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08 Feb 2024 03:07

Visa Profile
College: Montclair state university, New Jersey
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 08:30
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 316
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 125

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 6.6
Grad Institute: TKR college of engineering and technology
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Non technical
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: I'm going to Montclair State University.

VO: How do you know about this University?
Me: I've attended educational fairs conducted in Hyderabad, and I've also talked to alumni on LinkedIn, which is when I got to know about this university. It is having curriculum matching with my area of interest, so that is the reason I've decided on this university.


VO: What do you like about Montclair?
Me: It is having an updated curriculum where it offers flexibility to choose 6 electives, out of which 5 are related to my area of interest Cloud, which is an impressive factor.
MSU also has student research organizations where different students collaborate to work on real-time projects.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I graduated in 2020

VO: I see that you've done courses, why didn't you work?
Me: I've worked for 2 years after that. I wanted to upskill myself in my area of specialization, so that is the reason I've done courses on the subjects that I'm going to study in my MS 1st semester.

VO: What after Masters?
Me: I'd return back to India to work as a cloud engineer in product based companies like IBM, Salesforce, and VMWare.



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07 Feb 2024 15:40

Visa Profile
College: California State University, Fresno
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 9.00
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 00
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 8.0

Education Profile
Grad Level: HighSchool
Grad Major: Non-medical stream
Grad GPA: 8.6
Grad Institute: BLPS
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you studying at?
Me: I'm GOING TO ( with emphasis, to make it clear that I'm not currently but will be studying in the university) California State University Fresno for my bachelor of science in computer science.

VO: When did you complete ur secondary education?
Me: I completed my secondary education in 2020 while my senior secondary education in 2022.

VO: Do u have a diploma ?
Me: No, but I have an online course certification in C programming language.

VO: How will u be funding ?
Me: My parents are going to sponsor my education and living in the United States and for that, they have got savings of xx lakhs in the bank in the form of fixed deposits. Apart from that, they have also got immovable assets n policies in their name which can be liquified at any point, if required.

VO: Have u taken any loans?
Me: Not really !!!

VO: Ok ur visa is approved. Ur passport will be delivered....( Couldn't hear what she said after that) ( She handed me my documents and wished me a good day )
Me: U too have a good day. Thank you so much !



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07 Feb 2024 13:19

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College: University of new haven, Connecticut
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 10:30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.0

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Mechanical engineering
Grad GPA: 7.89
Grad Institute: JNTUH
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Junior engineer
Job Years: 3.0


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Interview Details
VO: New haven is it?
Me: Yes officer! I am going to purse my masters in mechanical engineering from university of new haven, which is located in west have, Connecticut.

VO: What are your major subjects in first semi?
Me: Subjects like system vibrations, fundamentals of mechanical analysis, additive modeling, advance fluid dynamics, finet element analysis and etc are my major subjects in first semister.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: Officer I have completed my graduation in 2019, after that I got an opportunity to work with xx company as junior engineer, and I explained job roles and responsibilities.

VO: Why this university?
Me: This university courses curriculum and the subjects are aligned to my areas of interest and the university is providing an intense 30 credit masters degree program, in which 12 credits are focus subject and 18 are electives. I also learned about the faculty Dr. Omer farook who has immense knowledge in Additive manufacturing, I really want to learn the technology under his guidance.

VO: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My father sponsoring me with his saving of 20L and I have secured and EL of 30L from x bank, and also I have been awarded deans schlorahip of 10% on tuition fee by the university and apart from that I have movable and immovable assert worth of xxcr.

VO: Iam keeping your passport, your visa has been approved.
Me: I just said thank you officer.

VO: Tips to be remember
Me: Just don't give short answers, and be thorough with your ds160. Maintain eye contact, even they don't look at you. Be prepared that your visa has been rejected and you just need to answer the question and leave. All the best to everyone



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07 Feb 2024 10:39

Visa Profile
College: University of Houston clear lake,Texas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 8:15
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 314
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and communication engineering
Grad GPA: 7.7
Grad Institute: JntuK
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: When did you completed your bachelors
Me: I had recently graduated in the month of May from electronics and communication engineering

VO: Why this University
Me: I had choosen University of Houston Clear Lake on the basis of its advanced course curriculum as it perfectly lies in my area of interest and it has a balanced combination of both technical and management subjects and it is offering me a specialized track in application development and I had also attended a webinar of Dr Naveed saleem (prof.) And read his research articles which caught my eye. So, i would like to study under him in uhcl.

VO: Are you processing your application from the month when you finished your bachelors
Me: No mam I was previously refused already in chennai under 214-B
She thought chan-xhi and asked me did you got refused there and again I clearly explained her I got rejected at Chennai consulate and she said okay !

VO: Have you done project in your bachelors
Me: Yes, my project is Brain tumor detection and classification using matlab software. The Major goal of our project is to detect tumor in brain and classify it using several techniques like medical image processing, pattern analysis, computer vision for enhancement, segmentation and finally classification.

VO: What is matlab
Me: Matlab is a highly programmable platform which is basically designed for engineers and scientists, we can use matlab for everything even from running from a small interactive command to develop a large scale application.

VO: How this project is useful ?
Me: This system is mainly used by neuro surgeons, radiologists and other health care specialists

VO: What is the difference between matlab software and other softwares
Me: In matlab we can program the code in any language and it interface the code and run it while other softwares doesn't allow to code in language as you wish.So, it will be easy to program in matlab while compared to other softwares

VO: By knowing about you project i think you're interested in health care why don't you choose health care courses for your masters ?
Me: Mam, I am not interested in health care and I know nothing about it ,only the project which we had developed is helpful for health care specialists.

VO: Did your project already exists or you guys developed it
Me: Already this system exists but not properly developed so we thought of developing it properly and made this project.

VO: What is your major in Masters
Me: Management information systems is my major and the I had choosed applications development as my specialization.

VO: She is noticing my i20 when I told my major is MIS
Me: I told her that management information systems comes under information studies that the reason why they mentioned information studies in my i20

VO: Did you secured any education loan
Me: While I started to answer she stopped me and asked

VO: What do your father do ?
Me: My father is into business !

VO: What type of business ?
Me: I told her about my father's business and I tried to say about my education loan and she again stopped me

VO: Okay iam keeping your passport
Me: Thank you, you literally made my day
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07 Feb 2024 07:57

Visa Profile
College: Lewis university, Illinois
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 9:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 322
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Agriculture science
Grad GPA: 6.7
Grad Institute: Dbrau
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Field assistant
Job Years: 2.4


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Interview Details
VO: Lewis University rights?
Me: Good morning officer, yes I am heading to Lewis university to pursue masters in business analystics

VO: Previously how many times you attended for interview?
Me: 2 times, this is my 3rd time.

VO: What chances you made?
Me: Told..

VO: Tell me about quantitative methods?
Me: Told...

VO: What about your undergraduation?
Me: Officer, i completed my bachelor's in agriculture science and passed out in 2020 year



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07 Feb 2024 05:11

Visa Profile
College: New York institute of technology,new York
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 8:10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: Delhi


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 332
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 103

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: B.b.a
Grad GPA: 8.4
Grad Institute: Pune University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Sales manager
Job Years: 7


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Interview Details
VO: VO :- COME FORWARD.Good morning😊 .YOU ARE GOING TO NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY?
Me: Good morning officer..yes office I'm going to mew york institute of technology

VO: why this university?
Me: NYIT has the Worlds largest and vibrant business centres this provides me with countless internships as well as diverse and existing cultural experience and nyit offers unique program and cources that aligns with my academic and career intrest.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: in the year of 2016 officer

VO: what are you doing since then?
Me: After completing my bachelors i join shining star gems as a trainee for 6 months. than i got job as a sales executive at uma enterprise. after 1.5 years of experience I got promoted as a sales manager. currently I'm working as a sales manager from past 3.5 years.

VO: So why you want to do masters now??
Me: in my past years of job experience i have learned that marketing is essential to drive sales and profitability.and the rapidly growing digital India provides me with many opportunities to enhance my career prospects by developing advanced marketing skills.

VO: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: my father is funding me with his savings of 70 lakhs and got secured education loan of 47 lakhs

VO: What does your father do?
Me: he is a businessman. He is running a diamond manufacturing business from past 32 years......

VO: Ok your visa is approved you can collect it within 7 days?
Me: Thank you mam😊

VO: Welcome?
Me: Thank you



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07 Feb 2024 03:02

Visa Profile
College: University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 10:15
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: Telangana


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Others
English Test Score: 59

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 8.5
Grad Institute: Vignan University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Programmer Analyst
Job Years: 1


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Interview Details
VO: How many admits?
Me: Officer, i applied to 3 Universities apart from university of Missouri Kansas City I have applied to university of Bridgeport and Florida Atlantic University

VO: Why this university?
Me: University of Missouri Kansas City offers excellent course work which perfectly aligns to my areas of interest and it also offers some advanced courses such as advanced in software engineering, design analysis and algorithms which will help me to advance my technical skills and coding skills and moreover I have gone through research work of baek young choi who is having 20 years of experience in the field of computer science, i was impressed by her research work and then i decided to pursue my master's under her guidance. And moreover it offers specialization which perfectly aligns to my work experience

VO: In what technologies ur good at?
Me: Officer iam good at Java

VO: Why Java why not others?
Me: Officer Java is most efficient language, it is using from past years and

VO: Where did u learnt Java ?
Me: Officer i learnt in my UG and iam having 1 year of work experience with Java in cognizant technology solutions

VO: How did u got placed in CTS ?
Me: By oncampus placement officer



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06 Feb 2024 14:33

Visa Profile
College: New Jersey Institute of Technology,NJ
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-25
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 313
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Masters
Grad Major: Information systems
Grad GPA: 6.27
Grad Institute: PES University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: NJIT has a strong academic reputation and provides comprehensive curriculum that align perfectly with my career interests and goals, and also the Professors are experienced experts and the program focuses on practical application with theoretical knowledge.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: July 2023

VO: How many admits have you got?
Me: I have received admit from UTA,NJIT,Depaul

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: I have availed loan about xxlakh and my father is funding me xxlakh and have assets worth of xxcr

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: 6.27



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06 Feb 2024 11:59

Visa Profile
College: Njit ,NJ
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-25
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 313
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Electronics and communications
Grad GPA: 6.27
Grad Institute: PES University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Intern in robotics and automation
Job Years: 0.2


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Interview Details
VO: How many admits have you got?
Me: Njit,Depaul,UTA

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: 6.27

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: Loan xx ,parents fund xx , assets xx

VO: Why this University?
Me: NJIT has a strong academic reputation and provides comprehensive curriculum that align perfectly with my career interests and goals, and also the Professors are experienced experts and the program focuses on practical application with theoretical knowledge.

VO: Why masters?why not working? After graduating?
Me: Doing higher studies in abroad was my childhood dream



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06 Feb 2024 09:16

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College: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , Massachusetts
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 10:20
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science and engineering
Grad GPA: 6.78
Grad Institute: JNTUH
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: I'm going for University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to pursue my masters in Data Science for fall 2023.

VO: Any work experience
Me: No Officer, I was recently graduated.

VO: Explain me ur Senior year project
Me: I explained him for 10 secs and the he interrupted me and said that you can stop there

VO: Who is funding you
Me: My maternal uncle is sponsoring me with his savings of XXX and I have secured education loan of XXX and we have immovable assets worth Xx which can be liquified.

And then he said the GOLDEN WORDS

UR VISA IS APPROVED MA'AM

HE IS 30-40 YEARS AMERICAN WITH BALD HEAD IN COUNTER NO ;15 IN DELHI.



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06 Feb 2024 05:37

Visa Profile
College: Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-28
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 324
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Civil engineering
Grad GPA: 6.41
Grad Institute: Visvesvaraya Technological University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Front End Developer
Job Years: 3.9


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Interview Details
VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning Officer

VO: When did you Graduate?
Me: Officer I graduated in the year 2019 with a bachelor's degree in Civil engineering.

VO: What Engineering are u studying in Masters?
Me: Officer, Information Engineering and Management.

VO: What are you doing since your Graduation?
Me: I Graduated in Civil Engineering and later on I had been working with XXXXX Company as a software developer till now. My main expertise is frontend developer.

VO: Why this course?
Me: (fumbled a lot here) This University offers a strong Information Engineering and Management program that directly aligns with my career goals. The program also focuses on the practical application with theoretical knowledge. SMU has a great reputation for academic excellence, and the faculty's expertise in this field is impressive. I'm very interested in RESEARCH and innovation and SMU ranks as no. 1 for innovation and have a really great research program.


VO: Who is funding?
Me: My parents are sponsering with a saving of XX Lakhs and secured loan amount of XXX Lakhs(here she interrupted).

VO: What ur parents occupation?
Me: He is an agriculture business

VO: VO said "your Visa is approved".
Me: Be confident.......



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06 Feb 2024 03:13

Visa Profile
College: New Jersey institute of technology, Newark
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-28
Interview Time: 7:50
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 322
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Information technology
Grad GPA: 8.6
Grad Institute: GIT
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Good morning, which university are you going to?
Me: Good morning, I am going to new jersey institute of technology

VO: Why this University?
Me: I chose this university because it has an outstanding reputation in computing courses which.. (got interrupted)

VO: I dont want to hear a speech. Give me a genuine answer
Me: No ma’am. I genuinely like NJIT because its offering me a computing course and as I plan to become a software developer, it will help me enter the corporate world of India and work in a MNC like TCS, amazon.
They will also teach me the core subjects practically which is not being offered by many universities.

VO: Who is going to fund your education?
Me: My father is going to sponsor me

VO: Does he have savings for you?
Me: Yes we hahe XXL of savings for my masters

VO: *she said something*
Me: I couldn’t hear her and then I saw her keeping my passport

VO: You can go now
Me: Thank you so much

* I directly ran outside and I wasn’t even sure that my visa got approved because There were a lot of rejections at that time.
Tip: Stay confident in your answers. Keep an eye contact when you’re answering.



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05 Feb 2024 14:16

Visa Profile
College: Usc,Los Angeles
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-22
Interview Time: 8.50
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: Delhi


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: SAT
Exam Score: 1500
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 8

Education Profile
Grad Level: HighSchool
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 9.8
Grad Institute: Fiitjee junior college hyderabad
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Hi good morning please pass me your i20 and passport
Me: Good morning sir

VO: Which university are u going to
Me: University of Southern California

VO: Great.how many universities u have applied to
Me: Applied to 8 universities and got admits from 7 universities

VO: Ok.looking at computer and said congratulations young man ur visa is approved enjoy ur stay in la
Me: Thank u sir I will remember urself after going to us

VO: Ha ha no problem u can go now
Me: Thank you sir you really made this day special



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05 Feb 2024 11:44

Visa Profile
College: University of Bridgeport , Connecticut
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 10.30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 110

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: B.com
Grad GPA: 6.99
Grad Institute: Sree Vidyaniketan degree college
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Finance assistance
Job Years: 1.8


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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: University of Bridgeport

VO: Why this University
Me: University of Bridgeport offering best course curriculum like as financial derivatives, financial modelling and investment analysis which completely suits my profile and my area of interest. This University having best research facilities and good libraries whereas students and faculty ratio are 14:1 so could easily interact with facilities

VO: Why this course
Me: Since I have completed my under graduation in the field of accounting and finance in the same field I have 1.8 year's work experience then I realised in some areas my skills are lagging behind this master's help full to upgrow my skills and get a practical knowledge on my subjects

VO: Who this master's help full to you in future
Me: Officer I would like to see myself as a financial analyst. Financial analyst must have skills in the areas like financial derivatives financial modelling and investment analysis. So this master's degree help full to get knowledge on this area

VO: First sem subjects
Me: Financial modelling
Financial derivatives
Investment analysis

VO: When you will do project
Me: During my second sem itself I'll start working on it

VO: Which mode of classes will you prefer
Me: Obviously I'll prefer offline officer

VO: Golden words
Me: You're visa got approved



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05 Feb 2024 09:25

Visa Profile
College: Indiana Wesleyan University , Florence
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-22
Interview Time: 08:15
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: india


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 310
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 97

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: computer science
Grad GPA: 7.7
Grad Institute: KLU
Grad Country: india



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Interview Details
VO: what is data analytics
Me: data analytics brings skill set and knowledge from vairous backgrounds like mathematics, statistics, Analytics, modeling, and business acumen. ( officer interrupted here ) ...These skills help them to identify patterns which can help the organization to recognize new market opportunities

VO: what is data modeling
Me: data modeling is process which we used to converting unstructured data into structured data format by using algorithms. this answer was wrong but I said it confidently

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: well officer i graduated in 2021 at KLU

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: officer i am pursuing bootcamp in data science for one year

VO: what do you mean by boot camp
Me: mam its a special course for data science

VO: why did you do that
Me: well officer before doing masters I wanted to get enhance my skill and knowledge in area of visualization techniques and ml algorithms

VO: so you are not working since then
Me: yes offices I focused on my education after completion my undergraduate

VO: but here it shows only 3 months course but you are telling 1 year it was
Me: officer it was 1 year course that lady offices 5 seconds stared at me but i told it was one year
ok place your left hand 4 finger's , then she said that golden words.

VO: your visa was approved , tank you for considering my visa .
Me: tank you for considering my visa .



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07 Feb 2024 16:45

Visa Profile
College: Bowling Green State University , Ohio
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-08
Interview Time: 08:15
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 115

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Bachelor's of Business administration
Grad GPA: 7.46
Grad Institute: St Joseph Degree College
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Security Bar Raiser
Job Years: 1.8


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Interview Details
VO: VO: Pass me your i20 and passport
Me: Me: Hello Good morning officer how are you doing today? "With a smile"

VO: VO: I m doing great Thank you how are you?
Me: Me: I m fine Thank you.

VO: VO: What masters have you choosen?
Me: Me: I have choosen Masters in Business analytics at Bowling Green State University.

VO: VO: Why Masters now?
Me: Me: To upgrade myself & be in a better position. & By pursuing MBA, ll get more theoretical knowledge & as well as practical knowledge also i ll get in depth knowledge and acquire both technical and non technical skills which will make me an ideal candidate for the role of business analyst.

VO: VO: What was your GPA in UG?
Me: Me: it was 7.46% out of scale 10

VO: VO: What were you doing after completing your UG?
Me: Me: I was working in Amazon as an associate.

VO: VO: What did you do? Tell me your Role?
Me: Me: Explained....

VO: VO: What skills would you gain in this course?
Me: Me: By pursuing in Business analytics, i would gain skills in Business management, Forecasting simulation and Statistical tools.

VO: VO: Why this University?
Me: Me: it's because the course and curriculum provided by this University matches my area of interest. And I've also attended a few webinars conducted by the professor of this university, and was really much impressed by their knowledge in this field. That's why i choose this University.

VO: After that VO was typing something for a minute.
Me: VO: Place your right hand four fingers after 10 seconds finally those golden words, Your Visa is approved Have a great day.
Me: Thank you so much Officer, you made my day😊 have a wonderful day ahead.
Took my documents and ran away.

VO: What now??
Me: Tips:- Be confident and don't be nervous, officers are very friendly and they are distributing the visas for us, i became Cristiano Ronaldo over there (In my mind i am thr best) 😂 you just have to maintain eye contact and use your body language and put a smile on your face while providing your answers.



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07 Feb 2024 14:24

Visa Profile
College: WIT University, Boston
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-21
Interview Time: 11:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 115

Education Profile
Grad Level: Others
Grad Major: Bachelor of architecture
Grad GPA: 6.75
Grad Institute: Integral University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Project Architect
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: What are you doing right now?
Me: Currently i am working with xxx Architects as a project Architect in my home country

VO: Why masters now?
Me: Officer, i want to pursue MSCM because it will help me and my fathers own company when i come back to india this degree will help me to gain more clients.

VO: What is your fathers name?
Me: My father name is xxxx

VO: Which subjects are in your major?
Me: I told them my subjects and and tell her like it will support my previous graduation degree and help me to understand more deeply in those subjects.

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: My GPA was 6.75 and it is acceptable where i have applied for masters

VO: Visa officer said put you four fingers i am keeping your passport with me please collect it with in 5 days
Me: I said thankyou so much ma’am. I was really excited. Suggestion for all of you whose going to give their interview is please do practice mock interview it is really important to see yourself that how are you going to perform it will enhance your confidence and practice all questions so that you don’t have to think when they ask.



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07 Feb 2024 11:52

Visa Profile
College: IIT Chicago, Illinois
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 9.30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 00
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 115

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science and Business Systems
Grad GPA: 8.34
Grad Institute: GITAM Visakhapatnam
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I have applied for UOP, California and IITC
**he is typing continuously for 10secs

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: This May officer.

VO: Which university have you finalised ?
Me: I responded IITC.

VO: How much is your GRE ?
Me: Luckily my school has exempted me with it.

VO: How are you gonna pay your school ?
Me: I have secured a loan from Prodigy and my father gonna sponsor me and additionally I've received a scholarship of $12k.

VO: What are the major tools required for DS ?
Me: Responded accordingly. And mentioned R and Tableau.

VO: Have you used them anywhere ?
Me: Not yet officer, any how I'm gonna get hands-on experience with my professor that I've connected to.
And officer, I have used another alogrithms and tools

VO: What are those ?
Me: XG Boosting and Linear Regression
He is checking and saying "OK".

VO: What does your father do ?
Me: He is a Poojary.

VO: What are your plans ?
Me: To return India and have a startup for Data Analytics.

VO: Place your for Right four fingers.
Me: I have done what he said.
*VO* : ok, I'm approving. Collect it after 1 week.
Me: Thank you officer, you made my day.



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07 Feb 2024 09:17

Visa Profile
College: DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY , Dallas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 00
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7.0

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: BACHELOR'S IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
Grad GPA: 6.5
Grad Institute: Dr kaloji Narayan rao University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Junior Physiotherapist
Job Years: 4


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Interview Details
VO: Which course you are going for
Me: Officer Im going to pursue MS kinesiology

VO: You major ?
Me: Exercise physiology and kinesiology

VO: Y this course
Me: Officer after studying biomechanics in my bachelor's and having its practical approach through out my bachelor's and clinic. I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH Kinesiology . Studying biomechanics in kinesiology along with other subjects will help me to understand biomechanics better and with this knowledge I'll be able to establish my own rehab ( last point I told a different one i don't remember exactly )

VO: Previously u went with Lewis univ now y are u going to DBU
Me: Officer Im going with MSc Kinesiology now the course curriculum provided by DBU have subjects like ex physiology and fitness management which is some thing I'm interested in .

VO: Last time what course did you choose?
Me: Last time I chose MBA .

VO: Y did you choose MBA previously?
Me: Officer after my UG i got an opportunity to work in a event organisation.while working in event organisation i gained valuable leadership and organizational skills. I saw it as an opportunity to get an insight on how businesses operate and to get an deep understanding on various aspects of management . These skills will help me successfully establishing and managing my own rehab centre in future. While there are other health care management courses I chose MBA because of its holistic perspective which can be applied in health care as well .

VO: Ok then y did you change from MBA to kinesiology again?
Me: Officer I've had the opportunity to explore both of my interests as event organiser and health care worker . In the event organisation i gained valuable leadership and organizational skills. However my teu passion lies in Physiotherapy which aligns with my educational background. So I decided to utilise my skills and knowledge by working in Physiotherapy clinic.my transition from MBA to MSC kinesiology is driven by my desire to specialise in the field which directly align with my bachelor's and passion .

VO: Tell me about your funding?
Me: Officer I' ve secured education loan of xxx in xxx and my father will be my sponsor through out my stay in USA .we have savings of xxx and immovable assets worth of xxx and movable assets worth of xxx.

VO: Experience .
Me: Officer observed everything while I was answering . He didn't look into computer he was just observing me .



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07 Feb 2024 06:38

Visa Profile
College: New jersey institute of technology,New Jersey
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 8:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 318
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 89

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and communication engineering
Grad GPA: 6.2
Grad Institute: Jntuk
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Web developer
Job Years: 2.5


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Interview Details
VO: Were you refused?
Me: Yes officer i was refused previously under 214(B)

VO: What are the changes you made?
Me: Officer, at this time i came up with 2 changes one is changed university to NJIT and mentioned “yes” for previously refused option

VO: How masters degree helps you?
Me: Sir, masters degree will helps me to gain a technical knowledge and its helps me to became computer network engineer when i return back to indi

VO: What's your work experience?
Me: Working as web developer at ………



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07 Feb 2024 04:04

Visa Profile
College: Northern Arizona University, Arizona
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-22
Interview Time: 8:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 105
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 105

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and communication engineering
Grad GPA: 7.6
Grad Institute: Malla Reddy college of engineering and technology
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Full Interview
Me: Status: Approved ✅ under 221g, required spring24 intake i20.
Counter: 22
Interview time : 10mins

Mass rejections💥
Rejected 3 infront of me.
Very bad mood of visa officer at the time of my interview🤢.

Me:Good morning officer
Mam:Good morning, share the documents

Mam:Which University are you going to?
Me:I am heading to Northern Arizona University to pursue my masters in information technology.

Mam:So what do you want to learn from information technology?
Me:IT will provide me more specialised skills set assigned with the current industry demands, enabling me to contribute effectively to my area of interest.

Mam:Information technology any Specified course? or like your 1st sem subjects?
Me:My first sem subjects are : information security and administration, Web technology, local databases

Mam:When is your passed out?
Me:I am a recent passed 2023, may 2023.

Mam:Previous which course?
(I didn't understand question clearly)
Me:My undergraduation major is electronics and communication engineering and I want to pursue my masters in information technology.

Mam:Why do you want to pursue information technology?
Me:As of my area of interest in information technology. I have taken some courses in my ug like oops, introduction to networks. And also I have done python programming in udemy platform. It gain me some more interest on information technology. So I decided to pursue my masters in information technology.

Mam:Okay. What is your fav subject in ug, why?
Me:My fav subject is oops, because I was bit interested in coding.

Mam:Why are you interested in coding?Me:because I have taking some subjects in ug related to coding.

Mam:What do you want to learn from coding?
Me:I want to learn some advanced skills, and technologies for my career. I am a fast learner.

Mam:What do you want to become?
Me:I want to become an senior application developer.

Mam:Why I don't have interest in coding,why you have?
Me:(Blank face)As oops is my fav subject in ug. I have interest in coding.

Mam:Are you able to understand what you are saying?
Me:yes officer

Mam:Are you hearing your answers?
Me:Yes officer

Mam:What you learnt from coding?
Me:In coding I learned about list, string,tuple

Mam:Why oops is your fav subject?
(Again same question)
Me:because it is related to coding mam.

(She started typing seriously.
I thought I will be getting rejected.
And start explaining....)

Me:And also I have good score in that subject Mam.

Mam:Okay,How much score you secured?
Me:9.5 on scale of 10 mam.

Typed for 1min...

Mam:who is your sponsor?
Me:(didn't listen question clearly. Started saying another answer) After completing masters...(interrupted)

Mam:Have you listened the question?
Me:Sorry mam, can you repeat the question again

Mam:Who is sponsoring for your studies?
Me:My father is sponsoring with his savings of 20lakhs(interrupted)

Mam:What is your father?
Me:My father is an businessman(interrupted)

Mam:What business?
Me:He is an medical distributor

Mam:What is mean by medical distributor?
Me:(blank face)

(Started giving examples)

Mam:Like shops, sell and buy, company etc.,
Me:Shop, officer

Mam:Ok how many workers in your shop?
Me:2 officer

Mam:What is your father annual income?
Me:11lakhs per annum mam.

Mam:Is that o

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06 Feb 2024 15:40

Visa Profile
College: University of Dayton, Ohio
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 10:10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 323
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 120

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7.85
Grad Institute: Gitam University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Full stack developer
Job Years: 0.8


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Interview Details
VO: Me: Greeted with big smile and wished he good morning
Me: Vi: thanks for asking, i am good with big smile

VO: Vi: oh you are going for University of Dayton?
Me: Yes officer I am going for University of Dayton

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I recently graduated in the month of May 2023

VO: What your least favourite subject in ug?
Me: Engineering graphics with big smile and extended by saying because it is irrelevant to cs field ( she gave a big smile)

VO: Are you currently working at *** company?
Me: I said yes and explained my role and responsibilities

VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Me: Answered according that

VO: My personal experience
Me: Don't see rejections. stay calm and be positive and try to smile and answer especially don't use words like (ummm, ahh,)
If you overcome this then definitely you will get it



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06 Feb 2024 13:13

Visa Profile
College: Northeastern University, Boston
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-25
Interview Time: 9:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 0.0
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 104

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Civil Engineering
Grad GPA: 8.38
Grad Institute: Amrita University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Analyst
Job Years: 2.6


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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: Northeastern University

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: UWash
UWis
UChicago
Neu

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: 2020 at Amrita University with a GPA of 8.38

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: Worked in xyz and then with abc company as analyst . Defined roles and responsibilities

VO: Any loan taken for the course
Me: Yes taken a loan from xyz for x lakhs

VO: Why did you switch inbetween
Me: I reevaluated my learning curve started to drop in xyz after a year so I switched to a product based firm to steepen the curve

VO: Place your fingerprint . Your visa is approved
Me: Thank you . Have a good day



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06 Feb 2024 10:38

Visa Profile
College: California state university , san bernardino
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-24
Interview Time: 8.30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: INDIA


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 6
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6

Education Profile
Grad Level: Others
Grad Major: Nursing
Grad GPA: 7.8
Grad Institute: Punjab
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Registration nurse
Job Years: 2.5


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Interview Details
VO: Which University you are applying?
Me: I have applying to california state university.

VO: Tell me about your background?
Me: Mam,I have completed my GNM since I have doing job as a RN in (hospital).

VO: Why this course?
Me: Ans. According to my course. She intrrupted me.

VO: Tell me your funds?
Me: My mother is my sponsor 4 bachelors in usa

VO: How much funds you have?
Me: I have total 75 lakhs funds availble in my file

VO: What is your mother do?
Me: She is an agriculturist.

VO: How much do you have?
Me: I was nervous nd little bit fumble because I said I have 35 lakhs instead of 35 acres🤣🤣 then she shocked n look at me then I appoloized and said sorry mam 35 acres

VO: How many people doing farming ?
Me: 12

VO: Do you have siblings?
Me: Yes mam I have a younger brother he is a student.

VO: Who give this property to your mother?
Me: (I couldn't understand this question 2 time and she repeat ) then I said this property is given by my father bacause he passed away in 2011 .
(Then,she typing something atleast for 1 minuts) my visa is approved and she was vry happy
Counter no.17 delhi



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06 Feb 2024 06:43

Visa Profile
College: New jersey institute of technology,New jersey
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 4
Interview Date: 2023-08-18
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: hyderabad
Interview Country: india


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 332
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7.38
Grad Institute: amrita vishwa vidyapeetam
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: internship
Job Years: 0.8


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Interview Details
VO: why this university?
Me: I am choosing this university because it is having dedicated curic towards cloud which is also related to my work experience(stopped)

VO: You have been rejected many times why are you applying now?
Me: Officer after my previous refusals I have improved my profile and now I am having working experience and admit from better uni

VO: Tell me about your company?
Me: Ours is it solutions which provides cloud services

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: 4

VO: what are those universities?
Me: Pace,UTD,ASU,NJIT

VO: so You are applying after improving your profile Your visa is approved?
Me: NOTE:I can help refused guys in framing answers if needed ( I have paid for evaluation session from visa coach and it is really helpful I can share what she told to me )
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06 Feb 2024 04:18

Visa Profile
College: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-25
Interview Time: 10.40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 314
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 94

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Mechanical
Grad GPA: 7.0
Grad Institute: JNTUK
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Job Years: 5.5


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Interview Details
VO: When did you graduate?
Me: Officer I was graduated in the year 2017

VO: What was your undergraduate stream?
Me: Officer, I was undergraduate in Mechanical engineering from JNTU Kakinada

VO: Then why field change? ( On seeing my I-20 from mechanical to Data Science)?
Me: Officer during my tenture in the company I used to work on  data  related to machines such as creating stories, dashboards etc.During that time I fascinated with data and realized this was the field I must excel in (interrupted my answer)

VO: You Fascinated with Data ?
Me: Yes Officer. In my Job I used to work on
1.Creating stories and dash boards for various power sales data using tableau
2. Collecting, exploring and analyzing the data for decision making in power sector
3. Regularly monitoring and and analyzing plant physical parameters and executing maintenance activities based upon the data.
All the activities depends upon large amount of machinery data and then I realized how data is driving in daily bussiness activities of power sector.

VO: What type of machines you used to handle ?
Me: Officer I used to work on machines Boiler, Mills, PA Fan, FD Fan, ID Fan, ESP

VO: How are you gonna pay your tution fees and living expenditure ?
Me: I have total provision of 50 lakhs to pay my tution fees and living expenditure. Where i have secured amount of 40 lakhs from HDFC credilla & i have a savings of 10 lakhs.

VO: For which university are you going ?
Me: For university of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.

VO: How many universities did you apply ?
Me: Totally I have applied for 4 universities. They are
University of Memphis,
University of wisconsin- Milwaukee
Florida Atlantic University,
University of Houston Clear Lake

VO: How many admits did you get ?
Me: Two admits with Two I-20 officer.

VO: On seeing my past DS-160. Why you have changed your university from memphis to this?How can I trust u that you won't change the Universitiy after issuing the Visa?
Me: Officer UWM is far better in comparison with University of memphis in ranking and UWM has a flexible course structure which aligns with my areas of interest.So I will definitely enroll in UWM only mam if you grant me the Visa.

VO: Flexible course structure ?
Me: Yes Officer.

VO: Then define Flexibility ?
Me: Officer if I compare UWM with University of Memphis, University of memphis offers fixed core subjects with flexible electives but university of wisconsin offers flexibility not only in electives but also in core subjects too. So I have chosen UWM.

VO: What are the subjects you are going to study in 1st Semester ?
Me: Officer. The subjects are
1. Fundamentals of Data Science
2. Data Base Systems
3. Artificial Intelligence

VO: seeing my I-20) Why masters degree is 3 years in your I-20?
Me: Officer masters in UWM should be completed in 2 years ,if not it can be done in 3 years.

VO: Visa Officer after 20 seconds of typing told me your visa is approved.?
Me: Thank you so much officer.



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05 Feb 2024 15:46

Visa Profile
College: Lamar university, Texas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-28
Interview Time: 9.50
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 311
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 8.6
Grad Institute: Jntua
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Java developer
Job Years: 0.6


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Interview Details
VO: Ohh Lamar university you are heading for?
Me: Yes officer iam going to Lamar University to pursue my masters in computer science.

VO: When have you completed your undergraduation?
Me: Officer I have completed my undergraduation in Aug 2021 and after that I have done an internship on python domain and presently iam working as a java developer from the past 6 months.

VO: Whats ur cgpa?
Me: I secured a cgpa of 8.6 on a scale of 10 officer.

VO: Any specialization?
Me: Yes officer iam going to take machine learning specialization.

VO: Do you know any professor in the university working on this domain?
Me: Yes officer, I came across the professor Dr. Stefan Andrei whose expertise is also on machine learning.

VO: Any other admits?
Me: Yes officer I got admit from central Michigan apart from Lamar university.

VO: Tell me about ur role in the company and any project?
Me: I have been working as a java developer and presently iam working on an e-commerce project. Iam responsible for developing and maintaining the e-commerce applications that connects with the sales force e-commerce platform.

VO: Who is your primary sponsor?
Me: My father is my primary sponsor and he is sponsoring me with his savings of 28 lakhs and secured a loan of 27 lakhs from union bank of India and a scholarship of 8300$ from the university.

VO: Whats Your father's profession?
Me: Officer he is into real estate bussiness and earns an annual income of 12.5 lakhs.

VO: Okay iam keeping your passport after the review u can get in 7 days.?
Me: Thank you officer have a nice day.



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05 Feb 2024 13:03

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College: Lawrence technology university, Michigan usa
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 3
Interview Date: 2023-08-29
Interview Time: 8.30
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Exempt
English Test Score: 0

Education Profile
Grad Level: Masters
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7
Grad Institute: University of Heartfordshire
Grad Country: United Kingdom

Job Profile
Job Type: Software development
Job Years:


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Interview Details
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning officer

VO: Tell me about your qualifications.
Me: I have completed a diploma in electronics, a Bachelor's degree in electronics engineering, and a Master's degree in computer science from the United Kingdom.

VO: How was your time in the UK? Did you enjoy it?
Me: Yes, I had a great experience in the UK.

VO: Why are you pursuing another Master's degree?
Me: After completing my Master's in computer science, I realized that I wanted to expand my knowledge into the business field, which is why I'm interested in pursuing an MBA

VO: I see you've traveled a lot.
Me:
Yes, I love traveling. Explore new place

VO: Who funds your travels?
Me: My father provides the financial support for my travels.

VO: Don't you think it's a burden on your father?
Me: My father believes that life is a one-time offer, and he encourages me to enjoy it to the fullest.

VO: Laughs) That's a good perspective.
Me: Smiles

VO: In that case, I'm happy to let you know that your visa is approved
Me: Thank you so much, ma'am.



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05 Feb 2024 10:34

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College: Yale university, new haven
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-08-28
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 320
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 109

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science and engineering
Grad GPA: 9.2
Grad Institute: IIT kGP
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: Yale university

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: Officer i have applied for 4 universities

VO: Name them?
Me: Yale
Standford
CIT
Columbia university

VO: How do you fund your education ?
Me: My father is a pilot in xxx company and our family saving of 200,000 dollar assets and a student loan of 90,000 dollar

VO: What is your cgpa man?
Me: My grad cgpa is 9.2

VO: Wow that huge in IIT feild right?
Me: Ya officer , they prepare tough questions

VO: Place your finger your visa is approved
Me: Thank you officer witha sweaty face



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05 Feb 2024 08:11

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College: Northeastern University , Boston
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 2
Interview Date: 2023-08-29
Interview Time: 9:45
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Others
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Grad GPA: 6.4
Grad Institute: Shri Vishnu Engineering College for engineering
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: QA tester
Job Years: 5.4


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Interview Details
VO: Where are you going to?
Me: I'm going to pursue my master's from Northeastern University in Applied machine intelligence.

VO: Which course( as program name differ in I20)
Me: As per CIP Standards course name is mentioned as management science in my i20 but and actually going for applied machine intelligence.

Applied machine intelligence is a program related to AI and ML. As AI is the fast growing technology in current software industry , I want to advance my career in this field. Also ,The circulum in this unvi has designed in such a way that a student can learn from basics to advance level in AI which is helpful for a student even from different background and completing masters in this field will give me a better opportunities when I get back to India.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I completed my bachelor's in 2017 from EEE with 6.4 CPGA

VO: Why did you changed your university and course
Me: Told the university and course importance

VO: Why master now
Me: Told accordingly



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