31.7.08

@University of South Alabama

ME: GOOD MORNING MAM..... How are u?

VO: GOOD MORNING..... iam fine...

VO: pass your folder

me: folder passed

VO: What is the proof that you are a good student?

me: Through out my academic career I passed out with first class with distinction and without backlogs.

VO:she checked my B.tech (JNTU) provisional certificate

VO: why u have taken this field in UG?

me: I am interested in the field of communications so that i selected this and iam desired to do ms in VLSI design to improve my skills in this field.

VO: ok... What will you do after completing your ms?

me: After completing my ms i will return to india and i will geta job in the technical department in one of the VLSI based companies.....

VO: ok... thats good........ How many admits you got?

ME: 2

VO: which universities?

me: university of south alabama, csun

VO:she checking all my provisional certificate,GRE, Toefl scores....

she is checking my GRE score card keenly....... I scared sometime she will asks y your verbal score min..... iam lucky she didnt sak me that one.......

VO: who is sponsoring you?

me: family members.

VO: What are your parents annual income?

me: Replied accordingly.....

she asks my index finger fingerprint..... after that she types something ....and then said

YOUR VISA IS APPROVED........

me: thank you mam...... have a nice day....

@Eastern Michigan University

vo:hai,hru?
me:hello mam,me 5n u?
vo:so any backlogs?
me:no mam
vo:so what drugs u want to develop?
me:diabetic and oncologic mam
vo:what is oncology?
me:its the study of cancer mam
vo:diabetic and oncology r diversified areas ..so why cancer?
me:actually my dads bro died of cancer so i hav personal interest in oncology mam
vo:so got scholarship ,who is sponsering 4r the rest?
me:actually got 2 scholarships mam which account about 45% of my fee and rest will taken care by my parents whose annual income is .... lakhs per annnum thru salary rental and agriculture
vo:kk congrats approved hav a nice day
me:thank u mam u made my day

@University of Houston

VO - How r u?

me - hello madam im fine how r u?

VO - I'm fine

I passed on the folder

VO - You seem to have a first class ( seeing the provisional)

me - yes madam

VO - So u r going to university of houston, why this university?

me - I said that this university has a good electrical engineering department, and
it has ood coursework. It is very good for student who are planning for thesis.
And I am planning for thesis.

VO - So which topic are u planning to do a thesis?

me - I want to specialize in microelectronics, and I am planning for a thesis in VLSI
process integration (i checked the thesis areas in the univ website, at times
this helps)

VO - So you seem to have a scholarship of $1000.

me - yes mam, I also have an out-state fee waiver.

VO - ohh so the amount in the I20 is instate aahh? ok, so how r u planning for the
remaining fees?

me - My father has a savings of 10 lakhs which wud be sufficient for my first year, and for second year I have applied for bank loan. Due to the formalities of the bank, they are still processing my application and I haven't been received the sanction letter yet,
but I am confident that I'll get the loan

VO - ok enjoy houston, its a nice place, and study well

@Univ of Michigan , Dearborn

Me: gudmornin sir, how r u doin?
VO: gudmornin. I am fine. how r u doin?
Me: great
After going thru my folder...
VO : first class, second class or passing marks.
Me : first class sir
VO : Michigan - Dearborn!!
Me: Yes Sir
VO : why michigan
Me : becoz the course curriculum is gud and i have received a scholarship from the university.
VO : Oh! u got a scholarship!
Me : yes sir
VO: whats ur gre
Me: 1140
VO : What are your parents
Me: my father works for a bank and my mother owns a boutique shop.
VO : whats your percentage
Me: 68%
VO : how many backlogs
Me: 5
He was typing something on the computer.
Again asked about my father, percentage and backlogs.(same answers)

VO : How much scholarship did u receive?
Me : xxxx per sem
VO : Do u have a proof of the scholarship? (actually my scholarship was not mentioned in the i20 and i got it recently from the uni.)
Me : Yes sir....i got the scholarship letter from the university.

showed it to him...it was the only document he checked apart from ds forms n i20. Didnt even check my marksheets and financial docs.
he checked my i20 and scholarship letter and then returned it back.
kept my passport.

VO : Enjoy ur trip to US. Study Well!!
Me : Thank you sir...have a great day!!

@Northern Illinois University

I took the blue folder and waited for about 1 hr for my turn.

VO:Any backlogs?
Me:only one sir,cleared it in next sem...
VO:how will u pay?
ME:savings(10L)+bank loan(8L)+Full tuition waver.
VO:have a gr8 day at illinois.
ME:ThnQ u sir...