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Hi! Congratulations on your acceptance. I would ask you how old are you? If you are still young you could work for few more years and save more money. What did you study and where did you study your Bachelor? Also, having a MPPA is not going to give you a lot of money, because that degree specializes in government, and private sector jobs are the ones paying more. I would suggest you to keep working and try other programs, like business schools. If your main driver is money and you are already going to invest a lot of money, it should be better to spend it on something that is going to give you a better return.

You have many possible solutions. First you need to operationalize/define what is exactly competitiveness (market share, index, cost levels, etc.). Then you should see if there are any similar regulations in other states (assuming you are in the USA) and use that as the most important independent variable. Then decide what kind of analysis you are going to: difference-in-difference, cross-sectional regression, etc. and include relevant variables. Best

I used to have Simple Mobile (a cheaper option that seems to belong to T mobile) and had 40 USD for data/text/calls unlimited. The only drawback is that I lacked service when travelling abroad, which was sort of often.

Hi! Congratulations on your upcoming trip to Spain and your C1 level (you get to C2 almost automatically once you live long enough in the country). The first time I scored Q/V 157 with no preparation, with some preparation I scored Q/V 157/159, and with a lot of preparation I scored Q/V 166/158. I did not study anything for verbal, since my goal was to increase the Math score. Studying a lot does not mean studying effectively, there is room for improvement and since your profile is pretty good. Your GRE scores are very low for a native speaker, as someone just said, you might not make it to the cutoff. Also, having a higher score might give you an edge over (some) funding.

Should I be applying as an American, or International student? Do I have a choice in the matter? You are American, since, I assume, you have an American passport. That is out of the question. However, you will write on your application that you studied everything in Israel. My question is: Do you think the grad committee will take this into account? Should I mention this anywhere? How would I go about mentioning it? You should say everything is smaller in Israel and you want a bigger exposure, bla bla, use the "smallness" of Israel as a compelling reason to study in United States. They do know Israel is small, but many Americans acknowledge this country as a place with very smart and hardworking people, unlike most countries, which were formed just because people happened to be there. Has anyone had any experience with this? Will there be leniency in this regard? No idea. My degree was 4 years. However, I have read in several places that Indians are not allowed in American programs because of the three year degrees (mostly read it in application pages, but I have no idea if they easily make exceptions). ​Is this leniency with international grades a thing? Should I mention anywhere on my application the reason for my bad grades 2nd semester of 1st year? The American committees do know things are different in other countries. I got 93 (out of 100) and I ranked first in my class (we do not have any curve, the second place was 89). The two times I was admitted, I got full scholarships/funding. Also, you should ask a letter of recommendation to the professor who is related to your field.

Your GRE's are way too low. Some universities discard applications that do not pass the cutoff, and a 157 is fairly low for any engineering program. The verbal score is also very low, but I do not know how they weigh it. Given the fact that many Indians have English education, the TOEFL is also low. However, this is not decisive, just an observation. If you improve your GRE verbal scores, your TOEFL will go up too.

I don't think there's a British Visa unless your country does not have an agreement with the European Union. If you are allowed to visit Europe, then you should be able to visit UK. Anyway, I would recommend you to do Somewhere->JFK->City. The only problem is that American airports require you to pass through immigration before taking the connecting flight (I've done it several times), and JFK is a crowded airport with thousands of foreigners landing, so the immigration process takes forever. Last time I went to New York it took at least an hour and a half to pass through immigration. However, there might be some exceptions with those taking connecting flights.

What about Duke: http://dcid.sanford.duke.edu/academics/midp

I did my undergrad in Political Science and International Relations. Before finishing it, I realized that was not for me, but I could not switch majors (not possible in my country, you kind of have to start over). Then I did a Master in a "professional school" (which was not that professional, but they said they were), which was able to place students in good Poli Sci/IR programs. Now I am changing subjects and moving to Statistics. My biggest mistake was not doing it before. I think you should get a job and decided if you really want to move to Computer Science. You studied Public Administration and yet you were not able to tell that Poli Sci/IR was theoretical until you started your PhD. Now you want to switch to a completely unrelated field which you have no knowledge about it either (you've never taken classes on CS). My advice would be to drop the the PhD and get a job. However, if you are not American, you should probably try to apply to a different program.

I think you should put it in your CV and write a paragraph about this in your statement of purpose. From what I've heard from other friends studying Development and Dev professors, admissions highly value working experience in a developing country and do not expect you to have an extensive academic background in development since, in my opinion, development is a hands-on discipline. Still, something valuable is having a affinity with data analysis (databases, econometrics, intuition for work) as this a valuable skill for any development practitioner these days, and can get an organization some funding if they quantitatively justify budget for something and show an effective evaluation mechanism.

It is actually better for you to do all that development work before the master. Also, once you have that local training, you might even get funded by a University, as you will have valuable working experience; that has happened a lot in UCSD SGPS (formerly known as IRPS). Specifically, there was this American guy who spoke Vietnamese because he had worked in Vietnam. He had a full scholarship with a small stipend. It is a pretty good investment if you do the internship and work, and then start a master.

I am not even sure there's a whole program in Mexico dedicated exclusively to study Nahuatl or Mixtec. I am very surprised Yale crafted such a specific program. Congratulations!

False. I was admitted to 7 programs and I already have a Master. However, my previous master was IR and Intl Economics and the new one is going to be Statistics.

It depends on how you measure effort. Right answers (mostly in hard sciences) equal effort or talent as long as there was no cheating.

Sorry, I did not know you had multiple sclerosis (as the post just said MS, which is a term I am not familiar with), I just assumed you only had depression. It is 4 weeks, so you are basically done. Talk to your professors and explain the situation, they will be understanding and will probably be lenient regarding the grading, attendance and times. You have already worked so hard for three terms, so doing your best in the exams will be enough.

How long is the program? Is it three quarters? I think many programs are one year long, so the duration is not that burdensome. I would highly recommend against leaving without doing the exams. That is going to be a permanent stain in your record, specially if you want to apply for graduate studies in the USA. At least, by finishing a quarter or two you can blame on your depression for not finishing, A Master in a similar field might help you prepare for further studies in the USA. Instead of thinking about your depression and how difficult is everything, I think you should just do a study plan, try to make the most out of the classes you take, and orient them to your desired field. Just set a goal and work on it.

UCSD IRPS-GPS offered full tuition waiver and a stipend (700 USD monthly) to many Latin American students and a few American students.

WHat is exactly the appointment letter? If the appointment letter has a bar code, you need to change it. If your DS-160 confirmation, I-20 and Passport all are right, I think you will be fine.

Can someone delete this thread? I made a mistake by posting it here.

Hi, I was looking at some programs of statistics and I am curious about this program because I know NYU Stern is a different school and it is ranked around 45-50. I was wondering what is your opinion of the overall quality of students and the department of NYU at Steinhardt. Thank you.

Hi, I was looking at some programs of statistics and I am curious about this program because I know NYU Stern is a different school and it is ranked around 45-50. I was wondering what is your opinion of the overall quality of students and the department of NYU at Steinhardt. Thank you.

I am going to OSU for graduate studies in Statistics. I also visited in February and it is a freezer, but I guess I can live with that.

Hi! I recently did this process (specifically, this Friday). A friend of mine who is also moving to the US asked some friends for advice to rent apartments in Ohio, they gave her a webpage to find apartments. She found two nice apartments and gave me the contact for one of those. So, I reviewed the pictures of the apartment and all specifications and decided that I wanted it. I contacted the agency (who owns several properties), mail them a check and today I received the lease agreement. The important part is the agency and its reputation, I would not trust an owner who is not a company. In my case, the most difficult thing was to mail a check; first, since I am not American, I do not have a checking account with checks payable in dollars so I had to rely on a friend who is already studying in the US. Second, I had to send the check through DHL. Any normal country would just give people the account number to make a regular deposit...

Yes. You can enter the country earlier, but you will be admitted as a tourist and required to have a tourist visa/visa waiver. As far as I know, once you are in, you need to leave the country and then go back and tell the officer you are entering as a student . Regarding the flight, they just ask you how long you are going to stay in the country, they do not ask you for anything. I was in NYC last week and the officer just asked me if I was studying in the USA (since I have my older F1 visa in my passport), and how long I was going to stay. It took at most 2 minutes.