Token - B21
Counter - 23
I totally trusted Lord Venkateswara Swamy. With complete faith on Him, I entered the Consulate.
He just opened the counter and I'm the first person in my counter, that too first batch of the day. So, he interviewed me for 10 minutes. For other counters and all, they are doing less than 5 minutes.
Me: Hi, good morning sir!
VO: Good morning, your I-20, SEVIS fee receipt and Passport please.
VO: Which University?
Me: Lamar University
VO: Major?
Me: Computer Science
VO: Is your undergraduate course also Computer Science?
Me: No, Electronics but I have been working in the field related to computers.
VO: Where are you working?
Me: xxxxx Solutions.
VO: Are you &^%$# your company?
Me: (Actually, I didn't understand that particular word. So, said...) Excuse me
VO: (He again repeated same sentence)
Me: (I again didn't understand and started saying about my job, related work... VO interrupted)
VO: Are you quitting your company? (Initially, instead of the word "quit," he used some other word which I didn't understand.)
Me: (I scared a lot at this moment.) Yes sir, I'm quitting my job.
VO: Your company is good. Then why are you quitting? Is it necessary to quit now and study?
Me: My life ambition is to become Computer Architect. For that, Masters along with research program is mandatory. So, if I have degree from reputed US University, I can achieve my goal easily.
VO: What work do you do?
Me: Sir, I'm an ETL Developer. I write a program in Informatica to ensure ETL process.
VO: Ohhh! You work in Informatica? Good! Why Lamar?
Me: Lamar is old university... (VO interrupted)
VO: What do you mean by old?
Me: In old universities, they will maintain the standards like good quality education, professor teaching standards, big library, good laboratory infrastructures... (again interrupted)
VO: What infrastructure laboratories for Computer Science required?
Me: Sir, Computer Science needs updated Networks Laboratory, Programming labs. Also Lamar is awarded 'A' rating by American Council of Trustees and Alumni among 735 universities. They awarded this to only 16 universities.
VO: What are the other 16?
Me: (Shocked! Thought, what kind of question is this? And started saying...) Kent State University, University of New Orleans... (Actually these are the other universities what I already applied. Luckily, VO interrupted at the second university name.)
VO: Why not Kent?
Me: Even I applied for Kent also. Since the research program "Data Fusion Assurance Method" is going on at Lamar under the Professor Dr. S. Makki, where I am interested to participate in, I preferred Lamar.
VO: What are the subjects you are going to study?
Me: Computer Networks, Advanced Operating Systems, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Microcomputers, Database Management Systems... (VO interrupted)
VO: (said golden words...) Your Visa has been approved! Happy stay in US.
Me: Thank you very much sir, you made my day...!
VO has not asked any question related to financial matters. He kept on asking me about education details only.
The main thing I noticed is that delivering spontaneous answers with confidence is very important.
GRE - 293
UG - 70%
Backlogs - none
Work experience - 4 years
University - Lamar University
Major - Computer Science