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GMAT and GRE Transformation Time

TWO OF THE MOST CRUCIAL EXAMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO A UNIVERSITY ABROAD, THE GRE AND GMAT, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MORE ACCURATE AT GAUGING A STUDENT’S CAPABILITIES. KARAN GUPTA ELABORATES ON THE VARIOUS CHANGES

Students planning to take the GRE or GMAT in order to apply for admissions two years later, think again. The Graduate Management Admission Council has announced a new GMAT pattern starting June 2012. Simultaneously, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced the radically new GRE starting August 2011.
>> GMAT
The new GMAT will have a 30-minute integrated reasoning section with new question types. Students will now have to collect and interpret information from different sources to solve complex problems. They will also be given visual and tabular data questions and be required to use probability and statistics to solve such questions. The good news is that this new section will not increase the duration of the exam. The section will replace one of the two essays of the current analytical writing section (each essay of the analytical writing section is currently 30 minutes). Also, the scoring of the GMAT will stay the same – 200 to 800 points. Students will have a separate score for the analytical writing essay and the integrated reasoning section.
But, why is the GMAT changing? “In the most recent survey, faculty from 740 B-schools said they need 21st century business students to be able to integrate data from multiple sources, solve complex problems and make statistical inferences. Many of the new question types require the same sort of problem solving students will need to do in business school, so the integrated reasoning score will give both schools and students an idea of their potential to do that,” states the GMAC website mba.com. Nitin Makkar, Business Analyst, MBA Programme, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, welcomes this change, “The stint at a B-school involves many reviews of corporate financial reports to judge companies’ performances. The new section will be a measure of an applicant’s abilities in this area. The GMAT has changed to reflect the changing nature of business graduate study and this is a good change.”
>> GRE
The GRE is undergoing a much more radical change. For starters, the look, feel and software of the exam will now change. Students will be permitted to go back to answers, skip questions, preview sections and even have on screen calculator while taking the exam. Basically, the experience will be like taking a paper based exam on the computer.
One of the chief complaints of students was that the GRE focused a lot on vocabulary and more specifically vocabulary used in institutes in America. The new GRE promises to reduce the focus on vocabulary, eliminating antonyms and analogies completely. Here is the actual new test pattern:
Almost all B-schools accept only the GMAT for admissions. The ETS wants them to start accepting the GRE scores as well. In fact, the GRE website lists the B-schools that accept GRE scores. When contacted, very few of these schools could indeed confirm that they are accepting the GRE. Many experts believe that the GRE is changing mainly to suit the needs of business schools.
In the end, the test makers claim that they are changing these tests to correctly estimate the capabilities of aspirants. But, whether or not the revised tests will actually do that will be seen only once students pass out from their respective institutes.
(The author is a study
abroad consultant)

Mysore University

100 and still COUNTING IISc

In its centenary year, the Indian Institute of Science is processing admissions to the 100th batch

 

Prashanth G N | TNN

 

Bangalore: From modest beginnings in 1910, the Indian Institute of Science is currently admitting 800 students in its hundredth batch, a telling statement on the longevity of India’s best-known research institution.
   These students have been selected for the MS and PhD programmes. Celebrations will happen just before classes begin, part of which would be a violin concert by Kanyakumari and 25 others. “We want to have a homely and memorable welcome. We felt a classical violin concert would be the right way,” said students.
   IISc now has 2,500 students. The intake is being enhanced every year to have a larger student/research scholar body for both MS and PhD.

24 students in first batch

B V Subbarayappa, author of ‘In Pursuit of Excellence: A History of the Indian Institute of Science’, says the institute opened its doors in July 1911 with 24 students. “Contrary to doubts expressed by Lord Curzon, over 500 applications were received. Of these, 34 were considered to be qualified for admission, though only 24 joined. In March 1912, there were 10 students in electrical technology, seven in organic chemistry, four in applied chemistry and three in general chemistry,” he says.

First research project

The British chemist Morris Travers was the first director between 1909 and 1914. Travers and his research students conducted the first research projects on boron compounds and lead cyanite, followed by research on the amount of radium in the rocks at Kolar Gold Fields. Travers was also instrumental in setting up a liquid air plant. Subbarayappa points out: “Among the organic chemistry students in the first three years, D D Kanga and G B Kolhatkar made a distinct impression. Prof J J Sudborough was very pleased with them.”
   Much before classes began, Krishna Raja Wodeyar Bahadur, the Maharaja of Mysore, laid the cornerstone of the central building in February 1911. Dorab Tata acknowledged this fulsomely: “But for the liberal help which your Highness gave us, and the advice and cooperation, in the first place of the great statesman, Sir Seshadri Iyer, and then of his successors in the high office of the Dewan of Mysore, the institute could hardly have been launched on its career.”

Then and Now

In 1911, there were four departments — electrical technology, organic chemistry, applied chemistry and general chemistry and Gilbert Fowler, J J Sudborough and H E Watson were some eminent scientists then. Now, IISc has 43 departments/ centres under six divisions.
   The institute has initiated inter-disciplinary PhD programmes in Mathematical Sciences, Chemical Biology, Earth System Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering for Integrated Systems. “These are intended to blur the traditional boundaries between disciplines, thereby promoting cross-disciplinary research,” a faculty member said.
   An MTech programme in Climate Science has also been introduced. A new Centre for Earth Sciences has been set up, apart from two centres in Neuroscience and Climate Change. A major programme for modernizing laboratories is under way, catalyzed by a special grant provided by the central government in 2006.

THE ROAD AHEAD

   The institute is the oldest and the best post-graduate research centre in India, comparable to the Weizmann Institute in Israel which has only P-G students. It provides extraordinary freedom to faculty members, irrespective of their rank and given many people the opportunity to shine. Several good scientists have studied and worked here. I feel the institute should take up subjects closely related to the pressing problems of mankind, such as energy, water, climate and environment. The institute could offer major rewards for those who come up with good solutions. Perhaps the institute could plan a new inter-disciplinary under-graduate programme in which students come after Class 12 and take up studies in diverse areas which eventually help them to work at the cutting edge of science and engineering.
— C N R Rao | CHAIRMAN, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PM
    There have been very few institutions of such a long standing which have maintained a great tradition of academic freedom, basic research of high standard, a serene environment permitting scholarly pursuits, besides being an integral part of the country’s effort to evolve into a knowledge society. IISc belongs to this unique category.
I feel that it’s the most appropriate place to start an MD/ PhD programme to improve the quality of medical research. A tie-up with an appropriate medical institution would be needed. In addition to its involvement in defence, space, power and water sectors, IISc should start a department of energy studies and a centre for research on alternative medicine.
Competent and qualified people in industry should have adjunct faculty positions at the institute. Sabbaticals of faculty in industry within the country should be encouraged.
— G Padmanabhan | FORMER DIRECTOR OF IISC

 

Morris Travers

M Tech and PhD admissions

PGCET Preperation

 Many a times we misunderstand that a preperation similar to GATE Exam is enough for PGCET exams. But to get good score in PGCET the very first requirement is to get good aggregate in your bachelors degree.

 The preperation for PGCET is completely different as compared to GATE. To prepare for PGCET u have only 10-12 days, and I feel it is more then sufficient. In PGCET most of the questions would be directly related to definations or simple formula substitution, sometimes abbrevations. There are many scenarios where people who got valid gate score in previous years were unable to get good ranking ( within 500) in PGCET.

 Here is the way of preperation how I would suggest for any PGCET aspirant:

1. Go to ur college library or collect all text books by any means and start reading the synopsis, write the formulas, draw diagrams and read conclusion.

 2. If you find any topic difficult then leave that part and move on.

 3. Dont read complete text book, meanwhile dont read selectively as done in GATE preperation.(touch all chapter’s first page and last page)

 4. In electronics one should not take chance in topics like logic design, Semiconductor devices(BJT, SCR, FET MOSFET etc), Analog communication, Microwaves, Antennas, fields, and some NA, Microprocessor etc

 5. Read some applications of Radar systems, sat commn, some formulas on optical fibres( snell’s law, acceptance angle), IP address format for IP V4 and V6.

 6. Don’t encircle in OMR sheet everytime. at the border of rough sheet write correct answers like 5.b, 6.a, 7.c, 8.a etc. and after every 10 questions encircle the correct answers in OMR sheet. Because questions are always followed by relative questions. Anyways we will finish the exam pretty soon before the final bell.

 7. Since there is no negative marking better try all the questions.

 8. Very important part “Mathematics” we normally ignore preparing for maths part but the person who has got good grip on this part of the question paper will get good results. Majority of people score between 40 to 50 and the respective rankings are 1500 to 100. Majority of crowd fall in this category so if u know maths it will be an added advantage.

 Last but not the least : Prepare for the exams according to their levels” GATE is for complete India IIT aspirants and many people in Industry trying for higher studies hence it will be tough. PGCET is state level exam and 80% people try for it to become lecturer and in that 60% to 70% will be women( who dont get much time for preperation). Hence an ideal rank for a fresher writing PGCET exam is within 250.

Thanks for visiting my blog, keep in touch, and feel free to ask any doubts regarding VTU M Tech.

 Regards, Mohammed Riyaz Ahmed.

Study abroad

M Tech PGCET/VTU

Sl. No. Event MBA MCA 1 Date of Notification 17-05-2010 17-05-2010 2 Availability of Brochure on website pgcet.vtu.ac.in 17-05-2010 17-05-2010 3 Last date for receipt of completed Applications 10-06-2010 10-06-2010 4 Candidate Seat No. & Test Centre to be displayed on website pgcet.vtu.ac.in 30-06-2010 30-06-2010 5 Last date to contact PGCET cell, if Admission Ticket is not received by the Candidate OR if seat number is not generated as per the list on website 05-07-2010 05-07-2010 6 Date of Test- 11-07-2010 (Sunday) ( 10.30 am to 12.30 pm ) 11-07-2010 (Sunday) (2.00 PM to 4.00 PM) 7 . Last date to submit all marks cards to PGCET cell (in case final year results are awaited) 31-07-2010 31-07-2010 8 Declaration of ranks 12-08-2010 12-08-2010 9 Seat Selection Process (Tentative) 16-08-2010 to 30-08-2010 01/09/2010 to 07/09/2010 Last date of Admission 06-09-2010 06-09-2010 10 Commencement of 1 st semester classes 17-09-2010 09/09/2010 Sl. No Event M.E/M.Tech/M.Arch 1. Date of Notification 17.05.2010 2. Availability of application form on website 17.05.2010 3. Last date for receipt of completed Applications 17.06.2010 4. Candidate Seat No. & Exam. Center to be displayed on website www.vtu.ac.in or pgcet.vtu.ac.in 30.6.2010 5. Last date to contact PGCET cell, if Admission Ticket is not received by the Candidate OR If seat number is not generated as per the list on Website 10.07.2010 6. Date of Entrance Test 18.07.2010 7. Last date to submit all marks cards to PGCET Cell (in case the final year results are awaited) 24.07.2010 8. Declaration of ranks 09.08.2010 9. Seat Allotment Process * starts from 23.08.2010 to 09.09.2010 10. Last date for admission 15.09.2010 11. Commencement of I semester 09.09.2010

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