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got the visa man! Thanks for the insights.

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Hey thanks for the response, that helped calm my nerves. I just have a few other questions: 1)What if the counselor officer asks me: "You just came back after your BS degree. You stayed in your home country for a year and now why are you going back again so soon?" 2)What if I am asked: "What will you do if your visa is refused?" 3)Is it a problem if I have a relative living in the US ? -thanks

So I have been accepted for my doctorate program (CS) @ a reputed US University for fall 2010. The only thing left is the visa interview. I was wondering if anyone could provide me insights about the process. (F1 visa). I already have a B.S. degree from the USA, therefore had had the F1 visa stamp on my passport. After completion I had returned to my home country. Now I am trying to go back. Can this be a problem? I would like to know what are the things that I need to look out for and what could potentially lead to issues during the process? also how to avoid such issues. thanks.

Thanks for the advice man.. I followed it up with a phone call and still got the same reply "no decision has been made... no tentative date". Next emailed the professor.. he has been very supportive and responsive thus far... within 10 mins of emailing him, he emailed back with a forward message from the admissions "no decision has been made, yet." haha...ouch, delaware.

So I have been already accepted into the doctorate program of my 2nd preference school. But I still haven't heard from my first preference(U of Delaware). I wrote an email to the graduate admissions office on April 15th asking them if there was any update with my application status. I received a reply on April 18th, saying that: "Thank you for your application to our program. No decision has yet been made. You will be notified once a decision has been made. We thank you for your patience during the decision process." April is about to end and I am starting to feel a little uncomfortable. The results section on this forum shows that some people have heard back from Delaware (CS dept) - around the April 12th, 23rd & 26th. What should I do?

Hey, I am still waiting to hear back from another school, but for now I am leaning towards Oregon (computer science).

I have only heard one positive reply out of the 5 schools that I had applied to (still waiting on 2). Out of the remaining 2 schools, is the University that I would really like to go to. That being said, previously I wasn't aware of this written release form. So, just to safe guard myself I have already accepted the offer from my only acceptance. I wish I had read this thread earlier. For instance if I do hear back positively from my top priority, what do I do? (I am an international student, less familiar with the US schooling system, hence could I get less frowned upon for asking to back out? heh)

have you already heard back from Delaware? I am still waiting. Personally I feel Del. has a really progressive computer science dept with relation to current novel concepts.

Yes, I understand the concept of subjective preference in terms of research interest compatibility. But what I had meant to ask was reviews (if possible) about individual departments and respective faculty at the 3 mentioned computer science depts. But thanks anyways;)

Thanks. I did already check there. I was just hoping to get some personal feedback. Just in case I believe that rankings always don't tell the correct picture... if you know what i mean.

So I understand that it depends on the subjective individual to choose what best suits him/her. But I would like a generalized opinion on which Computer science dept is ranked higher out of the following schools: University at Buffalo - Suny University of Delaware University of Oregon I would greatly appreciate your opinions.

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Hello, - I am an international student with a BS degree in computer networks and security from a US university. - I have applied for the PhD program for FALL 2010 semester at 5 different US universities. - I was wondering, if for example I don't meet the conditions to be accepted as a PhD student, do Universities automatically give me a chance to prove myself by deferring me to the MS program? or does my application get thrown into the ignore pile? - Please help. thanks