786 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:59:40 +0000 From: "Seguil, Cesar" To: "Irving, Karen" , Nida Rehmani Cc: "Rodgers, Adrian" , "Pradhan, Anil K." , "Nahar, Sultana N. (Sultana)" Subject: RE: STEM-ER Parts/Attachments: 1.1 OK ~150 lines Text 1.2 Shown ~429 lines Text 2 OK 3.7 KB Image, "image001.png" 3 OK 13 KB Image, "image002.png" ---------------------------------------- Hello All, � Please see my answers below in red. The Ohio State University Cesar Seguil Lead Academic Advisor Department of Teaching & Learning Office of Academic Services College of Education & Human Ecology 227 Arps Hall 1945 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43210 seguil.1@osu.edu Phone: (614) 292-2332 Fax: (614) 292-7695 � o-h-i-o.gif �� Go Buckeyes! � From: Irving, Karen Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:36 AM To: Nida Rehmani Cc: Seguil, Cesar; Rodgers, Adrian; Pradhan, Anil K.; Nahar, Sultana N. (Sultana) Subject: RE: STEM-ER Hello Nida, � Thank you for your detailed message below.� I will try to answer as many questions as I can.� I have copied Mr. Cesar Seguil, a specialist in the admissions process as well as Dr. Adrian Rodgers, a colleague and expert in working with applications from international students.� � Adrian and Cesar, please correct any errors I may make and answer any of the questions that Nida has that I cannot answer.� See below for my replies in BLUE italics font. Dr. Pradhan and Dr. Nahar are also copied in order to provide you guidance on payment of the application fee.� � KEI � � From: Nida Rehmani [mailto:nida.rehmani4@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:06 AM To: Irving, Karen Subject: STEM-ER � Dear Ma'am, � This is in regard with the online application for STEM-ER(MA). There are several doubts regarding the application process. I would be grateful if you help me with the following: 1) Regarding the certified educational records- are transcripts mandatory or mark sheets would do? Also, would we need to upload the degrees along with the transcripts? Apart from uploading transcripts do we need to send paper based transcripts or mail the transcripts to OSU? KEI:� I believe that transcripts are required.� I believe that official transcripts from your university sent directly to OSU are also required. PDFs of official transcripts are adequate.� �Cesar, please confirm. If the transcript shows that the degree was awarded, I don't think that you have to upload copies of the degree document.�Cesar, confirm please.� � Cesar: You have the option of uploading your transcript to the online application OR sending official copies to the Graduate and Professional Admissions Office. I suggest moving forward with the latter option and skipping the transcript upload section in the application. 2) How do we calculate Cumulative Grade Point Average( undergraduate and graduate level)? and what is the grading scale for the same? KEI:� I believe that the Graduate School at OSU can calculate your GPA from the transcript information.� We use a 4.0 grading scale.� Cesar: This can be an estimation and does not need to be an exact calculation. The Graduate and Professional Admissions Office will conduct the official GPA calculation once your transcripts are received. 3) We need to provide both permanent as well as present address as leaving these options blank doesn't lead to the next page of the form. KEI:� If your permanent address is the same as your present address, then list it twice.� For many US students, their `permanent address' is the address of their parents and their `present address' is where they are currently living...on or near a university campus. � Cesar: Dr. Irving is correct. 4) In case of High School and Intermediate, we would select certificate as the received degree ? KEI:� Cesar please help with this one. My guess, is yes, chose certificate as the received degree.� � Cesar: I don't understand what you are asking in this question. Can you please clarify? 5) Regarding TOEFL, do we need to request online scores to be sent directly to OSU by ETS? KEI:� Yes, request that ETS sends your TOEFL online scores directly to OSU.� Cesar: Dr. Irving is correct. 6) Do we need to provide educational history? KEI:� I assume that you do.� The Graduate school will want to confirm your status as post candidacy PhD students at AMU.� � Cesar: Absolutely, otherwise the application will not let you move on to the next section. 7) There is no option available for OBAMA SINGH program in the application fee waiver column. KEI:� I believe that you will have to pay these fees and then be reimbursed from Aligarh Muslim University.� Please check with Dr. Pradhan and Dr. Nahar to confirm this.� I know that the graduate school at OSU cannot waive fees for you until you are enrolled.� � Cesar: Dr. Irving is correct 8) Do we have a student ID? KEI:� I don't think you have one yet.� One will be issued ...but I am not sure when.� Adrian or Cesar, can you answer this question? � Cesar: Dr. Irving is correct; you will be issued an OSU applicant ID once you complete and successfully submit your online application and pay the application fee. 9) In the statement of intent, would it be masters or dual degree program? KEI:� I think that you would call this the STEM Masters in Education program rather than the dual degree program.� In your statement of intent, you could clarify that you are enrolled in a PhD program at Aligarh and that you will eventually receive both degrees.� � Cesar: This is not considered a dual-degree program at OSU; dual-degree programs refer to a student pursuing two different concentrations through two different departments at OSU. Hoping to get an early reply. KEI:� Thanks for posing clear questions!� Hope we can get all the answers you need soon. KEI � Regards, Nida Rehmani, Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002. India.