Rehan

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Courtesy: Sanjoy Roy, Civil 09

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Asif Rehan Civil 07, BUET Fall 2013 Applicant MS in Transportation Engineering University of Connecticut

Graduation deadline? June, 2014 may be?

Target August 2014?

Spring in January, August is Fall

Fall = More funding!!!!

You can apply with L4T1 result!

The Timeline

Race with the Real World!!

It’s not like the movie named Inception

Your age and the World does not go along with your wish! :P

Already lagging a year in BUET

Keep eyes open or miss another year

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January 2013 Get ready with GRE Prep (all US schools and some Canadian ones require GRE)

GRE has 3 major components

Verbal

Read a lot - aldaily.com, nature.com, economist.com, foreignpolicy.com Princeton’s 1014 problems

Build your Vocab - Barron’s Master List or Flash Card by Sami Vai (ChE 06), Word Power Made Easy Etc

Quantitative

Nova’s Math Bible, Princeton’s 1014 problems, Manhattan

Analytical Writing

Paragraph Structure, Linking words/phrases, Logic connection

Try Preparation For The Revised GRE Test, ETS Official Guide, PowerPrep

How to Kill the Prey

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March 2013

Get your passport done

Passport in fastest service takes a month

So get well prepared

Go to Agargaon Passport office with this passport form

Get a Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd.’s Virtual Credit Card

Makes life easy

Easy online payment of GRE, application fee etc.

Call 16216 (DBBL’s Customer Care Center)

How to Kill the Prey

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How to Kill the Prey

August-September 2013

Create GRE account here (According to your Passport data) Register for GRE Take GRE

Take TOEFL/IELTS in the same time period

for IELTS Cambridge IELTS (4-8) enough, use Road To IELTS

Advantage of taking GRE early: Rolling Admission schools!!

First come first admitted at such schools

Early application ensures your place there, less competition

Peterson’s Guide for info on rolling admission schools

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How to Kill the Prey

October-December 2013

Email professors mentioning your research publications, GRE, TOEFL/IELTS, CGPA etc

Make a Hitlist of professors: make an Excel sheet

Search varsity websites for detail deadlines

Deadline for applying for financial assistance is earlier than the general application deadline

!!!!

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My HitList: Screen Shot from Google Drive

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How to Kill the Prey

October-December 2013

Emailing professors is an art!

It’s like a letter to impress your crush!

Be creative with email’s Subject

It stands your email out of hundreds of other similar emails

I used this email subject: Expression of Interest for research in your team

In my case, nearly every professor replied!

Use hyperlinks in email to link to your supervisor’s website, your publications

Make your thesis and CV available in Google Drive and hyperlink to it

Use Google’s Signature option to show your identity

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Emailing is an art!

How to Kill the Prey

October-December 2013 (A Few US schools has Deadline in January, Canadian school deadline goes upto May)

Select the varsities where you received positive responses from professors

Good responses are short, few lines, to the point!

Profs have no time for writing long emails

Long emails means prof sent you automatic responses

Choose 7-12 schools

Chances of funding Number of professors in the schools

=

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How to Kill the Prey

October-December 2013

Write your Statement of Purpose / Research Intent / Personal Statement

Make it different, tell “your story”

Originality makes it stand out, do not copy others

500-600 words, shorter the better, paragraph structure, linking words/phrases

Include your

Target

Inspiration

Research interests (why this topic? )

Achievements, special strengths

reason for not-so-good results

Why this schools

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How to Kill the Prey

October-December 2013 Apply to the schools and wish luck!!

Happy New Year!

February-May 2014 Admission/Funding decisions informed by email

If admission offered but no funding: ACT NOW!!!

Call professors (learn about prof’s research activities before calling)

Tell your identity, mention your previous emails and her/his responses

Spell your name!!! (Might help him search for your email)

Request to view your previous emails.

Ask if any funding is available or RA/TA position open

Ask if s/he will consider you (s/he might say yes if impressed by your email and smooth-talking)

Congratulation if you can convince for RA/TA position!!

Tk 7/min Call rate to USA or Canada, 30 sec pulse (not sure)

To call from BTCL land phone dial 152

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How to Kill the Prey

February-May 2014

For Canada, February-April is high time for contacting professors

Profs may take online interview

Don’t panic, it’s simple

While talking, show your interest

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How to Kill the Prey

May-June 2014

USA: Congratulations! I-20 form and offer letter mailed to you

Ask the school to send these papers by DHL/FedEx, 3days delivery (DHL better)

Regular UPS mail takes 1-1.5 months

Pay SEVIS Fee, take print out

Fill up DS-160 form online and take a print out

Photograph 2”x2”

Go to Saimon Center for VISA application

Get VISA interview date

Get VISA!!!

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How to Kill the Prey

July-September 2014

Get a plane ticket

Do necessary shopping

Fly!

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August-September 2013 GRE fee US$ 185 = Tk14800 IELTS/TOEFL = Tk 15000 Total = Tk 30,000

September 2013 – April 2014 Application fee = US$30~90 = Tk 2400~7200/ school Sennding GRE+IELTS/TOEFL fee = Tk 5000/school Sending original transcripts = Tk 2400 /school Total For 10 schools = Tk 1,30,000

June-September 2014 SEVIS Fee = Tk 16000 Visa Fee = Tk 13720 Plane Ticket = Tk 90,000 Shopping = Tk 30,000 Total = Tk 2,50,000

Funding US$ 20,000/year = Tk 16,00,000

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Money Matters!

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Gratitude! Sudip Barua, CE 05 MS in Transportation Engineering University of Alberta

Yafee Muntasir, CE 05 MS in Environmental Engineering University of British Columbia

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Thank you! Any Question?