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F-1 Visa renewing after completing 1st semester in Ph.D Comp.Sci - Need advise
Hi All,
I came to U.S in 2010 to pursue my undergraduate and I completed my degree in May 2014. In my last semester in my UG I worked on a research and my professor liked my research work, so he recommended me in the department to give Ph.D admission. I am admitted to Ph.D for Fall 2014 in the same school and I am thinking to go back to India in coming December to renew my VISA.
My Question is :
Since I will complete only first semester in Ph.D I will not have grades in the transcript except the research credit that I took in this Summer, so do you think is there any chance that VO will ask my UG transcript ?.
I am worrying about that because, in my first year in UG I couldn't make good progress in academic but I tried hard to raise my GPA, so when I graduated my GPA is 3.0 and my Comp.Sci GPA is 3.2, but I got into Dean's List in Fall 2013. Also, I can get strong recommendation letter from my adviser stating the quality of my research work and progress, and from the department as well. Moreover, I am planning to publish a research paper by end of this year before I leave. So do you think these stuffs will help ?
I am really scared because of my low GPA in UG, and worrying will that problem cause the rejection? And I cannot fix that problem, so do you think I can explain the situation? is there are chances to get approved? I will appreciate if you can give me some advise.
Thanks
~Sanjay.
I came to U.S in 2010 to pursue my undergraduate and I completed my degree in May 2014. In my last semester in my UG I worked on a research and my professor liked my research work, so he recommended me in the department to give Ph.D admission. I am admitted to Ph.D for Fall 2014 in the same school and I am thinking to go back to India in coming December to renew my VISA.
My Question is :
Since I will complete only first semester in Ph.D I will not have grades in the transcript except the research credit that I took in this Summer, so do you think is there any chance that VO will ask my UG transcript ?.
I am worrying about that because, in my first year in UG I couldn't make good progress in academic but I tried hard to raise my GPA, so when I graduated my GPA is 3.0 and my Comp.Sci GPA is 3.2, but I got into Dean's List in Fall 2013. Also, I can get strong recommendation letter from my adviser stating the quality of my research work and progress, and from the department as well. Moreover, I am planning to publish a research paper by end of this year before I leave. So do you think these stuffs will help ?
I am really scared because of my low GPA in UG, and worrying will that problem cause the rejection? And I cannot fix that problem, so do you think I can explain the situation? is there are chances to get approved? I will appreciate if you can give me some advise.
Thanks
~Sanjay.
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