It makes me so frustrated that I am full-funded phd admitted student and also I got rejected from an visa interview.
Did I look so suspicious? What the...
I have a bit of time left so I will do the interview again, but the time(I have to take a day off, and it takes nearly 3 hours to get to the interview location) and the cost($185 +@) is so irritating.
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It's an advertisement for nutritional food for pets.
...what were they thinking?
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Accepted an offer from T50-ish school. I've seen a lot of people in this sub saying that if it's below T20, there's no value of phd, but I still believe it's worth trying.
At least, with my poor stat, this is a decent outcome I believe... But I regret that I didn't start to prepare ealry. If I can go back to May 2025, I believe I can do a lot better. Well, this time, I applied without knowing anything.
I expect that I would not make into the Tenure Track in university, but I think I will have a chance to get a job in research area. And that's enough for me to be satisfied with my life.
Summarized stat;
Undergrad CGPA: 3.03/4.0 from my country's university (I guess it is not well known in the US)
Masters CGPA: 3.58/4.0 from my country's university
Real Analysis B+, linear algebra B+, no calculus in transcript
One year of research experience in think tank in my country
GRE Q170
No publication, no fellowship, no outside funding, no predoc
So this is just my curiosity, whom from outside of the US.
In my country it is mandatory to show the final price in the menu; it is illegal if you don't write the final price, even if you write "10% tax added to the price" or similar on the bottom. You must show the price that includes everything, such as tax, tip, gratitude, service fee, card charge, or whatever else.
I'm not blaming that difference - although it makes me confusing - since there are different cultures in different countries. I'm just curious about from where this difference came. Why the menu without tax is common in the US?
One thing I suspect is that the tax is different across the states, so the menu prices excluding tax make customers easy to compare prices across other restaurants? Or maybe it's because some problem of the tax system? Like, it makes customers easy to calculate their tax report annually?
Please suggest any reasons why, thank you!
And why mods are not deleting them?
Those bots are posting nothing related to behavioral economics, just spamming like (in my guess) "hey chatgpt, create any random texts about two paragraph that looks like behavioral something something"
In about a few monthes I will move to the US. For about five years or more.
I expect my wage would be a bit above minimum wage, and where I would live has a shockingly high average rent. So I anticipate that I would not eat outside much, even if I don't tip.
But nevertheless, there could be a moment to eat outside.
Now here's my curiosity. What happens if, when I enter the dining and server comes, I say directly "Hey, actually I will not going to tip after I finish my meal. You don't have to bother to fill my water or anything. If I want to order I will raise my hand or (if needed) walk to the kitchen. I will bring my food to the table too."
Should I expect to be denied entry? Or what else could be happen?