hi CaliAtenza and deepak and rahul...im anjali from Arcadia, CA...a suburb of LA...at the moment i am a senior in high school considering Sri Ramachandra, MS Ramaiah, or Manipal for med school...i was just wondering what its like for a californian to be in bangalore...or any place in south india for that matter...please tell me =)...and also...do you think i should consider goiing to a UC at all or should i just focus on india?? many of my friends are at UCLA,UCI,UCSD,etc. or applying there...but i just think the UCs arent for me...if you have any advice to share with me...please tell all...thanks...anjali
hey anjali, nice to see some cali people on here (i know where Arcadia is
). Well, it depends on exactly what u wanna do (i had a similar discussion with a girl in ur same situation just this past july..she was from Orange County and ended up comming to Ramaiah...she was also considering a UC). Bangalore is very similar to LA actually and it has everything u need, contrary to what some people think. Personally i was at UCI for 2 years...in retrospect, it was 2 years wasted, but thats me. I never fit in at that place and i just got involved with people that i shouldnt have gotten involved with. The basic science classes for me were a draggg...i realized that i just wanted to go to india, lol. If u honestly believe that the UC's arent for u and u are ok with leaving ur life behind here and ur friends here, then i think India is a great option. If u do decide to come to india, u would have to wait till next august, which wud make u part of the 07-08 batch (im 05-06). Now the three schools u've mentioned:
1. Sri Ramachandra out in chennai. Honestly i dont have much experence with this school other than what i have heard on here. I hear good and bad things...it seems u need connections more than anything at this place to succeed. One person from my hometown has gone here, but i havent gotten a staus report on him yet. 2. Next, MSRMC (Ramaiah)..my alma mater: To tell u the truth, next to BMC, this is the best school in Bangalore to go to. Yes, the infrastructure is not there much (its a old place), but the teaching is pretty good overall and the PG's are pretty helpfull. The classrooms are getting revamped, which started last year (high speed net, projectors, doing away with OHPs) But at the same time, the office staff arent that helpfull and our princi is a big talker, doesnt get much stuff done. But the school gets more and more popular with every passing year..so they must be doing something right. Finally, 3. Manipal: Awsome, awsome college...i think...best campus anywhere ive seen, teaching i dunno, but everything else is great (just visited once) and now they have a twinning prog as well...but its in the middle of nowhere with a beach...so if u can deal with that, then u should be fine. For my part, i had outside help this year, so that was a BIG help in making me get through...i prolly couldnt have done it otherwise. You can arrange for that as well, its not a big deal. Since u are used to LA, i think Bangalore is the best. What u should do is start the admissions process early, preferably by jan and maybe in the summer go and see the colleges u are interested to get a feel for everything and then make a final decision. South India...sooo beautiful
and so many places to see, when u dont have college, lol. If u do decide to come, please learn the local langauge, it will HELP U...trust me on this.
Anyways, just PM me or any of the other guys if u need anything, im on vacay now so i'll be free to take any queries u have...good luck and TC
..Neways..Best of luck for results CaliAtenza!
