendation

Write mail after admission for assistantship

Research and service efforts to the university and Assistantship

• Mail template for assistantship
• Cold-email to professors
• Hunter
• University of California Berkely
• University of California Santa Cruz
• getting-a-gig

Crack University Interview

• Closely related with SOP

• How to prepare graduate school interview?

• How to improve graduate application after submission?

• How do I maximize my chance for PhD programs?

Visa process and visa interview(ustraveldocs)

• Visa process
• Visa interview requirements
• Visa questions-answers

Steps after accepting visa

• Steps after accepting visa

Make Graduation Plan

• Credits system in US: Mastersportal
  • To complete MS in computer science , you need 30 credit hours
• Graduation Plan

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