Re: (GRE Success! ) Profile evaluation

Hello Akshay,

I saw this almost happen to someone in front of me when I went for my H1-B
stamping. While it is very annoying and disconcerting, you should go for a
second interview.

Did you get an I-20 from Rutgers?

Sincerely,

Srihari

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Akshay Jain <[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Dear Srihari,
> *
> *My VISA got rejected today (21st May). I applied for Masters in
> electrical and electronics engineering from Univ. of Missouri, Columbia.
> Here is the transcript of the interview:
>
> *VISA Officer: *Why Univ. of Missouri Columbia?
> *Me*: Because it has good research in my field of specialization, that
> is, Signal Processing applications. And Professor XXX there has agreed to
> take me in his lab (over email).
>
> *VISA Officer: *Which other univ. you applied?
> *Akshay: *9 univ. In got 6 admits, 3 rejects. UMC, UCF, Rutgers, Santa
> Clara Univ, George Mason Univ, Portland State Univ.
>
> *VISA officer: *Why not Rutgers?
> *Akshay: *Even though Rutgers is a better ranked univ. the research there
> is not good in my domain. I have inquired from the current students there
> and they say that the course for my specialization gets cancelled some
> times due to scarcity of students.
>
> *VISA officer*(typed something for 20-30 sec): Sorry I cannot give you a
> VISA.
>
> The interview lasted merely for 2 mins.
> Please give your suggestions on this.
>
> Sincerely,
> Akshay Jain.
>  
>



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