What Students Say?
Likes
- Very safe city and campus + very diverse crowd
Dislikes
- Very very expensive tuition + cost of living too unaffordable + not the best career resources
I applied to 8 schools, and got in 7 of them. I chose the top-ranked one out of the 7. Wanted to be on the East Coast because of my aspiration to work on Wall Street. Overall experience was average, I wish I had gone to a cheaper school.
Course Curriculum
Very biased curriculum assuming you want to do a PhD someday. Not given any industrial exposure. Was given a chance to work under PhD students for research.
Exams
- GRE (higher the better but needed at least 310+) and IELTS 6+ - ICSE 10th: 91%; ISC 12th: 95.5%; UG: 3.8/4.0; PG: 3.87/4.0 - Requirements: 3 LORs, 2 SOPs. The University had a clear SOP format of what to talk about and focus on in the application itself. No interviews.
Placement
No company visits (that happens only in business schools and that too not all). Median salary varies like crazy between $50,000 to $250,000
Fees
$35,000 per semester excluding living expenses of any kind. (Not worth it for a non-Ivy school)
Faculty
Faculty is reputed in the industry but the student-teacher ratio was pretty bad. There were some classes with 70-80 and even 100 students. Approachable during office hours and overall helpful professors.
Campus Life
The campus is lovely, infra is amazing. Too much to do on campus in terms of both indoor and outdoor activities. There is free merch and food all around all the time for students. Very very happening and engaging.
Hostel
Graduate housing was like $2,000+ per month in rent for an average personal living space. Not worth it at all. It is better to rent an apartment by yourself, for a private room within a 15-20 mins radius of campus, you can find it for $800 easily.
