How to Prepare APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION at American Universities

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How to Prepare APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION at
American Universities

• BY
• BASANT GIRI
• Graduate Student
• Department of Chemistry
• Oregon State University, Oregon, USA

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Why American University ?

• World Class
• Easy to Apply
• Employment opportunities after graduation
• Availability of Assistantship

• Nobel Prize is Waiting for You
• No need to write research proposal
• Not necessary to butter anybody

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Requirements For Graduate Admission
Requirements For Graduate Admission

• Transcripts
• Test Scores
• Recommendations

• Personal essay
• Professional Resume
• Application Fee

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TEST SCORESTOEFL

• Test of English as a foreign Language is
  required for all International applicants.
• Minimum score required 213 to 250 for CBT
• Send official copy (if possible). Otherwise you
  may send photocopy or scanned test report. Some
  universities do not forward your application
  packet without official copy. Do not worry about
  this. First check by sending non official copy
  and then if they say it is compulsory send
  official copy.

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GRE

• GRE is required for Graduate applicants.
• There is no minimum score required in most of the
  universities. But you have to compete with other
  candidates.
• Some universities recommend only and very few ask
  for subject GRE

• Verbal 800
• Quantitative 800
• Writing 6
• You have to score separately.

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Personal essay

• Personal essay of Personal Statement or some may
  ask for research statement. Include at least
  followings.
• Your Background of education
• Why did you choose chemistry as major?
• Which field do you have interests and why?
• Why do you choose the particular university?

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RECOMMENDATION

• Three letter of Recommendations
• One from Department head.
• One from research Supervisor (if applicable).
• One from professional who know you very well.
• On their letter head, sealed inside envelope and
  signed by the recommender

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Application Fee

• Universities ask application fee ranging from 30
  to 100
• But we can not pay application fee.
• Write a letter asking for waiving the fee or
  deferring the fee until your admission.
• There are also universities which do not require
  application fee for application process and some
  ask for application fee only after your
  admission. In some universities department pay
  app fee if you are recommended for admission to
  office of admission.
• Pay application fee if they say they could not
  forward your application file until fee

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I used this forWaiving App Fee

• Dear
• I am writing to let you know that I am very much
  interested in Ph.D. program in chemistry at your
  esteemed university. I am going to submit my
  application shortly.
• I have one problem though. Unfortunately, I am
  unable to pay the required application fee. You
  probably know about the financial situation in
  Nepal. I would like to ask you about the
  possibility to waive the fee or defer the payment
  until my admission in your university.
• Thank you very much for your help and
  understanding.
• Sincerely
• Basant Giri
• giribasanta_at_hotmail.com

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When To Start ?

• Think before one year of the session you are
  going to join the university. Start from now for
  fall 2007.
• Start to search universities and to prepare
  tests.
• Take date for the tests TOEFL and GRE.

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University Search

• Use internet Service
• Choose at least one dozen universities that best
  matches your qualifications.
• Search http//www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/chem/
  chemuniv.html
• It lists out chemistry departments of US
  universities alphabetically. After entering the
  chem dept go to graduate program.

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Or search http//hackberry.trinity.edu/chemDeptGr
adPrograms.htmlIt directly gives graduate
programs.Or you may use Google search.From
graduate program homepage go to admission and
find out all necessaries.
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Find out followings

• Requirements of test scores
• Deadline for the application
• Person who sees after graduate applications and
  his/her email address
• Address of sending application packet
• Recommendation form (if applicable)
• Application form

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Some Universities having Nepalese Students

• Oregon State University, OR
• Kansas State University, KS
• University of Nevada, Reno, NV
• Wayne State University
• University of Akron, OH
• Western Illinois University, II
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
• Baylor University, TX
• University of Utah, UT
• Utah state University, UT
• University of Toledo
• Kent state University
• Wichita state University
• Brigham young University, UT
• University of Texas,TX

• New Mexico state University
• University of Southern Carolina
• University of southern Mississippi
• University of Missouri
• University of Southern Illinois
• University of Albany
• University of Idaho
• University of Miami
• Portland State University,OR
• Washington State University,WA
• University of Washington,WA
• University of Oklahoma,OK
• Oklahoma state university,OK
• Boston college
• Boston University

For more Information about Nepalese Chemists
around the world log on to www.oregonstate.edu/gi
rib and go to N-Chem.
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Application For Visa

• Application form
• Form I-20 and Admission Letter
• Transcripts of SLC to M. Sc.
• Original Test Reports
• Passport and Citizenship Card
• Work Experience Letter
• Fee
• Dont Worry about getting Visa if you have full
  assistantship

Contact Basant at giribltatgtonid.orst.edu to know
more information