snap

Thanks for the info. I am a little curious here and do have a few questions for you: 1. Are you from Turkey? (i guess the answer is yes). 2. Can someone who only speaks english study there (i.e .ive tehre for a year) if willing to learn some Turkish but not much. thanks in advance.

I am afraid I do not have a concrete answer but am posting with whatever information I have which might not be very helpful. That said, I also feel sympathy towards your situation being an international student myself. From my experience of being in undergrad student here ins US. I think you have a right to switch schools whenever you want. It is common for people to switch schools after 1 yr or semester. However, since you might run into a situation where you will have to switch before you come over, you might have some immigration issues. I am guessing you might have to ask the us embassy to issue you a new copy of your visa indicating the new school you are attending. From my experience, the school you are attending should help you stay informed on such issues. Also, don't bother asking the international student advisor at the school you are declining for help, they will just ignore you. But do ask the other schools who you are waiting to hear form, let them know your situation and they must be able to give you some tip. Here is my tip: Get a i:20 when you can, apply for a visa, if you get a new i:20 before your interview you should be fine, if after the new schools and the consulate should be able to help you. About your thought on making a bad impression about students from your country. It is very likely that professors will judge future applications based on their experience with students form the same region/country. But logically they should be able to understand (given the big brains they have). I advise you not to tell your i-20 issuing school about this whole plan until you are 200% sure you are going to switch. Once you have made your decision u should politely let them know and they will have to understand. My best wishes for you.

Congrats frankdux. u r giving hope to all of us.

Why do they even ask such questions?

I think, the school who just processed ur i-20 is the only one who can do anything about it, coz thats how the "sevis" system works. So u will have to ask the school who jsut processsed ur i-20 to send an i-20 forward form to the new school.

Cooper or no coper, i was sad. I hear u though.

This particular letter came to me in a dream last week. " Dear Snap, We are sorry, unfortunately you are the only applicant we could not accept this year. Universtiy of Vermont. " The letter was painted (in huge letters) on the back of a Mini Cooper they send me.

If u are asking me, Im a wannabe. Would love to, but still waiting admission decisions. :!:

sorry to hear that.

I would love to find any outside funding for intl studensts in US. I have a US undergrad degree, 2 acceptances into Masters programs. 1 Biology and 1 Bioinformatics, both of which I will have to decline because they gave me very little or no funding. In my experience, applying to PHD is our best bet. I will put a word out if I find something productive, but so far every search just makes me more frustrated.

Yea the deadline was March 1st. I was googling for UVM biochem admission stuff when i came across ur post (thats how i found thegradcafe). I am hopeful until I get a NO (in bold letters).

I should probably not post here, but I will anyway. I did my undergrad @ Plattsburgh(yea nobodys heard of it) which is right across the lake from Burlington. I have been around Burlington and UVM a little, lively city (or town idk) which is really close to nature with all the mountains and lake Champlain by it. I am sure you guys will enjoy the outdoors as well the city itself. I wish you guys good luck.

Im still waiting on University of Vermont. You would think they would let u know by may in the least.

Yo, I am waiting as well to hear from University of Vermont. I called admissions, they said the department havent decided. called the department, they never pick up.

I do not have an answer but I am still waiting as well. for Phd Biochemsitry. "pashupathi nath le hamro rakhsya garun"

I feel bad for you zitch. I am a international student myself and I dont want anyone else to go through all the nunecessary troubles I am going through. here is my story, I applikd to university X, deadline March 1st. (late...ok) and havent yet heard from them. When I call the admissions, they are polite (maybe im posting it on the wrong thread) and ask me to call the department coz they havent heard from the department yet. When I call the department, i always get their voicemail which is kinda annoying, so i gave up calling and all hope. rude or not rude, definitely frustrating.

Congrats, i have been following your story, good news to my ears. about me: BS biochem from State University of New York GPA 3.5, w/ honors. major GPA 3.4 GRE, 300s verbal, 700s quant, %20s on essay ( * s word) applied to : UVM Biochem phd and RIT Bioinfo MS accepted: RIT ( i dont know why i didnt apply to more, im always learning things the hard way i guess)