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Asked by Anonymous - Feb 08, 2025Hindi
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I am studying at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur , 8th sem CS . I am a US citizen and would like to go for MS in US Universities. I have a low GPA of 2.4 . Please guide me what sort of Universities I should target

Ans: I should target for absolute low ranking universities.
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My daughter scored 87% with PCMB in 12th last year from Noida and she's dropout this year but she is not perform well in Neet. Even she scored half marks as compare to last year.As a parents we guide her to go to abroad for mbbs but she say that I continue do my preparation for neet and also do btech in biotechnology or chemical course based on biology subject and also she give jee exam and got 74 percentile . By this she will get good government college in these low level courses. But we totally confused what is the better option for her future? Please suggest us . And she also spend her most time in phone when we were not in home and she forgot her aim and always sleeping till 12 afternoon. We thought she forgot her aim when we send her abroad and also BTech is different branch for her. Sir please guide what we do for her?
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For biotechnology, she should choose a medicine-related BTech program rather than one focused on botany, as the job market favors medicine-related fields more (this is the last option, but I am not recommending it strongly).

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.
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