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Visa Profile College: University of south dakota, vermilion Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 3 Interview Date: 2023-08-16 Interview Time: 12:00PM Interview City: Delhi Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Exempt Exam Score: 0 English Test Type: Dulingo English Test Score: 105 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors-4 Grad Major: Business Administration Grad GPA: 4 Grad Institute: Apex College Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Assistant Business Analyst Job Years: 3.4 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: What is your GPA? Me: American Leady counter no:21 Me: Greeted vo: passed me your document me:Sure officer, Here you Go vo: How do you get to know about this university? me: I went to usef secession where I meet one of the recuriter of this university and he had made a great impression on me. Afterwards, I went to university profile and I reviewed its course cirriculmn in details and find out prfectly matched with my area of interest. vo: watching on screen Me: (continued speaking) Actually I was looking for a university which offers me a perfect of managerial and technicial side of business, neither fully management nor fully technicial. And it has the second best ranked business analytics course.( interrupted here) Vo: 2nd best with doubt expression Me: Yes officer Vo: which university provide top ranked course? Me: There are top business ranked university which offers top ranked course such as Harvard, Standford (interrupted) vo: I am rejecting your visa 🥺🥺 Any suggestion?? Student's medical insurance is must in all Universities. But you DON'T have to buy those costly Univ's insurances. Bring your own insurance & Submit a waiver request to the Univ. Check out LOW cost insurances at Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: Long Island university, New York Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-07-20 Interview Time: 8:30 Interview City: Chennai Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Others Exam Score: 64 English Test Type: Others English Test Score: 64 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years) Grad Major: Computer science Grad GPA: 8.05 Grad Institute: Osmania university Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Idile Job Years: 0 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: What are the other universities have you applied for Me: Adelphi, st.Louis, western New England VO: Expalin about your UG project? Me: Explained about my project VO: What is the source of information of your project? Me: Told ( I was interrupted 2times) VO: Place your hands on scanner and told we can approve your visa Me: Thank you officer Check out last available US Visa Appointment at Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: St Cloud State University, Minnesota Interview Outcome: Approved Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-06-07 Interview Time: 10.10 Interview City: Mumbai Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Exempt Exam Score: -0 English Test Type: IELTS English Test Score: 7.5 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors-4 Grad Major: Biomedical Engineering Grad GPA: 8.19 Grad Institute: D J Sanghvi College of Engineering Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Senior Engineer Job Years: 2.5 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: Pass me your documents? Me: I said Good Morning officer and passed the documents VO: Tell me about your graduation? Me: Completed my Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering in Oct 2020 from esteemed D. J. Sanghvi. College of engineering. I scored an overall 8.19 CGPA on a scale of 10 VO: Which universities did you get admits from, how many did you apply to? Me: I applied to three Universities and got admits from all. Gave full names SCSU, USC, NEU VO: You got into USC, why are you going for this University then?(he did not know my university, he looked up the name on i20) Me: While USC is offering me some subjects in the quality field. St cloud is providing me an entire comprehensive masters degre in Medical Technology Quality. The curriculum is very extensive and will give my career a boost. VO(Interrupted): I am not convinced. Did you really get into USC. Do you have the admit? Show me your documents Me: Yes officer I do have all my admits stapled together( I had gotten a 6K scholarship from NEU did not want to show this to VO. VO: That's fine just hand over all the admits. Me: Here you go officer. So I folded to the USC admit page and handed over all the admits to him with USC one on the top. Checking the USC admit *pause* Me: the course is really amazing it aligns very well with my career and learning goals. There are also 3 subjects provided by St cloud which are not provided by USC. These subjects are going to add much value to my profile and consequently to my professional growth VO(Interrupted): What is the ranking of your University in comparison to USC? Me: Officer, I am sorry I do not know that. But my university ranks #89 in the Midwest region. VO: Made a face like he was not impressed Me: *proceeds to further sell the curriculum talking about the curriculum* I also had the opportunity of taking to the program manager... VO: That's fine, understood. How do you plan to fund your course(continues to read the admit from USC, starts looking at the screen, typing) Me: Officer my primary sponsor is my father he has been working for the past 32 years at BHEL, which is a Central Govt Undertaking. He is currently working as a deputy manager and earns XXX LPA. Me and my parents together have savings worth 1cr. Immovable assests worth 1.65 cr which can be liquidated if required. I have also secured an educational loan worth 43 L from HDFC Credila. These sources are sufficient to fund my course. VO: You have a relative in US? Me: Yes officer, I have an elder brother in US. He is in Anaheim, California. He is currently working as a Staff Front End Engineer at Go Pro on an H1b visa VO: okay congratulations, I am approving your visa Tips : be confident, have a candid talk and explain your reasons at length until VO asks u to stop. Experiencing issues with the US visa booking portal? Check Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: University of New Haven, Connecticut Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 2 Interview Date: 2023-08-18 Interview Time: 09:10 Interview City: Mumbai Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Exempt Exam Score: 0 English Test Type: Others English Test Score: 64 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years) Grad Major: Mechanical Grad GPA: 8.8 Grad Institute: Osmania University Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Mechanical engineer Job Years: 1 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: What changes you had made from last time? Me: Officer last time , I fumbled but now I am very much confident about my profile VO: What answers will you give that you was not able to give last tim?e Me: You can ask me anything about my course, work, intentions to study in us VO: After 10 sec pause, why this university Me: University of new Haven has a good course structure and flexibility to choose the elective VO: Don't give me memorized answer Me: This university has provided me combination of both subjects like egg design and thermodynamics. VO: Don't give me memorize answer Me: While searching for this university, i came to know about VO: No you aren't eligible for this time Me: Ok, I leave the counter To engage more audience, here we post detailed experiences, filtering out short/non-detailed posts. To see all experiences, visit Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: University of Louisville, Kentucky Interview Outcome: Approved Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-06-08 Interview Time: 9:10 Interview City: Delhi Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: GRE Exam Score: 315 English Test Type: Dulingo English Test Score: 125 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years) Grad Major: Electronics and communications engineering Grad GPA: 7.63 Grad Institute: Vidya Jyothi institute of technology Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Aws infrastructure Engineer Job Years: 4 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: Why this University? Me: I aspire to become a cloud data analyst. UofL curriculum aligns to my work experience and career goals. The course is offering subjects such as data analytics, data visualisation and story data telling with data where as rest of the universities are concentrating on only data analytics and visualisation. And also the university is standing out from the rest of the universities by offering a capstone project. VO: What is last education Me: I pursued my bachelors in electronics and communications from Vidya Jyothi institute of technology. Graduated in 2019 VO: Are currently working at capgemini?? (Looking into my ds-160) Me: Yes officer as a consultant.. and my role is Aws infrastructure engineer VO: What are your roles and responsibilities Me: An AWS infrastructure engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable and secure infrastructure on the AWS platform. They handle tasks such as infrastructure provisioning, system configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, security implementation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. VO: How are you going to fund the education? Me: Loan from avanse and saving of my mom and sister VO: What do they do? Me: Mom is working as a marketing manager and sister is a software analyst For FREE real-time US Visa Appointments availability, sign up for Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: University of Bridgeport, CT Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-08-14 Interview Time: 09:30 Interview City: Chennai Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Exempt Exam Score: 00 English Test Type: Dulingo English Test Score: 150 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years) Grad Major: Computer Science Engineering Grad GPA: 7.2 Grad Institute: VTU Grad Country: India Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: How many admits have you got? Me: 6 VO: Whos sponsoring? Me: Father with savings of 75k$ which is enough to cover expenses + fee and we have property worth 650k$ (she didnt listen and interrupted) VO: Where does your family stay Me: They stay in x but i have been in bengaluru for 4 days because of college VO: Sorry you’re not eligible for this type of visa. Me: Thank you for your time. VO: Here is why you are rejected Me: She gave me 214b Student's medical insurance is must in all Universities. But you DON'T have to buy those costly Univ's insurances. Bring your own insurance & Submit a waiver request to the Univ. Check out LOW cost insurances at Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: The university of Texas at Dallas, Texas Interview Outcome: Approved Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-06-09 Interview Time: 10:30 Interview City: Chennai Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: GMAT Exam Score: 720 English Test Type: Dulingo English Test Score: 120 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors-3 Grad Major: Business administration Grad GPA: 7.6 Grad Institute: Jain university Grad Country: India Job Profile Job Type: Internship Job Years: 0.10 Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: How many universities did you apply? Me: Apart from UTD, I’ve applied to two more universities and I mentioned the universities name as well VO: How many admits have you got? Me: I’ve got 2 admits, including UTD VO: When did you graduate? Me: I graduated in the month of June 2022, which is last year VO: What were you doing after graduation? Me: After my graduation, I got an internship offer at a chartered accountants firm and I have got 10 months of experience in it VO: How are you going to fund the education? Me: My father will be sponsoring for my education VO: What is your GPA? Me: Out of 10 CGPA, I’ve got 7.6 VO: What is the income source of your parents? Me: My father is a businessman and my mother is a homemaker, so my father is sponsoring and I mentioned the sources of income which my father has. Experiencing issues with the US visa booking portal? Check Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: Pace University,New york Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 2 Interview Date: 2023-08-22 Interview Time: 09.15 Interview City: Vijayawada Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: Others Exam Score: 95 English Test Type: TOEFL English Test Score: 95 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years) Grad Major: Computer science Grad GPA: 6.5 Grad Institute: Dhanekula institute of engineering and technology Grad Country: India Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: Why this course Me: Officer,i choose this course as it has great academic faculty.... Interrupted VO: What you observe in that faculty? Me: Officer, because they have lot of experience in the field of data mining and visualisation which i choosed as elective... interrupted VO: How many admits have you got? Me: Officer,i got 2 admits They are:-Pace University Sacred heart University VO: When did you graduate? Me: Officer,i completed my undergraduation in 2021 VO: What were you doing after graduation? Me: Officer,i was working as associate software engineer in LTIMindtree officer VO: What was your roles Me: Officer, as an associate s/w engineer..... interrupted VO: What about sponcer? Me: My parents are my sponcers with xx savings and xx loan... interrupted VO: What was sponcer doing? Me: Officer, my sponcer are doing...... interrupted VO: You can reapply if you want by giving me 214b paper in a bundle which is already printed? Me: No words to speak Counter no:22 White american man whose is rejecting everyone since morning in front of me he rejected 4 people The 'Check US Visa Slots' chrome extension will automatically select the earliest appointment slot for you. Install Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!

Visa Profile College: Webster University , St louis Interview Outcome: Rejected Visa Attempt Number: 1 Interview Date: 2023-08-17 Interview Time: 8:30 Interview City: Delhi Interview Country: India @f1interviewreviews Exam Profile Exam Type: GRE Exam Score: 320 English Test Type: TOEFL English Test Score: 94 Education Profile Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years) Grad Major: Electronics & communication Grad GPA: 8.5 Grad Institute: Autonomous clg in Andhra Pradesh Grad Country: India Ссылка скрыта Interview Details VO: Pass me your passport & i20 Me: I have passed them VO: Which stream you choosen ? Me: Data analytics VO: Why data analytics Me: Said according to b tech ... project ....intrest etc VO: Ug clg & stream Me: I said so & so clg with stream VO: Subjects in data analytics Me: I have said 3 Courses VO: Are you doing job Me: No officer I am recently under graduated, in the month of April VO: ***Situation in Delhi at morning*** Me: I am the 3rd person to the interviewer she is a Nigerian & infront of me both were rejected even 1 mem has job experience. Not only my counter(11).... All counters were doing more rejections.The ratio for approval rate is 1:11 in morning Check out last available US Visa Appointment at Ссылка скрыта When it is your turn, PLEASE SHARE your Visa Interview Experience here. It will help at least 20K+ active F-1 applicants in this community !!