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  1. Thank you for this thread! I hope everyone tries to find some way to destress during this difficult situation.

    I am so, so frustrated. The US embassy in my country has suspended visa applications, and I'm not sure how I'll get to graduate school by August with this coronavirus situation. I can imagine so many barriers on top of my family: acquiring a visa, quarantine, healthcare, etc. I just don't know what to do, and I feel so helpless. :(

  2. 18 hours ago, coffeelyf said:

    First off, congrats on your acceptance!

    Only speaking from my personal experience as an international student in the US. Immediately after undergrad (in the US), I was offered a temporary teaching job which required a background check (I think this is simply part of the process for teaching jobs). The employer simply sent me a form email with a link to their background check provider, in which I filled in my name and a few other information (can't recall exactly) and a few weeks later they sent me a paper copy of my "background check" which was a few pages long and didn't contain any notable information because I had no criminal record or any record really... I didn't really know anything throughout that process at all, and I was an international student for 4 years in the US at that point. Yes, the background check checks for criminal and disciplinary records. 

    I have no idea how that would work if you have not lived in the US. Probably something to check with the department/admissions about. 

     

    Thank you so much for your helpful response, especially given we're in the same situation! I don't have any criminal or even any record, so there should be almost nothing to worry about, I'm guessing?

    Again, thank you! :)

  3. I received an offer letter that said "you have been awarded a graduate teaching assistantship ... pending an acceptable background check," and I would like to ask what that would entail of, particularly for an international student if the case is different for non-American students. Would a background check be checking of criminal and disciplinary records, as well as employment fact-checking?

    Thank you!

  4. 7 minutes ago, ecemag said:

    Dear Ms. X seems pretty safe. 

    I personally use "Greetings Ms. X" or similar. It all depends on you style. Either way is appropriate and respectful.

    I generally close with "Regards, John" or "Regards, John Doe"

     

    Thanks so much for your helpful reply! "Greetings Ms. X," sounds more adult, so I'll borrow that. Again, thanks!

  5. I just finished an interview with the director of my top choice program, and I have said that I would email the director my certificate of achievement and final transcript. I recently took the TOEFL and received a higher score from before. Would it be all right to send it in the email as well (I want a better chance of being awarded a GTA)?

    Thanks!

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