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From a Full Stack Application Developer to a CMU MISM grad: The story of Adarsh Budholia

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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a dream for a lot of students who want to pursue their Masters degree. CMU’s brand and reputation as a world-class innovator in educational practices, and alumni which includes several Nobel Laureates and Turing Prize winners, makes it highly ambitious in any school selection strategy. CMU attracts more than $380 […]

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE That Got Selected To MS IN Analytics AT GEORGIA TECH

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By: Subhkirti Sinha, Founder, Gradsmiths Among the most asked questions that I get during my SOP review sessions is ‘Does my SOP tell my story?’ And my most common reply is…. I don’t think so! I don’t blame them though! Although it’s no new information that a strong yet appealing narrative in the Statement of

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How I survived the Great Recession – A note to the class of Fall 2020

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‘I got an admit from my dream University for Fall 2020. I was over the moon with joy… And then, the world exploded.’   This story of Mukesh, a FALL 2020 applicant, (shouldn’t be mistaken for his namesake who is now dead, coz tambaku chabane se), will resonate with millions of prospective applicants, as they see

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Sample SOP for Mechanical Engineer going for Industrial Engineering Graduate Program

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When Nikunj approached Gradsmiths for the Essay Writing Services, he had one question in mind: How can his story be pitched to the AdCom for an Industrial Engineering program, given that he is a Mechanical Engineer and most of his projects are not related to his interest areas. Over the years, we have seen a

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Meet Shristi: MS in Computer Science, University of South California (USC), Fall 2019

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HISTORY Shristi completed her Bachelor of Technology from the University of Mumbai, majoring in Computer Science. She had a stellar GPA of 9.45 and stood out in the top 5% of her class. After 2 months of strategic preparation, she took her GRE and scored a whopping 324. Shristi was determined to apply in certain

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Mechanical Engineer (1.5 years Work-Exp) goes to Columbia Business Analytics program

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Mechanical Engineering is an evergreen field, so we have been told. However, with the exponential growth of Data Analytics and it being hailed as the ‘sexiest job of the 20th century’, more and more engineers tend to veer away from their undergraduate degree in ‘evergreen’ branches such as Mechanical, Chemical, and Civil engineering towards a

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