There are a few random videos on YouTube and other sites of an average of 5- 10 minute duration on random miscellaneous topics. These videos do not impart comprehensive advice to students about EVERYTHING you need to know about pursuing higher education abroad. They do not advise you about which country or program is best suited for you, what coursework each program entails, internships, housing, visa and what career options a person can pursue after each of these programs.They do not have hundreds of videos about real experiences from real students who have been there, done that.

Coolgrad.com has hundreds of hours of comprehensive advice regarding which program to pursue- MS, MBA, MIS, JD, PhD, MD, etc with details of:

• What each program involves- MS, MBA, MIS, PhD, JD, MD, dual degree programs, etc-- what courses you study in each and what career paths to pursue after each program
• Studying in each of the popular countries- USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Australia, etc
• What is it like to study in each state of USA, UK, Canada, germany, Australia, Singapore and other countries- weather conditions, cost of living, universities, scholarships, job opportunities, etc
• Top university lists with details of city, state, acceptance rate, avg GRE/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT scores, avg UGPA, Annual tuition, Avg starting salary, link to each department website
• Exam prep videos to max GRE, GMAT and TOEFL exams- Verbal, Quants and Analytical writing sections
• How to shortlist 6 to 8 universities best suited for your profile
• How to fill out an application correctly
• Recommendation letters, Statement of Purpose, Cover Letter, etc
• Visa interview guidance
• Real visa interview experience videos from students who recently applied for visa
• Funding and scholarship guidance
• Housing and roommates advice- with hundreds of real peoples’ experiences
• How to excel in academics at the university
• Internships and job search advice
• Academic and job interview guidance
• Real student experiences videos from students who graduated from various universities
• Faculty advice from professors of various departments and universities
• Driving abroad, insurance, healthcare, travel, etc
• Common and uncommon mistakes made by people abroad and why students fail to graduate
• ‘Find your Passion’ series of videos to guide students about how to pursue a career in various fields such as Medicine, Law, Veterinary Science, Fine Arts, Literature, Cuisine, Tourism, Spirituality, Philosophy, etc.

Do these career counseling agencies help you find your true passion in life? Do they advise you about which program is best for you (MS/MIS/MBA/JD/PhD/MD, etc) and detail what every program entails? Do they tell you which country is best to pursue the program in? Most career counseling agencies help you shortlist 6-8 universities in a particular country after you have taken GRE/GMAT/TOEFL, based on your GPA, exam scores and which country you have already chosen. Often, they pick a few universities that are lower in rank than where you deserve to get admission to, just to ensure that all their candidates get at least one offer of admission from the 6-8 universities that they shortlist.
They usually do not offer more than 10 to 15 hours of counseling for this. They guide you in the application and visa interview process. And for just this much of service, they charge around Rs. 30k to Rs.100K in India. Coolgrad.com offers you more than a hundred times the advice FREE!!
You could still use the services of a career counseling agency for one on one counseling if required later, but you will still be better equipped with the right knowledge to make the best choices. You can also utilize the Find a Coach option to find a guide for 1:1 counseling. You would pursue a masters or PhD degree usually only once in a lifetime and it is important to make the right decisions.

We have currently uploaded numerous videos containing actual testimonials from real students who have attended classes at these universities and successfully graduated with the degree they aspired for. We focused on the top universities in each major category based on the top 100 lists on the Internet. Their experiences serve as guidelines for prospective students who are considering studying in these universities. Eventually we plan to get real testimonials from students across all major universities in all popular countries..

There are detailed videos about how to schedule your visa interview, what to carry to the visa interview and how to present yourself in the visa interview. We offer videos of people’s actual experiences at the visa interviews at the consulates every day. So if your interview is scheduled for the next few days, you can get an idea of what to be prepared for..

Coolgrad.com provides you ample general guidance and advice to find the best housing and roommates. You can use these guidelines to find a good apartment in any university. You can also connect with your seniors at the university you have chosen and use their help to find a good apartment and roommates..

Any student who has recently graduated from a masters or PhD program (MS, MBA, MIS, JD, MD, PhD, etc) in any of the disciplines that we feature on this website from any major university in US/UK/Canada/Germany/Australia/Singapore and other countries featured herein can submit their videos online at coolgrad.com. Students must review guidelines to record the video, esign the consent form and submit the video online. Coolgrad.com will then hold exclusive rights to the video and reserves the right to publish the video at a suitable time. Our team will review if the video and publish it if found suitable..

1. You must have been a student of a recognized, accredited university in a Masters or PhD level within the past five years from today’s date in any of the countries featured on coolgrad.com (USA/UK/Canada/Singapore/Australia/Germany, etc)

2. You must have graduated with a GPA of 3.0 or aboveStudents must review guidelines to record the video, accept the terms and conditions and submit the video online. Coolgrad.com will then hold exclusive rights to the video and reserves the right to publish the video at a suitable time. Our team will review the submitted video and publish it if found suitable.

Any student in India who has attended a visa interview at a US/UK/Germany/Australia embassy or consulate in the past two days may record a three to five minute video detailing their experience, what questions were asked, whether their visa was approved or rejected, the nature of the interviewing visa officer, etc and request to submit to coolgrad.com. You must esign the consent form and other required documents with coolgrad.com before submitting the video to our website. Coolgrad.com will then reserve the right to post these videos at the most appropriate time, as per requirements. Users must not post these videos elsewhere on the Internet.

1. You must have secured admission to a foreign university in USA/ Europe/ Canada/ Germany/ UK/ France/ Australia/ Singapore or any other country listed on our home page for a Masters or PhD level program in any discipline listed on our home page
2. You must have obtained I20 or equivalent form and accepted their offer of admission
3. You must have given your visa interview within the past two weeks (it does not matter if your visa was approved or rejected)

The student must accept the terms and conditions and other required documents with coolgrad.com before submitting the video to our website. Coolgrad.com will then reserve the right to post these videos at the most appropriate time, as per requirements. The students must not post these videos elsewhere on the Internet.

1. You must be a currently active or recently retired faculty member of a recognized, accredited university in any of teh countries featured on our site who has taught courses at a Masters or PhD level in any of the disciplines featured on our site

2. You must have been on the admissions committee of any recognized university in any of the countries featured on coolgrad.com website

The faculty members must review guidelines to record the video, accept the terms and conditions and submit the video online. Coolgrad.com will then hold exclusive rights to the video and reserves the right to publish the video at a suitable time. Our team will review the submitted video and publish it if found suitable.

1. You must have pursued your true passion in life (other than engineering) as your profession

2. You may have switched professions to pursue your true passion in life

3. You have excelled in your chosen passion

The person must review guidelines to record the video, accept the terms and conditions and submit the video online. Coolgrad.com will then hold exclusive rights to the video and reserves the right to publish the video at a suitable time. Our team will review the submitted video and publish it if found suitable.

1. Introduction
2. Tell us about yourself and your educational background.
3. Which universities had you applied to and which universities gave you an offer of admission?
4. What made you pick this University for MS/MBA/MIS/PhD/JD/MD in this particular discipline?
5. Did you have TA/RA or any other form of funding at the time of joining the program?
6. Did you get funding later?
7. Which courses did you study?
8. Which were your three most favorite courses and why?
9. Which three courses were the most difficult for you?
10. Can you tell us about any difficult situations you got into in any course or project?
11. Tell us about some lessons learned in your team efforts in the courses.
12. After having graduated with an MS (or whatever) degree, do you think some other program
would have been better- such as MIS, MBA, JD, PhD or MD?
13. How did you pick housing when you first came to this university?
14. Tell us some of your good and bad experiences with roommates
15. Impart some advice to students who plan to attend the Univ of xyz in the upcoming semesters.
16. Where did u intern?
17. How did you land the internship?
18. Tell us about the internship experiences.
19. Did your offer of internship get converted into a fulltime job offer?
20. In retrospect, if you had your life to live over again, would you still attend the Univ of xyz or
some other university might have been better?
21. What are your future career plans?
22. Any advice you wish to impart to future students who plan to pursue higher studies..

Faculty Questionnaire
1. Introduction
2. Tell us about your research interests at your current faculty position in the university.
3. Tell us about your educational background.
4. Where did you do your PhD and why did you attend that university?
5. In retrospect, if you had your life to live over again, would you still attend the same university
for your PhD or some other university might have been better?
6. Tell us about your postdoctoral research.
7. What courses have you taught at the your current university and for how many years?
8. How do you typically structure your courses?
9. How do you assess your students’ performance in a course- closed book exams, open book
exams, take home exams, assignments, projects, research, group discussions, presentations,
class participation, etc?
10. What kind of grading policies do you adopt and why?
11. Have you ever failed any student in your courses?
12. Have you ever had to charge a student with academic dishonesty? How did you deal with the
situation?
13. Briefly describe how you have observed the admissions process to work for Masters level
programs.
14. While evaluating applications for Master’s level programs, what do you look for in candidates?
15. Have you provided research assistantships to any Masters students? What qualities do you look
for in a student to determine whether you would give them funding or not?
16. Briefly describe how you have observed the admissions process to work for PhD programs at
your university.
17. How many PhD students have you advised? What do you look for in deciding whether to accept
a PhD student as your advisee or not?
18. How do your PhD students get funding- which internal or external sources?
19. How has your relationship with your students been? Have you ever had a bad relationship with
a Masters or PhD student? How did you deal with it?
20. How many years on an average do your PhD students take to get a doctorate?
21. Have any of your PhD students left the program without successfully being conferred a
doctorate? Why?
22. Tell us about some lessons learned in your interactions with various students in the programs.
23. Impart some advice to students who plan to attend the university in the upcoming semesters.
24. What are your future plans?

Find Your Passion Questionnaire
1. Introduction
2. What is your current occupation? How long have you been in this profession?
3. Tell us about yourself and your educational background.
4. At what point did you realize that your original field of study was not where your true interest
lies?
5. How did you make the switch from your earlier profession to the new role? Was the transition
easy?
6. Did you consult a lot of people- friends, relatives, mentors, etc for advice before making the
transition?
7. What made you pick this particular University for MS/MBA/MIS/PhD/JD/MD in this discipline?
8. Which courses did you study?
9. Can you tell us about any difficult situations you got into in your new profession?
10. Tell us about some lessons learned in life.
11. In retrospect, if you had your life to live over again, would you still attend the same university or
some other university might have been better?
12. What are your future career plans?
13. Any advice you wish to impart to future students who plan to pursue higher studies..

Coolgrad Visa Interview Guidelines
1. Visa interview experience video must be typically 3 to 6 minutes long.
2. Introduce yourself, your educational background
3. Which country, university, program did you get admission into? (example: Rice University, USA, MS
in Mechanical engineering)
4. Did you get visa approved or rejected?
5. What kind of questions did the visa officer ask you in the interview?
6. Describe the visa officer in a few sentences- appearance, nature, how many questions asked, was
the person friendly, etc.
7. If your visa was rejected, if you can guess as to why your visa was rejected, mention it.