Hey there! Are you a corporate slave looking to return to grad school, or maybe a college junior planning to pursue higher studies? Fret not, this will be your go to site for any queries under the sun. I will try to make it as exhaustive as possible, but it is a living document and may be missing some topics that you might be interested in.
Feel free to reach out if you would like to contribute as a collaborator or share feedback as a critique. My contact details are provided at the bottom, and I would be more than happy to connect and maybe even discuss things over a coffee.
Without further ado, directly jump to the topics:
[To be (grad) or not to be, that is the question](https://app.notion.com/p/To-be-grad-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question-37b91936534a800584d1d23eb8566af0)
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea
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Hi reader, I am Utkarsh Gupta. I am a 2024 graduate from IIT Bombay with a Dual Degree (BTech + MTech) in Mechanical Engineering, with a specialization in Thermals and Fluids. I worked for a couple of years at the Corning Research Center in India and Qualcomm Bangalore Design Center before moving to Purdue University for my PhD in MechE. My domain of interest is in applied heat transfer and data driven modeling.
This guide is my version of a dear diary to document my study abroad journey and the insights I gained while binge watching YouTube videos, skimming Reddit posts, and spending hours on “quick calls” with current and former graduate students.
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First, I wanna thank me for believing in me and for doing all this hard work. A huge shoutout to Saukhya and Ameya for sharing their grad application guidebooks as a reference and for being so patient throughout my application process. A special mention to the LLMs like Copilot and the sources that they stole from, that corrected my text more brutally than my school English teacher. After all, I am not some long-lost relative of Shashi Tharoor.