Scholar Strategy guide to Coronavirus risk management. It covers: - What COVID 19 measures mean for incoming Fall 2020 students - What are few steps you can take professionally to not end up in a soup - How to stay calm in this madness and survive the crisis - How is Coronavirus situation unfolding in US and stories from our alums who are currently studying there - How can you still prepare for fruitful Grad School journey ahead For more help, visit https://scholarstrategy.com/

1. Coronavirus vs YOU
Nistha Tripathi
Founder and Director @ Scholar Strategy • 22.03.2020

2. Agenda
Status
● Current Students
● Incoming Fall Students
What steps are being taken by US
Crisis Management
Manage your career
What can you do now?

3. Today’s Meetup
Panic Control
● What we know for sure
● What we don’t know yet
Prepare Ahead
● You can be proactive

4. About Nistha
MS CS Grad from UIUC, NYU MBA Dropout
Founded Scholar Strategy in 2013
● Neuroscience based Career Coach and Admissions
Expert
● Advised 500+ students to dream MS/MBA programs
● Helped grads find their dream internships/jobs at
Salesforce, Netapp, Facebook, Tesla, Amazon etc

5. Coronavirus Situation
What’s happening?
● Campus Lockdown
● Classes Online
● Travel Bans
● Scrambling for groceries (I know!)

6. Impact on Current Students
Learning disruption
● Online classes
Uncertainty
● Job offers? Visa validity?

7. Campuses shutting down
Some are pausing campus
classes for a few days or
weeks, including Columbia,
Princeton and Indiana
University, while others are
canceling classes through
the end of the term, including
Stanford and Harvard.

8. ? on academics
“Assignment deadlines have been relaxed, the grading
structure is changed as well. Students have been
advised not to leave the country as F1 status may
change and I-20 might have to be reissued.”
- Abhinav Khare, CMU MCDS

9. ? on offers
Mo Pota, an Electrical Engineering graduate
student at Rochester Institute of Technology was
happy after receiving an internship offer from an
Integrated Circuit manufacturing company in
Portland. However, the joy was short lived as the
company rescind its offer few weeks later.

10. What does it mean for you?

11. ? on Fall 2020 schedule
● Will Fall classes start on time?
● How can I get the visa if offices are closed?
● What do online classes mean for job search and
STEM OPT eligibility?

12. Incoming Fall Students TO DO
1. Email the school, ask for options
Ask what it means
Hi, I have received an admit from ____. I was
wondering what to expect given the coronavirus
outbreak. Can you please share if the Fall term will
commence as planned?

13. Response from IIT

14. Take classes online
Pros
- Start on time
- No delay in graduation
Cons
- Less peer learning
- Less connection making
and networking

15. Deferring your admission
To Spring
- Possible impact on
Internships
To next Fall
- Delay in graduation
- Uncertainty continues for
another year

16. Some silver lining

17. US cannot afford to alienate
international students
● 2 lac Indian, 4 lac Chinese students go to US
every year
● Measures being taken to help the students

18. USCIS may allow you to work off-campus

19. Visa regulations may be slackened

20. What can you do
NOW?
1. React fast
2. Proactively prepare ahead

21. Incoming Fall Students TO DO
2. Get I20s as planned
3. Look out for visa slots and updates

22. React Fast
Keep your options open - Don’t resign yet
Stay prepared for VISA - education loan, financial
docs
Stay NIMBLE

23. Proactively Prepare
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
You have more time than ever NOW - how would you use it?
● Fill your weak gaps
● Make yourself employable

24. My Story of Crisis Management
Thrived in 2008 Financial Crisis
● Landed 2 fulltime offers even before I graduated from NYU
MBA - dropped out
● Mindset
● Proactive preparation

25. How can I help?
Scholar Strategy
Launching stand alone Internship Masterclass in a month
- 4 week online course
- How to ace the recruiting process in Grad School
- Previous candidates landed $100,000+ salaried jobs and
internships at Salesforce, Amazon, Netapp, Chan Zuckerberg
Initiative etc

26. Stay in touch
Email nistha@scholarstrategy.com to get your
career in shape :)
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