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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 !!