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Name : Parin Dedhia
Graduation College : DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering (Mumbai University)
Graduation Stream : B.E. in Biomedical Engineering
Graduation Aggregate : 72%
GRE Score : 1300 (Quant: 790; Verbal: 510)
TOEFL Score: 93
University for Masters: Cornell University, NY
Course Details : Electrical Engineering (EE)
Term: Fall 2012
Applications & Admits
Universities & Courses applied to :
Applied for EE/ECE program in the following universities:
- Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Stanford University
- Cornell University
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech)
- University of Wisconsin Madison
- University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- North Carolina State University (NCSU)
- University of Southern California (USC)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Admits from (Universities & Courses) :
- Cornell University
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- North Carolina State University (NCSU)
- University of Southern California (USC)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minutia
Projects:
- Low cost Solar ECG with Bluetooth transmitter ( Final year project ). Designed and implemented an inexpensive electrocardiograph powered by solar cells acquiring an excellent quality signal up to 34 hours at a sample rate of 500 Hz. The ECG is also transmitted to the patient’s cell phone or a computer with the help of a Bluetooth transmitter.
- Robotic Submarine
- Heart rate meter
- Obstacle avoidance robot
- Line follower robot
- Universal Solar charger with overcharge protection
- Dual polarity regulated power supply with 3.5 digit LED display
- Low cost listening bug
- Water Level Alarm
Technical Papers :
-International IEEE paper published: 1 (Low cost Solar ECG with Bluetooth transmitter)
-National paper published: 1
-4 technical papers presented at national level tech paper presentations:
- Optical Coherence tomography
- Cell phones in Medical Imaging
- ph-oxy
- Solar ECG
Letter of Recommendations :
- Research guide (Research assistant ship)
- Head of Department
- Final year project guide
- Subject professor
Extracurriculars:
- Finalist: IIT Bombay’s Tech fest Elixir competition 2010-11 for innovation in health care “Low cost Solar ECG with Bluetooth transmitter”
- Delivered workshops on Robotics: VESIT, SIES, KVOSS (NGO), KJ Somaiya, VIT
- Delivered workshops on Electronic stethoscope: DJ Sanghvi
- Co-founded "Ikube technologies"“Ikube technologies” selected amongst the 50 best student startups by TATA – NEN.
- Ranked among 'Best 10 start-ups of 2012' by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
- Event “Robo-fifa” – Featured by “Janmabhoomi” newspaper dated 22nd February, 2011.
- Ikube technologies – Featured by “Mulund Meet” dated 5th November, 2011; “Gurjar Maat” dated 9th November, 2011 and “Voice of Ghatkopar” dated 5th November, 2011 as the “Most inspirational student startup”.
- Ikube technologies featured by CNBC India for being the top ranked student startup-dated 29th January, 2012.
- Ikube technologies featured by Mumbai Mirror-dated 29th January, 2012.
- Secretary – Pacemaker 2010-11 (Students chapter of Biomedical Engineering department).
- Trained rifle shooter
- Narotam Sekhsaria under graduation scholarship 2010-11 – Awarded for excellence in academics
Work Experience/Internship:
- Ikube technologies ( Co-founder and Chairman )
- Biotech (Intern – Product Design and testing )
- Laboratory for Applied Research in Electronics (L.A.R.E.) ( Intern – Embedded Systems)
- Nurture Talent Academy (Campus ambassador – Starpreneur)
- Akanksha Foundation (Intern – Teaching mathematics and science)
Financial Aid :
None
Preparation:
I had my GRE examination in March 11, so I started with preparation in December. Though actual studies picked up in January. I never liked English ( since school ), so always ended up preparing quant and would be fun solving. I ended up preparing only 15 boxes of words and eventually scored just 510. I was unfortunate of getting quant section first and with maximum probability questions, it got difficult in a short span, but could manage 790 as I had attempted max correct questions in the beginning.
My GRE examination was on 24th March 2011. Ideal time is March as you don't have pressure of submissions-vivas-examinations, if unfortunately you land up scoring less, you can always retake in june/july/august.
Counselling opinion:
NO ! They ruin your wallets and energy. The best people to guide you are your seniors.
SOP Advice: Many students ask the counsellor to write the complete SOP and without even the student's opinion, these are sent to US universities. SOP is something which will expose your feelings, as why you want to do MS, and a counsellor shouldnt be the last option also to write.
I stressed on entrepreneurship, as this is something i always want to pursue. Initially my counsellor wrote it for me, but it was simply TERRIBLE. I took a pen and paper and started noting all the points as what i feel about why i wana do MS, what change it will bring in, why this univ, my achievements. After this task, a few good friends which good vocab and grammer, and helped me frame sentences, cut short irrelevancy. I emailed more than 15 seniors in US and they gave their suggestions with editings. This is how my SOP was done, it was tiring but i learnt that it is YOU who should write your own SOP
Reasons to choose Current University:
Cornell University - Electrical Engineering
Cornell University is a IVY league and a highly ranked university. The research work going in bio-electronics and energy management is amazing out here. Secondly Cornell is very flexible with its management credits and Johnson school of management being highly ranked with an amazing entrepreneurship culture. I prefer Cornell over other schools.
Advice to Juniors
Its not just GRE that will decide your fate, your academics and profile matters a lot. So try participating in competitions, do internships and above all, do research in your area of interest. Write your own SOP (every feeling of yours should pop out), do not be scared to apply in the ambitious univ if you have a good profile (remember, you are just applying once in lifetime)