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Net Gains (May 14, 99) |
For those of you who haven't yet caught the promos, a new Internet
show named TV.com premiered on Star World last week. The show
airs at 9pm every Sunday and the hosts take you through interesting
sites, polls, games and features related to the Internet during
their half-hour slot. A well done show, it is brought to you by
The Computer Network, more popularly known as CNET - one of the
better known Internet brands today. To catch up with the show
online, visit their website http://tv.cnet.com/
Some of the best brains in the country will be leaving in another
couple of months for further studies abroad. For those who will
be leaving us this year or next, we've got some great sites to
make life a bit easier for you.
US News has one of the most comprehensive education related resources
in the US in their education section called .edu. While you'll
find detailed information about colleges, scholarships, streams
of studies, and the works, the most popular section on this site
is the college rankings. The US News college rankings are updated
annually and the 1999 rankings are just out. So if you want to
see where the college you got an admit to stands, take a quick
look. Alternatively, you could use this list to draw up the list
of colleges you can target next year…
Net News reader Adib Motiwala has put a lot of effort into creating
Destination USA - a resource for Indian students planning / going
for further studies in the US. He's got links upfront to the big
websites related to education abroad. Adib has put together some
great information about the admission procedure, and uses his
homepage to allow students going abroad to establish contact with
each other, although for now, there are only students from his
college listed there. His downloads section has downloadable lists
of colleges, things to take when you're going there etc. He's
recently added a chat room and an online poll that you can take
on his pages.
Another useful page if you're going abroad is MS in the US - a
page put up last year by a student going abroad. The page offers
you a bird's eye view of the application procedure, offers you
a template for your financial statement that you need to submit,
a small list of scholarship / loan trusts for students to pursue,
and visa related information, and a travel agent list.
And finally this week, Katrat's compilation of articles is another
homepage that has a few thought provoking articles about the US,
a collection of tips for those going to the US for the first time,
and some experiences of Indians in the US. Interesting with a
lot of food for thought - do you still want to go abroad?
Once again, these last three pages just go to show the spirit
of the Internet - putting your experiences online help others
to benefit from what you've been through. Hopefully, they in turn
will pass on what they've benefited… Go on, create your homepage
and leave your mark in Cyberia!