The Apping for Dummies article that I wrote several years ago has remained one of the most visited articles on my website and over the years many people have told me that they found the article useful. I'm happy to announce that a much updated and enhanced version of the article is now available as a small handbook over at Pothi.com.
I've always thought about writing a book, so this is definitely very exciting for me. Even though it is not really a full-fledged “book”, it is a start nonetheless. The handbook is priced at Rs. 99 (excluding shipping). So if you or any one you know is applying for graduate school in the US, specially in engineering and fine arts, do check it out. You can preview the first ten pages.
Note that the article is (and will always be) still available. Of course the book has a lot of extra (and more up to date) information that is not there in the article. The article is also fairly narrow in its scope – it was basically written for Computer Science students at the IITs. The book, however, is much broader – it should be useful to applicants in engineering and fine arts. As far as I know there is hardly any published information out there for graduate applicants in fine arts, so I really hope that this handbook will be of some use to the budding artists in India.
This whole thing is very much an experiment for me. At some point I might even make the handbook available online as a (paid or unpaid) eBook, but for now you have to order your copy from Pothi.com.
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Congratulations!
hi diwaker !
Many Congratulations !
@Siddharth Dave: Thanks! I’m too far out in grad school to know any undergrads personally, so I’m hoping you can get the word out to some people :)
@Shashi: Thanks!
Great work, Diwaker! Congratulations!
Any thoughts on extending it to how to survive in America for desi grad students? I wrote a FAQ long ago. It would be nice to turn some general advice from the FAQ and else where into a small HOWTO book.
@Pradeep Padala: Thanks! The “survival guide” idea is good, though a lot of the information in the FAQ is highly university specific. I maintain a similar FAQ for UCSD students.
This would be a great help to all the students considering apping. Congratulations :)
@Abhinav: Thanks, hope so too!
Its very Cool! Thanks!