All Answers: RE: [pakgrid] why 3.0 CGPA for PhD Admission

Friday 26 July 2013

RE: [pakgrid] why 3.0 CGPA for PhD Admission

If i remember it exactly, HEC introduced scholarship for PhD scholarship in 2005. A flood of applicants started appearing to qualify this scholarship.
The main motivation behind that was the additional money (in lieu of scholarship) especially for people who were/are already on the job. If NTS or HEC can make some statistical
analysis report on this fact, we all can know that how many entered into the program and how many actually won the PhD.
Perhaps due to lower turn out, this revision of minimum GPA could be one factor for this lower turn out.

Regards
Mahmood

To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
From: bushra_bit@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:44:29 -0700
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] why 3.0 CGPA for PhD Admission

I agree that admission criteria of 3.00 are set for filtering but every one knows that during MS, universities give very tough time to students and getting 2.5 is also a challenge, especially when it is done with full time job. Talking very specifically about CS field, full time job and part time MS makes you half mad once MS is over. PhD is a chance for us to excel in our fields and we try to come back in research area that has been missed during our jobs. HEC should give flexibility to MS students to proceed for PhD as PhD itself is not an easy cake.

Regards,

Bushra Maqbool

Alumni PUCIT Fall 04

From: Asad Khattak <asadmasood@gmail.com>
To: "pakgrid@yahoogroups.com" <pakgrid@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] why 3.0 CGPA for PhD Admission

I don't think it's unfair. There is always an entering criteria for any level. We should let things get smoother. This I think is not an issue of discussion. Let rules be implemented. If we agree with the point mentioned above, then my claim is that there should be no comprehensive exam because the student had already passed most of those subjects. If an MS graduate is really good then he/she should also be with good cgpa.

Wasalam

Asad

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On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Sajjad <sajjad_akr@yahoo.com> wrote:

Yes, its totally unfair. If a HEC recognised institute issues MS degree, then its right of the student to take admission in PhD.
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Sajjad
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On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Adnan Abid <adnanabid7@gmail.com> wrote:

Salam,

I hear that HEC has set up 3.0 CGPA requirement for admission in PhD, whereas the passing criteria for MS degree is 2.5.

If a person with fairly good academic record has not been able to secure a CGPA of 3.0 or above then he/she is deprived of getting admission in PhD.

Furthermore, students with equal CGPA from different universities have different calibre.

With this email, I would like to float a resolution, that the admission in PhD should be the discretion of a university rather than HEC, i.e. every person who has cleared MS should be able to get admission in PhD provided he/she fulfils the criterion of a particular university.

kind regards,
-adnan