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Has everyone decided where they're off to this autumn?

Ah okay thank you! So sometime in the summer I'll have to go do the Visa interview, get the F-1 and then I'll be entering with F-1 status and can't go more than 30 days ahead? I'm just a little confused because the US Embassy websites have said that Canadians entering as students don't need a Visa, just the I-20? Thanks for all of your help!

Thanks so much! And it was fine for you to enter even after you completed the I-20 form?

Hi friends! I'm a Canadian student beginning my PhD in the US this fall and would really appreciate some help with a few questions! Perhaps @jujubea ? I've just submitted my I-20 form through the University of Pennsylvania (where I'll be attending) and am told that it takes about 3 weeks to process, after which I will be sent the Shipping E-Form. I just wanted to know whether I'll be able to travel to the US to visit over the summer, as I have a conference in May and will be looking for housing before I move? Are there any restrictions as to when I can/cannot travel before my program starts? I've read that you can't enter more than 30 days before the program starts but am wondering if I can go as a tourist with my passport? Should I wait to submit my Shipping Form until after I've travelled as a tourist? Any insight would be most appreciated!

Hi there! I applied to the History of Science programs at Yale, Penn, and Princeton, and to the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and McGill! I've also received a rejection from Yale, no news from the others but have interviewed with Penn. I think it's perhaps a safe assumption, given that they interview about 15 and admit between 4-6 but you never know what might happen!

Thank you - best of luck to you as well! And I have no idea re: the number of students who are interviewed. When speaking with another Ivy they said they usually have around 24 applicants and accept 3-4 students, so I would be shocked if Penn interviewed 20. I feel like I had read somewhere that they interview about 7 to 8 students but I can't recall. And broadly speaking I'm interested in history of biomedical knowledge within the twentieth century as it relates to the construction of diagnostic categories and cultural conceptualizations of disease, etc. What about you all?

Nice ! And thank you! They actually have you visit in the fall term before you apply. Yeah I think they're all quite competitive but it has definitely been a slight relief to have made it to the interview stage. Do any of the other schools you're applying to interview? And I'm at McGill! Whereabouts are you? Yes I got the same!

Johns Hopkins! And I also applied to Yale, Princeton, Toronto, McGill, then Penn and Hopkins. What about you? Any more intel for the interview?

Hi jazzman! First time posting on GradCafe (but I am a frequent lurker) and have also been asked to interview for Penn HSS. I've interview for one other PhD program this cycle, but it's my first time applying so don't really know much about the process either!