University application process

Note: Choose University is such a way that your profile(academic score, test score, finance, 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: [email protected]
  • Literature and Language: [email protected] : There is no any GA/RA at this department , recommended to Dr.Jessica Stephens
  • Mathematics: [email protected] : There is no any GA/RA at this department
  • Chemistry and Physics: [email protected]
  • Biology: [email protected] : No GA already left email and phone
  • Geosciences: [email protected]
  • Department of Management, Marketing, & Industrial Technology:
  • ITS department: [email protected]
  • UT Permian Basin testing center: [email protected]
  • 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: [email protected]

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

Things keep in mind

Process to apply for a graduation

• Apply for OPT : Collect your all previous cpt and opt I-20s and the final one, sign on all I-20s.
• Fill out the graduate graduation form and Submit Graduate Graduation application form to register office in your last semester when graduating
• Contact your advisor for approval. Advisor and Program Head/Department Chair signatures are required before submitting an application.
• Return or email the Registrar copy of the application to the Registrar’s Office ([email protected]) and return or email the Graduate Studies copy of the application to the Graduate Studies Office ([email protected])
• Make sure you have an official degree plan(graduation plan) on file with the Graduate Studies Office. A degree check must be completed before you can be cleared to receive your diploma.
• Graduation Application fee ($50) will be placed onto your MyUTPB account.
• Latter for parents: If your parents didn't get visas, differ commencement ceremony and reschedule visa
• Graduation data change, if you are graduating early or your I-20 program end date different from your graduation date, you have to request advisor, and DSO to change program end date.
• Only one subject(Course overload) If you have left only one subject, you have to inform DSO for course overload.

Pay the fee online through your MyUTPB account or with the Accounting Office.

Note: Keep an eye on these things

• USCIS: Update address in USCIS with DSO
• Address proof
• Travel history

After being in the USA continue US Immigration