What is the standard of living — how much pocket money would I spend?
Depends on what standards you expect. For a normal grad student, you should not need to spend more than 100$ as pocket money in a month (even if you are funded). But again, you can make that figure $0 or you can also bloat it to $500 — up to you. 14. Transportation UT Shuttles are present and they connect almost every place in town with the university. And they are free. Also, you can ride the Austin city buses (called the CapMetro) free with your UT Student ID — transportation is never a worry for people here. 15. Also, I’d like to know what to do to make my case strong for a visa when I go for my visa interview. What are the kind of questions they ask and what’s the best approach to take to prepare for the VI? This has been discussed a lot on the edulix forums — please read through them. It has all been answered.
