One day, during my MBA first semester, I was looking at my tuition fee receipt and just out of my curiosity I did a simple math on how much money I was exactly paying for each lecture session of a course. I was amazed by the calculations and it just changed my perspective of classes …
If you work in Consulting, you might have heard this concept of Per Diem. Let me share the concept of Per Diem and how it works and how you can check per diem in a location. What is Per Diem ? How does it work ? Per Diem is nothing but daily allowance for living …
One of the things that I have noticed with international students is NOT planning ahead of time. Students decide to study MS or MBA in US in the eleventh hour and say I do not have time. They start googling “ How to prepare for GRE in 15 days ? One month or Two months”. …
From my experience talking to international students, the first thing that I have seen most of the students ask someone when they plan on applying schools is “Can you send me the list of Top ranked US universities for this program ?” . The reality is, except few, most of the students just blindly look …
If you are working as a H1B holder in US, you have lot of limitations in terms of your freedom to work or do any business. You do not get many benefits as the Green card holders or US Citizens. It might be frustrating at times to be on H1B. Let me share my very …
I have a good friend who used to work for a good company. He came to US through them, worked here for over 2 years for them and then quit. He quit the company almost after 5 years… when I asked him the reason to quit, it was not money or anything else….it was just …
Work occupies most of our life, if you think about it…officially you are supposed to work for 8 hrs to be considered full time. But, people work differently in different countries depending on the culture. If you are planning on settling in a country, this is something very serious to think about. Let me share …
The way it works in India and maybe few other countries is, once you take up a Major (or Branch) in Bachelors, it is very hard to change that Major. You do not see many schools encouraging changing of majors unless you are in a flexible top notch school. Unlike, in America it works differently…Let …
If you were to ask any Indian or international living in US, this is probably the most thought or discussed question: “Should I settle in US or go back to home country?” There are similar thoughts for people in India or any other country too. I lived in India and US for quite some time, …
I was out last night for a Brazilian Birthday party. All the people were new to me and they were all Brazilian…I met this group through my American friend and unfortunately, he could not make it last night…It was an interesting experience…It was amazing to meet new people, get to know their cultures…. Half of …