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Stop Manufacturing Us! (aka SMU!)
is a student initiated online journal that pertains to the Indian education system. Here, besides getting to read interesting articles on the education system of India, you can publish and share your own views regarding it with other concerned citizens. Visit the page on Submission Guidelines to know more about how you can submit your views.

Our weekly polls can be found near the bottom of the page above the Interesting Links section.

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Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts

Friday, May 06, 2011

American Undergraduate Studies: The Actual Experience


Editor’s note – This is the second installment of the ongoing series on free education abroad. In the first part we saw detailed information on getting great undergraduate education in America. In this part, we reveal the actual experience of the author in America so that you can decide for yourself whether or not it is worth the trouble.

Author’s note – I authored the first article in this series (which was about free undergraduate education in the US). In this piece, I present my personal experience in an unbiased and candid way giving you an unfettered peek into my life when I went to Huntsville, Alabama in 2008 in search of greener pastures.


Friday, April 29, 2011

A Guide to Free Education Abroad: American Undergraduate Studies


Editor’s note – This is the first part of the official ‘SMU!’ sponsored series titled “A Guide to Free education abroad”. In this series we’ll explore the various opportunities that exist for Indian students seeking free education abroad. In this part of the series, we explore the opportunities for free undergraduate education in the United States.

Author’s note – I am an Indian national who’s studied in a national university in the US through scholarship. Here, I want to spread the lesser known information on how you can comfortably study in the US at either no cost or an affordable price (mostly involving just your living expenses). I personally recommend getting your undergraduate education in an international atmosphere since it not only gives you great opportunity for intellectual expression but also shapes you into a globizen who has had international exposure at a young age.


How much exam oriented, do you think, High School(Class IX & X) and Higher Secondary School(Class XI and XII) education in CISCE-affiliated(ICSE/ISC) schools is?