F1 Visa Question and Expert Answers
* What do you know about American universities?
* Why choose the United States of America? Why not choose Canada or Australia?
* Why did you choose US but not Canada or Germany?
* Can you not continue your education in your home country?
* Why study in USA?
* Why do you wish to study in the USA and not in India?
* What kind of good things do you know about America?
* What do you know about US education?
Not only top ranked in US, but globally top ranked
US education system has blend of theoretical and practical knowledge
Diverse culture since it attracts students from all over the world
Indian education is just starting to grow machine learning and AI related fields, the US education programmes are way ahead in Data Science related fields.
* What do you plan to do after you graduate?
* How will this university benefit you?
* Do you have a job or career in mind after you graduate?
* What are your plans post-graduation?
* Are you sure you won’t stay in the US?
* Why do you plan to do MS?
* What will you do after completing MS?
* What will you do after coming back from USA?
* Do you plan to work in USA?
* What do you expect after returning back?
* What are your plans after graduation?
* You look like a potential immigrant or I don’t think you will come back?
* Tell me how you can prove that you are going to come back?
Currently i am settled in Hyderabad with my mother.
I will be taking courses in data science at usc. Post completion of my masters i will be back in Hyd and work as a Data Scientist.
Data Science boom? Specialisation will align with my career goals.
*If asked u look like an immigrant?
I have immovable assets worth Rs 20 lakhs here. My mother is working in andhra bank for 30 yrs. Data Science boom.
* Why have you chosen this particular university?
* Why this specified university <university or college name>?
* Tell about your university?
* Why do you want to study in this university?
* These subjects are also taught in other universities also but why this university?
Specific department named Centre of Data Science which is present in very few universities.
The department of Computer science is headed by Yan Lie cun, who is a pioneer in the field of deep learning.
I also got in touch in touch with some of the students at NYU, and they too advised regarding the excellent faculty and research opportunities.
* What do you know about the city your university is located in?
New york attracts talent from all over the world, with a lot of cultural diversity which will be a great exposure. There is a lot of indian neighbourhoods also, so i will feel at home.
* What do your parents do?
My father is an assistant engineer in the Quality Assurance for the central government, my mother is the principal of Government Higher Secondary School.
* What does your sponsor do?
* What is your father’s salary? How long has he been working here?
My father has been working as an engineer for the past 20 years and draws an yearly salary of 9 lakhs. My mother has been working as a higher secondary school teacher for past 20 years and draws an annual salary of N lakhs. My annual family income is around Y lakhs.
My mother has been working for past 30 yrs in andhra bank. She is currently serving as manager there. She is drawing a salary of X lpa.
* Could you provide a few references from your current job, like a supervisor’ contact?
Mr Anbu working as Project manager
Mr Sandip working as Project leader
* You seem well settled in your job. Why have you chosen to pursue your course at this juncture?
* Why are you leaving you current job? (if you are working)
My career goal is to become a data scientist which requires a specialization in data science and machine learning and that is why i left my current job and decided to pursue Masters. Once i am done with my masters i will will easily get a job as Data scientist here in hyderabad.
* What got you interested in Data science?
* How will this study program relate to your past work or studies?
The interest started from my bachelors itself, where i did projects in parallel processing of Big data. I then joined XYZ, where i worked on projects of data analysis, predictive pricing and strategy back testing. All this experience, got me interested in data science.
* What will your living arrangements be one you begin your course?
I will be staying off-campus with couple of my friends currently graduate students in NYU. It is just a 15 min walk to the university in Manhattan.
* Why should you be given a student visa?
* Why do you think we should give you visa to study in USA?
As you can see, i have got an admit from one of the best research universities in USA, the NYU which specially known for Machine learning specialization fields. It will help me propel my career toward the goal of becoming a Data Scientist. My financial prospects are sound which can be seen from my 2.5 years of savings, education loan and my parents as sponsors, it should not be a problem for me to fund my couple of years of stay in the USA. I am settled here in hyderabad, once i complete my masters i will come back and work as a data scientist here.
* How will you manage the cultural and educational differences in the US?
I will try my best to observe the surrounding to adjust myself to the environment in the US. I understand that different countries means difference customs, systems, culture and people. So it is my responsibility to adjust to the change in environment and mainly focussed on my study. Being an Indian citizen, already means being a part of a diverse culture, adjusting in US should not be a problem.
* What subjects are you going to take for first semester?
Operating Systems
Web Search Engine
Big data Analytics 9 credits in total
* How do you plan to fund the entire duration of your education?
* Who is sponsoring your education?
I have been working for 2 years in XYZ group so have my own savings worth 15 lakhs, also have taken an education loan worth 20 lakhs. Apart from that my mother is also sponsoring my education.
* How else will you cover the rest of your costs?
* How will you finance your education for 2 years or 3 years?
My mother is sponsoring my education. She has liquid assets worth 50 lakhs and immovable asset value of around 35 lakhs which should easily cover the rest of my education costs.
My parents are sponsoring my education. They have liquid assets worth 50 lakhs and immovable assets of around 50 lakhs, which should easily suffice my education costs.
* Will you continue to work for your current employer after you graduate?
Although there hasn’t been any formal communication with them regarding this until now. I will definitely consider working with XYZ India as i know it has lot of Data Scientist opportunities.
* what did you do in ur undergraduate project?
I was working on parallel data processing, cuda and graph theory in my undergraduate level projects.
* What are your favorite subjects in bachelors and why?
Algorithms and Data mining were my favourite subjects during my bachelors. I like these subs since they are less theoretical and more mostly practical knowledge, which i gained from participating in many competitive programming competitions.
* How many universities did you apply?
I had applied to 5 universities
* Which universities did you apply to?
Columbia University
Cornell University
State University of New York Stony brook University
New York University
University of southern california
* How many admission did you get?
I got 2 admits and 2 rejects
I got 3 admits and 2 rejects
* Where did you get admission?
NYU, stony brook, usc…
* Where did you complete under-graduate/graduate degree?
National Institute of Technology
* What is your undergraduate Academic GPA/Percentage?
I graduated with GPA of 8.86/10 from NIT Warangal.
* Mention name the professor’s you had contacted?
No i haven’t contacted any professor yet. I will contact them once i reach NYU.
* When and where did you get your bachelor’s degree?
I got my bachelors in computer science and technology in 2014 from NIT bhopal
* How long will you study in USA?
My masters program is for 2 years.
* How do you know about this university?
NYU is world-renowned university. I saw that it is consistently ranked among top universities. I also got in touch with some of my friends and alumni from NYU.
* What is your academic background?
I have done my bachelors in computer science and engineering from NIT.
* Do you plan to study PhD after MS?
I haven’t planned regarding PHd yet. Will consider this option only after completing my masters.
* Why did you apply to these universities?
All the universities where i applied have a strong Data Science and Machine learning department. Out of those where i got admits NYU is the best one.
* What is your mother’s income?
* What is your sponsor’s annual income?
My mother is a Manager in Andhra bank, her annual income is 14 lpa.
* What is your sponsors monthly income?
Approx 91,000
* What is your university yearly expense?
The estimated cost as per the institute’s i20 would be around 68000$ for 12 months. Which consists of around 41,000$ in tution and rest in living and insurance expenses.
* Did you get loan?
Yes, worth Rs 30 lakhs.
* Show your Bank Statement?
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* How many brother and sisters do you have?
1 Brother , currently studying in high school in jabalpur.
* Do you have any relatives in USA?
Yes my sister is working in USA.
* What is your sister doing in USA?
She is working in Nashville.
Kroll Advisory solns, software engineer, working since last year(8 months)
* Your sister is working in USA, would you do the same?
No. I am currently settled in hyderabad with my mom. After completing my masters i will be back in hyd working as a Data scientist.
* Where did your brother/ parents complete their studies?
My father completed Mech Engg from Haryana. My mother completed MA in English from Madhya Pradesh.
* Where do your parents live?
hyd
* You have sisters and brothers and how do you think your sponsor will pay for your education?
I have one brother who is currently studying in high school. Both my parents are working, they should be easily able to take care of his education.
* Do you have a brother/ sister, or any other relative already at this university?
No
* Do you have girl friend?
No
* Show your work experience letter?
To whomsover it may concern…
* What is your current salary?
I am currently working for XYZ India, spin-off of ABC. I am currently drawing Num lakhs per annum.
* How much do you have in savings?
15 lakhs.
* Did you get any scholarship?
No, i haven’t got any.
* Have you ever been to America?
No not yet.
* Do you know anyone (in USA) in your university?
I have few friends already pursuing their masters at NYU. (Also have attended the NYU school orientation and got to know some of the students who will be joining along with me)
* Are there any reasons why you shouldn’t be given F1 Visa?
Not that i can think of.
I have got an admit from reputed univ, got sufficient financial assets for my masters, my undergraduate academic career was very good and have a complete plan for my future.
* Why are you applying for Spring only?
My plan was to get sufficient experience and then apply for Masters. Once i completed a couple of years of work experience in XYZ, i applied at my first opportunity which is Spring semester.
*Will you come home during summer?
I have already planned to complete courses of algorithms and programming languages during summer.
I will also try to get some assistant ship under a prof, so won’t be able to come home during summer term as per current plans.
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