Practice test is the most important tool to gauge your GRE preparation. But, regrettably, many of the full length GRE practice tests fails to estimate your performance accurately. Other than the ETS GRE Power Prep II, most of the full length online test will either overestimate your score or under-predict it. Apart from that if you practice with a low-quality GRE practice test, you can…
Getting funded Ph.D. offer is a challenging task. But selecting the right grad school or program after getting multiple funded Ph.D. admission is overwhelming as well. Often, a prospective Ph.D. student select the grad school mostly based on the program ranking and funding. There are so many factors e.g. living expenses, job opportunities, university ambience etc. beyond these two, which are often ignored by the…
There is a saying that “Don’t miss the payment deadline of your credit card bills; and so as the application deadline of Graduate School”. If you miss, you will be hit hard — your credit card company will put a fine, and the grad school will simply reject your application even if you just miss the deadline by one minute. Once the window is closed,…
Every year thousands of students apply to different universities across the world, but a small portion of the applicants get the chance to attend their dream school or program. Just as there is no single factor e.g. CGPA to get admission in a particular school or program, so as there lies single or multiple reasons for rejection as well. Usually, it is a combination factors,…
All the recordings will be played once only!!! This is the main challenge of the IELTS listening section. The recording will be played only once. If you miss any, you have no chance to go back. Many test takers find the IELTS listening section challenging due to the pace of the audio recordings and the complexity of the language used. However, with the right strategies…
During the admission season, every grad school loses some percentage of the prospective PhD students regardless of ranking. Often students have multiple offer, and they choose one over the other. Thus, every faculty members loses out on some percentage of the potential mentees. Nobody can identify the obvious reasons for this type scenario . But, in general, either a better school or a better funding often…
In this article we are sharing a personal statement from Mohammad Kaviul Anam Khan who is currently finishing up his PhD in Biostatistics at the University of Toronto. He has been appointed as a CLTA Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Previously he received his MSc in Epidemiology from University of Alberta in 2014 and MSc in Biostatistics…
A statement of purpose (SOP) is a tool to gauge the knowledge, experience, motivation, intellectual maturity and readiness of applicants to pursue graduate education. It is a critical component of the graduate school admissions process which determines whether an applicant is accepted or rejected, irrespective of their other qualifications. Here we have listed most common mistakes that you should avoid while writing a statement of…
As an aspiring grad student, it is somewhat frustrating to find fully funding for PhD or MS positions in abroad. Even though you have the money to apply to as many as schools as you want that matches your profile, it is not a good idea to waste tons of money. Rather you should select such schools that may offer you full funding or scholarships….
