General

Why should I study abroad?

Studying abroad is an enriching and eye opening experience, where learning extends far beyond the classroom. The experience will expose you to new ways of thinking, living and viewing the world. Benefits include the opportunity to learn about another culture firsthand, learn an entirely new language and exposure to an international degree. International degree is the key to a long and fruitful professional career. It is true to say that in terms of future capitalization, the benefit of international degrees far outweighs their initial cost. International degrees provide students and their employers with the skills they require for success both in the present day and in the future.

Do I need an education consultant to apply to a foreign university or college? Although its not mandatory to apply through education consultant however it is advised that you do take guidance from one. If you consult an education consultant for your application then it makes the process easier, safer and faster as the consultants are well equipped and updated with the rules and regulations of the process. They help you with the documentation, applying for loan, bank assistance, visa filling and also in getting accommodation when you reach a new country. Many international institute have authorized consultants and they prefer to receive applications through them.

When should I start planning to study abroad? In simple terms you can plan when you are ready to this big step however In order to find the program fit for your personal and academic objectives, you should begin planning at least one semester before the start date of the course. Check for your course start date and plan accordingly as some institutes have program deadlines which may require more time to plan. Can I get admission in a foreign university or college in any month of the year? Most of the foreign universities have two intakes in a year. First in January/February and second in September each year, However few

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universities has mid intakes also for few specific programs. Which English test should I take to study abroad? There are many English tests which measure your level of English proficiency. Different colleges have different requirements of English test score. Main tests to study abroad are IELTS and TOEFL. For Australia, Canada and some European countries IELTS or TOEFL are most commonly accepted tests by their institutes, for USA TOEFL is usually the preferred test. Can I use financial aid and scholarships to pay my fee? Yes, it is possible to get financial aid or scholarships or grants, which help the students to pay for their studies. By consulting the financial officer or the study abroad consultant students can get the relevant information. According to the academic talents, performances and other related issues, the candidature of the student can be considered for financial aid or scholarships. Scholarships are mostly granted based on academic or overall aptitude of students. Institutes have their own criteria for scholarship hence it is always advisable to either check with education consultant or check directly with respective institute. Can I take Education Loan ? What is covered under education loan? Yes, most of the nationalized bank in India have lucrative scheme for

Education loan specific to education abroad. Education Loan covers you tuition fee, travelling expenses, library fee, study material and accommodation expenses. Some banks also have flexible repayments schemes which allow students to repay in installments after the completion of their course or securing a Job. Am I allowed to work on student visa? All countries have their own specific guidelines for part time and full time work for students, however most commonly used format is where students are allowed to do part time jobs upto 20 hours per week as a full time student. During holidays this is extended upto 40 hours per week. Australia now also allows students to work full time after completing their course for their further enhancement in the same area of study Can I study part-time on student visa? No generally students are not to be allowed to study part-time on student visa. You have to pursue you program/ course full-time. Some Research programs or executive education programs are offered part time which students can opt for based on their interest. How will a study abroad experience enhance my employability after I graduate? Employers increasingly seek graduates who have international

exposure and a study abroad experience will enhance your employability. International knowledge, cross cultural communication skills, flexibility, resilience and the ability to adapt to new circumstances are the skills which are enhanced through study abroad experience and that are important to employers in various fields. Can I get the permanent residency after successfully finishing my degree? Rules of immigration after successful completion of the degree varies form college to college and country to country. Most of the countries give graduate scheme visa or graduate visa to find a job in the country. If you get a job within your graduate visa and satisfy other conditions, you can be a permanent resident of that country. Graduate visa is generally for a year in most of the countries. It is always advisable to visit respective countries immigration requirement and Policies before planning to apply.

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CONTEMPORARY
Do you want to pursue a career that's in demand?

CAREERS

Learn more about five booming career options in these hot industries now.

Career # 1 - Health Care Administrator/ Medical and Health Services

health care administration could teach you how to pursue this dream - minus the sharp, pointy objects. Life@work: Health care administrators help keep a facility's medical services running smoothly by juggling a little bit of everything. This includes managing finances and communicating with the medical staff to stay up to date on new medical laws and regulations. Whats required: Most health care administrators earn at least a Bachelor's degree in health administration, but requirements could differ by facility. Master's degrees in health services, public health, public administration, or business administration are also common credentials.

Career #2 - Financial Analyst

Whether you dream of working for a big corporation - and possibly

If you've always wanted to help sick and injured people, but never had much of a stomach for needles and scalpels, studying a Bachelor's in

climbing up the corporate ladder or one day owning your own small business, the realm of finance could prepare you to pursue your aspirations.

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Life@work: As a financial analyst, you could provide investment advice by evaluating the performance of stocks and bonds and watching economic and business trends. In this booming career, you might work in banks, pension funds, securities firms, or insurance companies. Whats required: A Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or statistics is needed to pursue many financial analyst positions. Keep in the mind, though, that employers frequently require a Master's in business administration or finance, too. Graduates with this kind of specializations can gain employment in accounting practices, medium and large corporates, the public sector and not-for-profit organizations using specialist skills in funds management, stock broking and risk management, Insurance, Investment and wealth Management too.

and how to design effective programs based on this knowledge. You can work as IT security Analyst/ Engineer, Security administrator or Web administrator, Network specialist, Application developer, Database administrator, Information system manager and Programmer including many others. Whats required: Career options and job growth both look favorable for people holding degrees in software engineering. Degrees in computer science have a lot of realworld application. A degree in computer science is highly sought after by many companies because technology is always changing.

Career #5 - Public Relations Specialist

If you think you have brilliant

Career # 4 Nursing
If you like to help others, look into pepping up to pursue a career in registered nursing.

communication skills, a public relations specialist could be the right career match for you. Life@work: Because organizations want to improve their reputation and visibility to consumers, as well as increase the number of communication channels between organizations and the public, public relations specialists are required everywhere. As a public relations specialist, your communication and social skills can come in handy when trying to create a positive public image for your client or employer. You should be ready to write press releases, arrange interviews with the public, organize and run public relations programs, or develop fundraising plans for an organization. Whats required: In this growing arena, employers tend to prefer applicants who have studied public relations, journalism, communications, English, or business. In some cases, employers might favor applicants with a Bachelors or Master's degree in public relations or journalism.

Career # 3 - Software Developer/ Computer Science

Every day, you and many people around you likely use a Smartphone, laptop, or tablet to communicate with the world or get information. But what if you could

Life@work: As a registered nurse, you could work closely with patients by providing care, education, and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments, observe their conditions, or perform diagnostic tests. As a registered nurse in hospitals; you can practice acute care, palliative care, rehabilitation, aged care, and also work in community health care centers. Whats required: To pursue nursing, you could earn a Bachelor's of science degree in nursing (BSN), an associate's degree in nursing (ASN), a diploma or Masters in nursing from an approved nursing department.

learn how to design all those apps, games, and programs that make your life so much fun? Life@work: In a computer science degree program, you'll study how computers and humans interact

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Perk up your admission process for

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Canadian Education
A Canadian institutes support a lot of merit based scholarship programs. Students who excel in their studies are awarded with these scholarships irrespective of their physical or financial conditions. Other criteria for the selection of students are based on their participation in extracurricular activities and outstanding athletic abilities. Academic scholarships, Athletic scholarships and scholarships for overseas or foreign students are the different types of scholarships offered in Canada. Can I work while I am studying? Canada provides work permit to all students which allows them to work while studying. The work permit, however, restricts the working hours to 20 hours a week during academic sessions. During vacations, students get more liberty to work. Can my spouse work in Canada while I study? Your spouse can work full-time if you are student in an authorized institution and have a Study Permit. What work rights do the students get after the completion of their studies? If a student has completed 1 year program, he or she has an option of working for 1 year fulltime. One can get 2-3 years of post study work VISA if he studies a program of 2 years or more. What is the scope and value of a diploma or certificate from a college in Canada? A Canadian colleges provide career oriented programs that lead to learning and development of hands on skills in your preferred career. These are usually professional programs that are readily acceptable in the job market. What are the English proficiency requirements for admission in Canada? Following band scales apply to different category of programs: Diploma and Bachelor degrees: IELTS 6.0 band with no band less than 6.0 band. Graduate Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma: 6.5 band. Masters degrees: 6.5 band with no band less than 6.0 band. Q A What are major intakes for admission in Canada? The university and Community colleges usually begin their academic terms in the month of September and January. A few private colleges begin sessions in April and May as well. How much time does it take to get a VISA? One can expect and allow 10 to 15 working days for SPP applications. Applications lodged under general category may take anywhere between 4 to 14 weeks.

with these Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a University and a college? Universities are educational Institutions that are attended after 12 years of School or after secondary education. All Canadian universities have bachelor degree programs of 4 years. Most of them offer 2 years masters & longer doctoral programs too. Degree can be granted by universities, some colleges and few institutions only. Community Colleges are institutions that offer technical or vocational courses for 2-3 years. These colleges generally dont provide degrees but diplomas or certificates only. How much are the living expenses in Canada? Cost of living in Canada is very low as compared to other countries like UK or Australia. However, the figure varies according to each province. Living in outskirts of cities is relatively cheaper than in main urban centers like Toronto and Vancouver. These days students should be prepared to shell out between CAD 7,000-CAD 10,000 to support themselves in Canada. What is GIC? Is it mandatory to be created? GIC stands for Guarantee Investment Certificate. This is a mandatory and a very useful source for every Canadian applicant for showing the living expenses. Are there any scholarships available in Canadian Institutes? A

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The myths about

Most students have pre conceived notions about scholarships for higher studies. These can often lead to bad decisions concerning selection of the right college. Here are some common myths that people have about getting scholarships.
Scholarships are part of the plan for paying for college, but not the entire plan. Most students will need to rely on a combination of different types of financial aid from a variety of sources, including grants, student employment and student loans from the Government and allied organizations, besides the scholarships from colleges and universities. All these sources can substantially help reduce the students debt and work burden, saving some money on college costs. Scholarships also provide the student with an opportunity to contribute to the cost of their college education instead of relying only on the bank accounts of their parents. Myth- I must be outstandingly talented to get scholarships. FactHaving national or international acclaim definitely helps, but remember that only handful of students have such extras while most students don't. We generally hear and try to find about more sensational university scholarships without knowing the full story of less spectacular ones. Myth- A long list of extra cocurriculars would fetch me scholarships!

SCHOLARSHIPS

Fact As is the case in other aspects of life, winning scholarships is about quality, not quantity. Some people think that to win these awards you must devote your entire high school life participating in extracurricular activities. On the contrary, most scholarship winners distinguish themselves by the devotion they have demonstrated to a particular activity or set of activities, rather than by the sheer quantity of their involvement. Winning scholarships isnt about having the longest list of extracurriculars. Its about communicating who you are and what you care about through the activities you participate in and enjoy. Myth- Only students with high academic achievement get merit scholarships. Fact Scholarships are awarded to students with all sorts of talents and interests. In fact, many of the best scholarship programs are designed for

students who devote time and energy to such diverse fields as music and arts, foreign languages, community service, science, leadership, writing and oratory, to name just a few. Typically, these programs are entirely grade blindmeaning that merely grades are not used as a judging criteria. Myth-Im a top student, so university scholarships will come to me. Fact So often do we find that students with brilliant academic scores think that they will get scholarships. Undoubtedly for them, the chances of getting a scholarship are high but still they have to work very hard to get one. After all, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Even if you don't have extraordinary talent, don't worry you still have very good chances of getting a scholarship. All you need is to look at the right place.

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TIME FOR FUN

Sudoku
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MIND BLOGGER
1 2 3 What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour? Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place? What five letter English word does not change its pronunciation when four letters are taken away? What is black and white and is read all over? Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throws away the inside. What is it? What goes around the world and stays in a corner? They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. They are Dark, and always on the run, without the sun, would be none.

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SCRAMBLE

Re-arrange the letters in the four word jumbles, one letter to each square / circle, to make four ordinary words.

BAAES TRUST GODTU AERDK

Key to play: - Now arrange the letters in the circle to form answers to the riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated.

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TRUE or FALSE?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies," said Barack Obama When Ronald Reagan challenged communist leaders to "tear down this wall," he was referring to the Great Wall of China Veins look blue because the oxygen-depleted blood in them is blue The tango originated in Argentina A straight line measure 180 degrees Volleyball was invented as a game for businessmen The Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind (2001) deals with schizophrenia The "Ring of Fire" - where most volcanoes are located and most earthquakes occur - encircles the Pacific Ocean. Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

10. Marathon was the name of a Greek messenger who ran cross country to report news of Persia's defeat in 490 BC 11. The launch of Sputnik in 1957 inaugurated the space age 12. Elephants walk as quietly as cats 13. The smallest country in the world is Monaco 14. Lightning is seen before it's heard because light travels faster than sound

HUMOUR
Hard fact about youngsters,
They are always busy watching the desktop wallpaper Whenever their parents enter their room An ordinary person will be with books but an extraordinary person will be in that book We all are extraordinary person..we are on FACEBOOK Teacher: U idiots! At your age Einstein ranked first in class. What about you? Student: Sir at your age Hitler committed suicide..! What about you?
Answers (Mind Boggler) 1: The letter M, 2: Fire, 3: E, 4: Queue, 5: A newspaper, 6: Corn, 7: A stamp, 8: Stars, 9: Shadow Answers (Scramble) Abase, Strut, Dugout, Marked Answers (T/F) 1:F,2:F,3:F,4:T,5:T,6:T,7:T,8:T,9:T,10:F,11:T,12:T,13:T,14:T,15:T

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