I.
PERSONAL
& FAMILY BACKGROUND
1.
What’s your name? First name? Last name?
My name’s Nguyen Thi
Truc Tien, my first name is Tien and my last name is Nguyen.
2.
How are you today? How are you doing?
I’m doing great,
thanks.
3.
What do you do? What are you doing?
I’m a student of Long
Thanh High School now.
4.
Why are you here? (The US Consulate General)
I’m here to apply for
the visa F1, if I pass this interview successfully, I will go to America to
study.
5.
How old are you? What’s your age?
I’m 16 now.
6.
Please introduce yourself?
Hi, my name is Nguyen
Thi Truc Tien, I’m 16 and I’m a student of Long Thanh High School.
7.
What is your birthday?
My birthday is on
September 19th.
8.
Where do you live? What is your address?
I live in Tam An
village, Long Thanh town, Dong Nai province.
9.
What’s specialty of your city (province)?
I
live in Dong Nai province and there is a very famous brand of milk call
LothaMilk.
10.
How long does it take from your province to Ho Chi Minh City ?
It’s about 60
kilometers from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City and it takes me almost one hour
and thirty minutes to go to the city.
11.
What is your home phone?
I don’t have a home
phone.
12.
What is your email address?
It’s
nguyentiendotcom@gmail.com
13.
Do you like traveling?
I love travelling,
especially to the mountainous places.
14.
Have you ever been abroad? If so, when and where?
I have never been
abroad.
15.
Have you ever been issued a visa to enter the USA ?
No, I haven’t.
16.
Have you ever been to the US before?
No, I haven’t.
17.
What kinds of sports do you like?
I enjoy playing
badminton and volleyball although I’m not good at them.
18.
Do you play or attend any outdoor activities outside
your class? If so, what kind? Do you like it? How often do you play or attend
this activity?
I usually do the
volunteer works with my volunteer team in the special days like the Children’s
Day. We often organise entertainment shows and give some present to the
disadvantaged children in the town.
19.
What are your hobbies?
I enjoy watching
films and playing instrument.
20.
What do you often do when you have free time?
When I have free
time, I usually watch some films on the Internet or learn to play a new song
with my instrument.
21.
Is your health in good condition?
I’m very healthy
although I’m a little bit thin.
22.
Do you have any friends/ relatives in the US ?
No, I don’t.
If relatives: I don’t have any relative in the USA.
23. What’s her/ his name?
24. What’s their address?
25. How far from your school?
26. What do they do?
27. How long have they been in the US ?
If sibling is studying: I don’t have any sibling in
the USA.
28. What’s the school name?
29. What’s the address?
30. Why don’t you study in the same
State with her?
31. Where is she (he) living? Who is
she (he) living with?
32. How long has she studied in the US ?
33. What’s her program?
34.
How many people are there in your family?
There are seven
people in my family: My father, my mother, my older sister, my brother-in-law,
me, my younger brother and my nephew.
35.
What is your father’s name? Your mother’s name?
My father’s name is
Nguyen Minh Tri and my mother’s name is Tran Thi Giau.
36.
How old is your father? Your mother?
My father is 46 and
my mother is 45.
37.
Have your parents traveled to other countries? Which
countries?
No, they haven’t.
38.
Do you have any siblings? How many sister or brother
do you have?
I have an older
sister and a younger brother.
39.
What’s your sister’s name? Brother’s name?
My sister’s name is
Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc and my brother’s name is Nguyen Minh Tu.
40.
How old is your sister? Your brother?
My sister is 24 and
my brother is 6.
41.
What is she/ He doing?
My sister is a worker
and my brother is a student.
42.
Does she want to study in the US like you? Why doesn’t she apply
to study in the US ?
No, she doesn’t.
II.
ACADEMIC
IN VIETNAM
1.
What school do you go to? What’s your school name?
I go to Long Thanh
High School
2.
What’s the school address?
My school’s in Long
Thanh town, Dong Nai province.
3.
Is this a good school?
To me, Long Thanh
High School is the best high school in Long Thanh town.
4.
Tell me about your school?
Long Thanh High
School was rebuilt in 2016, now it is very new and has 3 main building with 34
classes.
5.
How many students are there in your school?
There are almost 1500
students this year.
6.
How many classes are there in your school?
There are 34 classes
in my school.
7.
How many students are there in your class?
There are 45 students
in my class, 27 girls and 18 boys.
8.
Does your school have sports activities or sports
clubs?
Yes, my school
organise sport contests every year.
9.
Do you attend any activities after school?
No, I don’t.
10.
What grade are you in? What’s your current grade
I’m in grade 10.
11.
Have you taken the 1st semester
examination? Final examination?
I took my 1st
semester examination last december.
12.
What is your GPA? (Grade Point Average)
My GPA of the 1st
semester is 7.8.
13.
What’s the GPA last year?
Last year, my GPA was
9.0
14.
How many subjects are you studying?
I study 12 subjects.
15.
What are your favorite subjects?
I hve two favourite
subjects: English and IT.
16.
Why do you like it?
To me, English is a
nice language and I feel very good when I speak it. I also find that IT is very
cool and useful.
17.
What is your best subject? What subjects are you best
in?
My best subject is
English.
18.
What is your worst subject? What subjects are you bad
at?
I’m bad at Physics.
19.
What’s the teacher’s name?
My teacher’s name is
Le Thi Mai Linh.
20.
What’s your school principal’s name?
My principal’s name
is Tu Ngoc Long.
21.
Have you ever studied English in an English speaking
country?
No, I haven’t.
22.
How long have your been studying English?
I have studied
English for almost 7 years.
23.
What’s your English level?
I rate myself as a
intermediate English learner.
24.
Have you got TOEFL score? When?
No, I haven’t.
III.
WHY
USA ?
1.
Why do you want to go to the US ? What’s your
purpose to the US ?
I want to go to the
US to study.
2.
Why do you want to study in the US ? Why do you
choose the US
for your studies?
Because in the US, I
can study the new subjects that I can’t study in Viet Nam, especially
Psychology. Moreover, the certifications of the US’s school can be used
worldwide.
3.
Why don’t you continue to study in Vietnam ?
Because the Viet Nam’s
education is not as good as in the US and I can’t study Psychology here.
4.
Why don’t you go to another country for your studies?
Because I like the
schedule of the US’s school and the US’s schools offer students lots of types
of scholarship.
5.
When have you had the plan/ idea to study in the US ?
I have thought about
studying in the US since I was a grade 5 student.
6.
Why don’t you wait until finishing high school in Vietnam ?
(if high school student)
It could be late if I
wait until finish high school. If I come to the US, early, I will have more
time to improve my English and I can look for more scholarships for university.
7.
Why do you want to go now?
Because I really like
the US’s education and moreover, I’m having a scholarship.
8.
What do you know about the US ?
The US is also called
the USA or America is a big country that has 50 states and a District of Columbia,
it’s a cold country and very far from Viet Nam.
IV.
ACADEMIC
IN THE USA I
don’t know about my school yet.
1.
What school will you go to/ study in the US ?
2.
Where is the school?
3.
What’s address?
4.
How do you know this school?
5.
Why do you choose this state?
6.
What do you know about this state?
7.
What city will you study in?
8.
Tell me something about this city?
9.
How is the weather now there?
10.
Is your school a public or private school?
11.
Why do you choose the school? Why did you apply into
this school?
12.
What do you know about the school? Tell me something
about the school?
13.
How can you get the I-20? Who get the I-20 for you?
14.
When will your school begin? When will you start your
course? When is the intake date?
15.
Is this the religious school?
If yes
16. What’s kind of religion?
17. Give some ideas about the
religion?
18. What’s your family’s religion?
Does you family have the same religion?
19. Why do you want to study in a
religious school?
20.
How long do you want to study/ stay in the US ?
I want to finish my
high school and university in the US, it will take me about 6 years to study.
21.
What will you study in the US ? What’s your program?
I will study grade 11
of high school.
22.
What is the price of your school? What’s your program
fee? How much do you have to pay for your tuition fee?
23.
What will you study in University? What is your major?
My major will be
Business Information Technology.
24.
Why do you choose this major?
Because I’m
interested in computer and I want to study about them.
25.
Which university will you study in?
I will go to Roger
State University.
26.
What degree will you get after you finished your
studies?
I will get a Bachelor
degree.
27.
Where will you live/ stay?
I’m going to stay in
a host family.
If host family?
28. What’s address?
29. How many people are there in the
family?
30. What’s host parents’ name?
31. Tell me something about your host
family?
32. Who arrange this family for you?
33.
Have you bought insurance?
Yes, I have.
34.
When do you plan to arrive in the US ?
I will arrive to the
US this September.
35.
What airport will you come to?
36.
Who will pick you up at the airport upon your arrival?
37.
Have you paid for your school fees yet? By what way?
Yes, I have. I paid
for my school fees through Viet- USA Education company.
38.
If yes: give me the proof of payment.
I can show the bill.
V.
STUDY
PLAN & FUTURE CAREER PLAN
1.
What’s your study plan?
I will study both
high school and university in the US, after I get my degrees, I will go back to
Viet Nam to work.
2.
What’s your future career plan? What will you
do after finishing your studies in the US ?
After finish studying, I will spend
time working in a company for experience, then I will have my own company.
3.
What do want to become after graduation?
I want to be a worker to have more
experience.
4.
What will you do after you finished your
studies in the US ?
I will go back to Viet Nam to work.
5.
How can your study plan in the US fit your future career plan in Vietnam ?
6.
Will you work for a company in the US
when you finished you studies?
No, I will go back to VN.
7.
If you are offerred a good job with a high
salary, do you agree to work?
In case that job is suitable with my major.
8.
How does your study plan in the US
benefit you?
VI.
FAMILY
FINANCE
1.
Who will pay for your studies? My parents
will pay for my study
2.
What do your parents/ father/ mother do? My
father is a house builder and my mother is a housewife.
If having
private business
3.
What’s the
company name?
4.
What’s the
address?
5.
What’s
kind of the business?
6.
How long
have they run the company? How long have they been in this business?
7.
How many
employees/ workers are there?
8.
How big is
the company?
9.
How much
is the monthly tax of the company?
10.
How much
do they/ your father/ mother earn a month? How much is the income?
11.
Give me
the business registration certificate
If being
share-holder
12.
What’s the
company name?
13.
What’s
address?
14.
What’s
kind of business?
15.
How long
have your parents co-operated with this company?
16.
How much
do they earn from this business monthly?
If working
for other companies
17.
How long
have your father/ mother worked for the company?
18.
How much
is the salary?
If having
house and land for rent
19.
How many
houses and lands for rent? For how long?
My parents have 20 small house for
rent. There’s no limitation of renting time.
20.
What’s the
income?
About 15 million VND a month.
21.
Is there
the rental contract?
As we live in the countryside so
people can rent a small house easily without contract.
22.
How much
do your parents pay for tax?
They used to pay almost 1 million VND
a month for the taxes but now they don’t have to pay any tax.
23. How can
your parents pay for your studies?
They use the total income of the
family to pay for my study.
24. Do they
have bank book? Have they got money in the bank? How much?
They don’t have bank book.
25. Why do
your parents save a little money in the bank while they have a big income?
26. Why have
they just put money in the bank recently?
VII.
RETURN
TO VIETNAM
1.
Will you come back to Vietnam when you finished your studies in the US ? Yes, I
will.
2.
How can you prove that you will come back to Vietnam ? I have
all my relatives in VN, moreover VN attracts many international investment that
can help me with my business.
VIII.
REACTION
QUESTIONS
1.
What will you do if I don’t give you a visa?
I will spend more time to repair for my the next time and make sure that I have
enough opportunities to go to the US.
2.
How do you feel if you are not given a visa?
I will be sad and disappointed.
3.
How do you think if I say that you are not
qualified for a student visa? I will find my false and repair for a better
interview.
4.
Why do you think I should give you a visa?
Because I’m a serious student that love studying and also love the US.
5.
How do your parents feel when you study away
from home? They are not very worry and thay all hope that I can go to the US.
6.
What would you do if you miss your parents? I
can make video calls and talk to them through the Internet.
7.
Have you ever written emails to anybody in
the US ?
No, I haven’t.
8.
What happen if you run out of money in the US ? I
can contact my parents for some money, they can send it through the bank.
9.
Do you have an account in the US ?
No, I haven’t.
10. What
difficulties do you think you may face in the US ? The problem about langage.
11. Are you a
serious student? Yes, I am.
12. Will you
get married with an American man/ woman and stay in the US ? No, I
won’t.
13. Have you ever
lived far away from home? Yes, I have.
14. What kind
of book do you read? I usually read detective books and light novels.
15. Have you
ever read an American book? Yes, I have read the book “Murder on Orient
Express”.
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