My mail to a junior!

P.S this mail was written to a guy in mechanical dept, make nessessary changes to suit you.
ignore errors and personal comments.


To: srivatsan varadarajan
though this mail is a bit long read it fully to know what's what......and.....stuff...

mmm....jillu....good speed ya....nice to see that...test mail

hey u r all lucky to get these stuff in a single pdf...(i am gonna gift it to my dept for use of future students)

it was 2004 mid ...when i used to go through all the pages of the universities line by line and...i am still doing that....man!!..these is soo much of info in their webpage.....and i tell u only 30% of the real things happening there is hosted in these web pages....so think over....whats all happening in every research laborotory......univs...every grad student's life...!!

i used to take the maid id's of the ppl in each and every ISA(u must know this!)...and mail them regarding the different possibilities of things happening there....

one think i find is that they are all extremely helpful...but some times even a bit lazy to mail u back soon....but u will get a mail...in a day or 2....

i also found the technique of asking incessant questions in a well articulated manned....which needs planning....and coordination of the data u send them....and that u receive and conceive...beware here...this is the best place to get the word from their mouth...abt the things happening there...

remember u just cant finalize abt a program/univ with web page info...so gotta mail students there...know what difficulties they face...how is the aid scene....and what is the possibility to get an assistantship as soon as possible....and things like that....
it's not a joke...but worth thousands of dollars of our parents money which we can save!!...if we get some aid...RA's...TA's..GA's..(RA-research assistantship,TA-teaching ass,GA-graduate ass)

also we need to know about the research going there....there is no point in going to an univ which doesn't have courses/research of our interest....
and remember that America is a nation with latitude...they are further latitudinarians when it comes to shifting our branch of studies.....but exploiting that ruins u....and not them...!!so choose an univ not becoz of ranking...any liking....(may be u r friend might be there)...but only with your interests.......

i have taken so much pains in building up this pdf containing all info.....i haven't completed it yet...but got some real important info into a consolidated block......i am sending u this consolidated version....

i am doing this work out of my research experience of abt 2 yrs about the univs,people and culture and my experience from the start where u get a thought of writing ther GRE to the admission and visa process and post arrival in America....
as i have some more last part (visa and trip) to be experienced....i will update those info when i am done that...u can always get the copy of that whole book by this January 2007....mail me for that or get it from my web page
www.freewebs.com/raghavendran

i will be hosting it there....for all my juniors in college and life...!!

and remember.....in undergoing this process u may find many tight corners ...never mind ask me....and never ever go to any of the consultants who do all this work for u...they do this work for u and also cheat u.....without u r notice...!!!also the money u put there is a absolute waste!!!...even then if u wanna go come to me(hopefully would be in the US)...i'll do ir free of cost...(i have done for 3 ppl this year free of cost and they all have 3 admits in hand now!!)

and ...my agony i din have any senior who advised me regarding this process of life "B.E in India to M.S in USA"....if i have had one i would have done some ground work in my younger years....and would have had the opportunity to get admits to even better/top ranked ones than i have got now!!

hey buddy,
reading through would have made u ready for this race to USA....mind it...one big advise "don't get satisfied by the silly campus placement which pay u 20k a month"....if u r then u r dumped...that's it....as the crowd is increasing every year to America......not only that we guys(software professionals)...just work for an healthcare,banking,insurance,payroll process and that too no developing side but just processing side of it....it's too far for us to compare what we studied and what we will be doing and the future of this kind of outsourced software jobs.....
see India seems to cheaper for the Americans today...remember china,Korea and Philippines are gearing up eat India...in terms of economy and standards...so there is future for software but not to all the muffs and dumbes who got offers through campus placements......(i know real muff persons have got a job!!)
one advice u r academics with a decent gre and toefl can fetch u a decent univ...don worry abt that move for this placement here(even u r field)....coz i have seen......many....situations where a guy with financial restraints some how makes up a MS in USA and mints money there after 2 yrs....but his brainy classmates who got this campus placements are still working for a infy/tcs...etc with a 25k per month.....
i am not against that campus placement but i feel there is a greener pasture in he USA if u r research oriented....
and if u want to make money...settle in life.....get married at 25~26 and doesn't have that interest to research in lab....they better go for some kinda placement....even then...after working for 4 yrs u will find that you are paid only 30k a month which is hardly enough to buy make up kits to our dear wives!!
and if its gonna be a mech job...then even worse....the salary after 4 yes would be just 20k at the max!!

and the password for the document is "raghav" (the "" not included)share this with u friends too!!as much as possible!
keep in touch for more info as i have only told(in the sidewalk)/mail is just 10% of what is more ahead!!

so decide go through my web page and the pdf....and tell how u felt after reading this mail pdf.........etc....
have a nice day
V.Raghavendran
www.freewebs.com/raghavendran
v.raghavendran@gmail.com