首先在1或2处交必要材料:I20,DS,Sevis,收据,护照等。然后就等着叫号按指纹,再叫一次就是面谈了。我等了好久好久,才轮到我取指纹。顺序是先左后右,食指。那个大妈真的就像传说中的那么可爱,非常客气和礼貌。还没等我开口,就是一句 Good morning, sir! 弄得我那是心花怒放。取指纹后,她还会说 Very nice! 她的态度真的是比那些中国的工作人员好的多的多。
MM: 你去美国干什么?
ME: Pursue the Phd in Engineering Mechanics at *.
MM: 申请了多少学校?
ME: seven.
MM:都是什么学校?
ME: 哦! OSU, Drexel, Michigan, Northwestern and RPI.
MM: 什么RPI?
ME: This one. This university also gave me an offer. I don't know the word(指Renss...)
MM: 你的简历
ME: Resume? (心想,这么快就要check我)
MM: 是的,你带来了吗?
ME: Yes. This is my Resume and this is my publications.
ME: (看她不说话,为了避免冷场)My research is in Computational Mechanics. We use computer and numerical methods to solve mechanics problems. It is quite important in civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
MM: (点头,突然转换话题,估计是不想与我纠缠学术问题,听我讲课,正中我下怀)去过美国吗?
ME: No.
MM: 你喜欢美国的生活吗?(大概是,实在没有听懂)
ME: Yes.(立刻反应出来入陷阱了,如果这个真的是陷阱的话,所以 ...)But I like * University more. Because it is a good university and the group of * there is very active.
MM: 你会在八月份去?I20表格上是这么写的。
ME: Yes. In the mid August.
MM: Congratulations!(递出白条)
ME: Thank you very much!
总的来说,签证形势很好,今天一天120个人,估计拿到签证的应该有80-100吧。F1估计两三个,大部队还没有到。Good luck to everyone!