<p>If you dont have a US visa or haven’t gotten one in 2008 I’d recommend that you apply ASAP. They run a background check which takes a long time if you don’t have one done already.</p>
<p>What if you have a tourist visa? Does that help in making the process somewhat quicker?
We can only apply for the student visa once we’ve enrolled at the school, paid the deposit and they’ve sent us the I 20 form right? I guess all that’ll be done around mid may?
Also, do the mock grades have to be sent to the college your enrolling at too, or only the final Alev ones will do?</p>
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<p>Yes, it does make the process a little quicker. US Embassy need security clearence on every person that enters US. So, if you have already been to US once/twice/whatever number of times, it will help in the Visa process. Plus, the immigration officers look at your previous record, any denied/accepted visas. You need to have appropriate explanation for it.</p>
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<p>Depends whether you’re wait listed or accepted. If you already have an acceptance letter that mentions that you need to deposit $200-$500 (mentioned there) to get the I-20 form, then as soon as you deposit the money, the college/uni will mail you the I-20. That’s why I said wait listing is a gamble!</p>
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<p>Again, you’re college/uni must have notified you. I clearly remember, Colgate requires its accepted students to submit their grades. In that case, you can confrim it with the college by simply calling the admissions office. IMO, you just need to send them your transcripts, because A Levels result comes out around 10th Aug, which is obviously very late, and colleges need to make prior adjustments for incoming students which take a lot of time. Still, it would be better if you call the admissions office and get this point confirmed.</p>
<p>The funniest CC threads.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/672056-beds.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/672056-beds.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/688305-how-do-you-make-female-friends.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/688305-how-do-you-make-female-friends.html</a></p>
<p>These people are weird! LMAO. :D</p>
<p>chuffed this thread has come back to life.!!</p>
<p>That.Is.All</p>
<p>great links talha…RESPECT!</p>
<p>Hi guys, great to see this thread is back to life! Just got back from Lahore…the Interview went great, thanks to all who gave the advice! </p>
<p>@Mind Hunter: How was your interview?</p>
<p>@all: if anyone want any info on the LUMS interview, I’m here…just mention it and i’ll give detailed info :)</p>
<p>@Flibb</p>
<p>Mine is on 12th…ANd Best of lUck with the selection. Come on, reveal everything about the interview.!</p>
<p>A friend of mine also wants to know, Flibb.</p>
<p>@ TheGame</p>
<p>I remember few days ago you posted some details of UK visa seminars being held in some cities of Pakistan. I would request you if you can get me those details again.</p>
<p>3 Harvard (1 LGS DHA + 1 LGS +1 BSS (full aid))
2 Princeton (2 LGS DHA)
5 Yale (2 KGS + 1 AC + 1 Roots + 2 BSS)
3 Columbia [(St. Patrick’s-SSK 91) + 1 KAS + 1 BSS ]
2 Brown (1 LAS + 1 LGS)
6 Cornell (2 KGS + 1 St. Patrick’s + 1 LAS + 1 LGS DHA + 1 BSS)
5 University of Pennsylvania ( 1 LAS(CAS) + 2 KGS(Wharton) + 1 LGS-JT(Wharton)+ 1 LGS Defence(?) )
4 Dartmouth (1 Roots + 1 Elastine + 1 KGS + 1 BSS (full aid)))
2 Stanford [1 KAS (EA) + 1 LGS DHA]
1 John Hopkins University (1 BSS)
2 Gettysburg (1 theGame (full aid) + 1 Roots)
3 University of Rochester (1 greenboy - 10k scholarship + 1 Roots + 1 BSS - 18k scholarship)
4 WPI [4 Roots (incl. MindHunter - 42,000 scholarship)]
6 University of Richmond (5 Roots - without aid + 1 St. Patrick’s)
2 Villanova University [2 BSS (one with aid)]
4 Ohio Wesleyan (1 BSS - 36k merit scholarship + 1 AC - 30k aid + 1 Froebel’s - 38k Dean’s scholarship + 1 KGS- 23k aid)
1 Wabash College [1 AVC (KrakenJack - 35k aid)]
1 Georgia Institute of Technology (1 BSS)
6 NYU (1 Roots + 1 AVC + 1 LAS + 1 LGS + 2 St. Patrick’s-SSK 91)
1 Case Western [1 The City School (super<em>leader)]
2 Colgate university [1 BSS (free) + 1 AC]
4 Northeastern [3 Froebel’s (waleed1 - no aid) + 1 Roots + 1 Choueifat]
2 USC [1 Froebel’s (waleed1 - no aid) + 1 LAS (determined8899 - scholarship)]
1 Furman University (1 Roots - no aid)
5 MIT (1 Head start, Islamabad + 1 BSS Margalla + 2 St. Patrick’s + 1 LGS)
1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1 khan91)
2 U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [1 Govt Delhi Karachi + 1 LGS DHA (whenwillitend)]
47 McGill (1 BSS (nrmncpr) + 10 BSS + 15 LGS JT + 9 AC + 4 Roots + 5 Froebel’s + 3 St Patrick’s)
5 University of Cambridge (1 City PAF + 1 Roots + 2 KGS + 1 Froebel’s)
1 University of Oxford [1 Roots (MindHunter)]
12 LSE (alikarachi City PAF + nrmncpr BSS + 4 KGS + 3 St.Patrick’s + 1 Roots + 2 BSS)
6 Imperial College London (2 Roots(MindHunter) + 1 BSS + 3 Froebel’s)
16 U of Toronto (3 AC + 2 Roots + 6 BSS + 5 Froebel’s)
2 Depauw University (1 Roots + 1 KGS)
5 Lafayette College [1 khan91 (90% aid) + 1 AC + 1 Karpov (full aid) + 1 Roots + 1 BSS]
2 UCSD [1 BSS (nrmncpr) + 1 LAS]
2 Flordia Institute of Technology (1 Roots + 1 AC)
5 Syracuse (1 Froebel’s - no aid + 4 Roots - no aid)
1 Clarkson (1 Froebel’s - no aid)
3 UT Austin [1 Froebel’s + 1 AC (joiya550) + 1 St. Patrick’s]
4 Smith College (3 LGS DHA + 1 Froebel’s)
9 Cal Berkeley [4 BSS (incl. nrmncpr) + 2 LAS (incl. determined8899) + 2 KGS + 1 St. Patrick’s (SSK 91) + 1 LGS DHA(whenwillitend)]
6 UCLA [1 LAS + 1 AC (joiya550), + 1 BSS (nrmncpr) + 1 KAS, + 1 LAS (determined8899) + 1 LGS DHA (whenwillitend)]
3 Oberlin (1 Roots + 1 LAS + 1 BSS)
2 Duke [1 LAS (determined8899) + 1 LGS DHA]
6 UWaterloo (3 St. Patrick’s + 2 BSS + 1 AC)
8 University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivy (1 BSS + 1 Choueifat + 6 Froebel’s)
1 Dickinson (1 Roots - no aid)
2 Lehigh University [1 St. Patrick’s (ED) + 1 BSS]
5 University of British Columbia [2 Roots (incl. MindHunter) + 1 Choueifat + 2 Froebel’s]
3 University of Miami (3 Choueifat)
4 Babson College (3 LAS + 1 Choueifat)
4 Boston University (2 LAS + 1 Choueifat + 1 Froebel’s - Full tuition scholarship)
1 Penn State (1 Choueifat)
1 Drake (1 Roots)
1 Harvey Mudd (1 Roots)
1 F&M [1 AC (full aid)]
2 Mount Holyoke [2 Roots (53k aid)]
1 Manhattanville college (1 BSS - aid + scholarship)
1 University of Wisconsin-Madison [1 AC (joiya550 - no aid)]
3 University of Chicago [1 LAS (determined8899 - with aid) + 1 AC (with full aid) + 1 LGS DHA (whenwillitend)]
1 Washington University in St. Louis [1 LAS (determined8899, with aid)]
1 Rice University [1 LAS (determined8899 - with aid)]
6 University of Virginia [2 LAS + 1 AC (joiya550) + St. Patrick’s (SSK 91 - echol scholarship) + 1 alikarachi + 1 BSS]
1 Grinnell College (1 AC)
7 Northwestern [1 LAS (determined8899) + 3 KGS + 2 AC + 1 BSS]
1 BYU [1 Roots (talha</em>adnan)]
1 Claremont McKenna College (1 LAS)
1 University of Notre Dame [1 St. Patrick’s (SSK 91)]
1 Vanderbilt University [1 Froebel’s (waleed1)]
1 Denison University [1 Froebel’s]
1 Rhodes College [1 AVC (KrakenJack)]
2 Colgate [1 Free + 1 Roots (full aid met)]
1 Carleton (1 LGS DHA)
1 Barnard (1 LGS DHA)
1 Amherst (1 LGS DHA)
1 Tufts (1 Roots - 49k aid)
1 Cooper Union (St.Patrick’s-SSK 91)
1 Union college [1 BSS (full aid)]
2 Stony Brook [2 BSS (one on full aid)]
1 Texas A&M University at Qatar (Flibb)
1 Wesleyan University (BSS)</p>
<p>@Hunter: Here you go…</p>
<p>KARACHI
07/04/09 @ 05:00 to 07:00 pm @ Shalimar Hall PC Karachi</p>
<p>LAHORE
08/04/09 @ 05:00 to 07:00 pm @ PC Lahore</p>
<p>RAWALPINDI
09/04/09 @ 04:00 to 06:00 pm @ Conference Room # 1 - PC Rawalpindi</p>
<p>PESHAWAR
10/04/09 @ 03:00 to 05:00 pm @ PC Hotel Peshawar</p>
<p>P.s. None in Islamabad</p>
<p>And some other info that might prove useful…</p>
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<p>@ Thegame</p>
<p>Thanx boi… ANd i hope this is open for everyone? am I right? or do we have to register ourselves with any respective authority to be able to be a part of this guiding event?</p>
<p>Not sure. Contact Falcon directly.</p>
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<p>Oki thanx for da info! I was askin cuz my mocks are goin to suck big time! :p</p>
<p>Nice weather here in Lahore! :)</p>
<p>its rainin here :D</p>
<p>Good advise for people on the process of getting their F1 visa.</p>
<p>[Bank</a> Balance of $37,100 Without Student Loan?](<a href=“http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/bank-balance-student-visa-loan/]Bank”>http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/bank-balance-student-visa-loan/)</p>
<p>Yes, the title is reminiscent of Princeton Review :)</p>
<p>So, here it is.</p>
<p>Firstly, RELAX, what counts most is that you go in there on time and are confident. Bring your documents along, otherwise, rejected pile awaits you (yes, this happened there). </p>
<p>Move about confidently, be confident, and show no signs of nervousness (rather, don’t be nervous; its going to be a piece of cake, really!) You will be called into the interview room in the order you come to the room. Upon being called to the interview room, you will find a panel of four interviewers, three faculty members and the admissions executive. The interview will start with an introduction to the friendly aforementioned people who will be all warm and welcoming as long as you are confident and give occasional smiles :). Then, be prepared to tell a bit about yourself, and they might ask you questions regarding where you live, your environment, your school and so on. Also, your favorite subject, and how you liked the SSE test.</p>
<p>Following this each faculty member will ask questions by making diagrams on a paper and asking you about them. Interviews aside, the faculty were great! So, The faculty will ask questions regarding their own subjects. Things like equations might be worth knowing…like they asked me the Gravitational Force equation, the Centripetal force equation. Your conceptual knowledge will be tested, like why the moon doesn’t fall to the ground etc. After this they asked me about projectile motion, fairly simple things like draw a displacement time and velocity time graphs, and what happens to the acceleration of the ball while in motion.</p>
<p>Then came maths. Remember, they will be making most questions up on the spot so no use asking about their experiences <em>feels silly</em> :D. They made graphs and asked me to draw graphs of the derivatives of the functions represented. Chemistry person made a titration graph with three neutralization points, and helped me reason, until I realized it was a tri-basic acid! Yes, I know, I’m not so good!</p>
<p>After this was the nice part - stuff about yourself. They discussed my hobbies, the achievements i had written on my application, my essay, what I liked to do, my favorite book, movies, actors, how I liked the campus and so on… Then it was my turn to ask questions about LUMS, both academic and non-academic stuff. Thanks and we’ll let you know soon, nice meeting you, bye bye :)</p>
<p>They then take you to another room, and ask you to write a 150 word essay in 20 minutes. Topics were easy, like how I can contribute to the environment. Be sure to write good English, as you don’t want to end up taking remedial classes through out your first year!</p>
<p>And that was about it. I know this is too detailed, but isn’t that what I promised? 
Any questions, and you are most welcome to ask. Point to be noted, I really liked the engineering building, do check it out, and also the rest of the campus. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Thanx a lot flibb. Ur work is highly appreciated. Best of luck for ur result. ANd thanx again.</p>