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“Evaluate yourself and pick your own school”: Jan 2008

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This tool is developed for the MS & PhD Aspirants to assist in University Selection, we have developed this based on the personal experiences of the i20fever.com TEAM members and more than 500 Students in the US, Plus based on Rankings from USNEWS, NRC rankings and various other sources.

Please note that this tool may not be 100 % match to your profile. But this tool will certainly help you to have an ideal of schools and Help you in making decisions regarding university Selection better.I20fever team would be happy to assist students in University Selection and would encourage them to personally visit us or contact us.

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Evaluating Factors & Points

Bachelors Score / Percentage	25
Academic Background (Schooling)	5
GRE Score	25
TOEFL Score	15
Projects & Paper Publications	10
Work Experience	10
SOP & Resume Presentation	5
Timing & University Selection	5

Begin your Evaluation

Bachelors Percentage

Percentage	GPA (4 Scale)	Backlogs/ Drops	Points
University Topper	4	0	25
80	3.8 +	0	23
75+	3.5+	0	21
75	3.5+	0-2	19
70+	3.3+	0-2	17
70	3.3+	3-6	15
65+	3.1	0-2	16
65	3.1	3-6	14
60+	3.0+	0-3	12
60	3.0+	3-6	10
60	3.0+	6-10	8
50+	2.5	0-5	9
50	2.5	5-12	7
50	2.5	15+	5

Academic History : Schooling 10^th & 12^th

Excellent 85+ with Awards	5
Consistent 80 Plus	4
70-80 % With out any backlogs	3
Average Profile 60 %	2

GRE Score

Quantitative	Verbal	Analytical	Points
800	700+	5	24
780-800	600+	4.5+	22
770-790	500+	4.5	20
750+	400+	4.5	19
700+	400	4+	17
700	350+	4	15
650+	300+	3+	12
600+	300	3	10
500+	250	2+	7

Program doesn’t ask for GRE	18
Minimum Score	5

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PhD Aspirants	4
Sciences Background	3
Non-Mathematic Background	3

TOEFL Score

Score	Points
110 +	15
100	13
90+ With 22 in every section	12
90 + Without 22 in every section	10
80 + With 17 in every section	9
80 + Without 17 in every section	8
70-78	4
61-69	3
50-60	1
40-50	N/A

Undergraduate Projects & Paper Projects : Quality of Work

Projects Done	Description	Points
International Publications	Quality Work Published in Journals	9-10
Projects with Technical Papers _Work	Papers written based on work done with a chance of a Publication	6-8
Papers _Literature Review	Journals /Books & WWW	4-6
Academic projects	Depending on Project & Role	3-4

Work Experience

Work	Duration	Points
Real Time job in same field	2 + Years Experience , DOE	8-10
Real Time job in same field	0-12 Months	6-8
Real Time job in some related field	1 year	5-7
Excellent Research Oriented Projects	3m-12m	4-6
Internships & Co-Cops	3m -6m	3-5

SOP, Resume & Recommendation Letters : Presentation

SOP & CV	Additionally,	Points
Well written Personal Statement with Excellent Resume	Good reference letters from eminent people in your field	4-5
Decent efforts with good presentation	References from Project Guides	2-4
Routine SOP & CV	Academic Recommendations	1-2
Copied SOP,CV		0

Timing & University Selection

Approach	University Number	Location	Points
Early Applications with Positive Attitude (Aug to Nov for Fall & May- June for Spring)	6-8	University Towns / Towns/ Mid-West	4-5
Decent Timing & Planning	4-6	South/ Mid-West	2-4
Safe Admits , Frequently applied schools	2-4	Big Cities	1-2
Late Applications, 4-6 Weeks before Reporting Date	1-2	Costly / Big Cities	0-1

Now pick your schools

• Students with Non Engineering Back Group Such as Arts, Pathology, Drama, Anthropology, Speech therapy and some rare branches add 5-7 points to your cumulative score
• If a state has mare schools then Less preference was given to those; because of more competition

Note: This is just a list of schools you can apply if you have a cumulative score near to 90 & By no means indicate the rankings of the respective University.

Pick Your University!

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Universities with cumulative score near 90
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	www.mit.edu
Stanford University, California	www.stanford.edu
University of California- Berkeley	www.berkeley.edu
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign	www.uiuc.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology	www.gatech.edu
University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI	www.umich.edu
Cornell University	www.cornell.edu
University of California, San Diego	www.ucsd.edu
California Institute of Technology	www.caltech.edu
University of Texas at Austin	www.utexas.edu
University of Wisconsin- Madison	www.wisc.edu
Carnegie Mellon University	www.cmu.edu
University of Southern California	www.usc.edu
University of California Los Angles	www.ucla.edu
University of Maryland, College park	www.umd.edu
Princeton University	www.princeton.edu
Pennsylvania State University, University Park	www.psu.edu
Texas A & M College Station	www.tamu.edu
Purdue University –West Lafayette	www.purdue.edu
Nineties : Dream Universities

Universities with cumulative score near 80
Ohio State University	www.osu.edu
Duke University	www.duke.edu
Columbia University	www.columbia.edu
University of Minnesota	www.umn.edu
Yale University	www.yale.edu
John Hopkins University	www.jhu.edu
Case Western Reserve University	www.cwru.edu
Brown university (RI)	www.brown.edu
Virginia poly Tech	www.vt.edu
Harvard University	www.harvard.edu
Dartmouth College, NH	www.dartmouth.edu
Iowa State University	www.iastate.edu
University of California- Santa Barbara	www.ucsb.edu
Arizona State University	www.asu.edu
Rutgers, State University of NJ, New Brunswick	www.rutgers.edu
Rice University, Texas	www.rice.edu
University of Rochester	www.rochester.edu
University of Virginia	www.virginia.edu
University of Pennsylvania	www.upenn.edu
Northwestern University (IL)	www.northwestern.edu
University of Delaware	www.udel.edu
Washington University St Louis	www.wustl.edu
University of California – Davis	www.ucdavis.edu
University of Colorado –Boulder	www.colorado.edu
Lehigh University (PA)	www.lehigh.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	www.rpi.edu
University of Florida; Gainesville	www.ufl.edu
University of California - Irvine	www.uci.edu
Michigan State University	www.msu.edu
University of Notre Dame	www.nd.edu
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill	www.unc.edu
Eighties: The Biggies !

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Universities for cumulative score near 75
Clemson University	www.clemson.edu
University of Massachusetts – Amherst	www.umass.edu
Vanderbilt University (TN)	www.vanderbilt.edu
University of Cincinnati	www.uc.edu
University of Arizona-Tucson	www.uarizona.edu
University of Chicago	www.uchicago.edu
University of Utah	www.utah.edu
Colorado School of Mines	www.mines.edu
University of Illinois at Chicago	www.uic.edu
Colorado State University	www.colostate.edu
SUNY- Stony Brook	www.sunysb.edu
University of Washington – Seattle	www.washington.edu
North Carolina State University	www.ncsu.edu
University of Iowa	www.uiowa.edu
University of Pittsburgh	www.pitt.edu
University of South Carolina	www.sc.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	www.wpi.edu
Mid-Seventies: Excellent Picks !

Universities for cumulative score near 70
Kansas State University	www.ksu.edu
University of Alabama- Tuscaloosa	www.ua.edu
University of New Hampshire	www.unh.edu
University of New Mexico	www.unm.edu
University of Missouri – Rolla	www.umr.edu
University of Akron	www.uakron.edu
Oregon State University	www.oregonstate.edu
University of Kansas	www.ku.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	www.wpi.edu
University of Tennessee-Knoxville	www.utk.edu
West Virginia University	www.wvu.edu
Auburn University	www.auburn.edu
University of Buffalo, State University of New York	www.buffalo.edu
Seventies : Decent Picks

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Universities for cumulative score near 65
University of Connecticut	www.uconn.edu
University of Nebraska Lincoln	www.unl.edu
University of Georgia	www.uga.edu
University of Missouri-Columbia	www.mizzou.edu
Boston University	www.bu.edu
Tulane University	www.tulane.edu
Indiana University - Bloomington	www.indiana.edu
University of Texas – Dallas	www.utdallas.edu
Ohio University –Athens	www.ohiou.edu
University of Houston –Houston	www.uh.edu
Michigan technological University	www.mtu.edu
University of Maine	www.umaine.edu
University of California – River Side	www.ucr.edu
University of Kentucky	www.uky.edu
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge	www.lsu.edu
Oklahoma State University	www.okstate.edu
George Washington University	www.gwu.edu
University of Central Florida	www.ucf.edu
Drexel University	www.drexel.edu
Mid Sixties : Average Universities

Universities for cumulative score near 60
Northern Illinois University	www.niu.edu
University of Memphis	www.memphis.edu
University of Nevada Los Vegas	www.unlv.edu
Mississippi State university	www.msstate.edu
University of Missouri, Kansas City	www.umkc.edu
Brigham Young University	www.byu.edu
University of Oklahoma	www.ou.edu
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	www.siue.edu
Illinois Institute of Technology	www.iit.edu
Syracuse University	www.syr.edu
University of Oklahoma	www.ou.edu
University of Nebraska Omaha	www.unomaha.edu
University of South Florida- Tampa	www.usf.edu
Tennessee Technological University	www.tntech.edu
Texas Tech University	www.ttu.edu
University of Alabama-Huntsville	www.uah.edu
Polytechnic University (NY)	www.poly.edu
University of Idaho	www.uidaho.edu
Indiana University Purdue University	www.iupui.edu
University of Arkansas- Fayetteville	www.uark.edu
University of South Florida	www.usf.edu
University of Louisiana-Lafayette	www.lousiana.edu
George Mason University	www.gmu.edu
Washington State University	www.wsu.edu
Georgia State University	www.gsu.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology	www.rit.edu
Villanova University	www.villanova.edu
Sixties: Fair !

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Universities for cumulative score near 55
University of Houston at Clear Lake	www.uhcl.edu
Middle Tennessee State University	www.mtsu.edu
New Jersey Institute of Technology	www.njit.edu
Idaho State University	www.isu.edu
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	www.uncc.edu
University of South Alabama	www.southalabama.edu
New Mexico State University	www.nmsu.edu
Wayne State University	www.wayne.edu
Wright State University	www.wright.edu
California State University, Sacramento	www.csus.edu
Missouri State University	www.missouristate.edu/
Florida Institute of Technology	www.fit.edu
North Dakota State University	www.ndsu.edu
University of Texas-Arlington	www.uta.edu
Clarkson University	www.clarkson.edu
University of Tennessee Chattanooga	www.utc.edu
Portland state university	www.pdx.edu
University of Vermont	www.uvm.edu
University of Tampa	www.utampa.edu
Louisiana Tech. University	www.latech.edu
Wichita State University	www.wichita.edu
Illinois State University, Normal	www.ilstu.edu
University of Mississippi	www.olemiss.edu
Northeastern University	www.northeastern.edu
University of Tulsa	www.utulsa.edu
University of Miami	www.miami.edu
University of Alaska- Fairbanks	www.uaf.edu
Pace University, NY	www.pace.edu
Baylor University, Texas	www.baylor.edu
South Dakota State University	www.sdsu.edu
Temple University, PA	www.temple.edu
University of New Orleans	www.ogi.edu
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science &Tech	www.uindy.edu
Minnesota State University, Mankato	www.mnsu.edu
McNeese State University	www.mcneese.edu
Mid Fifties : Fair Picks

Universities for cumulative score 50 Plus
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale	www.siuc.edu
Northwest Missouri State University	www.nwmissouri.edu/
Montana State University, Bozeman	www.montana.edu
Florida International university	www.fiu.edu
St Cloud State University	www.stcloudstate.edu
University of Dayton –Ohio	www.udayton.edu
Stevens Institute of Technology	www.stevens-tech.edu
South Dakota School of Mines & technology	www.sdsmt.edu
University of Texas, Tyler	www.uttyler.edu
University of Texas at San Antonio	www.utsa.edu
University of Texas El Paso	www.utep.edu
Columbus State University	www.colstate.edu
New York Institute of Technology	www.nyit.edu
California State University, Chico	www.csuchico.edu
Marquette University	www.marquette.edu
North Dakota State University	www.nodak.edu
Ball State University	www.bsu.edu
California State University, Northridge	www.csun.edu
East Carolina University	www.ecu.edu
University of North Texas	www.unt.edu
SUNY Institute of Technology	www.sunyit.edu
University of Missouri at St Louis	www.umsl.edu
University of Northern Iowa	www.uni.edu
Old Dominion University, Virginia	www.odu.edu
Texas A & M University, Commerce	www.tamu-commerce.edu/
Governors State University, Parkway IL	www.govst.edu/
University of Arkansas Little Rock	www.ualr.edu
California State University, Fresno	www.csufresno.edu
Gannon University	www.gannon.edu/
Fifties : Safe Universities

Universities for cumulative score 50 Minus
New Mexico Institute of Mining &Tech.	www.nmt.edu
University of Illinois at Springfield	www.uis.edu
University of Louisville, Kentucky	www.louisville.edu
Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs	www.coloradotech.edu
Chicago State University	www.csu.edu
North Carolina Agricultural & Tech State University	www.ncat.edu
Lamar University	www.lamar.edu
Texas A & M university, Kingsville	www.tamuk.edu
Eastern Michigan University	www.emich.edu
City College of the City of New York	www.cuny.edu
Western Kentucky University	www.wku.edu
Boise State university, Idaho	www.boisestate.edu
University of Hawaii	www.hawai.edu
State University of West Georgia	www.westga.edu
Ball State University	www.bsu.edu
Bradley University	www.bradley.edu
Arkansas State University	www.astate.edu
Cleveland State University	www.csuohio.edu
Dakota State University	www.dsu.edu
DePaul University	www.depaul.edu
Eastern Washington University	www.ewu.edu
Southeastern University, DC	www.seu.edu
Southern Oregon University, Ashland	www.sou.edu
Suffolk University, MA	www.suffolk.edu
University of Denver	www.du.edu
University of North Carolina, Greensboro	www.uncg.edu
University of West Florida, Pensacola	www.uwf.edu
University of Central Arkansas	www.uca.edu
Ferris State University, Michigan	www.ferris.edu/
Fifties : Safe Universities

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Universities for cumulative score between 45
Alabama A & M University	www.aamu.edu
San Diego State University, California	www.sdsu.edu/
Northeastern Illinois University	www.neiu.edu
University of Detroit Mercy	www.udmercy.edu
Wilkes University	www.wilkes.edu
University of Findlay-Ohio	www.findlay.edu/
Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey	www.fdu.edu
State University of New York, Albany	www.albany.edu
College of William & Mary