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What are the 'HIDDEN COSTS' that international students should be prepared for?

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                      Are you planning for higher studies in USA?  If yes, you should be aware of the additional 'hidden costs'- Expenses which  are not mentioned in brochures. Health insurance: Every campus has its own health insurance partner. One should be very careful in choosing the insurance plan. Many costs are not covered in basic plan such as ambulance charges, dental and eye care, which are pretty expensive. Meal Plans: If you are staying in dorms you need to carefully select meal plans as you can't cook in your room. Meal plans are weekly. Any healthy human being would require three meals a day. So, one would need 21 meals for the whole week. If you select 10 meals per week to save money either you would stay hungry or end up spending more on junk food. Summer Cost: The form I20 (issued by a school or university which has granted admission to you) provides the annual cost for nine months per academic year. All undergraduate students shoul

Understand the GRE Verbal Section: Tips and Strategies.

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Are you having difficulties in learning the GRE vocabulary? Are you looking for the GRE Verbal tips and strategies? Do you want to score high in the GRE verbal section? Do you think it is a tough task for a non-native user of English language to master the GRE within a short span of time? If yes, we have made a list of suggestions to answer all your queries related to the verbal section of the GRE. GRE – Verbal reasoning tests your ability to analyze and comprehend the English compositions critically and coherently. Verbal questions come in several formats. These are Sentence Completion (SC), Sentence Equivalence (SE) & Reading Comprehension (RC).Some of these happen to be questions related to a reading passage and others require you to complete an existing sentence or a short paragraph. So, it is advisable to acquire a simple yet strategic approach while preparing for the GRE- Verbal Reasoning section. Start Early: Any preparation, for any examination