Hi Nishchals,
I'll try to answer some of your questions.
nishchals
- When they call for interview, do we have to spend all the costs (visa, travel, stay) or do they reimnurse some part?
Unfortunately, they don't reimburse your expenses. You have to pay for everything yourself - for visa, travel, stay etc.
nishchals
- How often people really travel to UK from other continents? I am keen on telephonic or at india. However, I am not sure if this will severaly impact my chances.
On their interview event, I met people from China, India, Europe, both Americas etc. The majority agree that if you visit the school for an interview, you have a very good chance of admission. In reality, I'd say it depends on how many people they invited. Still, their post-interview acceptance rate is over 70%.
nishchals
- Any advice on what to mention when I am requesting adcom for telephonic interview?
I think that you'll need a very good excuse for not visiting campus if invited for interview. I know that some people (though not from India) indeed used this argument that it's not possible to get visa in short notice. And I also know that it's possible to get an admit after phone interview.
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Buffdaddy: One of R1 interview waitlisters on Pagalguy reported an invite - which means they do review the wait list after all. But I guess you still haven't heard from them, right? I haven't heard either... decided to mail Jennifer, but still no reply.