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29 Aug 2023 14:45

Visa Profile
College: Pennsylvania State University, PA
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 10.20
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 303
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 114

Education Profile
Grad Level: Others
Grad Major: Doctor of Pharmacy
Grad GPA: 9
Grad Institute: Parul University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type:
Job Years: 0


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Interview Details
VO: Why are you applying for Masters after PharmD
Me: I only studied clinical Research as a subject for 1 year I do not have indepth knowledge in the field. Hence in order to gain more knowledge for the job I want, would like to apply for masters.


VO: What does clinical research include
Me: Clinical research is a part of drug development process when any new drug and substances are tested on human beings through different phases and the safety and efficacy is determined.

VO: What subjects are you going to study.
Me: epidemiology biostatistics etc

VO: It is mention here that your uncle is funding your education?
Me: Yes. He is my legal guardian

VO: What is the income source of your parents?
Me: Mentioned about the sources

VO: What is the income source of your parents?
Me: Mentioned the sources



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29 Aug 2023 12:27

Visa Profile
College: Gannon University, Pennsylvania
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-21
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 6.0
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 110

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 6.42
Grad Institute: Malla Reddy institute of engineering and technology
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Asked me to come closer.
Me: I have greeted him twice
No response.
Asked how are you doing
No response.

VO: Where are u heading?
Me: To pursue my master's in Gannon University in USA.

VO: How many schools did u applied?
Me: Apart from Gannon University I have applied for 3 University,
1. University of Illinois spring field.
2.University of Bridgeport
3. Pace University
And I got admit from pace University apart from gannon.

VO: What's your undergraduate?
Me: (Sayed to repeat again).I have done my bachelor's in CS from XYZ college with 6.42 cgpa.

VO: What did u did after your bachelor's.
Me: Officer. After my bachelor's I have utilised that precious time to upgrade my technical skills by doing a certified course in Java full stack.

VO: After typing for 10 secs.Unfortunately your visa is denied.
Me: Thank u officer with sad face.

VO: My opinion
Me: The officer was very rude he was approving visa for only girls.



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29 Aug 2023 09:49

Visa Profile
College: UCSC EXTENSION, SANTA CLARA CA
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-23
Interview Time: 11:40
Interview City: DELHI
Interview Country: INDIA


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

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Information Technology
Grad GPA: 7.60
Grad Institute: LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY
Grad Country: INDIA



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Interview Details
VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I said , in Aug 2022 in Bsc. IT

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: I said, I am helping my Father in his business as he has a business of Hosiery and Exports.

VO: What's your father do ?
Me: He has been running his own business from last 16 years of hosiery and Exports . He deals in manufacturing , and supply of these goods in Indonesia, Combodia, Malaysia and Thailand.

VO: How many Cousres did you apply?
Me: I said , Four than I said I think you mean Universities . She said , ,Oh yes.

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I said 4 ,Universities.

VO: Name them.
Me: University of Dayton OH, SLU , SFBU , UCSC. ( I fumble in one university name)

VO: How many admits have you got?
Me: I got 3 admits one is under review.



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29 Aug 2023 07:21

Visa Profile
College: Dallas Baptist University, Texas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-06
Interview Time: 08:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
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: Electronics and communication engineering
Grad GPA: 7.9
Grad Institute: Nalanda Institute of engineering and technology
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Java developer
Job Years: 5


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Interview Details
VO: 1)VO: Good morning (He wished me first with smile)
Me: Me: Good morning officer. how are you doing..?

VO: 2)VO: I'm doing good,, Tell me about your program?
Me: Me: Officer, I'm going to pursue my masters in Information sciences in the specialization of Information Technology and management in Dallas Baptist University.

VO: 3)VO: Why Dallas..? ( he was kidding like is that the reason the whether is similar like in your country.?
Me: Me: Of course,, that is one of the reason, but the main thing is my University is located in Dallas, and apart from that there many beautiful places to explore and (interrupted)

VO: 4)VO: Is your university big one or small one..?
Me: Me: I said yeah officer it is a big University it has high reputation and it offers variety of courses in many fields, and it has good qs world ranking

VO: 5)VO: How many students are there in your university..?
Me: Me: this was unexpected one,, I was struck for a second and I blindly 15,000 members in different courses( I lied but said confidently)

VO: 6) Is this your university is Baptist religious University..?
Me: Me: Yes officer, I have researched in the portal and I came to know that this is a Christian University

VO: 7) VO: oh that's a huge college
Me: Me: Yes officer

VO: 8) What are you doing now..?
Me: Me: Currently I am working as senior Java developer in xxx company. I have 5 years of experience

VO: 9) Do you like your job.?
Me: Me: Yes officer. I like my job very much, I like the transparent work culture. I have acquired lot of knowledge through my experience. I love the staff also.

VO: Finally he said the golden words
Me: Place your left hand fingers over there, I'm approving your visa,
Me: Thank you officer, you made my day.

He didn't ask about my fundings, my roles and responsibilities, why this University, Be confident, I have given short and crisp answers, even it's a lie tell confidently.



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29 Aug 2023 04:31

Visa Profile
College: Dallas Baptist University , Dallas taxes
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-16
Interview Time: 09:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 6.1
Grad Institute: Indore
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type:
Job Years: 8


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Interview Details
VO: What's your work experience?
Me: I have 8 years experience in software testing

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: 9

VO: Are you married or single?
Me: I am single

VO: Who funded you?
Me: My mother funded me she is into construction business.



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28 Aug 2023 17:05

Visa Profile
College: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,COLORADO SPRINGS
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-13
Interview Time: 10:15
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 320
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 90

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7.24
Grad Institute: Visvodaya engineering college
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which university
Me: University of colorado colorado springs officer
(She look in my i20 oh springs)

VO: What have u done in ur undergraduate project
Me: Explained about my project

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: Said nyit and california miramar and trine and colorado

VO: Why this course
Me: I want upgrade my skills moreover Cs offers great field versatile carrier opportunities high job demand back here in India having great salary potential Aldo devolps strong problem skills

VO: What about ur funding
Me: Officer I'm having a secured loan of 45 lakhs and additionally my father sponsoring 25lakhs from his savings

VO: For college what would u choose offline online or hybrid
Me: Mam I choose offline

VO: She was typing for 1min and asks I've seen ur university website there is only 100 percent onine
Me: No mam I've contacted with proffessors attended webinars and giving explanation she gave white slip



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25 Aug 2023 10:07

Visa Profile
College: Pace University, new york
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 10:50
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 300
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 100

Education Profile
Grad Level: Masters
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 7.9
Grad Institute: Modern College
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What is your GPA?
Me: I got 7.9 cgpa in my graduation

VO: Please tell me about your project?
Me: Me and my group worked on an eccomerce website.

VO: What was the challenging part?
Me: Challenging part was the scripting at client side

VO: Why was it challenging?
Me: It was challenging because we have to program from different scenarios and … (interrupted)
I am accepting your visa.
Congratulations, start packing



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25 Aug 2023 07:29

Visa Profile
College: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 10:40
Interview City: New Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GMAT
Exam Score: 750
English Test Type: Exempt
English Test Score: 00

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Mechanical Engineering
Grad GPA: 9.1
Grad Institute: Mechanical Engineering
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Management Consulting
Job Years: 5


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Interview Details
VO: What will you be studying at Northwestern?
Me: I will be pursuing MBA at Kellogg School of Management

VO: Where do you work?
Me: I was as a management consultant at XYZ

VO: How long have you been working? What do you do?
Me: Officer, i have been working for 5 years. Last 4 years with ABC and 1 year before that with XYZ. I work as and I lead a team of 4 people to work on business strategy project (interrupted)

VO: How are you funding?
Me: Officer, I have secured a $112,000 loan from Northwestern University and the remaining my parents and I would fund jointly from our saving of RS. XX crore.

VO: What does you parent do?
Me: Gave the appropriate answer



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25 Aug 2023 04:42

Visa Profile
College: Arizona State University, tempe
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-07
Interview Time: 10:40
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: SAT
Exam Score: 1190
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: HighSchool
Grad Major: Non medical
Grad GPA: 8.6
Grad Institute: CBSE
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which University?
Me: Arizona State University

VO: Why this University?
Me: Because first of all it has a dedicated career track in Artificial intelligence, Secondly I'm very interested in research and innovation and asu ranks as no. 1 for innovation and have a really great research program.. (interrupted by officer)

VO: How many universities you applied to?
Me: I applied to 4 unis

VO: How many accepted you
Me: I got accepted in 3 of them

VO: Who is funding you and how?
Me: Told the answer

VO: What do your sponsors do?
Me: Told the answer

VO: Heres your i20, enjoy
Me: Thankyou officer!!



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24 Aug 2023 16:25

Visa Profile
College: Kent State University,Ohio
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-07
Interview Time: 10:40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: USA


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 135
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 135

Education Profile
Grad Level: Masters
Grad Major: Finance and Analytics
Grad GPA: 7.3
Grad Institute: ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Branch Relationship Manager
Job Years: 1.0


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Interview Details
VO: Which Course?
Me: Officer, Choosen Business Analytics

VO: Future Plans after Graduation?
Me: Said the Future plans.

VO: Present Job Roles and Responsibilities?
Me: Answered according to the requirement.

VO: Funding?
Me: Parents sponcer and Education loan of ** lacs from HDFC Credila.



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24 Aug 2023 14:03

Visa Profile
College: Kennesaw State University, GA
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 11:30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 305
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 305

Education Profile
Grad Level: Masters
Grad Major: Information Technology
Grad GPA: 7.39
Grad Institute: KKR and KSR Institute of Technology Guntur
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: MultiCloud Engineer
Job Years: 1.8


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Interview Details
VO: Do you work at DXC Technology right, what do you do ?
Me: I'm working as a Multi-Cloud Engineer officer.

VO: What is Multi-Cloud ? I know only cloud, whats this ?
Me: Its a combination of Private and Public cloud officer, so we call it Multi-Cloud.

VO: Oh that make much sense, what did you do in undergraduation?
Me: I completed my undergraduation on July 2021 in mechanical engineering officer.

VO: Ho... So how this masters will help you ?
Me: This course ia directly relates to my role as Multi-Cloud Engineer officer, so This course will enhance my knowledge in this field which will provide me better opportunities in this field

VO: Oh cool, So who's funding you.
Me: My father is financing my education with his savings of 40L officer. in addition, I have secured an ED Loan of 42L from Avanse. Moreover....... Interrupted

VO: Your Visa is Approved 🥳
Me: I didn't heard it, I was literally standing and staring into her eyes, then second time she said your visa is approved you can go now ! I was like shocking that I didn't even realise it's over.

VO: She is American Lady aged around 30.
Me: Counter number 12, we can't switch, staff members there decides which counter we should go.



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24 Aug 2023 09:54

Visa Profile
College: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 12:00
Interview City: New Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 310
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 100

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 8.21
Grad Institute: GLA University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Full stack web developer
Job Years: 1.5


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Interview Details
VO: Why are you applying for this specific course.
Me: I want to become a Solution Architect. For that I need to gain fundamental and advance knowledge in core subjects of computer science. Henceforth I'm opting for this course as it provides me all the core subjects I need to study for my goal.

VO: What do you do in your job role of full stack developer.
Me: Officer, I develop and maintain full stack web applications for our clients in multiple tech stacks.

VO: Are you working currently in any project?
Me: Officer, I am currently working for a US based client. It's a company named Grant Thornton. I am working in a team of 15 professionals developing a loyality platform for the client.

VO: What about your funding?
Me: Officer, I have secured a loan of xx Lakhs that converts to xxxxx Dollars and for the rest my father and uncle are sponsoring me.

VO: What does your uncle do?
Me: Officer, my uncle owns a company named Shri Hari Papers. My father is the marketing manager for that company.

VO: Added by mistake.
Me: All the best to everyone. Stay positive and be confident.



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24 Aug 2023 07:51

Visa Profile
College: Pace University, Newyork
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-18
Interview Time: 9:40
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: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Grad GPA: 6.5
Grad Institute: K L University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Software Engineer
Job Years: 6


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Interview Details
VO: Pass me i20 and passport
Me: Sure Officer, Here is my passport and i20

VO: I see you work at xxx company
Me: Yes officer, I am working at xxx company since December 2021.

VO: Tell me about your work
Me: Explain about my roles and responsibilities

VO: I see you are married, how you are going to manage family ?
Me: Yes officer, I am married. My wife is not coming with me she is going to stay in India. Once I complete my masters I will come back and take care of my family.

VO: How you are going to fund your education ?
Me: My father is sponsoring with his savings of xx lacs and I have also secured education loan from HDFC worth xx lacs.

VO: What does your father do ?
Me: My father is an agriculturist. He cultivates 20 acres of agricultural land.

VO: This is very expensive university, how you are going to fund(she asked me again) ?
Me: I fumbled here and explained my father has savings of xx lacs and got education loan from HDFC worth xx lacs.

VO: Sorry you are not eligible and gave 214b slip
Me: Thank you and I left



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24 Aug 2023 04:57

Visa Profile
College: Long Island University, Brooklyn
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 08:10
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 310
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 115

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Physiotherapy
Grad GPA: 7.2
Grad Institute: Uka Tarsadia University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Physical Therapist
Job Years: 3


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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: About university n professor

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: Graduated in 2019

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: Working as physical Therapist at XXX hospital since 2020

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: Parents will pay, take loan n got scholarship too.

VO: What's your GRE Score.?
Me: 310,
He said it's too high.

VO: Have you taken any loan?
Me: Yes officer have taken education loan of 20 lacks.



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23 Aug 2023 16:17

Visa Profile
College: Youngstown State University,Ohio
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 8:45
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 316
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 93

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electrical and electronics engineering
Grad GPA: 6.4
Grad Institute: Aditya engineering college
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: QA Tester
Job Years: 1.6


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Interview Details
VO: Have u ever applied before?
Me: No,I haven’t applied before

VO: How to you about this university?
Me: My senior colleagues recommended me this university.

VO: Why this course?
Me: I have choosen computer and information system because this university have core subjects like cloud development ,web design,machine learning and other electives like artificial intelligence,application development.

VO: Typed for 5sec
Me: Finally the golden words … Ur visa has been approved 🫡



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29 Aug 2023 13:42

Visa Profile
College: New England College, henniker
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-20
Interview Time: 10:50
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 321
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 6.26
Grad Institute: HITAM
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What's your bachelors degree?
Me: Officer I've done my bachelor's degree in Computer science engineering at Hyderabad institute of technology and management

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: August 2022 officer

VO: Do you have any work experience?
Me: Officer right after my graduation my plan was to pursue masters, but at that time my father had gone through heart surgery and I took care of him and postponed my masters plan to next intake. After his complete recovery I took IELTS exam, applied to Universities and waited for their admits and I20s

VO: Did you do any project?
Me: In my undergraduation, I've done a project titled "transfer learning based COVID 19 classification using CT scan images"

VO: What was your role in the project?
Me: my job was to manage the data. I collected the CT scan pictures and made them ready for our model. I arranged the pictures properly, checked their size, and divided them into two groups for training and testing.

VO: What are the tools used in project?
Me: In this project, I am using deep learning, specifically a method called Transfer Learning. And also,Python programming language along with libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras. Numpy for data manipulation

VO: What is deep learning?
Me: Deep learning is a type of computer learning where the computer learns to do tasks by itself

VO: Tell me about tensorFlow?
Me: TensorFlow is a software that helps us to make and use deep learning models. It's like a toolbox for deep learning.

VO: What is NumPy?
Me: It helps in data manipulation

VO: Do you have any education loan?
Me: No officer, My family has personal savings of 52 lakhs which are enough for tuition fee and living expenses

VO: What's your father's business?(here I got confused, I never mentioned that my father has a business)
Me: He's private employee working as production manager in aurobindo pharma ltd

VO: I'm sorry what does that company do?
Me: It's a pharmaceutical company(started typing)

VO: I'm sorry I can't approve your visa this time, please reapply soon
Me: No response and I left the consulate



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29 Aug 2023 11:15

Visa Profile
College: University of central Missouri, Missouri
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-20
Interview Time: 8:45
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 317
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 90

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and instrumentation engineering
Grad GPA: 6.53
Grad Institute: Velagapudi ramakrishna siddartha engineering college
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What's ur undergraduation course
Me: Office







i compeleted my understanding graduation in the domine of electronics and instrumentation engineering

VO: What machine learning did u learnt
Me: Office machinde learning is not aa part of my domine till now as an instrumentation Engineer we must deal with plcs and scada screens

VO: What's ur major course
Me: Office iam going to pursue my master's in the domine of cybersecurity and information assurance

VO: This time ur visa is not approving these yellow slip may tells u the reason for reduction
Me: Ok officer thankyou



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29 Aug 2023 08:32

Visa Profile
College: Webster university, st Louis
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-18
Interview Time: 09:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Aeronautical engineer
Grad GPA: 6
Grad Institute: Xxxxxxxxx
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Purchase engineer
Job Years: 5


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Interview Details
VO: Which University you are applying? And about course?
Me: Webster university and IT management

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I said i applied 4 university's
1.Robert morris university,
2.webster university
3.franklin university
4.cleveland state university

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I said 2017

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: I said i am working in xxx company from past 5 years

VO: Why you required masters after these many years?
Me: I said in spite of having experience I need to gain deeper understand of my field (it procurement) which adds value to my profile and as well a us degree has higher value in india and even I can find good position also.

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: I said, I am funding for my self with having 30 lakhs fd in xx bank and I have loan amount of 40 lakhs additional my family is also going to support for my education



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29 Aug 2023 06:01

Visa Profile
College: University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-06
Interview Time: 9:20
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: SAT
Exam Score: 1400
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: HighSchool
Grad Major: Bachelor of Science in Physics
Grad GPA: 9.1
Grad Institute: United Academy
Grad Country: Nepal

Job Profile
Job Type: Math Teacher
Job Years: 0.7


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Interview Details
VO: Which University you are applying?
Me: Officer, I'm going to University of Texas at Arlington, which has given me a scholarship of $8,000/year, which is given to only high achieving incoming freshmen.

VO: Alright , then you graduated in 2021?
Me: No, officer I graduated a year ago.

VO: Can you tell me the exact graduation date?
Me: Officer, It is July 2022 (Mistakenly told wrong month. It is june 2022). And, then I joined my father's school as a full time Math teacher for grade 3 to 5 to learn about the work ethic. I was clear about my career & Academic goals, Therefore, I took the gap.

VO: How are you gonna pay for the rest expenses? (Looked away from computer, and focused on me)?
Me: Officer, I'm going to pay for this with the family income of $40,000 per year. Moreover, we have a bank savings of $57,000. And, I have a got a scholarship of $8,000/year from the university. Also, we have other liquid assets to funds the cost. Taking about the profession, my father works as an editor in News Media company Nagarik awahan , and he has been in than profession for more than 30 years.

VO: Oh, but I thought your father owns a school.?
Me: Yes, officer, but the school is managed by our principal Mr. xxxxxx , and he is doing it very well. Therefore, My father isn't involved in school.

VO: Nods. Typing.?
Me: And , also My mother works as an chief Nursing officer in the district government Hospital of Nepal. She has been in that profession for more 20 years. And , five years ago, she started a hotel business with my aunt, inspired by my dad , and the hotel is currently employing about 6 people now.

VO: Do you have any siblings or family members in the US?
Me: No, officer. I don't have any immediate family members or siblings in the US. I'm the only child.

VO: Take the slip it explains everything on why you got rejected.(214 b)?
Me: Shocked! Silently walks away.



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28 Aug 2023 17:11

Visa Profile
College: University of Maryland, College Park
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 08:30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 321
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 9
Grad Institute: Random college
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Security Engineer
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: UMD with M.Eng in Cybersecurity

VO: Why this University?
Me: Said according to my branch

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: Said the colleges and admits

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: Funded by Parents and took a loan of XYZ

VO: What is the income source of your parents?
Me: Answered ...........



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25 Aug 2023 11:13

Visa Profile
College: Illinois institute of technology, Chicago
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-19
Interview Time: 11:30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 326
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Bsc agriculture
Grad GPA: 8.44
Grad Institute: Dr k n modi University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which university?
Me: Illinois institute of technology Chicago

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: Apart from IIT Chicago i have applied to Murray State University
Auburn University
Southeast Missouri State University

VO: Did you get admit from Auburn University?
Me: No officer it is still under departmental review

VO: Why food science after your bachelors in agriculture?
Me: Although my under graduation in agriculture i have went through subject related ( vo intrupted)
Place you four left hand finger unfortunately your visa is not approved



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25 Aug 2023 08:39

Visa Profile
College: UMass, Amherst
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 10:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 324
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 113

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Information Technology
Grad GPA: 8.6
Grad Institute: Anna University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Software Engineer
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Whats your program of study?
Me: Masters in computer science, officer.


VO: Whats your full program name?
Me: Masters of science in Computer Science

VO: She smiled and asked no your complete program?
Me: Masters of science in computer science from the University of Massachusetts at

VO: What universities did you apply to?
Me: Officer, I applied to 5 universities
*named all of them*

VO: Whats your undergrad program of study?
Me: Information Technology, officer

VO: Whats your cgpa?
Me: My cgpa is 8.6, officer

VO: You are working for ABC company right. How long have you been working?
Me: 2 years now, officer.

VO: Please place your fingers on the box. Your visa is approved!
Me: Be confident. Answer to the point. My sibling is working in the US, but no questions were asked regarding that. I probably got lucky. All the best!!



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25 Aug 2023 06:05

Visa Profile
College: Pace university, Newyork
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-18
Interview Time: 8:30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and Communication
Grad GPA: 7.9
Grad Institute: Bangalore
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Fresher
Job Years: 0


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Interview Details
VO: Have you done any internship
Me: Yes office I completed my internship on machine learning

VO: What did you do?
Me: Explained in 2 sentences

VO: When did you do this ?
Me: I told officer in 2021

VO: How many months
Me: It’s a one month internship.

VO: She passed me 214b slip
Me: Can anyone tell me the reason of my visa got rejected ? I seriously don’t understand what happened. I graduated on 2022.



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24 Aug 2023 17:25

Visa Profile
College: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
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: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Bachelor of Commerce
Grad GPA: 6.6
Grad Institute: Savitribai Phule Pune University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Hi, Good Morning. Please pass the documents.?
Me: Good Morning officer (and passed the I20 and passport )

VO: So you’re going for Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods course? (read the name as per I20)?
Me: Officer my course is MS in Quantitative Finance (then she said Oh, Okay)

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I graduated in 2019.

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: I was also doing CA along with graduation and we have a mandatory internship of 3 years so I completed the internship in 2021. And later I started working as a Financial Analyst. ( Then she smiled and said - So you were doing all these together, Great! then I said yes officer)

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: Apart from Umass, I applied to 3 other universities (and named them)

VO: How many admits?
Me: All of them.

VO: Then why did you prefer Umass?
Me: Officer I compared the curriculum of all these universities and I found Umass’ curriculum slightly more comprehensive and it is offering specialisation in Financial Modelling which was not the case in others. (then she said Oh so that’s what you want to do, I said yes officer)

VO: How are you funding?
Me: My father will sponsor me with his savings of xx Lakhs and I have loan from Axis Bank ( here I missed out on mentioning the loan amount because she interrupted by saying - Okay Okay)

VO: Okay I’m approving your visa and keeping the passport. I’ll give you a slip with further instructions. Have a great day!?
Me: Thank you so much officer. Have a great day!



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24 Aug 2023 15:11

Visa Profile
College: University of Texas at Arlington, Texas
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-18
Interview Time: 11:10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 96

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Civil Engineering
Grad GPA: 7.4
Grad Institute: IOE
Grad Country: Nepal

Job Profile
Job Type: Lecture
Job Years: 1


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Interview Details
VO: What were you doing now?
Me: Said my job experience.

VO: Which course?
Me: Civil engineering.

VO: What specialization?
Me: Structural Engineer

VO: Have you been in any other country before?
Me: No.

VO: Do you know anyone in US?
Me: My sister pursuing masters.

VO: Who is sponsoring?
Me: My parents with saving...... .

VO: What is the income source of your parents?
Me: Government officer.

VO: Can your father pay for expenses of you an her?
Me: My sister has full scholarship i.e. research assistantship.



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24 Aug 2023 11:19

Visa Profile
College: Sacred Heart University, Connecticut
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-18
Interview Time: 09:00
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: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7.93
Grad Institute: Acharya Nagrjuna University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Senior Software Engineer
Job Years: 5


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Interview Details
VO: What is your role?
Me: Cloud nd Devops


VO: I don't know about that?
Me: Explained brief...... (Vo.Still she said I don't know about it),here I that visa will reject

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I have applied to 3 University apart from Shu.wnu, Webster.

VO: How many admits you got?
Me: I told 2admits, apart from shu.



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24 Aug 2023 08:54

Visa Profile
College: University of Central Missouri, Lee summit
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-09
Interview Time: 09:30
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: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 6.88
Grad Institute: Holy Mary Institute of technology and science
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Good morning?
Me: Good morning officer

VO: Oh.. You are going to central Missouri?
Me: Yes officer

VO: Everyone from hyd is choosing ucm?
Me: Yeah Officer, most of the telugu batch is staying in Missouri. Ucm has a very effective course curriculum and also they allow to choose electives from different tracks like software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud computing.

VO: No.. No.. Not that, is there any activities like swimming that people are showing that much interest in ucm?
Me: I don't think everyone likes swimming. (VO: haha😂 Ok ok)

VO: Is it in city?
Me: It is in lee summit which is 110miles(this is an estimated no.😅) away from warrensburg(main campus).

VO: All the best👍 your visa is approved?
Me: Thank you officer, you made my day😍.
(I was unsure of leaving and my mind went blank for a second listening to those golden words. Then i asked officer can i leave. He said yes you can)



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24 Aug 2023 06:25

Visa Profile
College: Yale University, New Haven
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-07
Interview Time: 09:30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: USA


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GMAT
Exam Score: 750
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 118

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Finance and Economics
Grad GPA: 9.48
Grad Institute: Shri Ram College of Commerce
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Consultant
Job Years: 3.5


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Interview Details
VO: Pass me your documents?
Me: Good morning officer, here is my I20 and Passport

VO: So, you're going to Yale!?
Me: Yes sir, I'm heading to Yale to pursue my MBA.

VO: Awesome. How are you going to fund the education?
Me: I and My father have XXX savings. Furthermore, I have secured a education loan of XXX from HDFC Bank.

VO: Wonderful! Your Visa is approved. Best of luck.?
Me: Thank you sir, and I hope you have a great day.



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23 Aug 2023 17:36

Visa Profile
College: New haven University, West Haven
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-17
Interview Time: 8.30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Others
Grad Major: Bachelor's in Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery
Grad GPA: 6
Grad Institute: Dr Allu Ramalingaiah Govt Homeo medical College
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Doctor
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Can you show me your Graduation Transcripts
Me: Sure officer, Here are they.

VO: What is your favourite subject?
Me: My favourite subject is Medicine because I get to learn more about patient symptoms and their sufferings which made me easier to diagnose and treat.

VO: What is your least favourite subject?
Me: My least favourite subject is anatomy because In the starting year of my graduation i found it difficult to learn about human structure.

VO: Oh, you stopped working in April 2023??
Me: Yes officer i stopped working in April 2023.

VO: Why did u stop working?
Me: Being passionate and career oriented I always wanted to pursue master's in order to serve the health industry better back in India. So I left my previous role to focus on my next career aspect.

VO: Your visa is refused under 214 b
Me: I was blank and took the slip and came out .



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23 Aug 2023 14:44

Visa Profile
College: Sacred Heart University, Connecticut
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-07-17
Interview Time: 09:10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 334
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 130

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: BBA in Business Analytics
Grad GPA: 8.06
Grad Institute: GITAM UNIVERSITY
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Information Process Enabler
Job Years: 1.5


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Interview Details
VO: Why Sacred Heart University?
Me: Officer, It provides a blend of marketing and analytics specialisation which I have foundation in my educational background.

VO: What are your career goals?
Me: My short term goals are to master in key functions of business which will help in my long term goal which is setting up my own start up.

VO: As per US immigration laws, I can't approve your Visa
Me: Thank you officer

VO: Not question
Me: It's Nigerian lady, counter number 15



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