Why Opt for Pathway Programs?

These programs are mainly offered for the students for the reasons mentioned below: 1. A student who has not met the minimum requirement or who has a low GPA in Bachelors for a particular program, and who have scored less in IELTS/TOEFL/PTE for those students who have missed the application deadlines. 2. If the student is a working professional, having 1, 2 or up to 5 years of experience and has no time in taking up GRE. 3. The student has appeared for GRE but has scored very less and does not want to reappear again. 4. If the student is very keen about the USA and has only 3 months of time for a particular intake to start, the student can directly start the application process, and can expect to receive the admissions decision within 4 weeks and can proceed with the visa filing by scheduling or applying for emergency visas without any additional cost. 5. If the student is not willing to pay the application fees or courier charges. 6. These pathway programs are also applicable for bachelors students, who have not taken up ACT/SAT or have scored very low marks..

What are the conditions of the pathway programs?

There will be 2 conditional admits for the pathway programs: Condition 1: The student has to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0-3.5 out of 4 in the first semester of their program, Condition 2: Certain programs such as MIS or Computer Science or Computer Engineering programs do require GRE. For these programs, the student gets 4 to 6 months time to take up the GRE, while studying their master’s program and the scores should be submitted once the student has completed the first semester.

What is the Visa Success Ratio for the Pathway Programs?

Most of the universities in the US, which offer these pathway programs are of Tier 1 and Tier 2 universities. Getting visas should not be a problem if the student is confident in answering the visa officer about the pathway program. And almost all the programs come under accreditation i.e for Engineering and Technology it comes under ABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) and for Business Schools it comes under AMBA or AACSB (Association Of MBA, and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of business).

What is the difference in tuition cost between pathway programs and direct programs?

There is no major difference between the tuition cost. Overall, a master’s program for direct admissions will cost around 35 to 40 lacs and for the pathway programs, for a few universities, it will be about the same or up to 45 lacs.

What are the advantages of getting into pathway programs

Once the student gets into the pathway program, an academic advisor will be assigned to the student, who can help the student in their academic profile building and also helps in building resumes and keeping a track of the student’s performance.

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