American dreams....

[Tanay]

Chinmay Dubey Sir (ME, 2003 batch) has cracked GRE and is now at Arizona State University pursuing MS(Operations research). Heartiest congratulations to him..
Also, Siddharth Verma Sir (AE, 2004 batch) is at University of Illinois for his MS...
Such iconic alumni are an asset to the college and are people from whom you and I can take inspiration from.
Use this forum to express your congrats to both of them...

[ntomer]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

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[Ruchir Agarwal]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

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Oh... It was a huhe number..... Currently the craze of MS has increased over the past few years... but the number of students going is from 10-15 every year.... But people are taking other career paths also... People are going to IIMs, IITs, and in various other colleges in INDIA itself for Higher education....

[singhricky]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

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Tomer Sir,

Well I am not sure the figure you're giving here is genuine ... BTW i am from 95 batch (1 year junior to you)..and in fact we had no news of these 50 guys or gal..they might have gone may be after 2 or 3 years after getting through the degree.
And above all saying it as not being a big deal is really not fair..
During those days people getting placement (even in TELCO) used be a big deal...and definitely GRE was a big deal...
And I do remember when Pallavi Phartyal (AG student) cracked GRE, it was a big news around... and for a while...
These student need some insipiration here...and I for sure think your remarks were quite undermining...
Keetp it up guys n gals..Pantnagar is on fire....
Every student who is making it up to GRE/CAT is bringing an honour to Pantnagar.
We're proud of you guys. Make use of the facilities around you ..and do always good..

Kundan
1995 ME Batch

[ntomer]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

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Tomer Sir,

Well I am not sure the figure you're giving here is genuine ... BTW i am from 95 batch (1 year junior to you)..and in fact we had no news of these 50 guys or gal..they might have gone may be after 2 or 3 years after getting through the degree.
And above all saying it as not being a big deal is really not fair..
During those days people getting placement (even in TELCO) used be a big deal...and definitely GRE was a big deal...
And I do remember when Pallavi Phartyal (AG student) cracked GRE, it was a big news around... and for a while...
These student need some insipiration here...and I for sure think your remarks were quite undermining...
Keetp it up guys n gals..Pantnagar is on fire....
Every student who is making it up to GRE/CAT is bringing an honour to Pantnagar.
We're proud of you guys. Make use of the facilities around you ..and do always good..

Kundan
1995 ME Batch

Well Kundan,

I can name about 20 guys off-hand who scored above 2000 in GRE (at that time max score used to be 2400) during their final year. Mallika Bachchan scored highest - 2330.

And the figure 50 consisted of all the guys who went for MS in years after that. If you are interested in details, I'll conjure up those and share with you.

My remarks were meant to inspire these guys and challenged them to set their sights much higher. And I explained the same to some of the students when I visited Pantnagar during the alumni meet.

Regarding your comment about placements, was it students' fault that very few companies used to come? I am happy that placement scenario have improved by leaps and bounds.

But I will not be happy if the current lot of students get satisfied with it and do not look for higher goals.

P.S. In 1998, I was placed at 1.65 lakh p.a. in IMR. An un-heard of amount in those day, only IITians used to get that much. IMR selected 23 students from Pantnagar, out of which about 15 joined, rest flew to the US of A ;-)

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[singhricky]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

\N

Tomer Sir,

Well I am not sure the figure you're giving here is genuine ... BTW i am from 95 batch (1 year junior to you)..and in fact we had no news of these 50 guys or gal..they might have gone may be after 2 or 3 years after getting through the degree.
And above all saying it as not being a big deal is really not fair..
During those days people getting placement (even in TELCO) used be a big deal...and definitely GRE was a big deal...
And I do remember when Pallavi Phartyal (AG student) cracked GRE, it was a big news around... and for a while...
These student need some insipiration here...and I for sure think your remarks were quite undermining...
Keetp it up guys n gals..Pantnagar is on fire....
Every student who is making it up to GRE/CAT is bringing an honour to Pantnagar.
We're proud of you guys. Make use of the facilities around you ..and do always good..

Kundan
1995 ME Batch

Well Kundan,

I can name about 20 guys off-hand who scored above 2000 in GRE (at that time max score used to be 2400) during their final year. Mallika Bachchan scored highest - 2330.

And the figure 50 consisted of all the guys who went for MS in years after that. If you are interested in details, I'll conjure up those and share with you.

My remarks were meant to inspire these guys and challenged them to set their sights much higher. And I explained the same to some of the students when I visited Pantnagar during the alumni meet.

Regarding your comment about placements, was it students' fault that very few companies used to come? I am happy that placement scenario have improved by leaps and bounds.

But I will not be happy if the current lot of students get satisfied with it and do not look for higher goals.

P.S. In 1998, I was placed at 1.65 lakh p.a. in IMR. An un-heard of amount in those day, only IITians used to get that much. IMR selected 23 students from Pantnagar, out of which about 15 joined, rest flew to the US of A ;-)

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Good to see the reply
there is no need to send the names to me Sir --).
I was just offended by big deal or small deal mark.
I do remember few names you've mentioned here..you're batch was in fact lucky I would say...

[shivani_gupta]

hello sir,
heartiest congratulations to both the sirs who qualified for persuing their MS. can they provide us with some tips on its preparation.

[Tanay]

Siddhartha sir's experience can be read from the latest edition of techniche..
and one correction.. chinmay sir is at Georgia Tech, not ASU...

[Nikhilesh Joshi]

Hmmm.. This calls for some introspection. In our batch (1994) of 270 people, more than 50 people went on to do MS from the US of A, and it really wasn't a big deal.

Is it now?

\N

Such a decline in the number of GRE qualifiers really challenges us to prove our worth.We need 2 show dat COT is capable of graduating GRE & CAT qualifiers in huge numbers even at present.

[VishalShekhar]

Since when exactly did GRE become the touchstone of people's worth.
Situation in 95 was different(with fewer companies recruting on campus and a slimer job market.) as tomar sir mentioned in his post. Therefore applying for GRE was the best option of a larger number of people.
Now things are different and it's therefore not quite a good comparision to make atleast without any other information.

Sheer number of people applying for and pursuing MS /Phd was not a big deal in 95 and it's not a big deal now.
The number of people who want to pursue but can't because of poor GRE scores may be, however slightly concerning.
Even then I think standardized tests are no judge of any one's intellegence let alone their "worth"

[prkhr4u]

well its a great achievement to score over 1400 nowadays.
need consistent efforts.
can't neglect others efforts
really great work.

[mayank.singh]

Well sorry to butt in but scoring 1400 + will take you nowhere if you have a "yucky" profile.GRE/TOEFL scores constitute only a part of the admit decision.A lot of weight is put on research/publications/papers/relevant work-exp (which DOES NOT include work in an IT firm for past 2-3yrs) etc.So I will advice juniors to pay attention in these areas too.

[prkhr4u]

sir what is this"yucky"profile?
does that mean you have scored a good score and no additional thing.

[mayank.singh]

sir what is this"yucky"profile?
does that mean you have scored a good score and no additional thing.

Precisely ! You need to have everything to get a good admit. Academics,score,research exp,publications. By saying this I don't mean that if you are lacking in any of these you won't get an admit.Its nothing like that. But it'll always be a compromise e.g,not getting scholarship,or the univ you wanted etc.So when going for a battle why not go prepared. Hope you got my meaning

[prkhr4u]

ya thanx for the info sir