Universities in USA for MS program..

LIST OF UNIVERSITIES IN USA

Many people in india are planning for their Masters program after their completion of their graduates program in India.For all of those who dont know how to approach for the M.S program,this describes the best how to approach and reach their goals..This review is developed based on my personal experiences...
Step 1 :

Many universities ask for GRE and TOEFL scores,so the first step includes writing
[1]GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
[2]TOEFL(Test for English as a foreign Language)


GRE Pattern :

Generally GRE is for 1600 marks.In this mathematics(Quants)is for 800 marks and the other 800 marks for English..

Maths(Quantitative section):

The Quantitative section consists of 28 questions in 45 minutes on all your favourite maths topics from highschool,arithmetic,algebra,geometry,probability,sets and statistics.You have to answer all the 28 questions in 45 minutes.That is 1.5minutes/question.In this section you can score easily.

English :

In this verbal part ,two parts exists.They are :
[1]Verbal
[2]AWA{Analytical writing Assessment}

VERBAL :

The verbal section consists of 30 questions in 30 minutes.Verbal section includes Antonyms
Analogies
Sentence completion
Reading comprehension
This is the difficult part to score....each question has a minute to answer

AWA:

This section consists of two essays,we have to write in just 75 minutes...In this SECTION typical GRE words and sentences should be used to score better..

(*To apply for the test please visit : www.prometric.com)

[2]TOEFL :

This is completely based on four sections and is for 120 marks..

Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking

READING:

Here you have to answer the qusetions by simply reading the passage in the computer screen.

Passages : 3
Number of Questions : 36-42
Approx time : 60 minutes

LISTENING:

Here you have to hear the lectures and conversations by means of a headphone and answer the questions in the computer screen

Lectures to be heard : 4
Conversations : 2
Number of Questions : 34
Approx time : 60 minutes

Speaking:

In this you have to speak to the mic..for nearly 2-3 minutes for a single question.

Independent tasks : 2
Integrated tasks : 4
Number of Questions : 6
Approx time : 20 minutes

WRITING:

In this section you have to write your essays on the screen...

Integrated tasks : 1
Independent tasks : 2
Approx time : 60 minutes

*EXAM FEE FOR GRE:160USD
*EXAM FEE FOR TOEFL:140USD

AFTER THE COMPLETION OF EXAMINATIONS :

After completion of GRE and TOEFL,you have to send all the reports such as ur b.tech transcripts,including your GRE and TOEFL score sheets to some selected universities on first apply first admission basis.After this the universities will send you I20 form..if you have good academics...The universities links are given below...U can see the requirements in the below sites...

Start evaluating your self and put down your score as you go by each and every section,then see the list of universities below that...with scores




*****Important : One of my friends went US without any GRE OR TOEFL score in stanford university.This university has that facility.....


1.GRE: Rate yourself between 0-25 points

Q+V 850: 10 Points
Q+V 900: 11 Points
Q+V 1000: 13Points
Q+V 1100: 15 points
Q+V 1200: 17 points
Q+V 1250: 18 Points
Q+V 1300: 19 Points
Q+V 1350: 20 Points
Q+V 1400: 21 Points
Q+V 1500: 24 Points


2.Bachelors Score: Rate yourself between 0-25 points

50% with backlogs [7 points]
70% with out backlogs 1[7 points]
50% with out backlogs [9 points]
75% with backlogs 15 points
60% with backlogs [11 points]
75% with out backlogs [21 points]
60% with out backlogs [13 points]
80% plus with out backlogs [23 points]
70% with backlogs [15 points]
University topper: 25

3. 10th and 10+2 scores: 5 points

Scores close to 60 % : 2 points
Scores close to 70 % : 3 Points
Scores close to 80 % : 4 points

4. TOEFL: 0-10

Below 70 : 4 Points
Score 75: 5 points
Score 80: 7 points
Score 90: 8 points
Score 100: 9 points
Score 110+: 10 points

5. Work Experience: 0-10 (3 points Minimum)

Good research and good projects [3-5]

Working for funded projects [4-6]

Summer Intern (below 6 months) [5-7]

Real time Job experience 1 year [7-9]

6. Undergraduate research & tech papers 0-10 (3 points minimum)

Good research and good projects[3-5]

Research with few technical papers [4-6]

Technical papers at national level [5-7]

International publications[7-9]

7. Personal statement &Recommendation letters [0-5]

Bad Sop - If a professor feels its copied SOP[0-1]

Good SOP & good recommendation letters (from profs)[2-4]

Good sop with a Reco letter form a guy whom you worked under or some person in the industry[3-5]


8. Timing 0-5

This depends on

· When you apply and schools you apply!

· How you apply – how many months before you apply

· How you plan?

9. Your approach /attitude 0-5

This is very important: keep your cool professors- never use the word I need funding and stuff, Instead say, I wish to work for you. Don’t email them asking for GRE college codes, climate & stuff be professional.

· Attitude is how good you Show your self and portray your self and

· How good you can convince a Professor that you wish to work for him

· Writing Skills

Now pick your schools

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE LINKS :

Schools with cumulative score near 90 :

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
www.mit.edu

Stanford University
www.stanford.edu

University of California- Berkeley
www.berkeley.edu

University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
www.uiuc.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology
www.gatech.edu

University of Michigan Ann Arbor
www.umich.edu

Cornell University
www.cornell.edu

University of California – San Diego
www.ucsd.edu

California Institute of Technology
www.caltech.edu

University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu

University of Wisconsin- Madison
www.wisc.edu

Carnegie Mellon University
www.cmu.edu

University of Southern California
www.usc.edu

University of California Los Angles
www.ucla.edu

University of Maryland – College park
www.umd.edu

Harvard University
www.harvard.edu

Princeton University
www.princeton.edu

Pennsylvania State University –Univ Park
www.psu.edu

Texas A & M College Station
www.tamu.edu

Purdue University –West Lafayette
www.purdue.edu


Schools with cumulative score near 80

Ohio State University
www.osu.edu

Duke University
www.duke.edu

Columbia University
www.columbia.edu

University of Washington – Seattle
www.washington.edu

University of Minnesota
www.umn.edu

Yale University
www.yale.edu

John Hopkins University
www.jhu.edu

Case Western Reserve University
www.cwru.edu

Brown university (RI)
www.brown.edu

Virginia poly Tech
www.vt.edu

North Carolina State University
www.ncsu.edu

Dartmouth College, NH
www.dartmouth.edu

University of Pittsburgh
www.pitt.edu

Iowa State University
www.iastate.edu

University of California- Santa Barbara
www.ucsb.edu

Arizona State University
www.asu.edu

Rutgers, State Univ of NJ, New Brunswick
www.rutgers.edu

Rice University
www.rice.edu

University of Rochester
www.rochester.edu

University of Virginia
www.virginia.edu

University of Pennsylvania
www.upenn.edu

Northwestern University (IL)
www.northwestern.edu

University of Delaware
www.udel.edu

Washington University St Louis
www.wustl.edu

University of California – Davis
www.ucdavis.edu

University of Colorado –Boulder
www.colorado.edu

Lehigh University (PA)
www.lehigh.edu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
www.rpi.edu

University of Florida; Gainesville
www.ufl.edu

University of California - Irvine
www.uci.edu

Michigan State University
www.msu.edu

University of Notre Dame
www.nd.edu


Schools for cumulative score near 70

University of Iowa
www.uiowa.edu

Clemson University
www.clemson.edu

University of Massachusetts – Amherst
www.umass.edu

Kansas State University
www.ksu.edu

Vanderbilt University (TN)
www.vanderbilt.edu

University of Cincinnati
www.uc.edu

University of Alabama- Tuscaloosa
www.ua.edu

University of Arizona-Tucson
www.uarizona.edu

University of Chicago
www.uchicago.edu

University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
www.unc.edu

University of Utah
www.utah.edu

Colorado School of Mines
www.mines.edu

University of Illinois at Chicago
www.uic.edu

University of New Hampshire
www.unh.edu

University of New Mexico
www.unm.edu

Boston University
www.bu.edu

Colorado State University
www.colostate.edu

SUNY- stony brook
www.sunnysb.edu

University of Missouri – Rolla
www.umr.edu

Auburn University
www.auburn.edu

University of Buffalo
www.buffalo.edu

University of Akron
www.uakron.edu

Oregon State University
www.oregonstate.edu

University of South Carolina
www.sc.edu

University of Kansas
www.ku.edu

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
www.wpi.edu

University of Tennessee-Knoxville
www.utk.edu


Schools for cumulative score near 65

University of Connecticut
www.uconn.edu

University of Nebraska Lincoln
www.unl.edu

University of Georgia
www.uga.edu

University of Missouri-Columbia
www.mizzou.edu

West Virginia University
www.wvu.edu

Illinois Institute of Technology
www.iit.edu

University of Miami
www.miami.edu

Tulane University
www.tulane.edu

Indiana University - Bloomington
www.indiana.edu

University of Texas – Dallas
www.utdallas.edu

Ohio University –Athens
www.ohiou.edu

University of Houston –Houston
www.uh.edu

Michigan technological University
www.mtu.edu

University of Maine
www.umaine.edu

University of California – River Side
www.ucr.edu

University of Kentucky
www.uky.edu

Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
www.lsu.edu

Oklahoma State University
www.okstate.edu

George Washington University
www.gwu.edu

University of Central Florida
www.ucf.edu

Drexel University
www.drexel.edu


Schools for cumulative score near 60

Northern Illinois University
www.niu.edu


University of Memphis
www.memphis.edu


University of Nevada Los Vegas
www.unlv.edu


Mississippi State university
www.msstate.edu


University of Missouri, Kansas City
www.umkc.edu

Brigham Young University
www.byu.edu

University of Oklahoma
www.ou.edu

Syracuse University
www.syr.edu

University of Oklahoma
www.ou.edu

University of New Orleans
www.uno.edu

Oregon Graduate Institute of Science &Tech
www.ogi.edu

University of Indianapolis
www.uindy.edu

University of Nebraska Omaha
www.unomaha.edu

University of South Florida- Tampa
www.usf.edu

Tennessee Technological University
www.tntech.edu

Texas Tech University
www.ttu.edu

University of Alabama-Huntsville
www.uah.edu

Polytechnic University (NY)
www.poly.edu

University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu

Indiana University Purdue University
www.iupui.edu

University of Arkansas- Fayetteville
www.uark.edu

University of South Florida
www.usf.edu

University of Louisiana-Lafayette
www.lousiana.edu

George Mason University
www.gmu.edu


Washington State University
www.wsu.edu


Georgia State University
www.gsu.edu

Middle Tennessee State University
www.mtsu.edu


Schools for cumulative score near 55

New Jersey Institute of Technology
www.njit.edu

Idaho State University
www.isu.edu

University of North Carolina-Charlotte
www.uncc.edu

New Mexico State University
www.nmsu.edu

Wayne State University
www.wayne.edu

Wright State University
www.wright.edu

California State University, Sacramento
www.csus.edu

Missouri State University
www.missouristate.edu/

Florida Institute of Technology
www.fit.edu

North Dakota State University
www.ndsu.edu

University of Texas-Arlington
www.uta.edu

Clarkson University
www.clarkson.edu

University of Tennessee Chattanooga
www.utc.edu

Portland state university
www.pdx.edu

University of Vermont
www.uvm.edu

University of Tampa
www.utampa.edu

Louisiana Tech. University
www.latech.edu

Wichita State University
www.wichita.edu

Illinois State University, Normal
www.ilstu.edu

University of Mississippi
www.olemiss.edu

Northeastern University
www.northeastern.edu

University of Tulsa
www.utulsa.edu

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
www.siue.edu

University of Alaska- Fairbanks
www.uaf.edu

Pace University, NY
www.pace.edu

Wright State University
www.wright.edu

Baylor University, Texas
www.baylor.edu

Chicago State University
www.csu.edu

South Dakota State University
www.sdsu.edu

Villanova University
www.villanova.edu

East Carolina University
www.ecu.edu

University of North Texas
www.unt.edu

SUNY Institute of Technology
www.sunyit.edu

University of Missouri at St Louis
www.umsl.edu

University of Northern Iowa
www.uni.edu

Old Dominion University, Virginia
www.odu.edu

Texas A & M University, Commerce
www.tamu-commerce.edu/

Minnesota State University, Mankato
www.mnsu.edu


Schools for cumulative score near 50


Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
www.siuc.edu

New Mexico Institute of Mining &Tech.
www.nmt.edu

Northwest Missouri State University
www.nwmissouri.edu/

University of Illinois at Springfield
www.uis.edu

University of Louisville
www.louisville.edu

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs
www.coloradotech.edu

Montana State University, Bozeman
www.montana.edu

North Carolina Agricultural & Tech State University
www.ncat.edu

Lamar University
www.lamar.edu

Florida International university
www.fiu.edu

University of Bridgeport –CT
www.bridgeport.edu

St Cloud State University
www.stcloudstate.edu

University of Dayton –Ohio
www.udayton.edu

Texas A & M university, Kingsville
www.tamuk.edu

Eastern Michigan University
www.emich.edu

City College of the City of New York
www.cuny.edu

South Dakota School of Mines & technology
www.sdsmt.edu

Western Kentucky University
www.wku.edu

Boise State university, Idaho
www.boisestate.edu

University of Hawaii
www.hawai.edu

University of Texas, Tyler
www.uttyler.edu

University of Texas at San Antonio
www.utsa.edu

State University of West Georgia
www.westga.edu

Ball State University
www.bsu.edu

Bradley University
www.bradley.edu

University of Texas El Paso
www.utep.edu

Columbus State University
www.colstate.edu

Arkansas State University
www.astate.edu

Cleveland State University
www.csuohio.edu

New York Institute of Technology
www.nyit.edu

California State University, Chico
www.csuchico.edu

Dakota State University
www.dsu.edu

DePaul University
www.depaul.edu

Eastern shington University
www.ewu.ed

Marquette University
www.marquette.edu

North Dakota State University
www.nodak.edu

Southeastern University, DC
www.seu.edu

Southern Oregon University, Ashland
www.sou.edu

North Dakota State University
www.ndsu.edu

Suffolk University, MA
www.suffolk.edu

Temple University, PA
www.temple.edu

University of Denver
www.du.edu

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
www.uncg.edu

University of West Florida, Pensacola
www.uwf.edu

University of Central Arkansas
www.uca.edu


Schools for cumulative score between 40 to 50

Alabama A & M University
www.aamu.edu

San Diego State University, California
www.sdsu.edu/

Ball State University
www.bsu.edu

Northeastern Illinois University
www.neiu.edu

University of Detroit Mercy
www.udmercy.edu

University of Arkansas Little Rock
www.ualr.edu

California State University, Fresno
www.csufresno.edu

Widener University, Pennsylvania
www.widener.edu/

Alcorn State University
www.alcorn.edu

Gannon University
www.gannon.edu/

University of Findlay-Ohio
www.findlay.edu/

Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey
www.fdu.edu

State University of New York, Albany
www.albany.edu

College of William & Mary
www.wm.edu

East Tennessee State University
www.etsu.edu

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
www.swt.edu

Mc Neese State University
www.mcneese.edu

Oakland University
www.oakland.edu

Sam Houston State University
www.shsu.edu

San Jose state University
www.sjsu.edu

William Patterson University
www.wpunj.edu

Western Carolina University
www.wcu.edu

University of Central Oklahoma
www.ucok.edu

Widener University
www.widener.edu

University of St Thomas, MN
www.stthomas.edu

Western Illinois university
www.wiu.edu

Bowling Green State University, Ohio
www.bgsu.edu

Delaware State University
www.desu.edu

Central Michigan University
www.cmich.edu

University of Southern Mississippi
www.usm.edu

Indian University South Bend
www.iusb.edu

Saint Mary’s University San Antonio
www.stmarytx.edu

Shippensburg University, PA
www.ship.edu

Kent State University
www.kent.edu

State University of New York, New Paltz
www.newpaltz.edu

Ferris State University
www.ferris.edu

University of New Haven, CT
www.newhaven.edu

University of Texas, Pan America
www.panam.edu

Jackson State University
www.jsums.edu

Northwestern Polytechnic University
www.npu.edu

East Tennessee State University
www.etsu.edu

Lawrence Tech University
www.ltu.edu



Schools for cumulative score near 40


Saint Joseph University
www.sju.edu

Chapman University
www.chapman.edu

Clark Atlanta University
www.cau.edu

Frostburg State University
www.frostburg.edu

La Salle University, PA
www.lasalle.edu

Duquesne University
www.duq.edu

Georgia College & State University
www.gcsu.edu

Georgia Southern University
www.georgiasouthern.edu

Golden Gate University
www.ggu.edu

Kennesaw State University
www.kennesaw.edu

Long Island University
www.liu.edu

Loyola University Chicago
www.luc.edu

Northern Kentucky University
www.nku.edu

Oklahoma City Universit
www.ocu.edu

Southern New Hampshire University
www.snhu.edu

California State University, Northridge
www.csun.edu

Catholic University of America, Washington
www.cua.edu/

Ohio Dominican College (University), Ohio
www.ohiodominican.edu/

Ferris State University, Michigan
www.ferris.edu/

Fitchburg State University, MA
www.fsc.edu

Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii
www.hpu.edu/

Northwood University, Michigan
www.northwood.edu/

Johnson and Wales University, RI
www.jwu.edu/

Monmouth University-New Jersey
www.monmouth.edu/

Governors State University, Parkway IL
www.govst.edu/

Troy State University, Alabama
www.troyst.edu/

Stevens Institute of Technology
www.stevens-tech.edu

Roosevelt University Chicago
www.roosevelt.edu

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
www.fau.edu

Alfred University
www.alfred.edu

Drake university
www.drake.edu

Howard University
www.howard.edu

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
www.ship.edu

Jacksonville State University
www.jsu.edu

Dominican University
www.dom.edu [source for links :i20fever]