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Hello everyone!
In case you hadn’t heard, UMass Amherst has found itself in some controversy after telling students last week that it will stop admitting Iranians into certain graduate programs. To avoid violating US sanctions against Iran, the school will not allow Iranian nationals into the graduate programs of chemical, computer, and mechanical engineering as well as those for the natural sciences. We believe this is unique amongst US schools (or at least any other schools are keeping such policy decisions on the “down low”) and it even appears to have caught the US State Department off guard. It will be interesting to see if this policy gets overturned in the not-so-distant future.
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David Petersam
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Hello everyone!
Well, that didn’t take long. The Washington Post is reporting the ban on Iranian students has been reversed.
Best of luck with your applications!
Sincerely,
David Petersam
President
AdmissionsConsultants, Inc.
DPetersam@admissionsconsultants.comAdmissionsConsultants
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Hello everyone!
In further, related news, Business Insider is reporting the Iranian student,Zahra Khalkhali, who sparked the now-reversed admission policy is not allowed back in the US after UMass Amherst dropped its sponsorship of her in January.
Best of luck with your applications!
Sincerely,
David Petersam
President
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