Why did you select this university? A lot of F&D's and interviews begin and sometimes end with just this one question. In this video, I'm going to explain how you can answer this for your viewside interview. Keep on watching. Hi guys, my name is Shachee and I'm a Travel Indonesia coach. On this channel, you will find lots of useful videos of views of persons. We have tons and tons of content on F&D's so do check it out. This is the fall 22 series. In this series, we will continually uploading videos for the next 2-3 months to help you clear your fall visa interview. So make sure that you subscribe and hit the bell icon. So this video, we're going to understand how to answer one of the most frequently asked F&D's questions. And that is, why do you pick this university? To be honest, it's not really easy to answer this question because most of the university is similar in a lot of ways and hence finding a unique answer as to why you pick this university and making sure that it's not sounding too generic is no easy task. And continually we see interview experiences like the one that you can see on the screen right now where the visa officer has asked not once but twice the same question. Why did you pick this university? And even at the end of it, he just doesn't seem to be satisfied with the answer and gives a reply that this course is offered by other universities as well. So you need to make sure that this scenario doesn't happen to you. So let's begin this video and we will start by looking at certain dooms and don'ts of answering this question with some sample answers. So let's get started. So make sure that you watch the video till the end because at the end of the video, I'm also going to be talking about three really useful resources which will help you in framing your why university answer. So let's start with the don'ts and there are three important don'ts that you need to keep in mind while answering your question, why did you pick this university? The first one is do not read facts from the university's website and include it in your answer for why this university. So if you're just going to pick factual information available on the website of the university and use it in framing your answers, it's not really going to add in value. So a word including information such as how old the university is, what kind of a word they've done, what kind of a tradition they have because again this is not specific to your profile. The second don't is don't sound boring. So the view is taking so many interviews day in and day out and for a student comes and repeats the same answer, you know the same sentences, the same words. At some point of time they just stop listening. So make sure that you're not using the same phrases that is being used by almost everybody and this will include sentences such as the courses flexible, the university is well reputed. So this suits my requirement and so on and so forth. Make sure that every sentence that you use in the answer for why this university is specific and driven by some research. And the third don't is very very important and this is using too many adjectives. So time again I see students make this mistake and using too many adjectives when describing why they pick this university. So using adjectives such as stock knowledge, faculty, grade, courses amazing, this is exactly what I was looking for. I am really excited to join the university. So using one or all of these is fine but if your entire answer is just going to be filled with this adjectives, it's not really adding any value and again shows that you might not have done any research in choosing or understanding why you want to go to this university. So to put all these three tones into perspective and really understand how not to answer the university question, I have a thing a student and let's see how she answers this question. So Janki, why did you pick this university? I chose this university because it's exactly what I wanted. The course is amazing, it's flexible, the university is one of the best, the faculty is stock knowledge and is very well qualified. The university is also 130 years old and both the campus that spawns over 450 acres and is continually committed to making the difference towards the community. So this is exactly the type of answer that you need to avoid. If you are still here still watching the video, let me know by giving this video a thumbs up and comment below and let me know which program are you going for in the US? Are you going for masters, are you going for bachelor's and also let me know what's your exact program. So do comment below and let me know. So now that we've looked at the don'ts, let's come to the do's and I'm going to talk about three do's which will help you find better answer for why this university. The first one is include details about your course. So the reason for choosing the university should be driven by the course curriculum that you're going for. So if you can give details of the course that is being offered by the university and explain why that's a good fit for you, it's really going to help your answer. The second one is talk about the extra credentials and the extra value add that you're getting apart from the mean curriculum. So anything like certifications, workshops, industry, a chance to be part of some conferences or events and these are always unique to a university. So if you could find this and include it in your answer for why this university, it's really going to be for your answer. And the third do is bring an interesting fact. So bring an interesting or fun fact about the university really shows that you've gone out of your way to talk to people to do your research and you're really serious about studying in this particular university. So this is also immensely going to help your answer. So these are the three do's and to understand little bit better of how to incorporate them. Again let's talk to Jhanvi and see how she answers this question. So Jhanvi, why did you pick this university? I selected this university because the course curriculum has a dedicated career track and cyber security which latest subjects like cyber defense and compliance. I can also do extra certification courses and related fields like computer networks which will really add to my profile. The university also has a program called Innovation One which can give me an opportunity to learn and understand recent cyber security issues in the industry. So now that we've looked at the do's and don'ts, I'm going to talk about some useful resources which will help you in framing your answer. First one is a US News website. So the US News website is a credible and a very useful tool or rather very useful website to find information about the universities such as rankings, to do a comparison between universities and also to know about the latest data. Second is the program structure on your university website. I know I said don't look at the university website but what I meant is that don't look at the about section but do pay attention to the program structure which has been described on the university website. And this will require you to take a little deeper so go down that rabbit hole and really go into your program structure. Look at what are the subjects that are being offered, what are the tracks that are being offered, open program brochures and doing this research will really help you identify what is unique about the course that is being offered by the university. And as a bonus, if you go through the program structure you will also be able to answer certain additional questions such as tell me about the first semester subjects, tell me about the subjects related to your specialization which are being asked off late in visa interview. And the third useful resource is alumni group. So I really feel that talking to people who have studied from your university can help you find a lot of useful information, can help you find a lot of interesting facts and this adds a lot of credibility to your answer. So don't hesitate to reach out to people who have studied from the university, reach out to them through alumni groups, through LinkedIn, through other social media platforms and especially if they have done the same program that you are going for, then I am sure that you can find a lot of unique points which you can add to your answer. So guys this is everything that I had to share about answering the very important and the tough question why this university. So I really hope this video has helped you. If you have any more questions please feel free to leave them in the comment section below. Also reach out to me via Instagram. My Instagram handle is at www.church.com So like I said we have a lot of useful content coming up. So the next video in the series is going to be a real visa experience video where candidate is going to share his experience of getting the visa accepted after two rejections and also how he handled really long and grueling visa interview. So make sure that you do watch this next video. If you want more in depth prep please feel free to connect with me. So we have F1 workshops which are running almost every Saturday and this workshop is a great way to give a head start to your interview. You can also take one to one session with me. So go for a one to one consultation session or a more interview session to really be for your interview process. And for the fall and take we have a very unique program called the seven day program and this is a seven session program which will be an end to end prep beginning right from filling your DS164 preparing you for five two answer structuring and taking walk it is. So the details of all these good things like always is in the description box below. So please do check it out. We also have a lot of free resources to help you in your interview prep and that too is in the description box. Thank you so much for watching. Do take care. Do prepare well. F1 visa interviews. I believe are going to be trickier this year with all the drama about getting slots and not being able to give interview almost immediately. Being really really well prepared is essential. So don't lag on your preparation. Make sure that if this is your first attempt you aced in the one go. Alright signing off for now. See you in the next one. Bye.