Leaving the Country during cycle Forum
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Leaving the Country during cycle
Hey,
I am getting the last of my apps in this Sunday, but a family situation has come up in India and I will be out of the country, possibly as early as Feb 15.
Will I be able to communicate effectively while overseas, or is it needed to stay home?
I will have internet/phone access readily available in India.
Does anyone have any experience or insight?
Thank you.
I am getting the last of my apps in this Sunday, but a family situation has come up in India and I will be out of the country, possibly as early as Feb 15.
Will I be able to communicate effectively while overseas, or is it needed to stay home?
I will have internet/phone access readily available in India.
Does anyone have any experience or insight?
Thank you.
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
Why would it matter? As long as you have email access you can answer any questions adcomms might have. As long as you have phone/email, you'll get most of your acceptances. The only thing you'll be missing out on is mailings involving acceptances/denials/WLs, but you could always have your address changed to your India address for the time being.
- MKC
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
I went to Europe for three weeks during my cycle. I communicated via skype phone app + wifi, and e-mailed as usual. The only bitch is the time change. Making a phone call during regular U.S. business hours is a challenge. I talked to an Adcomm for about an hour and a half one night at 11:30pm my time. It was after dinner and drinks, and I was on vacation, so... not sober. It went fine.bigsleep1 wrote:Hey,
I am getting the last of my apps in this Sunday, but a family situation has come up in India and I will be out of the country, possibly as early as Feb 15.
Will I be able to communicate effectively while overseas, or is it needed to stay home?
I will have internet/phone access readily available in India.
Does anyone have any experience or insight?
Thank you.
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
Thank you guys for your input.
My main worry is getting mailed stuff here, and missing out on it.
Also, changing my address to India is where it gets kind of uneven, I trust the internet where I am going, but certainly not the postal service. Lol.
Would it have any effect on scholarship negotiations?
My main worry is getting mailed stuff here, and missing out on it.
Also, changing my address to India is where it gets kind of uneven, I trust the internet where I am going, but certainly not the postal service. Lol.
Would it have any effect on scholarship negotiations?
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
Do you have anyone here who could receive/check&scan your mail?bigsleep1 wrote:Thank you guys for your input.
My main worry is getting mailed stuff here, and missing out on it.
Also, changing my address to India is where it gets kind of uneven, I trust the internet where I am going, but certainly not the postal service. Lol.
Would it have any effect on scholarship negotiations?
That'd solve the problem
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- TheSpanishMain
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
Yeah, just ask a friend to check your mail for you and email anything important.
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
You might even try sending an email to the schools where you applied to let them know what's happening and ask that they send a copy of any mail communications to your email address.
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Re: Leaving the Country during cycle
Thank you all for the help!!