hi all ...
i am about to finish my course in Advance Diploma cum Bacholer Science Degree (by Campbell University) from TarC ...
and i am thinking of going to America to further my Postgraduate study ...
its a big headache for me to search as USA is huge ... and have a huge amount of Universities ...

would greatly appreciate that u all can suggest me some good Universities ... scratching all my hairs out to find a good one ...
my field of study is Information Systems ....
can be combined with Management or Business or E-Business field ...
in large some may call it Management Information Systems or Information Systems & E-Business ...
not looking at NY since the living expenses is higher compared to others

do hope there will be some replies and able to help me ...
thanks in advance

sry but i have made a huge amount of info from google ... if u would like to meet up, i can bring along all the stuff that i got on the internet and maybe u can guide me 1 by 1 ...
hello ... if u cant plz don simply shoot, i ask for the hope of personal opinions (i read huge amounts of reviews and stuff but due to my skeptical personality i wan more info) ... things like wat patryn33 had said below ...
mind u, i even got a few US universities prospectus here .... as i have also said, USA is a huge country unlike malaysia and even UK, UK i can search easily and find myself even without asking ....

thanks for ur opinion ...
current CGPA around 3.4 ... currently under industrial training and still have 1 more semester + FYP which i have confidence of hiking the CGPA up ...
about the budget, i am not too sure ... my parents told me to search out a list then slice it out later to narrow the selection ...
just read about the GMAT u mentioned, am willing to take it if it can help me going in a good uni (USD250 is kinda of a huge amount)...
what would help me alot is the field of IT in US .... something like a specific University is particularly good in a specific subject ...
thanks alot

yeap, 1 more term .. officially graduating on May 2010 ...
and hopefully able to continue on Sept 2010 which is Fall 2010 ... (can i still make it on time?)
and yes GMAT is expensive, as of June 2009 its USD250 ...
i am hoping to jump up to 3.7 as my internship and FYP consist a huge amount of credit hour ...
i am not sure which uni's prospectus (due to mixture of UK, Aus) but i will check once i am back in KL, left them in KL and currently back in my hometown ... one of the which i recall is Boston Uni, got it last time when i was aiming for undergrad but instead i further on in Adv Dip ...
wat i would like to focus on is "Information Systems", it can be E-Business & IS but its best to be MIS ... means from wat u said, there aint much Uni for it? ..

about the budget, i would prefer not to be in the big cities such as NYCity as the expenses is higher compared to others ...

thanks alot patryn33 ... u helped me alot coz if i continue on searching myself, i doubt i will know wat is GMAT ... many thanks ...

wow .. thanks alot ...
yea boston uni doesnt have MIS, i got it from my friend (ex-coursemate) which he is studying now ... seems that he changed course ...
thanks i will check them out later today .. tqtq ...

well thats very true ... even studying in US aint cheap but if able to, i am willing to study there for more experience and meet new ppl!

patryn33, got ur pm .. sry, i have been busy late with my work project (internship) ... will check those once i am free .. thanks alot ...
thank you for ur willingness to help ...

hey patryn and anni,
thanks for the loads of info. seriously and really appreciated it...
sry for the late reply, been very busy lately .... totally exhausted by my work loads + stress,

my father came back malaysia last week and i had a talk with him.
he suggested Universities in California (one of my uncle is there) and in Michigan ...
plus, after some light reading, i just only found out that there is so much MBA course with concentration on Information Systems. I didnt realize that earlier, my apologies as i didnt really did my research well enough beforehand.

Monroe College seems good, is it a university or a college? any comments of the environment at Monroe other than its in NY? from their website, i am happy to see there is a course structure for IT MBA ...

California Uni seems to have just MBA and MSCIS ... i will read more about these later after working hrs ...

furthermore, this particular university caught my eyes, Michigan State University,
https://www.bus.msu.edu/itmp/masters.html

another alternative for me is take a full IS course, which is M.S.I.S @ University of San Francisco ,
http://www.cps.usfca.edu/prospective/MSIS_courses.html

welcome all helpful comments, high appreciate it. thanks alot. thank you

ps: why Michigan State University caught my eyes is that they have a Doctoral program in Business Information Systems and i dream that maybe if i am able to do well in my Masters program i can continue to get the Doctoral.
http://admissions.msu.edu/academics/majors...l=GR&Sort=Major [course code 6024]

Hey patryn,
Seems that MBA is totally out as i don have much working experience other than my 6 months industrial training.
Scanned through ur given info at the previous page, seems that some Uni needs working experience as an admission req, which i dont much qualify. Furthermore, is GMAT is must? .. as i read some Uni states that only MBA related courses need GMAT but if i am aiming for MScIS with concentration on MBA modules or Management related modules, do i need GMAT? (some uni didnt state that out, i am somewhat confused as their education system r different from M'sia).

Nonetheless, i narrowed down some searches to Georgia State Uni, Uni of Illinois, Uni of Arizona ...

What should i do now? ... email the respective uni for more information? .. how do i apply? ... is US edu system similar to UK which apply through UCAS?

sry as more and more questions arise and thank you for replying me ..

oh my .. faint ....
after all this, i think my idea of getting into Fall 2010's admission will be impossible ... since GMAT does need some time to study and prepare...

thanks for all the info, now i am at least equiped with the minimum details ...
will be going for the US Edu fair at 6th Oct ... although those Uni that i 'chose' wasnt one of the participant ...

for those who r interested in Master's Degree ... there will be an edu fair ...
check it out here

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=30023486