Vidya and Biju! Great presentation. You have provided a structured overview of a complicated process. I shared this on Facebook in my news feed, but I could not tag you...
Vidya, i watched both the videos. Could watch only today as I was busy since the last few days. These videos will be very useful to those who wish to study there. You have tkn a grt effort to organize the entire procedure in a way so that it will be very useful to the concerned people. Well explained and presented well too.
Thank you so much this will be very helpful for so many parents. Forwarded to our church groups. My Son got admission to UT Austin still don’t know how he got it....wish I received clear information like this at that time.
Vidya and Biju... Thanks for sharing the info about the college process here. Wonder if you can talk about the volunteering/community services that students can get involved in. Also looking forward to a video on Ivy colleges and what it takes to get into one (apart from the financial status , of course:)) Thanks so much!
Thank you Shalini. Nothing different about Ivy leagues .Kid needs to stand out from other kids, that's all. Grade is one of the most important factors, a better grade gives you a better chance along with outstanding extra curricular activities (state champion, national champion, inventor, publisher, community organizer etc.) . Ivy leagues put a lot of emphasis on personal essays as well. Regarding community services, look into local hospitals, old age homes, soup kitchen, political drives, blood donation drives, charities etc.
First, Thankyou both for taking such an effort to share the info . Such well organized presentation. I am a big fan of your other videos as well .. Some DIY was inspirational . We got the ELFA system and we did by ourself :)
@@lithathilakan6657 hello there, I did my first 2 years in Community college and transferred all those credits to the university. U just hav to make sure the university accepts those credits so u don’t hav to repeat the same classes again when u in the University
Fantastic! Very clear and detailed. Great road map for applying to universities. Thank you. Where did your son ultimately go and which field of engineering is he in?
He went to one of his top choices, sorry, I am not comfortable sharing the info publicly, hope you understand that. Thank you so much for your continued support.
Thank you Vidhya and Biju for sharing your experience. Could you please share any information you come across for kids with ADHD and autism spectrum.. with an education plan. Thank you again!!🙏
Hi good one vidya ! waiting for your personal journey through this. That also will help. I hope you will include that as well. Where you apply, your target schools and how you decided etc.
Asha, Sorry I feel like that would be too personal. These 2 videos are basically a generalized summary of what we went through. Hope this is useful for folks who want to start their own journey. If you have any more specific questions please feel free to reach out to me directly. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanku Vidya and Biju for this very informative and useful sharing of your experience. When should we apply at the earliest in Maryland university and Columbia university for a 12 grade going student .
I don’t know the exact date because it will be different for each college, however most likely it will be around November for early admission. But please check the university admissions.websites.
Thank you Vidya n Biju for the informative videos on college admission. Very beneficial for people like me who have moved to this country fairly recently with a middle schooler. Will you able to throw some light on IB n AP variants in high school and what are the pros n cons of each.
It's our pleasure. We don't know much about IB other than its offered by a UK education company where as AP is a US program and is the most popular program in the US. I heard that IB is really good.
Thank you both . Great Info . What's the difference between IB program and AP program . How does IB programs helps in college admission ?. I heard IB program is bit harder than AP .
Thank you for the video. But can you let me know about how the visa status affect admissions/scholarships.They can't stay in H4 after 21 years. So,when is the best time to change to F1? Is it possible in the middle of the course, like after 2 years. Are they eligible for scholarships when in H4? What are the advantages/disadvantages of being in H4/F1 etc.
Our information is little outdated, Vidya was in H4 but got converted to F1 for her MBA , mainly to get student loan and be eligible to work (IPT and OPT), H4 EAD option was not there in early 2000s. I believe you can convert to F1 any time, Also, what I heard is, if you are planning to stay in the US after your studies, and you want to get an H1B visa, I think its easier to convert F1 to H1B Visa .
@@WhatsUrHomeStoryMalayalam Ok.Thank you for your reply. I was actually asking for my son who is in high school now. He will not be eligible for EAD. So, we are confused about converting to F1 when he goes to college. Getting different opinions on this.
Hi, just now saw your video and subscribed. I am from the northern part of kerala. I would like to get a valuable opinion from you. My son got admission to UCSD, Purdue,Wisconsin and Schreyer Honors college in Computer Science Major. He chooses Schreyer honors college where we suggested UCSD. But he is of the opinion that he got honors scholarship and will get individual attention in schreyer and will do graduate studies in any Ivy League or top ranked colleges if he got selection. I really would like to know ur views regarding schreyer honors of pennstate and is it a wise decision to reject University of California Sandiego over schreyer? I am really worried thinking whether he took the right decision or not.
Wow! Congratulations. That's a great list of schools. As you already know, UCSD is the best ranked (and perhaps the most expensive)college out of this list. Having said that, Penn State is a great school too. I think it makes total sense to go to Penn state since he is getting financial scholarship there. Name of the college is only important for the first Job but these days all major companies are recruiting from schools like Penn State (pls find out companies that recruits from Penn). The best thing about CS undergraduate degree is that Masters is not that important to get a good job. So he can wait for Masters and perhaps enroll it through his employer later in his life.
Hi biju.can you help.i have a cousin who studied in China for a doctor.he failed for 3 mark.can he come to u.s.and study.iam from u.s.a.how can I contact you?want to get some help for him.
Without an undergraduate degree I don't think he can study here for Masters (MD), the only thing I can think is that for him to come here and do an undergraduate degree, then take MCAT and apply to Med school. Or he has to complete MBBS from India and come here and go through USMLE (we did a video last week on that subject), Or let him try again and pass the medical degree from China and go through USME process here
Of course you can study in any university in the US. In fact, these days universities are entertaining more and more candidates from overseas because they can make more money from those students. So go ahead and start applying to the US colleges starting November.
Thank you Chanchal. We don't know about the law admission process in the US, we can try to if find a law student and interview to get his/her perspective
We are planning to do another video on international students. The ranking takes into account a lot of factors so we cannot just blindly look into that. Also as we said in the video the ranking for specific branches of engg will be different from the overall engg ranking. Many things to consider
I believe most of the colleges use AP scores to differentiate students at the time of admission, like we said in the video, AP will normalize student's scores across the schools.
Vidya and Biju! Great presentation. You have provided a structured overview of a complicated process. I shared this on Facebook in my news feed, but I could not tag you...
Thanks so much Parvathy!
Vidya, i watched both the videos. Could watch only today as I was busy since the last few days. These videos will be very useful to those who wish to study there. You have tkn a grt effort to organize the entire procedure in a way so that it will be very useful to the concerned people. Well explained and presented well too.
Thank you Bindu Chechi
Thanks Biju and Vidya. This was a very informative and clear session to understand the college application process
Glad you liked it
Thank you so much this will be very helpful for so many parents. Forwarded to our church groups.
My Son got admission to UT Austin still don’t know how he got it....wish I received clear information like this at that time.
Thank you, we are glad you found this video useful and BIG thank you for sharing to your church group. UT Austin is an amazing university, congrats!
Vidya and Biju... Thanks for sharing the info about the college process here. Wonder if you can talk about the volunteering/community services that students can get involved in. Also looking forward to a video on Ivy colleges and what it takes to get into one (apart from the financial status , of course:)) Thanks so much!
Thank you Shalini. Nothing different about Ivy leagues .Kid needs to stand out from other kids, that's all. Grade is one of the most important factors, a better grade gives you a better chance along with outstanding extra curricular activities (state champion, national champion, inventor, publisher, community organizer etc.) . Ivy leagues put a lot of emphasis on personal essays as well. Regarding community services, look into local hospitals, old age homes, soup kitchen, political drives, blood donation drives, charities etc.
Nice upload Vidya.... I know so many Malayalees doesn't have a clear idea of college admission process. This will be very helpful....
Thank you Sums 🙂
First, Thankyou both for taking such an effort to share the info . Such well organized presentation. I am a big fan of your other videos as well .. Some DIY was inspirational . We got the ELFA system and we did by ourself :)
So nice of you Soja, thank you so much for leaving the feedback. Much appreciated.
Thank you again for the second video! Very useful and informative! We live in Richmond, please visit us when you guys are coming this side😊
Glad it was useful Ambili, will do.
Quality info Vidz! 👏👏
Thank you Jiji
Took me back to my college days! Community college is a great option, that’s what I did 😀
😀 Great to know Parvathi
Parvathi, did you slide into the university for final year from CC or graduated out of CC itself? TIA
@@lithathilakan6657 hello there, I did my first 2 years in Community college and transferred all those credits to the university. U just hav to make sure the university accepts those credits so u don’t hav to repeat the same classes again when u in the University
Valuable information!. Thanks
Thank you Preetha
Fantastic! Very clear and detailed. Great road map for applying to universities. Thank you. Where did your son ultimately go and which field of engineering is he in?
He went to one of his top choices, sorry, I am not comfortable sharing the info publicly, hope you understand that. Thank you so much for your continued support.
Thank you Vidya and Biju. Very informative and helpful!
Our pleasure Sindhu, good luck with your College admission process
Nalla presentation dear 👌👌🥰
Thank you Priya
Thank you Vidya and Biju. I really appreciate you guys doing such informative videos.
Our pleasure! Thank you Remya
Thank you Vidhya and Biju for sharing your experience.
Could you please share any information you come across for kids with ADHD and autism spectrum.. with an education plan. Thank you again!!🙏
Sorry, we don't have any information on this, I am sure you can get county specific educational plan from their websites.
Hi good one vidya ! waiting for your personal journey through this. That also will help. I hope you will include that as well. Where you apply, your target schools and how you decided etc.
Asha, Sorry I feel like that would be too personal. These 2 videos are basically a generalized summary of what we went through. Hope this is useful for folks who want to start their own journey. If you have any more specific questions please feel free to reach out to me directly. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Vidya.. Awesome detailing.
My pleasure 😊 Glad it was useful!
Thank you so much . Good info . Can u please tell me what are the options of funding for student in H4 visa ? Will all that be applicable for them ?
I think so but I am not sure H4 students are eligible for federal loans but can get scholarships and private e loans
Good information. Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you Megha
Thank you both! Great info!
Thanks a lot
Useful info! Thanks.
Thank you Anu
Thanku Vidya and Biju for this very informative and useful sharing of your experience. When should we apply at the earliest in Maryland university and Columbia university for a 12 grade going student .
I don’t know the exact date because it will be different for each college, however most likely it will be around November for early admission. But please check the university admissions.websites.
@@WhatsUrHomeStoryMalayalam tqBiju, Vidya . May I know which is the best school/university for undergraduate aerospace എൻജിനീയറിംഗ് near Maryland .
UMD (university of Maryland) has a great Aero space engineering Program
Thank you Vidya n Biju for the informative videos on college admission. Very beneficial for people like me who have moved to this country fairly recently with a middle schooler. Will you able to throw some light on IB n AP variants in high school and what are the pros n cons of each.
It's our pleasure. We don't know much about IB other than its offered by a UK education company where as AP is a US program and is the most popular program in the US. I heard that IB is really good.
Thank you both . Great Info . What's the difference between IB program and AP program . How does IB programs helps in college admission ?. I heard IB program is bit harder than AP .
AP, IB and Cambridge are very similar programs, IB also offers college credits in many colleges I believe.
Very helpful, Thank you
Thank you
Thank you Vidya and biju for replaying.
Our pleasure!
Thank you for the video. But can you let me know about how the visa status affect admissions/scholarships.They can't stay in H4 after 21 years. So,when is the best time to change to F1? Is it possible in the middle of the course, like after 2 years. Are they eligible for scholarships when in H4? What are the advantages/disadvantages of being in H4/F1 etc.
Our information is little outdated, Vidya was in H4 but got converted to F1 for her MBA , mainly to get student loan and be eligible to work (IPT and OPT), H4 EAD option was not there in early 2000s. I believe you can convert to F1 any time, Also, what I heard is, if you are planning to stay in the US after your studies, and you want to get an H1B visa, I think its easier to convert F1 to H1B Visa .
@@WhatsUrHomeStoryMalayalam Ok.Thank you for your reply. I was actually asking for my son who is in high school now. He will not be eligible for EAD. So, we are confused about converting to F1 when he goes to college. Getting different opinions on this.
Very good video
Thank you
Thank you 🙏!
Thank you Kripa
Will you be able to give info on investment/ retirement planning especially for ones based outside India … Thank you
Good suggestion Smitha! Thanks for watching!
Hi Vidya , Can you please share the name of the SAT and ACT books that I can give to my son for the practice?
Pls go to amazon and read the reviews, there are a few books you could buy starting with the Collegeboard book
Hi, Thank you for your time and efforts. Could you please let me know about Virginia commonwealth University Richmond.
Thank you Sreela for watching. VCU is a great place to go!
Hi, just now saw your video and subscribed. I am from the northern part of kerala. I would like to get a valuable opinion from you. My son got admission to UCSD, Purdue,Wisconsin and Schreyer Honors college in Computer Science Major. He chooses Schreyer honors college where we suggested UCSD. But he is of the opinion that he got honors scholarship and will get individual attention in schreyer and will do graduate studies in any Ivy League or top ranked colleges if he got selection. I really would like to know ur views regarding schreyer honors of pennstate and is it a wise decision to reject University of California Sandiego over schreyer? I am really worried thinking whether he took the right decision or not.
Wow! Congratulations. That's a great list of schools. As you already know, UCSD is the best ranked (and perhaps the most expensive)college out of this list. Having said that, Penn State is a great school too. I think it makes total sense to go to Penn state since he is getting financial scholarship there. Name of the college is only important for the first Job but these days all major companies are recruiting from schools like Penn State (pls find out companies that recruits from Penn). The best thing about CS undergraduate degree is that Masters is not that important to get a good job. So he can wait for Masters and perhaps enroll it through his employer later in his life.
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Hi biju.can you help.i have a cousin who studied in China for a doctor.he failed for 3 mark.can he come to u.s.and study.iam from u.s.a.how can I contact you?want to get some help for him.
Without an undergraduate degree I don't think he can study here for Masters (MD), the only thing I can think is that for him to come here and do an undergraduate degree, then take MCAT and apply to Med school. Or he has to complete MBBS from India and come here and go through USMLE (we did a video last week on that subject), Or let him try again and pass the medical degree from China and go through USME process here
Mam I completed my 12th in India. Can I apply for public university?Is it necessary that I must be living in the US? Pls reply mam
Of course you can study in any university in the US. In fact, these days universities are entertaining more and more candidates from overseas because they can make more money from those students. So go ahead and start applying to the US colleges starting November.
Thanks a lot, This was really informative, Could you guys please make a Video for Law graduates who were looking for their Higher Studies(LLM)in USA
Thank you Chanchal. We don't know about the law admission process in the US, we can try to if find a law student and interview to get his/her perspective
Hi there wat about international students.. Virginia tech its around 50thousand for engineering
We are planning to do another video on international students. The ranking takes into account a lot of factors so we cannot just blindly look into that. Also as we said in the video the ranking for specific branches of engg will be different from the overall engg ranking. Many things to consider
@@WhatsUrHomeStoryMalayalam thanks.. My son is going to iowa state university.. He wanted virginia tech.. But we didnt get scholarship there..
Could you try and upload a video about college admissions for the international students
We will, admission process is very similar but we can cover visa and scholarship process etc in another video.
Will the AP score matter in admission? Thanks in advance
I believe most of the colleges use AP scores to differentiate students at the time of admission, like we said in the video, AP will normalize student's scores across the schools.
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Thanks a lot for this informative video
Thank you Ashly
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Thankyou guys! Very helpful.
Thanks a lot. Happy to hear that