Get to Know Harris! A Webinar for Admitted International Students

Hi everyone, uh, thank you all for joining us today. Can you please let us know if you can hear us by typing in the chat box?

OK, I'm seeing a bunch of you saying you can hear us, which is great. Thank you all again for joining us this morning. My name is Samantha, an assistant director of student recruitment, enjoyed by my colleague Andy. Everyone I am Andy Ingram uncles, my pronouns are she and her and I am the student recruitment and international program specialist. Yes so any and I are here to welcome you all to her. It's an answer any of the questions that you might have as an admitted international student here.

So we've been working with international students for quite some time now, and so we have put together a presentation with some general questions that we typically get, and then we will also answer any questions that you might have, so will save time at the very end to answer any additional questions, but feel free to type questions along the way during the presentation and we will try to get to them as best as we can.

So First off, we want to say congratulations. Congratulations on being admitted into University of Chicago O'Hare school public policy. I hope that you all feel really proud and accomplished of what you've done so far already in your academic and professional history, and that you're very excited for this next step in this next chapter for you, and making a bigger impact in the area of policy. I hope that these next steps in confirming your admission and enrolling in the program are exciting for you, 'cause you can recognize the hard work.

That you have accomplished already so far. So congratulations. Yes, congratulations were also excited for you. So usually, what are the next steps so we get that a lot. So we'll talk about those throughout the presentation, but just some of the main ones that we have here. So attend upcoming events or webinars for admitted students. For example, we have admitted students day in April and we have additional events coming up that will talk about the next slide and continue learning more about the University, Chicago and Harris.

To make an informed decision, we understand that you are probably considering other schools and other programs around the world and around the US, so make sure that you're taking this time to learn more about us, and if you can see yourself here because we want to make sure that you're making the best decision for you in your future.

And then once you learn more about you, Chicago Ann Harrison, you determine that we are the one for you. Then you can accept your seat for the incoming class by accepting the mission reply form and then you can start preparing for your student visa, which will start in the spring and then you can start looking for housing and getting ready for your move here.

So Andy, could you talk a little bit more about the upcoming admitted student events that we have for these people here? Yes, and these admitted students are really great way to learn more about you. Chicago in Harris. Just as you were mentioning Sam, these are opportunities to hear directly from our current students, from our faculty and the staff to learn of the different resources that you will have as a uchicago student.

So the first date we want to point out to you is April 3rd so that's the first weekend of april and this is when we haven't admitted student day here in Chicago on our campus it's a great way to sit on some classes CR home known as the color center and explore the city of Chicago again and again that we hear from students that it's a really great way to get a feel for Harris to get a feel for the atmosphere and really see that collaborative environment of her students that we.

The admissions team talks about a lot, but it's a chance for you to actually see that first hand.

And we know that traveling, no matter where you are in the world, can be cumbersome at times. Which is why we're proud to offer a $300 travel reimbursement for you. So for when you come to Chicago, we can help cover the expenses of your flights and Samir accommodations, and we have a whole web page about this event, admitted student day on April 3rd. Also, please make sure you check that link for the complete schedule and details.

But on the note of, not everyone can travel to Chicago, particularly on if it's a short notice or international flights can be cumbersome. So we're very excited to offer our inaugural virtual admitted student week.

So from March 30th to April 3rd, the same way as April as admitted student day in April, we're doing multiple virtual sessions like webinars, just like what we're doing now with the faculty and staff and students. Most of these sessions are going to hold in the morning Chicago time, just like this time. Now we see that it's the most helpful for international students, so you are welcome to attend both the virtual minutes student week and the actual admitted student day in Chicago.

These are again just really great ways to learn more about us, but then we are also going to have some other events throughout the world. For example, next week are senior associate Dean Ringent. Daniels is going to be in Delhi, so for those of you in the deli area, please make sure you check your emails to learn about the RSVP. and I know that the Center for effective government is having an event next week at the center in Paris. So for those of you in the Paris region, take a look for that. We're going to keep sending you.

Emails whenever we're in your city. Yeah, definitely. I think I believe sometime in the summer. I think I might be making a trip to Mexico so you know, keep an eye out. And then we also have webinars as well. So for those events that for you to join virtually also.

So at this moment Sam a lot of students are asking about funding. What advice can you give us on how to find those funding options? Yeah, definitely. I get a lot of questions about this, especially if I'm international students, which I totally understand. Graduate School is definitely going to be an investment and coming to the US tuition could. Prices can be very very different than from your home country, so we definitely understand that. So while you are while you have your admission decision and you're making your offers and other decisions.

I would encourage you to all start to look at your options now. Um, look at external scholarships. Look at local government funding. Look at loans and potentially looking at savings and support from family or friends. It's really important to get started on that right away, especially because as international students you will need to apply for your student visa sometime in the spring and in order to apply for your views as you will need to have a certain amount of funds in bank statements and funding statements.

So we do have a very helpful blog post at Indian. I actually helped to write a few weeks ago. It's on our website. It's 6 funding and financial aid tips for international students where we provide a little bit more information. Indepth detail about those different options that I listed, perform, but then also consider you know part time work. So as an international student you would be able to work part time on campus no more than 20 hours a week. So kind of factor in potentially getting at.

Part time job I know most of the international students that I work with who are currently here majority them to have some sort of part time work to help supplement their living and food and things like that.

And then also consider the cost of living will talk a little bit more about cost of living in Chicago later. But when you're comparing other schools to Harrison, other cities that you could potentially be living in, think about the cost of living Chicago. I would say is one of the more affordable cities and all of the other US cities compared to San Francisco or New York, or a DC for sure. So think about that and how that can factor into your funds.

And living things like that.

And then I also have a lot of questions about you know. Is there room for negotiation if you received a scholarship from Harris and I would say yes. So we will actually start that scholarship negotiation at the end of March. You will all receive an email from us in which we will open up the process and you can submit a form in which you can provide some additional information. Since you last supplied any new scores, any other offers from other universities and drop promotions, you can provide an updated.

Resume things like that. That's going to be the best way to negotiate your scholarship, but of course that's not ever going to typically cover the full tuition and living, so that's why it's also important to look at the other ways, whether that's outside scholarships, you know, school loans, funding from the local government, things like that.

I see some questions about you know are a RTA. And yes, as a international student you would be able to work as in our research assistant or a teaching assistant will talk a little bit more about that as well.

So let's actually just answer that yeah question now certainly a really key area in which international students work on campuses by being a research assistance and Gemini can announce it in the last few months, we've chatted with several different directors, executive directors of the number of different research centers on campus and time and time. Again. They tell us they have a preference for her students that they really look to her students to bring that quantitative skill set to their research.

And so it's very common for international students to be apart of some type of research project. In most of these are determined once you get to campus.

So once you have confirmed that you're going to join us, you have your uchicago student credentials. You can start keeping an eye for on campus job, database system known as grad gargoyle. That's where you're going to find some of these opportunities, such as research assistants and so on, but a lot of those opportunities they come into place in the fall once you get to campus. So as you're factoring your budget now, keep in mind that this could be something that's available to you even if you don't have that exact concrete decision at this time.

But one of the other opportunities that students do is teaching assistants. Those of you who may have some prior teaching experience, or maybe or even have another Masters degree in a different field. That opportunity available to you to be ATA for undergraduate level courses here on campus.

Another key opportunity is in graduate assistantships, so these are more of an office type job, either across Harris or the University of the whole. For example, some of you may have even chatted with current her students who serve in the admissions office as a graduate assistant. They're really helpful for answering some of your questions and connecting with you, and so there's a number of different graduate assistantships or GS across campus.

But again, that job database system is going to provide a whole host of different opportunities available for you as international students, because as international students, your employment opportunities are primarily focus on campus only, and so that's a really key resource for you to keep an eye out. And as Sam already mentioned, during the academic term, you can work no more than 20 hours a week. I'd say most students they averaged about 10:10 hours or so as most average, but some students do work about 19 hours a week.

Something to keep in mind as you're planning your work life balance went to get to campus yeah and besides garlic bread gargoyle there's also Harris link which is a site specifically for her students with jobs within Harris and the research centers so lots of lots of different ways and there's also a listserv that goes out every every week in which they post jobs as well so lots of different sources of positions around campus.

And then, as we mentioned, what is it like living in Chicago? We get that question a lot. Andy and I both are not from Chicago. I moved to Chicago over 5 years ago to come to grad school. Andy moved with her partner to come to Chicago as well, so we are very familiar with moving here. We've both fell in love with Chicago. You know, I think we consider ourselves Chicago transplants, but Chicago? For those of you who are not familiar with.

Is the 3rd largest city in the US?

It's made up of different neighborhoods. As you can see here. Some of my favorite neighborhoods include Chinatown, an Uptown, especially when I'm missing Asian food. I, before moving to Chicago, I was living in Hong Kong and move directly here, and so you know, these are some really great neighborhoods to check out, but there's also pills in which is primarily are Mexican population, Little Italy, Ukrainian village, devonne St, whereas a lot of our Indian population, so lots of different neighborhoods to explore.

And then I'd also say Chicago is very diverse in that, so with the different neighborhoods is very diverse and very affordable. As I mentioned earlier, Chicago is very easy to find housing and very easy to get around as well. The public transportation system is great. You do not need to have a car or anything like that, and there are lots of free shuttles around campus for students as well.

Anything else to add about Chicago, Andy?

You said Yeah, and then anything. Could you tell a bit more about? You know where this seems mostly live and where should they start looking for their apartment? Yes, so most students start looking for their apartment as early as as soon as they submit their deposit and Harris, and so there's a lot of key resources that can help you find housing. For example, at the admitted student day here on campus, some of the local Realtors are here on campus. Help connect you and.

Give you some resources on how to find your housing in Chicago. There's also a resource within the uchicago grad office. That's actually how my husband and I came to Chicago. We were living on the West coast, the US. We didn't have time to come travel to Chicago to look for apartments, so you Chicago connected us with the Realtor. The Realtor did videos and film different apartments, and we sign the lease before we arrived, so I know that could be a circumstance for you. International students as well, who may not be able to.

Come to Chicago to look for housing, so that's one of the options available. Most students do stay in the high Park neighborhood in close to campus because there's so many activities, events, study groups, a lot of great things happen on campus and so living close. A good walking distance or using those free uchicago shuttles that you had mentioned as a really key resource. But we definitely encourage you to start looking earlier in the summer time, particularly between the May and July time frame.

Will talk about in just a moment when you really should arrive on campus, so making sure you're looking earlier during the summer. Getting your plans online can be really helpful. Would also note that the landlords in high park understand that you are a student and they're very familiar working even with international students, which is why they're not so many upfront costs. They try to make the process very straightforward and simple, so it is a relatively easy process to find an apartment and get those documents in line and plus.

If those of you who are in the Facebook group, you're probably already chatting with current students who can talk about their experience, help connect you, be resource for you as well. Yeah, speaking on the face of it, I would surely encourage you all to join that if you haven't already. Oftentimes the second years will join the Facebook group and they will post about, you know their apartments or their landlords who are having housing available, so that's a great way for you to already find a building or apartment that current her assisted living in.

And you can just take that from them, and oftentimes little sell their furniture as well, because they don't necessarily want to bring it back with them. So they did. the Facebook group is definitely good resource, and oftentimes I also get questions about like if students can live on campus. And generally we say I think most students majority of students will live in an apartment just because housing on the Uchicago campus is very limited, and it's also quite pricey, so it's generally going to be a lot more affordable if you find off campus housing.

So will I receive support and apply for my visa so we do get a lot of questions about that. The visa application process will start in April or may. We're still finalizing that with Office of international affairs, but you would all receive an email from us when it's time to start applying for your visa. So definitely we will help you support in that process. We also have a advisor specifically who works with her students. Your name is Misha. We will also have a webinar with her sometime in mid.

April so stay tuned For more information about that and she'll talk a little bit more about the processes, but we will support F1 or J1 visas.

And then see this transfers will start in the summer. We also will if you are bringing any dependance, a spouse or anything like that. You can also apply for that. Those types of visas so some documents that you can start to prepare is that you can claim your CNET which means that you will be able to claim your uchicago email. I don't think these sent those emails out yet, so that will be coming soon, but once you receive that you will definitely need to claim your scene in order to start applying for your visa, because all of those interactions will start going to your you Chicago.

Email, you also need your mission letter, which you all have received in the application portal and then financial documents. As I mentioned before we were talking about funding. You need to show a certain amount of funds in the financial documents, whether that's through your bank statement or through scholarships or through loans. You need to show that in order to apply for your Visa, and then of course a copy of your passport. But all this information is to come very soon and so definitely keep an eye out in your emails.

Especially because we want to make sure that you get to start apply for your visa's as early as possible, especially in some countries where consulates there are long lines for interviews and things like that. So we want to make sure that there's plenty of time for your arrival here.

My comment question we're getting in some concern about what if my country is listed on the US travel ban or with certain health circumstances. Now there's a greater risk of Visa. Our colleagues at the office of international affairs are very experienced and up to date on all of these different travel statuses, and they've been told that you know student visas are still very much viable that please so apply and they're going to work with you to support you through this entire process, and so if any of you feel that concern.

Please rest assured that our team in the office of international affairs is very up-to-date and it's going to help you through this process, definitely.

Now the question when should I arrive on campus?

The answer is kind of independence, yes.

The first thing that would start for any international student, the earliest that you would be required to arrive, would be the 1st of August. So there's a program called the English academic English Prima Ticul Asia.

Program will dive into this more in detail in just a moment, but the key thing here is you have already received an email to clarify if you were required to attend this program, a PP or not. So please check your email. Just do a control search for a pee pee and you will see if you have been required to attend. That program begins August 6 and it goes until August 28th. You may find that this is the session one.

Of a PP which is required for the her students, who again have been told that they required to attend and the reason that this starts so early is because Harris has another program known as math camp that starts at the very end of August and goes through the 1st of September. That's August 31st through September 18th. This is a program where a majority of her students opt into this math camp as a really great refresher to beef up your quantitative skills. So if it's been awhile since you took a statistics or calculus course.

Then Matt Kemp is going to be incredibly helpful for you, not only for your academic strength to be prepared for the the curriculum, but also as a social event. Both appn math camp as one of the ways that again our students tell us that they build a lot of friends there as that first time you're meeting each other, you're learning the city for the first time together, so there's a lot of advantages for being apart of these programs so early on.

The next event is welcome week, which is mandatory is required for all students to participate in this welcome week, which is September 21 through 25. So that's something where you're going to get very, very acquainted to all the different resources that the University in Harris has to offer you, and what you can expect of your time at Harris.

And then the first day of classes is September 29, so those are the key dates to keep in mind as to when you should arrive on campus. But depending on your visa, we welcome you to arrive earlier so that you can again become more acquainted. Find that apartment, start to learn the city, but the thing we want to stress the most is please, please, please do not book your travel plans. Do not buy your flight tickets until you've received your visa documentation. That would be really unfortunate if you bought your ticket before your visa was approved or before you realized you will.

ARD attend a pee pee, so that's something we want to make known to you. Yeah, and I see a question about is if math camp is mandatory or optional? Will they get a separate email sent to them about that? So math camp is optional? I would say the majority since do participate in math campus because you know even as they do have a strong you know Econ background and work in you know regressions every day. A lot of students will you know opted to participate in math camp because.

Like any said, it's a great way for you to meet other students. I know lots of students have met their best friends, an math camp, so it's optional, but a lot of soup participated in it, but there's no additional cost either. It's included in your tuition and fees, so if you are able to make it, I would strongly encourage you to 10 and they also hosts a number of fun things on the weekends. I believe they do like a comedy show and they do a tour around Chicago so strongly encourage you to 10 but not not required or not mandatory.

And then I see a question about the math math exam during the welcome week. Is it for all Masters programs? The math exam is not for MA CRM students. An MA IDP students, so if there any other program you will take the math exam during your welcome week. But for me IDP, an MA CRM students you do not have to take that math exam.

Now let's dive further into a EP. Again, you received an email already. If you were required to take a EP P, so please carefully review that email for all of the details. It's a long email. We don't like sending long emails, but it's because it has a lot of rich information such as the program dates, which are August 6 through 28th, as well as waiver options.

The English language requirement is set by the University. This is a University level requirement and we in the admissions team at Harris don't have a really strong hold to waive any of these options. So if there is an option for you to wave a PP, it's been listed in that email. So take a look and Please send us an email if you have any questions on that status. You can just reply to that email will be happy to chat with you.

But one of the things that we just mentioned is there's benefits and a PP beyond the language skills on your screen you can see an image here of some her students participating in a PP last year. So again, it's a really great way to connect with some of your peers and connect with students across campus. 'cause AEP is open to all universities to students graduate students. So you can begin to make friends from the Booth School of Business or the economics Department or division of social science. They also do things like the boat cruise and.

Museum visits a lot of good things that are beyond just the language skills.

Yeah, definitely. So we're going to close with just, you know. Something said Chekov. For the next few months. So if you haven't attended, are any of the middle students days. I would attend the one in April 3rd. If you're unable to make the trip and the journey tender virtual mid student leak and then once you you know have made the final decision. If you learn about Harris, submit your mission reply form by April 15th. We will also need a $750 deposit in order to see your seat and that deposit would go towards your tuition and fees.

And then secure funding, whether that's external scholarships or government loans or anything like that, and then start preparing for the visa application once you have completed all of these steps.

So any and I will take any questions that you have that made might have not answered throughout this webinar. So please do type them in the chat box. We will save time at the end of this and.

Yeah I see 1 question that actually that came in. Can you talk about the international house in the fellowships that they offer? Yes, so the International House for those who are unfamiliar, is on campus at the University of Chicago and they house a number of international students. And it's literally like a big house and they also have a ton of different cultural events every week. And they do have a fellowship that actually we were about to email you all about next week.

If you want to just look up right now, you Chicago International House Graduate Fellowship, you can see the application. They have a few deadlines coming up. I think the next one is March 27th and that allows you to give a small scholarship and you would participate in the eye house activities that they have. I don't. I'm not aware of any Harris students living in the International House because I think that like I said earlier, housing on campus is quite limited and is primarily serving for the.

Undergraduate level, but they have the fellowship for, you know, in order to engage graduate students at the House and you know, participate in their cultural events and language conversations and things like that.

Let's see, um and I see a question about will it be possible to negotiate scholarships after March know? So the March is our final like and only time for you to negotiate. We purposely have the scholarship negotiate process open up at the end of March because we understand that all of you should have heard back from other schools by mid March. So once you know once we do it in the end of Marcel, be our last and final time.

To negotiate with you.

And that scholarship renegotiation process is going to be open to all students, yes, and so you will receive an email indicating you know this time has been open. You're welcome to respond to that and provide that updated information. And Sam had already pointed out like an updated resume of job promotions are other offers, not time is available for all students. Yeah, and I would encourage you. Like if you've been working with me or Andy or anyone else in the team, definitely make it appointment with us. Child with us a little bit more. We can give you a little.

More tips based on your application and all the materials that you have provided. So definitely. If you haven't chatted with any of us, simply make an appointment and we are happy to talk a little bit more about that.

I see a question about. I think it's a question about jumpstart. So yes, there is a program called jumpstart which is 2 weeks before math camp. Jumpstart is by invite only, so you would receive an email from us if you've been invited to participate in jump start. So it's not something that you can opt into. You'll hear from us if you've been invited to jump start.

We received another question to talk a little bit further about the different neighborhoods in the city of Chicago and maybe what are some of the differences living in different parts of the city and I have personally lived both in the high Park neighborhood on campus, in the South side and I currently live in a neighborhood on the North side and I've loved both of them for different reasons. Each neighborhood is very unique and very distinctive. The community, the restaurants, the shoppings. It feels almost like another town within the city of Chicago.

And every neighborhood I've been a part of, I've enjoyed.

For those different reasons, and so I I put the choice back to you. You can determine which neighborhood you think will be best for you, your lifestyle. One thing to keep in mind is now that I live in the North side, they have a pretty long commute to campus, so when there's an event in the evening or on the weekend, sometimes it's hard for me to come to campus, which is one of the reasons we recommend that students live closer to campus. There's a lot of good city buses that are free for U Chicago students.

And there's you Chicago buses that are exclusive only to you. Chicago community members that can get you around the high park and Woodlawn neighborhoods. Really conveniently out multiple times during the day. And it's a really great way to be connected to the community. Yeah, and you see a question asking about, you know, safety measures you. Chicago is like any other city in the US and in the world, so there's definitely ways to be smart about living in the city and.

Being a student on campus, there are various ways in which the University has these safety measures, so we have blue lights at basically in every other corner, and if you know if it's late at night and you need a ride to your apartment, you can always call for a free shuttle. We offer those as well through the Chicago Police University Chicago Police Department, so lots of safety measures in place as we understand that is a concern for anyone living in any sort of city in the world.

Another question about housing in terms of price ranges. We want to put you back to that blog post that was written by our current international students about the cost of living. There's a couple different students have given input on the various ranges of options in the different ways in which they found their housing. So it's a really great blog post to take a look at, and also that other blog post we mentioned the six funding and financial aid tips for international students that has a lot of good links to help you navigate your budget and what types of funding.

Housing options would be best for you.

So same sending those links through the chat box feature now, so please feel free to take a look at those links if for some reason you're unable to access those links to send us an email, either semini directly. If you've been working with us or that Harris admissions at uchicago.edu and would be happy to send those links out or any other links that we may have mentioned in today's webinar.

Yes, an icy. Another question about you know, pay? What is the process of paying tuition so your tuition will be due quarterly. So you're the tuition that you have for the fall quarter will be do. Typically like a week before classes start, and so so on for the winter in the spring. So you'll see that all the costs on your personal. I forgot what it's called, but it's on the bursts. Ours website where you can see the Bills and so tuition typically would be due a week before.

Classes start, so you don't need to make. You don't need to pay the full year out. Oh yeah, yeah, and our website on the financial section also list out some anticipated additional expenses like any other student fees, organ that cost of living in Chicago can help you gauge that more clearly.

Um, great.

So I see your question about the recording of this web and are we are recording this web and are so if you want to listen back to all the good details we've talked about soon as an email will be happy to send you the recording. I see a question about how long does it take for the visa to be processed from you? Chicago's and I believe it takes like I wanna say like 2 to 4 weeks. I would, you know, give us, give them a little bit of time. We are pretty quick and that's assuming that you have.

All the documents incorrectly. Sometimes you know some students will send in bank statements that are illegible, so the people, our colleagues from office of international affairs have to send it back. So it really depends on every situation, but they're pretty good about getting the documents in at a timely manner for all students.

And then I see a question about the differences between the J1 and F1 and is about to send a link to that where you can find the comparison of the two. and I would also encourage you to join the webinar that will have with Misha from office of international affairs, where will go over those main differences as well. She can talk to you a little bit more about that.

Alright, any other questions? Feel free to type the man we have about 10 minutes left.

Another thing that has come up as you may have remembered when you were submitting your application, we told you that we accepted unofficial copies of your test scores. Your jury, your toll, full your Isles, as well as your transcripts, and so now that you've been admitted now is the time to submit the official copies. So if you haven't done so already, Please send us the official score reports for your jury tool for Isles.

You can make those requests through ETS or world.

I forgot the organization that does the Isles, but the British Council, British Council. Yes, thank you and the details. The ways in which you can submit those scores to us is listed on our website. We have a whole blog post about it and as well as your academic transcripts or sometimes known as Mark Sheets. the University registrar does make a check to make sure your official copies have been submitted, so please make that request of your University. All institutions that you studied at her period.

Particuli degree granting institutions. So if you have a bachelors degree and maybe a Masters degree, send the transcripts from both. If your transcripts are not already in English than we do request that you have an official translated version. in English we have a whole blog post about that. I can send that link to you shortly, but just want to put that on your radiator. Make sure that you're preparing to submit the official test scores and transcripts. Yeah, typically I think that's not due till the summer, but you know we encourage you to get that as early as possible and definitely before you arrive since.

A lot of times schools will need you to be there in person in order to request those transcripts and things like that. So definitely you know get that soon as possible when you're ready.

I see a question about like which email should be? You know requests the recording so you can either email me or Andy if you've been working with one of us, or you can always email the Harrison missions at Uchicago Edu, which is listed on this slide here.

And we are happy to send that recording.

Uhm, I see a question about, you know, changing programs. So if you want to change a program after you've been admitted, so that really depends. And so work with the, you know the team member that you've been working with closely and chat with them a little bit about it. Really, it varies and it depends on different situations and different applications and things like that. So whoever you been working with, whether me and Eshel in or anyone else on the team to have a conversation with them and we're happy to.

Explain to you the process or what the situation would be.

Does Chicago needa transcripts evaluated by agencies like Wes or anything like that?

No, we do not require that you have your transcript evaluated by a third party agencies such as West. If you have already done that for another school that you may be applying for it, then go ahead and submit that evaluation. Our team would be happy to take a look at it, but it is not required. Yeah, not required. Is enrolling for a dual degree possible once one starts at the MVP at Harris? Yes, that is possible and so for example, with the Booth School of Business, you certainly can apply.

Or that during your first quarter here. So that is you know that is a possibility for you. You would just have to apply to that school specifically. The dual degree applications there kind of totally separate. So if you are interested in like Blue School or the school social services and administration, you would have to apply to those schools. And then if you got in that you can let your advisors know that you are planning on doing the dual degree. The only dual degree that's a little different is with the committee of international relations.

For that program you have to start with that committee of international relations. Start on that Masters program. So at this point, if that is something that you're looking at, we would work with you to defer your missions into Harris for the second year of that dual program. I also think law school is a little different that way as well. So yeah, whoever you been working with is asking you're interested in to chat with him a little bit more about what you're thinking about.