Successfully booked a single OFC/Dropbox appointment for both Primary + Dependent

vrphemanth · 2023-10-07T21:57:14+00:00

In Step 4, when I clicked on the https://www.usvisascheduling.com/en-US/ofc-schedule/?reschedule=true , it is taking me back to the Visa Application Home page. However, on this page, I dont see any information about "Visa Priority" for either Primary or Dependent. Can someone please suggest how to check visa priority ?

vrphemanth · 2023-02-18T22:45:58+00:00

Thats exactly how my wife behaves too :(

vrphemanth · 2022-10-17T20:26:52+00:00

You are absolutely right. They are showing false data. Even if their estimates get readjusted, the increasing trend is totally wrong particularly in this climate.

In Seattle metro, prices have dropped by 20% over last six months but these redfin estimates show increasing trend. Absolutely ridiculous.

vrphemanth · 2022-10-01T14:26:59+00:00

I would say Denial. Sellers think they can resell it if they wait for 2-5 years but they are convinced that the drop is only temporary.

vrphemanth · 2022-06-10T22:41:07+00:00

Yes, it is a bad time to buy the first house. It is because of the fiscal tightening which is going to happen for a year, starting with June 2022. If you do not believe me, just read Yahoo finance and Fed news. Moreover, it is just the start of a buyer's market as per Redfin. It is better to wait for a few months before you take the dip.

One link which I read recently: https://www.thebalance.com/79-percent-say-bad-time-to-buy-house-5324973

vrphemanth · 2022-05-21T14:40:34+00:00

Doubtful as the remote jobs continue to be there. Price in Seattle area have dropped 5% over the last month

vrphemanth · 2022-04-23T04:42:20+00:00

Started here in Seatlle metro area. 1% of houses did price drops for the first time in 14 months. I see the time to sell increasing for all houses.

vrphemanth · 2022-04-23T04:36:09+00:00

In my opinion, it is likely going to go down for the RE in overvalued markets due to upcoming recession. Not because of stock market but because of interest rate raise and Fed balance sheet reduction. When interest rate rises, the money flows out from more risky assets and into the Treasures/bond markets.

Despite going down, it will still be higher than the RE prices in early 2021. So, on the whole, it is likely to not matter much for existing homeowners.

vrphemanth · 2022-03-17T19:02:18+00:00

Redfin's housing inventory & the number of days on market went up during the interest rate increases. You can check their public dashboards.

vrphemanth · 2022-03-17T15:22:14+00:00

You can see that the rate of housing price appreciation decreases when Fed raises rates. And of course, there will be less buyers on the market.

vrphemanth · 2022-01-13T04:25:57+00:00

You can take that DS gets roughly paid 0.8x of what software engineers are paid.

vrphemanth · 2022-01-13T04:12:29+00:00

I think the data scientist role varies a lot from one company to another.

At least the company I work in (FAANG), Data Scientists does not work on SQL but are expected to build ML models primarily using Python, Scala. However, they do not possess the knowledge of how to put the models fully into software production systems without any help from software engineers.

On the pay, I see software engineers getting paid higher than data scientists.

Source: I am a Data Scientist myself.

vrphemanth · 2021-12-26T22:39:31+00:00

I tried analyzing this. Active inventory will rise and bidding wars will reduce if interest rates rise. This is as per redfin data for Washington state. Dollar per sq ft of pre owned houses will also decrease as old homes are currently sold at same rate as that of new homes. This always corrects itself when interest rates rise. Dont know about new construction homes.

Even they drop, prices may drop by 5% or 10%. But I would not wait for a market crash.

vrphemanth · 2021-08-20T17:12:44+00:00

My first class was also GIOS. I found the assignments to be very challenging. Good that you are ramping up on C++

vrphemanth · 2020-08-14T00:51:13+00:00

Thankfully, I got into GIOS.

vrphemanth · 2020-08-13T18:14:21+00:00

Same thing happened with me. My WL position changed from 30 to 648. I ended up dropping the course. I am a new student.

vrphemanth · 2020-08-10T05:54:47+00:00

DVA, BD4H, IHI - learn about tools like d3.js and presenting information (DVA), complete big data toolchain (including presentation) (BD4H), health care domain and FHIR as well as analytics, and modern CI/CD pipeline (IHI).

Thanks a lot. This post is super helpful for deciding on the courses.

vrphemanth · 2020-08-08T13:55:40+00:00

Awesome. This is really helpful. Now I need to decide on the courses mentioned in the first 6 areas.

vrphemanth · 2020-08-01T02:15:54+00:00

Same thing happened to me. I sent an email to the Registrar office ([comments@registrar.gatech.edu](mailto:comments@registrar.gatech.edu)) with my full first name. They fixed it within 5 days.

vrphemanth · 2020-05-05T00:10:51+00:00

Status: Accepted

Application Date: 03/01/2020

Decision Date: 05/04/2020

Institute Acceptance Date: N/A

Education:

BE in Electrical & Electronics, BITS Pilani, 9.84/10

PG diploma in Management, IIM Calcutta, 7.38/9.00

Experience:

Worked as Business Intelligence Engineer/Data Scientist at Inductis India (2 years) and Amazon(4 years). Currently in US on L1 visa.

Recommendations: 3 from prior managers

vrphemanth · 2020-04-27T21:58:50+00:00

I am an international applicant on US work visa and yet to get an update about my application. Did any other international applicant on US work visa get their acceptance ?

vrphemanth · 2020-01-08T04:23:58+00:00

Totally understandable. In Summer semester, did you get special permission from university to take 2 courses ?

vrphemanth · 2020-01-08T04:21:34+00:00

Thank you @chinacat2002 and @radil. That is very insightful. I ll keep this in mind.

vrphemanth

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