"WPI has granted me a $56,000 annual scholarship, ma'am. The remaining $20,000 is from my family's savings."
"He is the principal of a government secondary school in Thane, ma'am." wpi i20
The morning of the interview, the summer heat was oppressive. His father wore his best starched white shirt. They stood in line outside the consulate with hundreds of others—each clutching a blue folder, each containing an I-20 from some American dream. "WPI has granted me a $56,000 annual scholarship, ma'am
He had rehearsed this with his mentor, a WPI alum named Priya who now ran a supply chain analytics firm in Pune. "WPI has granted me a $56
He took a breath. "Ma'am, may I show you the bank statements and the property sale deed?"