The Team at Indian Students Organization feels happy and proud to have you here with us. As was mentioned at the Orientation Resource Fair by our Office Holders, we intend to help you to settle down and try to help you fight the longing for home.
Based on the questions we have received up until now, we would like to share some information with you. Firstly, accommodations. Though it is true that forming groups before hand and then leasing apartments together is a very good idea, but sometimes it doesn't pan out so well. Sometimes, there aren't so many apartments available for leasing. Other times, you don't have enough people. We suggest you to go through the available accommodations posted on our group. Split up the group if it isn't working as planned. Make friends with existing lessees. It actually comes to your advantage as the house is all setup already.
Secondly, courses. We know there are many of us kept on the waiting list of classes. But please do not worry, most cases meeting the professor on the first day of classes always does the trick. They will be giving you add codes to the classes and you shall be able to join the classes officially. So being on waitlist is not a problem.
Then comes the phone. Well, you have two options for it. Getting a prepaid card or starting a postpaid plan. If you are getting prepaid, all you need is a phone and about $30. Go to any mobile store like T-mobile or AT&T and ask for a prepaid SIM. And you are good to go!
And if you would like to go for postpaid, then it's a longer process. But it sure is a lot cheaper if you do it right. T Mobile approves postpaid and contract phones for students based on their VISA. So you can take your VISA to any T Mobile Shop for the postpaid phone.
And if you would like to go for postpaid, then it's a longer process. But it sure is a lot cheaper if you do it right. T Mobile approves postpaid and contract phones for students based on their VISA. So you can take your VISA to any T Mobile Shop for the postpaid phone.
Last but not the least, be wary of help. Other than ISO - SJSU and Hindu Yuva, there is one another group which offers help to students. It's the Amway group.This group offers almost any kind of help to students. Including SSN and sometimes even money. We at ISO and Hindu Yuva do not expect anything in return from students. This group, on the other hand, asks you to come to meetings and conferences of the Amway Group. We do not say that joining them or going to their conferences is not good. But if you are not interested in Groups that want you to buy their stuff and add people to their group, it would be better to avoid such people.
We hope to have cleared up some of the most important stuff that you need in these first days with this post. We shall aim to clear more of your questions in Parichay. To conclude, we advise you to create more relationships, build your network but never forget your old friendships. Involve in as many events and groups as you can, meet and greet as many people as possible. Let's meet at Parichay! Welcome to San Jose! Welcome to Sparta!!
