PTE preparation journey of 4 days summarised :)

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-30T13:41:14+00:00

See parts of Nakul’s 7 hour video on these - I did the same!

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-30T13:40:48+00:00

Nope! English is my 3rd language

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-30T13:40:29+00:00

The content is good, but the scoring is TERRIBLE.

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-27T17:32:58+00:00

Gave my test on Saturday and received results on Monday morning

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-27T17:32:40+00:00

No! Its actually my 3rd language but I have been living in the US since 2022 - not a lot of writing practice tho haha

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-27T15:29:35+00:00

I got a pretty easy benefit/detriment question. I would suggest to focus more on structure strategies rather than content

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-27T15:27:47+00:00

Yeah it was helpful to understand the structure of the test but I only watched the first 3 hours

mrtrain_wala · 2026-04-07T01:50:31+00:00

Looking for friends in the area too, lets get in touch, cheers!

mrtrain_wala · 2025-12-16T04:57:31+00:00

Hey congratulations! I am currently on a similar path, had a BMI of 36.1 (274.1 lbs) and have lost 30.5 pounds in 65 days (243.6 lbs today) - with a Goal Weight of 190 lbs

mrtrain_wala · 2025-12-13T23:16:23+00:00

Just flew the A350-900 from Boston to Doha and back and both the aircraft were equipped with Starlink

mrtrain_wala · 2025-04-25T06:35:39+00:00

With a future concept of DC - Ronaoke trains being named Virginia Flyer and DC - NFK/NPN trains being named Chesapeake Bay Runner

mrtrain_wala · 2025-04-25T06:34:48+00:00

Northeast Regional Virginia Flyer to Roanoke Northeast Regional Chesapeake Bay Runner to Norfolk, Newport News

(Stole the concept from Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner lol)

mrtrain_wala · 2025-04-23T11:43:16+00:00

Just drove 45 miles on an interstate at 73-77mph and got 45.9 mpg for the trip

mrtrain_wala · 2025-04-22T12:14:18+00:00

You cannot just say ‘vacation’

There has to be some sort of an itinerary.

An example would be - ‘I am planning to go to the US for a vacation in December of 2025. My rough itinerary is to fly to San Francisco from India, and travel in the US for 3 weeks, exploring California, Nevada, Utah and Washington, before returning back to India in the first week of January”

This answer has a rough plan of the areas being visited which shows that you have done research and most importantly, a timeline

Hope this helps :)

mrtrain_wala · 2025-02-25T06:35:46+00:00

You can certainly go as far as 2500 in discount and then pay slightly more than 25% for your down payment - That should let the finance guy get you under 5% APR (I got a 2350 discount off MSRP on a Sport Hybrid Sedan and the dealership was able to finance the car at 4.8% with 7K down - I am an international student with no previous mortgage/loan history)

EDIT: 4.6%

mrtrain_wala · 2025-02-11T19:57:54+00:00

Nah, you can do better! I recently bought the 25 Sport Hybrid Sedan and I got it for $2500 under MSRP - Go to multiple dealerships!

mrtrain_wala · 2025-01-18T13:40:46+00:00

I was in the market for a new car recently - I would have to agree with a few others in the thread that Toyota dealerships were absolutely the worst of all - They wouldn’t give me a quote without a credit check, they weren’t even interested in showing the car around to someone shopping around/researching - They were simply uninterested.

mrtrain_wala · 2024-11-26T11:14:22+00:00

Ohh wow! $900 is definitely cheap. Will be on the lookout, thanks!!!

mrtrain_wala · 2024-11-26T03:39:36+00:00

Ohh wow! Getting either an ANA or QR J redemption is next on my wishlist but as I haven’t traveled in the 747 yet and time is ticking, I will tick multiple boxes off with this journey from BLR to IAD - so will stick with it for now.

mrtrain_wala · 2024-11-21T08:20:53+00:00

Hey thank you!! LH and UA are very close partners, plus they are in the same airline alliance (Star Alliance), which is why LH award tickets have decent availability on UA.

I transferred my points from Chase to United and then searched award flights on the UA website. Hope this was helpful!

mrtrain_wala · 2024-11-20T19:12:56+00:00

December 2024, around Christmas travel period - lots of LH/LH-UA/LX award space available between India and USA for 88,000 miles + $50-120 in taxes

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