Education In USA

US has the maximum number of international students; the figure is approximately 600,000 in 2011. About 4% of the population of undergraduate schools and 10% population of graduate schools comprises international students. The main reasons for going to the US for higher studies are quality of education, vibrant campus life, and rewarding career opportunities. The US degrees are recognized worldwide - its schools and universities hold the top rankings by incorporating latest technologies in their curriculum and by offering flexible courses.

Requirements for International Students in US

For pursuing an undergraduate degree program in the US, an international student needs to complete 12 years of pre-university education from a recognized institute. Students whose mother tongue is not English need to qualify in either TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Tests Systems). The required scores of the test for getting admission generally vary from one institute to another.

Top Colleges In The United States

• As per a survey done by the US News and World Report in 2011, the top ten medical colleges in the United States are - 
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• · Harvard Medical School 
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• · University of Pennsylvania Medical School 
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• · Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine 
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• · Washington University in St. Louis - School of Medicine 
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• · Duke University School of Medicine 
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• · Stanford University School of Medicine 
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• · University of California - School of Medicine 
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• · Yale School of Medicine 
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• · University of Washington - School of Medicine 
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• · Columbia University - School of Medicine 
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• Some other top colleges offering courses in law, engineering, business management and acting are as follows:
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• · The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York, Los Angeles) 
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• · Purchase College-State University of New York 
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• · Tisch School of the Arts 
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• · American Conservatory Theater 
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• · Harvard Law School 
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• · Stanford Law School 
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• · Columbia Law School 
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• · University of Chicago Law School 
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• · University of Pennsylvania Law School 
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• · University of Virginia School of Law 
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• · UC Berkeley School of Law 
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• · Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
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• · University of California-Berkeley College of Engineering 
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• · California Institute of Technology 
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• · Georgia Tech College of Engineering 
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• · University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 
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• · University of Michigan College of Engineering 
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• · Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 
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• · Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science 
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• Top Universities in the United States 
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• According to the survey done by U.S. News College Rankings, 2011, the leading US universities are as follows:
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• · Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
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• · Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 
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• · Yale University, New Haven 
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• · Columbia University, New York 
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• · Stanford University, CA 
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• · University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
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• · California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 
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• · Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 
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• · Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 
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• · University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
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• · Duke University, Durham, NC 
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• · Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
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• · Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 
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• · Washington University in St. Louis, MO 
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• · Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
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• · Brown University, Providence, RI 
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• · Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 
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• · Rice University, Houston, TX 
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• · University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 
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• · Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
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• Some more universities offering online associate degrees are – 
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• · University of Phoenix 
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• · The Art Institute of Pittsburgh -- Online Division 
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• · DeVry University 
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• · University of Liverpool (Masters Degree) 
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• Scholarships Offered 
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• USIEF (The United States-India Educational Foundation) offers the following scholarships and fellowships to Indian students:
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• · LearnHub Dream Study Abroad Scholarship 
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• · Fulbright-Nehru Master’s Fellowships for Leadership Development 
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• · International Fellowships Program (Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowships) 
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• · Ambassadorial Scholarships by the Rotary Foundation 
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• · International Fulbright Science and Technology Award 
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• · East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship Program 
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• Educational Expenses in US 
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• Tuition fees in the US vary from one institute to another. Expenses for other areas like health insurance, accommodation, food, transportation, stationery will also differ from one person to another, depending upon the location of residence, medical history, and other important factors. 
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• Students' Visa to Pursue Education in US 
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• Students are required to furnish the following documents:
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• · I-20 visa application 
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• · A valid passport 
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• · Financial documents 
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• · Offer letter from respective American institute 
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• · Recommendation letter 
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• · Academic documents 
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• · Work experience documents (if applicable) 
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• Education System in the US 
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• Education system in the US is a bit different from that of India or Europe. In USA a student has to complete 12 years of elementary and pre-university education before he/she can apply for the university or college programs. The US education system is divided into 4 basic layers:
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• · Primary School: Primary school education in America starts at an age of 5. The first year in school is known as kindergarten and the year following that is considered as the 1st grade. This level comprises five grades. 
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• · Secondary School: Secondary education in US consists of 7 grades, of which ninth to twelfth grades are considered as high school. Upon completion of 12th grade, students are awarded diplomas. 
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• · Undergraduate School: After completion of high school, students can either opt for a bachelor’s degree, which is a 4-year program, or an associate degree that is a 2-year program, in his/her chosen field of study. The area where a student looks to specialize is known as a major and along with it there are several elective subjects. 
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• · Graduate School: After completing the undergraduate degree program, a student can pursue the master’s degree programs, which have duration of 2-3 years. Upon completion of a master’s program, students can further opt for doctoral degrees. 

Samsung’s new phones will have flexible screens

Samsung‘s new mobile device lineup will feature flexible screens starting in 2012, the company announced today.

In its quarterly earnings call, Samsung’s vice president of investor relations, Robert Yi, told investors, analysts and press, “The flexible display we are looking to introduce sometime in 2012, hopefully the earlier part. The application probably will start from the handset side.”

After flexible-screen mobile phones roll out, the company plans to introduce the same technology for tablets and other devices.

In January 2011, Samsung purchased Liquivista, a strategic acquisition that will allow it to produce the kinds of displays that were announced today. Liquivista made electrowetting display technology, which is used to create mobile and other consumer electronic displays that are bright, low-power, flexible and transparent.

Flexible screen technology was also a focus of Samsung’s in March, when Yongsuk Choi, director of Samsung Mobile Display, gave an overview of the company’s future mobile device plans. At that time, Choi said most of the flexible-display technology Samsung was working on was still in very early stages.

Flexible displays have been on the fringes of up-and-coming mobile technologies for some time. For example, we saw a bendable e-reader from Plastic Logic back in 2008.

More recently, Sony, in particular, has shown some interesting work in the field, demonstrating its first flexible display at CES in early 2009 and showing off advanced, thinner, more flexible displays just last year.

Still, flexible screens aren’t something we’re seeing on the mass market yet; we wonder if consumers will warm to the idea when Samsung takes the wraps off these new devices.

Samsung recently surpassed Apple as the top smartphone manufacturer, shipping 27.8 million smartphones last quarter. Altogether, Samsung’s current share of the smartphone market is 23.8 percent.

SPEEDING UP YOUR COMPUTER

Dealing with a slow computer can impact your business activities along with other things like your day-to-day internet browsing and saving some of your valuable files like pictures. If you have ever dealt with system freezes or those annoying messages that report errors when a program freezes, it is time to clean up your computer and make it run faster.



Whenever you are running the computer, make sure you don't have too many programs open. Having too many programs open at the same time will cause the computer to run slower than normal. Another reason why it may be running slower is because it may have defective hardware or it could be infected with a virus.
A simple way to make your computer run faster is to disable some of the programs on the StartUpmenu. This way the programs will remain stationary until you click on them and activate them. Another easy way to make your computer run faster is to add more RAM to it. RAM is short for Random Access Memory. This is what your computer will use to temporarily store files to keep all the open programs running properly. Having too many programs open at once will use up all your RAM, especially if you use some of the larger programs on your system like Adobe Pagemaker. Adding extra RAM to your computer will speed it up almost instantly. Adding more RAM to your system will allow the computer to have more areas to store the temporary files, allowing it the opportunity to run faster.
If you don't have enough RAM, the computer will start using your hard disk to store the data it needs. When the computer switches to the hard disk, you will have problems. Memory blocks often occur here because the computer cannot access the hard drive temporary files as quickly as it can with the RAM files. Try to keep all your programs on RAM memory versus the hard disk because the computer will need to swap back and forth from the hard drive to the RAM files, causing it to work twice as hard. When a computer is being pushed too hard, system crashes will occur and you can lose everything. Most people can get by with an extra 1 GB of RAM, but for the internet users that like to have multiple pages open at once, 2 GB of RAM is a smart decision.
Several computers run slower because of the overwhelming amount of junk files and programs that are stored on them. Most computers will come with antivirus software, but if you download your own software, you need to delete the other program or else it will just use up some of the memory you have available. Temporary internet files (cookies) can use up a lot of your extramemory and cause your system to run a lot slower. Temporary files will clutter the hard drive and cause windows to run a lot slower. If you have a virus or spyware on your computer, you can actually lose control of your Windows system.