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i20 expiration - i mean how we have a date in I-20.. The last date till which you are expected to complete your studies.. hmm for example, for UCLA.. my MBA is from Sept 12th, 2008 to June 15th, 2010.

Thanks -so you are saying, I can enter US if my passport is valid for more than 6 months. Expiraion date of I-20 is not an issue. THANKYOU!

My passport is valid for more than a year and Indian embassy in Nepal will not renew my passport when it is still valid for a year. FYI : I am an Indian resident living in Nepal. I was on F1 and H1-B before and all my visa has been issued from Nepal itself.

I am very confused regarding my passport and visa expiration issue: I have read two different things on the validity of my passport: I have read that your passport needs to be valid for 6 months beyond your expected stay in us. Which is 2010 for me because I am going for my MBA. And somewhere it says that your passport needs to be valid for 6 months at the time of your visa interview.. I am not sure which one is right? My passport is valid for one more year that is till 2009 so it can't be renewed right now. What should I do?? Did anyone face any similar problem..

Thanks!!

thanks a lot.. What do you mean by S&T.. Sales and Trading?? I have been trying to get into the business side for a stock brokerage firm. My problem is that I am on H1 B visa and my visa is sponsored for IT function. Its really hard for me to find a sponsor for something other than IT especially since I graduated from a small state university. I have had instances where employers were like, you are a perfect fit but than they found someone who didn't need a sponsorship.. In my current company they have promised me they will let me to go to business side if I make their outsourcing successful and that doesnt seem to happen for atleast 4 months.. Its hard being Int'l.. If it were not for visa constraints, I'd have moved to business side of tech (marketing/sales) long time ago.. Can you suggest some schools that I have a decent shot at?

David, Thanks for such a wonderful service. I am in the similar boat like the dozen others and am not sure what to do.. May be you can help.. Here is my info: Started the whole journey last year and then decided I am better off waiting for one more year before starting Business school and here I am! Background: Born in small village in India. Moved to Nepal when I was a yr old. Did all my schooling in Nepal. I come from a very poor family and no one is educated so me completing high school was a big deal. (My dad’s studied the highest-8th grade). When I was starting my high school, dad started his own business and wanted me to be part of it. I helped him out for 2 yrs and then decided I need to study more. I wanted to get at least a college degree. Apart from working for my dad I used to work in small software firm in Nepal (ITNTI) as an administrative assistant. This is where I was introduced to computers and was fascinated by it. I decided I wanted to study further in computers but my family wanted me to look after the family business. I fought hard and when my dad didn’t give in, I pretty much got kicked out of the house. I got my visa, had saved enough money for my first semester and started my college. Supported myself throughout collge. In my second yr. In college I went to China with my dad for a major expansion of his business. He has moved from selling on the streets with me to managing 6 stores and an office in China. Education and Work Experience: Graduated with a 3.94 GPA from State University(Minnesota) at age of 20. Worked throughout the college and have held more than 15 jobs during college life. Got my internship at a big law firm and thus a full time job. Got promoted once within these 2 yrs(usual 5 yrs) and got interested in Business side of techonology. After getting tired to find something that would fit my professional needs, I decided to sell everything in MN and move to NYC. Now I work at Wall St in a QA dept. but really close to the Sales team and going to be joining the business side soon. 4.5 yrs of work experience before I get in the school. Community Involvement: PLENTY! From President to Social chair of various org group. Involved in couple of Non profit.. Have been on Executive board etc. Why I want my MBA or what do I want from my MBA? I want to do my MBA in International Business. I believe Techonology is the support function for business but not business itself. Hence, the business side of Technology is what excites me!! Intl Business Mgmt with Technology focus. GMAT: Q50, V40 - 740 Age: 25 Work Exp : 4.5 yrs full time Target schools: Haas, UCLA, and may be eveennnn Stanford.. Can you help me add to this list. Georgetown seems to be a good fit when I think of In't Business and Management.. Am I aiming too high?? My safety schools ??and my weaknesses that I would need to address the most? Thanks again

Hi.. I started the whole journey last year and then decided I am better off waiting for one more year before starting Business school and here I am! Background: Born in small village in India. Moved to Nepal when I was a yr old. Did all my schooling in Nepal. I come from a very poor family and no one is educated so me completing high school was a big deal. (My dad’s studied the highest-8th grade). When I was starting my high school, dad started his own business and wanted me to be part of it. I helped him out for 2 yrs and then decided I need to study more. I wanted to get at least a college degree. Apart from working for my dad I used to work in small software firm in Nepal (ITNTI) as an administrative assistant. This is where I was introduced to computers and was fascinated by it. I decided I wanted to study further in computers but my family wanted me to look after the family business. I fought hard and when my dad didn’t give in, I pretty much got kicked out of the house. I got my visa, had saved enough money for my first semester and started my college. Supported myself throughout collge. In my second yr. In college I went to China with my dad for a major expansion of his business. He has moved from selling on the streets with me to managing 6 stores and an office in China. Education and Work Experience: Graduated with a 3.94 GPA from State University(Minnesota) at age of 20. Worked throughout the college and have held more than 15 jobs during college life. Got my internship at a big law firm and thus a full time job. Got promoted once within these 2 yrs(usual 5 yrs) and got interested in Business side of techonology. After getting tired to find something that would fit my professional needs, I decided to sell everything in MN and move to NYC. Now I work at Wall St in a QA dept. but really close to the Sales team and going to be joining the business side soon. 4.5 yrs of work experience before I get in the school. Community Involvement: PLENTY! From President to Social chair of various org group. Involved in couple of Non profit.. Have been on Executive board etc. Why I want my MBA or what do I want from my MBA? I want to do my MBA in International Business. I believe Techonology is the support function for business but not business itself. Hence, the business side of Technology is what excites me!! Intl Business Mgmt with Technology focus. GMAT: Q50, V40 - 740 Age: 25 Work Exp : 4.5 yrs full time Target schools: Haas, UCLA, and may be eveennnn Stanford.. Can you help me add to this list. Georgetown seems to be a good fit when I think of In't Business and Management.. Am I aiming too high?? My safety schools ??and my weaknesses that I would need to address the most? Thanks again

April 10th.. real exam.. I am happy for you .. but I am very pissed at the same time.. wow.. can this shit not go more wrong for me

hmm. i dont like this.. i got 47(82 percentile)Q and 35(76 percentile) V... ended up with 660.. life a *****!!

yes.. you are rightt.. I was dejected for a bit but I am not going to let this dissapoint me. I am going to work much harder and next time I am gonna beat the beast.. btw. congratulations on your superb effort!

sorry.. was very dissapointed.. so didn't post.. I got a mere 660 :(

April 10th is way too close.. SCARY!

Got 690 on my second GMATPrep that I took this weekend.. Not happy with the score but was distracted during my Math section when the virus scan started and slowed everything down :(.. I am planning to uninstall and install my GMATPrep's and take two tests this weekend.. I really want to cross that 700 mark!!.. For some reason I find Kaplan a lot easier than GMATPrep's.. I wish it was the other way round

An update.. took my GMAT Ultimate practice test from Kaplan.. got a 700.. not bad.. but nothing to be proud of.. Math was easier compared to the GMATPrep.. Need to work hard.. very hard.. in next 2 weeks.. April 10th is the DDay... ..

lesson learnt!!

so.. you have gotten 48 in Verbal.. BRAVO!!!.. you dont need to worry then.. Its fools like me, who need to get their act straight and start studying.. I am giving one more GMATPrep this weekend.. Lets see where does that take me

"constellation of small islands", so I think we need "it"..

Okay.. good place to vent.. I started off by giving Kaplan.. scored 690, 680, 610, and 670.. not bad for Kaplan scores.. I was getting confident that I will score good on GMAT.. So, last week I took GMATPrep.. To my horror some of the questions were really tough and.. I scored only 640.. People say that, GMATPrep reflects your score on GMAT, than I have lot of work to do. There are hoards of people who score 720 and above on GMATPrep.. 640 It seems that Quant is much harder and though I have good basics in Quant, I was having a hard time figuring out few questions..I got 12 quant questions wrong, my score in verbal was 47.. I got 13 Verbal questions wrong and my score in verbal was 29.. I dont know why.. As much as I dont want to believe that GMAT is about luck, I can't help but am forced to think like that. You can get hard questions right and GMAT might not even take that into consideration.

April 10th is my DDAY.. lalalalala..m scared!!!!

I dont think "it" has a clear referrent in A. I'd go for D..

I agree with use of past participle.. .but I think we need "which" too.. IMO, A

I would like to differ. m-3 is an even integer.. so what if m = 1.. then, m-3 = -2 which is still an even integer.. (Negative)