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MBA Admission Process for USA

Masters Admission Process for USA

Undergraduate Admission Process for USA

Step-wise MBA Admission process for USA:

STEP 1 of Admission process for USA:

RESEARCH on and SHORTLIST your list of US MBA programs. For a list of over 300 US MBA programs with their approximate tuition cost and GMAT requirement, check MBA in USA

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right US MBA programs based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE MBA options for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) MBA programs

STEP 2:

BOOK TEST DATES for your GMAT and TOEFL or IELTS. Generally, students do the research on schools after knowing their GMAT score. We recommend you do it the other way round. Ideally, your GMAT preparation should go alongside your B-School shortlisting. Learn it all here about GMAT, TOEFL and IELTS

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right B-Schools concurrently providing you reasons on why you should select the specific MBA programs

STEP 3:

POPULATE the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and COLLECT admission documents that include sealed transcript (from your degree college - as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan - front and last page), marksheets (all - scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), work experience letter (s), etc. Check out the full list of documents required for applying to US Universities.

Our help: We will populate the requirement for each MBA program that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. Information includes Graduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed, GMAT/TOEFL Codes, Address to post any document, Essay questions, SOP requirements, and anything that we feel will be very useful to you - saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process for USA ).

We will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. Our will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. Our counselors will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities. We also help you with your credential evaluation (WES or ECE).

Note on Credential Evaluation in Admission process for USA:

Some universities may ask for an “academic credential evaluation” or a “course by course evaluation”. This needs to be done through WES or ECE, as required by the university.  You will have to send your academic documents to these bodies who, for a fee of between $150-200, will convert your scores to the US 4.0 GPA system. They will then report these scores to the universities you ask them to for an additional fee.

STEP 4:

Begin ONLINE or PAPER Applications for each University. REGISTER your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most top US B-Schools prefer online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email - no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has started’ with the recommendation submission or has completed’ the recommendation letter submission process

Our help: We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. We discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. Our experts edit any content that you wish us to look at. We keep check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission

STEP 5:

WRITE your ESSAYS or Personal Statement. Each University may ask you to write from 1 to 4 essays. Thus, if you are applying to 8 #BSchools you may end up writing about 18 to 24 essays. Many Universities also have video interviews, or creative essays (eg. PPT presentation). Essay writing will be the longest process. Top MBA programs are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream MBA program

Our Help: We do limitless iterations to the essays. Every essay is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. US essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. For creative essays, we come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. For video interviews, we provide mock sessions (over skype, facetime or face-to-face). We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6:

Check and SUBMIT each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline. REPORT your GMAT and TOEFL scores online through the testing agencies (eg. ETS). Your US BSchool should receive the online score report before the application deadline. POST your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University

STEP 7:

FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - some US Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. We help you solve any issues that come up. Our experts will help you with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. We keep sharing any useful information or opportunities that come up

STEP 8:

INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. Most top MBA programs require you to attend an interview, which could be over skype, telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be alumni interviews

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. We have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular business school. We offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips.

STEP 9:

FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.) 

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your MBA applications to the current time)

STEP 10:

PAY the required deposit as required by the University 

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11:

I20. Finish the I20 request form and send it to the University (online or by post). If you have finalized on joining a University that did not request for your financial documents during the application stage will ask you to send them these documents now

 Our Help: We help you with guiding you on filling the form correctly

STEP 12:

VISA. Pay the SEVIS fee. Prepare your financial documents for the F1 visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview by the US embassy is compulsory. Prepare well

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the F1 visa form and taking the US student visa appointment. We conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview

Step 13:

BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations)

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible with all of the above

STEP 14:

FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the USA, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the USA. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is - stay connected!

Once you reach safely, do drop us a line of text or email. We’d love to hear from you!

Our success speaks about admission process for USA:

• 100% of our Business Applicants obtain admissions in USA
• Over 70% of our students secure admission into the Top 50 US B-schools
• Above 50% of our students also obtain admission into the Top B-schools Worldwide
• Over 50% of our MBA students obtain university scholarship/student loans on admissions
• In the last 3 years, 100% of our Business Applicants have obtained their visas.

Step-wise MS Admission process for USA:

STEP 1 of Admission process for USA:

RESEARCH on and SHORTLIST your list of US Universities for your selected area of interest/major. For a list of MS programs you can study in US, check out our MS in US section

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right MS programs at the right US Universities based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE Universities for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) US Universities.

STEP 2:

BOOK TEST DATES for your GRE and TOEFL or IELTS. Generally, students do the research on schools after knowing their GRE score. We recommend you do it the other way round. Ideally, your GRE preparation should go alongside your University shortlisting. Learn it all here about GRE, TOEFL and IELTS

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right Universities concurrently

STEP 3:

POPULATE the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and COLLECT admission documents that include sealed transcript (from your degree college - as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan - front and last page), marksheets (all - scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), work experience letter (s), etc. Many US Universities now even ask for a credential evaluation (WES evaluation or ECE evaluation). Check out the full list of documents required for applying to US Universities

 Our help: We will populate the requirement for each University that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. Information includes Graduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed, GMAT/TOEFL Codes, Address to post any document, Essay questions, SOP requirements (each University will want to see some specific information in your SOP), and anything that we feel will be very useful to you - saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process).

We will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. Our experts will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities. We also help you with your WES evaluation.

Note on Credential Evaluation in admission process for USA:

Some universities may ask for an “academic credential evaluation” or a “course by course evaluation”. This needs to be done through WES or ECE, as required by the university.  You will have to send your academic documents to these bodies who, for a fee of between $150-200, will convert your scores to the US 4.0 GPA system. They will then report these scores to the universities you ask them to for an additional fee.

STEP 4:

Begin ONLINE or PAPER Applications for each University. REGISTER your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most US Universities prefer the online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email - no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has started’ with the recommendation submission or has completed’ the recommendation letter submission process

Our help: We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. We discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. Also, we edit any content that you wish us to look at. Moreover, we check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission

STEP 5:

WRITE your PERSONAL STATEMENT (or STATEMENT OF PURPOSE) and/or ESSAYS. Each University may ask you to write either an SOP or up to 3 essays. Some Universities may want you to submit an Academic Statement as well as a Personal Statement. Thus, if you are applying to 8 US Universities you may end up customizing about 12 to 14 statements. Many Universities also have video interviews. Essay writing will be the longest process. Top MS programs are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream US University for pursuing your Masters in US

 Our Help: We do limitless iterations to the Statement of Purpose (SOP), Personal Statement, Academic Statement or Essays. Every statement is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We help you customize it for each University. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. US essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. We come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. For video interviews, we provide mock sessions (over skype, facetime or face-to-face). We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6:

Check and SUBMIT each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline. REPORT your GRE and TOEFL scores online through the testing agencies (eg. ETS). Your selected US University should receive the online score report before the application deadline. POST your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

 Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University.

STEP 7:

FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - some US Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

 Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. Admitworld help you solve any issues that come up. Our experts will help you with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. Regularly, we keep sharing any useful information or opportunities that come up.

STEP 8:

INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. While many US Universities for MS programs do not require an interview, several top Universities for MS Universities require you to attend an interview over skype or through a telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be alumni interviews 

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. We have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular US Universities. Our experts offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips.

STEP 9:

FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.) 

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your MS applications to the current time)

STEP 10:

PAY the required deposit as required by the University 

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11:

I20. Finish the I20 request form and send it to the University (online or by post). If you have finalized on joining a University that did not request for your financial documents during the application stage will ask you to send them these documents now

Our Help: We help you with guiding you on filling the form correctly

STEP 12:

VISA. Pay the SEVIS fee. Prepare your financial documents for the F1 visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview by the US embassy is compulsory. Prepare well

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the F1 visa form and taking the US student visa appointment. We conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview.

STEP 13:

BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations)

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible with all of the above.

STEP 14:

FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the USA, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the USA. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is - stay connected!

Once you reach safely, do drop us a line of text or email. We’d love to hear from you!

 Our success speaks:

• 100% of our MS applicants secure admissions in USA
• Over 70% of our students secure admission into the Top 50 US Universities
• Around 50% of our students secure admission into Top 30 ranked program for specific department ranking
• Over 50% of our MS students obtain university scholarship/student loans on admissions
• In the last 3 years, 100% of our applicants have obtained their F1 Visa. Our overall visa success rate is near 99%

Step-wise Undergraduate Admission process for USA:

STEP 1 of admission process for USA:

RESEARCH on and SHORTLIST your list of US Universities for your selected area of interest/major

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right US Universities based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, anticipated SAT or ACT scores and more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE Universities for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) US Universities. Tip: Select your Universities based on your major. Most students tend to select Universities simply based on US University rankings. So while NYU, Harvard, UPenn, MIT and such Universities are great at whatever they teach, there are also Colleges like Harvey Mudd College, Pomona College, Middlesbury College and such top Colleges that are great study places.

STEP 2:

BOOK TEST DATES for your SAT, SAT II and TOEFL or IELTS. Generally, students do the research on schools after knowing their SAT score. We recommend you do it the other way round. Ideally, your SAT or ACT preparation should go alongside your University shortlisting. Learn it all here about SAT, SAT II, TOEFL and IELTS.

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right US Colleges concurrently. Tip: Validity of SAT test or ACT test is 5 years. Its best to prepare for SAT or ACT during your holidays after 10^th std. or as soon as you finish your 11^th std. 

IBDP students must definitely avoid doing SAT during year 2 of studies since everything will then fall around November ie. application deadlines for US application, extended essay submission deadline, pre-term examinations, preparation for the final examinations.

STEP 3:

POPULATE the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and COLLECT admission documents that include sealed transcript (from School or Junior College - as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan - front and last page), mark sheets (all since grade 9 - scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), community service letters, etc. Ensure that you have clearly understood the application deadline for each University and whether you are going to use the 1) Early Decision (ED) Plan. 2) Early Action(EA) Plan or 3) the Regular Decision(RD) Plan. To know more about ED, EA, RD, refer to our Bachelors in USA section. Check out the full list of documents required for applying to US Universities

 Our help: We will populate the requirement for each University that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. We will help you decide whether you should opt for ED, EA or RD for each University. Information we provide to you includes Undergraduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed, SAT Codes, Address to post any document, Essay questions for all your selected US Universities, SOP requirements (if any) (each University will want to see some specific information in your SOP), and anything that we feel will be very useful to you - saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process and School/College education).

Additional Help about Admission process for USA:

Our counselors will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. Our experts will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. Moreover, we will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities.

Your School counsellor or (Junior) College counsellor upload / update your School reports, predicted grades, recommendation, etc. You must however ensure that you are well within deadlines and you leave enough time for your school counsellor to finish the process.

STEP 4:

Begin ONLINE or PAPER Applications for each University. REGISTER your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most US Universities prefer the online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email - no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has ‘started’ with the recommendation submission or has ‘completed’ the recommendation letter submission process.

Typically, you will be looking at the following methods of freshmen applications to US Universities:

1. COMMON APPLICATION through which you can apply to over 500 US Universities. Some names include: New York University (NYU), University of Southern California (USC), Boston University (BU), University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and many more.
2. UC APPLICATION through which you can apply to all Universities under the University of California umbrella which include UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UC Irvine and more.
3. UTEXAS through which you can apply to mostly all popular Universities in Texas including University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Texas A&M University and others.
4. DIRECT standalone applications where you will apply separately and not through any Common App System to Universities like University of Wisconsin Madison, Indiana University Bloomington and many more.
5. PAPER applications where some US Universities prefer that you apply in the paper form. For mostly all pathway programs, you will be using paper application method.

Our help: You can see above that the process is tedious. Our application grid, timelines that we prepare for you all help you in ensuring that you are not missing on any deadlines. We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. As we discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. Also, we edit any content that you wish us to look at. Moreover, we check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission.

STEP 5:

WRITE your ESSAYS and/or PERSONAL STATEMENT (or STATEMENT OF PURPOSE). Each University may ask you to write either an SOP or up to 3-4 essays (topical). Thus, if you are applying to 8 US Universities you may end up customizing about 18 to 24 essay statements. Essay writing will be the longest process. Top US Universities are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream US University for pursuing your undergraduate study in the US

Our Help: We do limitless iterations to your Essays, Statement of Purpose (SOP), Personal Statement, Academic Statement. Every statement is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We help you customize it for each University. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. US essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. We come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6:

Check and SUBMIT each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline. REPORT your SAT and ACT scores online through the testing agencies. Your selected US University should receive the online score report before the application deadline. POST your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University

STEP 7:

FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - some US Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. Admitworld help you solve any issues that come up. Also, with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. Regularly, we keep sharing any useful information or opportunities as and when they come up.

STEP 8:

INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. Many top US Universities require you to attend an interview over skype or through a telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews conducted by their Alumni. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be informal alumni interviews 

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. Our experts have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular US Universities. With that we offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips. And we help you raise the bar!

STEP 9:

FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.)

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your undergraduate applications to the current time)

STEP 10:

PAY the required deposit as required by the University

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11:

I20. Finish the I20 request form and send it to the University (online or by post). If you have finalized on joining a University that did not request for your financial documents during the application stage will ask you to send them these documents now

Our Help: We help you with guiding you on filling the form correctly

STEP 12:

VISA. Pay the SEVIS fee. Prepare your financial documents for the F1 visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview by the US embassy is compulsory. Prepare well

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the F1 visa form and taking the US student visa appointment. We conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview

Step 13:

BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations)

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible through the admission process for USA

STEP 14:

FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the USA, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the USA. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is - stay connected!

Once you reach safely, do drop us a line of text or email. We’d love to hear from you!

Our success speaks about admission process for USA:

• 100% of our applicants have obtained admissions in USA for their undergraduate studies
• Over 70% of our students secure admission into the Top 50 US Schools
• Around 50% of our student join Top 30 ranked programs for their specific program department
• Over 50% of our students obtain university scholarship on admissions
• In the last 3 years, 100% of our undergraduate applicants have obtained their visas—our overall visa success rate is near 99%