Blog Title: Applying to US Universities

U.S. University fair at New Delhi, October 23

Ask a question at www.app2us.com NEW DELHI – A U.S. University Fair will be held in New Delhi on Thursday, October 23, 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm, at Fulbright House, 12 Hailey Road. Organized by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) in collaboration with Institute of International Education (IIE), the fair is free of charge and read more..

app2us.com events this week in South India

Ask a question at www.app2us.com We at app2us.com are excited to visit the cities which bring maximum users to our site, Bangalore, Vellore, Chennai and Hyderabad over the next few days. Journey to South India begins with Bangalore, where we speak on 15th October at Yashna Trust, 102 Park View #40 Haines Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore. read more..

My First week in the USA

For free seminars in October, register at www.app2us.com (article contributed by our user, Ravi Kumar Assudani of Stanford) 9/11: My first day in the USA Full of enthusiasm and hope we (me and my would-be roommate Kushagra) landed at the San Francisco International airport. Walking at the airport, I had all sorts of thoughts crossing my mind that read more..

app2us.com is conducting free seminars worldwide

Ask a question at www.app2us.com The promoters and volunteers of app2us.com have decided to meet our users face to face and conduct free seminars on Applying to US Universities. Following cities are being considered, based on the highest user concentration. Actual plan and dates will depend on user registration. Keep checking the forums for updates and the read more..

Do not register for too many courses

Ask a question at www.app2us.com At US Universities with semester system, the minimum course load for the undergraduate students is four courses and for the graduate students it is three courses. MBA students are on a fixed schedule and do not have to worry about this. It is easy to get tempted to register for more courses read more..

Dr. Stroustrup, inventor of C++, talks to app2us

Full text of the interview is available at www.app2us.com It was a wonderful experience talking to Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup over the weekend. With this exclusive interview we have started a series of interviews aimed at inspiring our readers. In the future we will be interviewing Professors, successful professionals, university administrators and even current and recent students read more..

Low GRE score - when should you retake GRE

Ask a question at www.app2us.com We are flooded with questions related to ‘should I retake the GRE’ on our forums at www.app2us.com This post analyses the scenarios when one should consider retaking the GRE general test. The scenarios are written for Science and Engineering admissions. Note that there are two important parameters on the decision to retake the read more..

Minimum wage increase - good news for students

Ask a question at www.app2us.com The students who are not lucky enough to get an assistantship on campus may have to work in a variety of jobs which are not exactly high end – and end up getting paid the minimum hourly wages. USA has strict laws on minimum hourly wages. Different states have their own minimum read more..

Professor Randy Pausch - who delivered ‘The Last Lecture’ - dies at 47

Ask a question at www.app2us.com Randy Pausch, a Prefessor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University died earlier today of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. He is well known for his lecture in ‘The Last Lecture’ series at CMU, delivered in September 2007. At that time, doctors had given him a few months time read more..

How to book the air ticket to the USA

Ask a question at www.app2us.com After you have got the visa, the most important task is to book an air ticket. Wherever you are, you will have plenty of choices on which airlines to fly. Before we discuss the airlines, it is important to note for the first time fliers, that there are huge and illogical price read more..