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1/5 is the best I can give, that too because I got the degree. Should have taken a drop instead of coming to this college.Here is a ‘short’ review of college. There is so much to be said but please bear with this long review and it will be the true happenings in the college. Short answer: If you want to take admission here, don’t. For others who want to know why, well here I go..College faculty:Most teachers are M.E. students(HOD’s aren’t even PHD!) who have come here to gain experience and care nothing about the students. Some of them don’t even know how to perform practicals. Almost everyone is biased and favor only those students who give textbook answers with the English grammar of a 2 year old. They will make you wait for hours even after college timing(9–5) if you want their signature or other something else, and then say, “I didn’t think you would wait. But I have to go now, come back tomorrow.”Oh and enjoy running errands for the teachers as well.You will lose your self confidence here. HOD’s change every semester and so does most of the staff. Because they don’t get paid on time, as per one of the teachers that has now left and works in a college in Kharghar.College administration in utter bullshit! So narrow minded but think so high of themselves and think students are shit beneath their shoes.That said there were a few good teachers who were helpful, kind and friendly so this was somewhat soothing.Fact: The biggest known galaxy is IC 1101, which is 50 times the Milky Way's size and about 2,000 times more massive. It is about 5.5 million light-years across. →Even that is smaller than the EGO of some of the faculty here.College facilities:Alright let’s see what facilities they “provide”.Canteen- for Engineering,Dental,Physiotherapy,Medical,Management,BSc. and Hospital combined! Doesn’t help that most of them have their lunch breaks at the same time.Labs-Most equipment is missing,If it is present it has been out of working order for years. Students are expected to write lab journals while having not performed any experiments.If asked in a job interview if you have performed a certain experiment, saying that college didn’t have equipment doesn’t help. Better reply on youtube videos for that.Water “purifier” are stinks a lot and water has a strange taste to it. Not the kind of taste over chlorinated/well water has. Something strange. It’s obviously bad when some faculty advice not to drink from here.Water is mostly unavailable anyway. That includes the water in wash basins. So um..enjoy dirty hands after a visit to the toilet.The ceiling leaks in monsoon! Yes that’s right. Also there is water everywhere on the floors so better watch out or you will fall and get admitted to the hospital right in the campus!Washroom floors are always dirty and wet because of leaks. If the washbasin doesn’t have water where could the leak be from?Hmm..Academics:Same story as all colleges I guess. Spend 4 years writing assignments, sample question papers, lab experiments, tutorials,etc. instead of actually understanding the concepts. If you think it will be worth it, it won’t be. You will be awarded mediocre marks even for proper submissions with good handwriting and neat diagrams because you weren’t their favorite student or you didn’t butter them up( tumne unka kabhi chata nhi hoga toh). Officially the college has 2 shifts for mechanical and civil with 120 intake for each stream.But there are 200 students in each branch so a hundred students in each class at a time.Classrooms are way too small for these many people.You are not allowed to see your unit test marksheet . I was told to pay Rs 250 per subject and write an application,get it signed by class incharge+subject teacher+HOD so that I can see my own answer sheet!Student’s final year projects on which they spend 1000’s of rupees is kept by the college only to be sold as scrap later without the permission of the students.Placements:For anything other than Biomedical, I can wholeheartedly say “NIL”. Yes, that’s right. Want to spend 90k+ a year and spend the next 6 months to search for a job until which the next batch has passed out and companies prefer them over you? COME TO MGM THEN. There isn’t even a placement training class for students. If you hear that anyone got placement through this college then:a) It’s a pool campus drive IN OTHER COLLEGE.b) The student has actually independently secured a job.Kudos to them, not the college.c) They are lying!Others:Mechanical and Civil branches are the people who suffer the most. Can you believe that if you are from these branches you can not even stand for the election for student council president?Students have to gather and protest so that we have a fest.College fest is held on public holidays as the Principal says it should not disturb academic curriculum, which is actually non existent.Some faculty have said that Principal refuses to give funds for lab equipment saying it’s not that important. And I know they aren’t lying as I have seen this first hand.“College” has a team for SAE SUPRA. Why do I have the word “college” in double quotes? Its because college doesn’t provide any funding to the students for building the race car. The students have to contribute from their pockets for the funds. Since the team secured a position in SAE rankings, the students were returned their money, 2 YEARS LATER!Forms, forms, forms, forms…..you will fill so many forms that the rest of your life you will puke at the sight of a form. Submit an infinite amount of documents and photos every semester.Every notice and important announcement is made a day prior to the last day. EVERY TIME! And it doesn’t help that the notices are put up 2 hours after college hours so you will know about it on the next day.No coordination between departments and even faculty of the same department. They don’t even have a bit of shame when a parent comes because its all the same to them. They will make you and your parent visit multiple people on multiple floors only to circle back to the first person you meet and then your job is done.The fact that the lift malfunctions often will not help.75% attendance is mandatory if you want to be saved from the hassle of..well defaulter forms. Yes another form! Even if you try to maintain the attendance, due to carelessness of the teacher in recording attendance on not the official record sheet but on a page of a student’s notebook which is later lost you will end up in defaulter list. If you try to complain they say, it alright we will be careful next time,so fill up the FORM this time. This scenario happened to me in 4 of 8 semesters.Computers in the lab on 2nd floor are out of working order, so the practicals were spent writing assignments.Any seminars are made compulsory in the name of attendance as they know students will prefer to go home or write assignments rather than sit in the crowded hall with 2/5 working AC’s.You might be knowing that the vacation after semester exams MU doesn’t give a long vacation(22 days) as compared to govt colleges because of weeks between exams and due to the preparatory leave. So most companies(like 95%) provide internships that are 30 days long. You need to fill a form for internship(NOC) mentioning the start and end date of the internship,get it signed by the principle, stamped by college and then submitted to the company to start the internship. So if your end date accounts for those 8 extra days,i.e an internship for 30 days instead of 22 days, the principal doesn’t sign your letter saying “ITS NOT ALLOWED BY UNIVERSITY FOR YOU TO TAKE INTERNSHIP IF IT CANNOT BE COMPLETED IN VACATIONS” even if its just 8 days,that too during the period when nothing happens in college.He actually refuses you to get an internship! And then companies will say you didn’t do any internship during college. ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH. One might say then complain to the director about the principal.Well we can’t because he is the director’s son!Many people struggle to get network signal. So if you need internet access better find a friend who luckily has network and internet on their phone.You can’t rely on college computers to get access to internet.You will regularly find yourself in long lines outside xerox center in scorching heat/rain(85% chance xerox works) as suddenly college has told you to fill a form or get some document photocopied. You will constantly find yourself writing applications to do anything, be it late file/assignment submission,fee payment, getting you own marksheet,etc.Well this answer has been long and I think I’ll update my rating of the college.0/5 because the degree was because of my struggle,hard work and perseverance.Now you decide if you still want to take admission here.THANK YOU FOR READING!

Right. I have a PhD and have taught for 19 years at a smallish university (in the US) that you’re not likely to have heard of. I’ve been on many search committees, whose job is to evaluate applications for faculty positions with us. So I imagined myself on some future committee, flipping through manila folders packed with CVs and teaching statements. . . and I come to yours. What do we do?First of all: I can only speak for myself, but I always try my human best to evaluate all applications fairly, regardless of where they come from. As far as I know, all my colleagues do the same. We have faculty members in my department who got at least part of their education outside the US. Two of our current faculty members have experience living and working in African countries (not Uganda, though) and collaborating with African universities. I promise you: we would not automatically assume that a PhD from an African university “doesn’t count”.We might, however, ask you for more detailed information on your course of studies—a transcript of your coursework and grades, explanations of the grading scale, things like that—because we’re not familiar with the Ugandan university system. As far as I recall, we’ve requested information like that from all our foreign applicants.So do you get the job? The US currently has something of an oversupply of PhDs. My own department is a damn fine biology department, but it’s not especially famous outside of my state—and we still get 25 to 50 applications, from all over the US, for every tenure-track position we advertise. Most of our applicants have PhDs from well-known universities. Some have extensive postdoctoral experience. You have to make yourself stand out from the crowd to get our attention—and I am sure the competition is fiercer at more prestigious universities.There are some common errors that foreign candidates tend to make in their applications. I can tell you that any of these will get your application sent to the very bottom of the pile:Writing that is riddled with errors. You need an excellent command of spoken and written English to succeed as a faculty member here. Since English is an official language of Uganda, you may have some advantage over applicants from, say, China. On the other hand, one former faculty member from an English-speaking country used to make some of the worst errors in written English that I recall.Lack of attention to what the application is asking for. I have seen plenty of applications that are obviously just identical copies, or that pay no attention to our actual search criteria. The cover letters read something like, “Esteemed collegaue! I am most intrested in your exiting academiac job position offer in _Neurosciences_! I receive soon world-renowned degree from Xing Qing Bhopahdyaszczorzenikovskij Institute of Plant Science!” (I made that up, but it’s not an exaggeration; I’ve read some real applications that start out just like that.) My father, a mathematics professor, once reviewed an application that included samples of the applicant’s poetry. Very nice, but not helpful. If the position is for, say, a geneticist—please make sure you are a geneticist. Don’t “shotgun” your applications.Lack of attention to the job conditions. I recall one applicant who was “looking forward to working with our excellent post-docs.” Too bad my department doesn’t have any postdocs. We don’t even give doctoral degrees. We do research, publish in respected journals, and write grants—that’s expected for tenured and tenure-track faculty—but our emphasis is undergraduate education. If your application sounds like you’re expecting to stay in the lab all day and only now and then teach a graduate seminar, you just won’t get far with us. We do give newly hired faculty members some “start-up funds” to buy lab equipment and get their research going, but they’re not infinite. If your research requires access to a particle accelerator, a radiotelescope, New Guinea coral reefs, or archives in several nations, you need to either scale your expectations down a bit, or tell us how you expect to fund your research, and what you’ll do in case the funding doesn’t come through. (Bonus points: Can you get funding to take our students to particle accelerators, radiotelescopes, New Guinea, or archives, so that they can do research with you? We love applicants who show that they’re willing and able to get undergraduates involved in research. We love them even more when they have concrete plans for how they will do it.)One obstacle you’ll face, I’m afraid, is networking. We do go to national and international conferences in our fields, and we maintain personal contacts with colleagues at other universities. When we’re going through applicants for a faculty job, very often someone will say, “Hey, I know that guy’s major professor,” or “I think I saw her give a talk at the Society for Such-and-Such Science”, or “I know two of the people who wrote his letters of recommendation”, or something like that. That’s not always an advantage, and we don’t always hire people within our personal networks. But it can make a difference. You’d be well advised to go to as many international conferences in your field as possible. I know this is likely to be expensive if you have to travel to and from Uganda. But personal connections could lead you to new opportunities, and they could give you an edge when you apply for jobs. All else being equal, we’re likelier to hire someone whom we feel is a “known quantity.”One more obstacle: After we’ve gone through our applicants and winnowed them down, we’ll do phone interviews with the top five applicants. Based on those, we’ll narrow the pool down to the top two or three, and then invite them for a visit. They’ll meet our faculty, tour our facilities, and give seminars on their work. We pay for their transportation and accommodations—and it will be difficult to convince our administrators to pay for a plane ticket for you, all the way from Uganda and back, unless it is blindingly obvious that you are absolutely perfect for the job. You may need to shoulder that cost yourself—or first try to get a postdoc in the US, so that we only have to fly you in from Los Angeles or some place like that.I haven’t even mentioned getting a visa to live and work in the US. I don’t have much experience with that, but it may be an added challenge for you. Some folks on Quora have claimed that our immigration system is rather nightmarish.I hope I haven’t frightened you off, and I hope I’ve addressed your question. My university doesn’t “write off” PhDs from African or other non-US universities—and I think we’re pretty typical in this regard; I think most US universities operate pretty much the way that we do. But there are some obstacles you’ll face if you want to come and work here. I hope I’ve given you some ideas on how to avoid some of them. Good luck!

These and more resources are part of pdf series:ALL THE GRE, GMAT and IELTS Preparation Material You'll Ever Need!Introduction: Applying for graduate school can be tedious and nerve-wracking, and perhaps the worst step is getting good recommendation letters. But the process can be survived, and I can tell you how.Unfortunately you can't write your own recommendation letters (wouldn't be ethical), but if you get started early during your senior year of college and stay focused and organized, you will find that you can substantially influence what goes into the letters your references write, and the ultimate strength of those letters.I have seen more than 1,000 recommendation letters,so perhaps I can offer some tips to help you get the best recommendation letters possible for graduate school applications.WHY do you need strong recommendation letters?At many institutions, recommendation letters--usually three are required - are just as important in graduate school admissions process as your undergraduate GPA and your scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).The letters provide the admissions committee with proof of some of the things you will declare on your resume and in your "Statement of Purpose" essay required by most schools. If you've cultivated relationships with professors at your school, their subjective appraisal of your skills and traits will go a long way toward helping you get admitted to graduate school.Often selection committees will use the numeric figures (GPA, GRE) to make initial cuts in the applicant pool, and then, during the most intense phase of the competition (and it is intense), the committee will look to your recommendation letters for convincing endorsements. Most programs also have a form that your references must fill out, answering short questions about your potential for successful grad school coursework, and then the recommenders are asked to rank you in comparison to other students they have taught over the years. Don't worry, this isn't as bad as it sounds.Just so you know, graduate schools look for:Intellectual development through collegeAptitude for independent thinking and researchAnalytical abilities and writing skillsLeadership or creative qualitiesYour references need to support their comments with anecdotes or specific examples of your performance as an undergraduate.That kind of specificity of detail makes for good,convincing writing. If the professor can offer only generic bromides such as "she was a fine student, never missed class and was always punctual and attentive," then admissions committee members will recognize that this professor doesn't know the student very well.WHEN should you ask for recommendation letters?You will find that many graduate schools set an application deadline in November or December.These are hectic months for professors. The semester is driving toward an end, the holidays loom ahead and term papers and final exams are streaming in, waiting to be graded (and you thought only the poor students suffer end-of-semester stresses). So, anticipate these pressures and ask for letters early - in September.Leave the writers at least three weeks to prepare the letters.Two weeks might force the writers to do a shoddy rush job, and four weeks might tempt them to doze off and forget where they put your application forms. Three weeks seems about right. It always strained my patience when a student sprinted into my office, splashed a half dozen application forms across my desk and asked, "Professor, could you please do these grad school reference letters for me by, maybe,uh, like, next Monday."I always stifled my impulse to reply, "Yes, maybe, uh, like I will do that just as soon as I finish sticking your skinny neck under a guillotine!" But I knew the letters were important, so I always agreed to do my best to help students meet deadlines, figuring that was part of why the university paid me.Because professors tend to be preoccupied with their own academic work, it's a good idea for you to remind them, gently, about one week before your application deadline,that you need them to finish your letter. Remind them again, as the deadline closes in. Most professors will respond to that prodding in a friendly fashion. They know their letter is essential, and they once went through the same anxiety-producing process of tracking down letters and preparing portfolios and so on. Be assertive in a friendly way, until you know their letter is in the mail.The key to the whole process of getting the best recommendation letters for your graduate school application is for you to get started early; carefully organize your materials so that you can orchestrate what each letter-writer discusses; and be sure to place into their hands enough specific information that their task will be made easier and their letter will be far more effective once it reaches the hands of grad school officials.Who can write the best recommendation letters for you?You do not necessarily want to seek out your department's most prestigious professors to write you letters. Instead, find those who can comment specifically on who you are as a person and student. Schools won't recognize a professor's name, but they will recognize his or her passion for your future.It helps if the professor has taught graduate classes, and can compare your potential to the abilities of his or her own previous grad students. Often the instructor who knows you best is a grad student who has taught you in a course, but you are better off finding veteran professors who have experience writing recommendation letters. If you have completed an internship -especially one related to the graduate field you wish to pursue - then ask for a letter from the person who supervised that internship (an editor, an office manager, a research scientist you assisted, etc.). While not necessary, it would help if that person has a graduate degree and thus understands what grad school requires of students. You would be wise to include only one reference who is not a professor.Give careful thought to the individuals you choose to write your recommendation letters.They could determine your future.Most professors will not take the responsibility of writing a letter for you if they anticipate giving you a negative appraisal. But don't let a "no" depress you. That person may be fighting a deadline for a book; she may be caring for sick family members; she may have a crumbling marriage; she may be overwhelmed with committee work; she may feel that she doesn't know you or your work well enough to write a good letter; or she may believe that you really should be applying for a job flipping burgers at the Dairy King. Don't spend five seconds worrying about this situation. You are better off finding a reference who is sanguine about your future in grad school. Move on to your next choice.How should you ask for a recommendation letter?E-mail your professors and request a meeting to discuss your grad school plans. Ask in a tactful but direct way, "Professor, would you be able to write a strong recommendation letter when I apply to grad school?" Try to determine from their response if they will give you lukewarm or enthusiastic support.What do your letter-writers need from you?Here's where you can seriously influence the contents and effectiveness of the recommendation letters.First of all,try to arrange it so that the letters complement rather than merely echo one another. This can be achieved in part through selecting which particular items you give each reference before they begin writing, and helps tell more of a complete story about you.Have one professor write about the quality of your research and term papers, and perhaps have him mention any study abroad experiences; have another address your oral communication skills, leadership abilities, moral character and personality; have a former internship supervisor talk about your work habits, the nature of your internship, your motivation, and what you contributed to the company or organization where you interned. If you worked to help finance your way through college, this last individual could mention that. You might simply make a bulleted list of the specific things you'd like a particular letter-writer to address, and add are quest: "If you can, please discuss these topics in your letter."Make sure your references fully understand your career goals.Talk to them about this, and give them a copy of your "Statement of Purpose," where you further elaborate on your professional objectives. Try to "aim" your letter-writers specifically toward the kind of graduate program you're seeking. If you are applying for grad study in biology, for example, you will want one of your writers to lay special emphasis on your experience as a lab researcher. If you are seeking a grad degree in psychology, you might want extra space to be devoted in a letter to describing your interpersonal abilities. And then provide information and samples of your work that will help your references illustrate what they will be writing about you.You are, in effect, helping to create your own profile, offering a more balanced portrait of who you are.Trust me, the professors will welcome your help (writing good recommendation letters takestime, and can be a challenge even for skilled writers). The more prepared my students were,when they requested a letter, the easier my task was, and the more effective my letter was.Let's say you want me to write a recommendation for you. Here is a helpful list of things you can prepare for me and your other references:A copy of your resume and perhaps of your transcript (the latter doesn't have to be official, it can just be a photocopy).A cover sheet highlighting salient details of your academic life - Which of my courses did you take, and when? What grades did you receive in each class? What is your overall GPA? What is your GPA in your major field? Did you take a minor, and if so, how will it enhance your graduate studies? This cover sheet could also contain that list of things you want me to be sure to address, in the letter.A term paper or long examination that I have graded (I cannot recall something I wrote on your paper two years ago, so jog my memory), or a story you wrote for the student newspaper, or a report you wrote after a semester's research in a laboratory.A copy of your personal "Statement of Purpose" essay that you will submit with your application. (I may wind up critiquing your essay, and helping you make your statement more compelling. This essay also should help me further understand why you have decided to go to graduate school, and in what field, and in preparation for which career.)A well-organized series of files, one for each graduate school where you will be applying.Each school will ask that I fill out a form, evaluating your potential for success in grad school. Before you give the form to me, fill out the portion that pertains to you (usually at the top of page one). Be certain that you write on the outside of each file which school is involved, where I am to send my letter (cite individual names, titles, if you can), and what my deadline is. Professors can be world-class procrastinators, they can be as fuzzy as cotton boll, and they often stay so immersed in their research and lectures that they cannot tell you what day it is. Help them - stress the deadline.If I am mailing the letter,give me a stamped, addressed envelope. If you are going to pick up my letter and mail it with your packet, I will seal it and write my name across the seal (grad schools require that). More and more schools are requesting online recommendations. Be sure I know which of your potential schools do that, and give me the proper URL, so I can find your electronic file and post my letter. For each file dedicated to one of the schools where you're applying, make it clear to me how that grad program differs from the others.Computers make it easy for professors to tailor their recommendation letters to fit the specific graduate program the student is pursuing.Make certain I have your telephone number and e-mail address, in case I need furtherinformation.Include a stamped self-addressed postcard bearing this message--"Please mail this card to me when you receive this letter" and I will drop that card into the envelope with your letter. That way, you can track the letter, and you need to do that until you know that all your letters have landed in the right hands.WHERE should copies of your recommendation letters be stored, for later use?Once your references have finished your letter, you might ask that they send a copy to your campus "Career Services Center," where you can establish a confidential credentials file. It can contain all your recommendation letters, a copy of your transcript and resume and other materials. Career Services (under whatever name, on your campus) will send out copies of your letters whenever you need them.You might also explore setting up a credentials file through a Web-based file management service called "http://Interfolio.com." Once your credentials go online (including your recommendation letters, resume, writing samples, your "Statement of Purpose," whatever you need there), anyone whom you authorise can go and view your materials. Once you register with Interfolio, your reference letters can be sent there electronically, by professors and others, and often this saves them a lot of trouble. Interfolio offers an affordable way of sending your materials out to grad schools, and Interfolio will send out your portfolio either by UPS or electronically to whatever destinations you identify. The site assures confidentiality, and even you cannot access are commendation letter if a professor has asked that it be kept confidentialMost recommendation forms will ask you to sign a voluntary waiver that means you are surrendering your right to view the recommendations written on your behalf. Many professors feel uncomfortable writing an open letter, and some even balk at doing so, if you don't waive your rights to view the letters. Some grad school selection committees may weigh lightly any non-restricted letters in your application. So, waive your rights to read the letters. You can generally trust that letters produced by those who have agreed to help you will be positive (and,again, you can help see to that, by giving your references plenty of help once they agree to write a letter).So,now what?Well, now you owe a debt to each person who wrote a letter recommending you. Send each a Thank You note("I know how busy you are, and that your time is valuable, so I really appreciate your help...," etc.). This is a thoughtful gesture. This is also smart politics. You may need another such letter or assistance from the same references later. Speaking from 40 years of experience, I can tell you writing recommendation letters never got easier for me. More often than not, I spent two hours marshalling my thoughts and all the details into a persuasive letter.Like most professors, I wanted my students to succeed. Nothing made me happier than to have a student drop by to tell me that he or she got accepted at a good graduate school.I write a blog here: GREKindly bestow it some look if you find time to read more such things:)Regards