Ve119, MS-Mech

Q. Why do you want to go to US for higher studies and not study in

India?

A. Firstly American education system is very flexible. The course of

normal duration 2 years can be completed in 18 months or some times even 15

months That would work to my advantage. I want to go for MS in Mechanical

Engineering with specialization in design. But you can’t really consider design in isolation. If you want to be perfect in design, you have to got to know something about Theory of Machines, Vibrations and other subjects.Because of flexible education system, I can take up some credits from design some credits from ToM and so on. Thirdly, ratio of professors to

students in American Universities is very high. Each professor teaches a small group of students and as a result everybody gets personalized attention. These all advantages of US education system are not available in India hence I want to go to US.

Q. But there are good institutes like IIT available in India? Why don’t

you pursue your studies there?

A. (To this question, don’t say that you are not good enough to make it

to IIT. I had prepared to say the same old things about better education

available in US. Find a good answer for this.)

Q. Why do you want to go to KSU?

A. (For this question, please collect some information from the

Internet about the research facilities available in the vicinity of University

you want to go to. You can always say that because of these research

facilities, quality of education is absolutely superb and some of the best talent

in the world is available there)

Apart from that, for KSU, my reasons were-

For graduate course, there are 70 students and 24 professors. That

means on an average, one professor teaches just three students.

I am interested in Design/TQM etc. Professors from KSU are specialized

in those areas. They have published a number of papers on these areas.

(Know some of the titles of the papers/ research done by professors in the

field of your interest.) So many areas of interest match with theirs.

Q. Why is your cousin sponsoring you?

A. My cousin is a businessman some and some 12 years ago, when he

started off his business, people were somewhat suspicious about the success of

his business and as a result nobody was ready to invest money in his

business. At that crucial moment, my father was the first person who invested

substantial money in his business. He is grateful because of that and

hence he is sponsoring me. (You can find a different answer for this.)

Q. What are your future plans?

(I had taken certificates from a local industry, which I owned by a

person with same surname as mine that they are ready to absorb me into their

business once I return.)

A.I will join the business of my other cousin after I return. I am very

much interested in teaching profession. There are 7 Engineering colleges

nearby. I would like to work as a Professor in any one of these.

Q. Then why are you working with IMS right now and not with that local

industry?

A. (In the certificate it was mentioned that the industry frequently

needs expert technical advice, which they have to obtain from consultants,

which costs them exorbitantly in terms of time and money. It was also

mentioned that their industry would be greatly benefited if I get deep technical

knowledge in advance counties like US) Right now, I am a BE and I am

not in a position to provide the kind of expert advice they are looking for.

In the mean time I got offer of teaching Math’s. I like teaching profession

and Math’s has been my passion right from my school days. So I joined IMS.

Some suggestions

a) Remember that they rely more on your words than the documents.

Just say, whatever you want to, slowly and clearly. Speak confidently.

b) If you take certificate from any industry, know something about

their industry

c) If they ask for financial statement, always start with your

strong point. For example take a case in which sponsor has annual income of 8

lakhs. This is obliviously a strong point. Suppose he has bank balance but

chunk of money is deposited only 15 days back. In such a case, first show the

IT returns. High annual income should and would impress them and they may

or may not ask for passbooks.

d) You may say that you are the only child for your parents and

that all the property is virtually yours.

e) If your sponsor is a business man know something about his

business like the products they manufacture, their annual turnover and so on

f) Think of all sorts of questions that could be asked to you.

Prepare your answers and rehears the thing before you go for visa