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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 4:24pm On Feb 23, 2018
imperiouxx:


Why so much zeal about this "friend" case? Anyway, go to your city website, all that's required from you will be there. State id or city id and utility bill should be good enough for you.
lol Its obvious its not about a friend, he has posted that on like 2 to 3 threads. If you lookup his previous posts and you add 1+1 together, it’s obvious there is no friend anywhere
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 2:50pm On Feb 23, 2018
Osahon7:
GOOD DAY EVERYONE...PLEASE I HAVE A QUESTION, I HAVE ABOUT $35,000 Stored up in a domicillary accout in my name.. I intend to use the fund for a 2 year Masters in public health when am done with school... I.e the $35,000 should be for EVERY EVERY...both for Visa application, tution etc...
Please i want to ask if the funds will be enough when its time..
Thanks all
Without funding, it wont. Your main goal right now should be how to get any amount of funding from the schools you plan to apply to.On the average tuition is about $9000-$12000 per semester, if you use the lower boundary, in 3 semesters you will spend $27k which is excluding living expenses. Its not even so wise to spend that kind of money on a masters if you ask me. Try to get some funding or see the possibility of paying from your pocket in 1st semester then getting funded in subsequent semesters.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 7:32pm On Feb 22, 2018
beezyblaze:



I haven't really come across any local team that does assessment or so in nigeria here.
I was actually considering paying and enrolling in an academy over there but i still haven't seen any yet.
Thanks for your time and the info.. I appreciate. smiley
Saw this on my TL now, you might want to contact the person.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:47pm On Feb 22, 2018
Justwise, someone needs your help here
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:15am On Feb 19, 2018
nestkojex:
Good Morning house.
Please i would love to know the prefered province to choose in filling canada express entry profile?

Thanks
Wrong thread, post here https://www.nairaland.com/4212543/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 4:43am On Feb 16, 2018
Iamkoolkay:
Not running from it just trying to cut expenses. I intend to go for Msc in Business Analytics though with a Bsc in Accounting(4.00), already done IELTS(7.5)...What is your advise,sir.


Research for school using google, msinus.com, thegradcafe.com. if they require gre/gmat then take the test. Your IESLT is just an English proficiency exam, its never used in leu of GRE/GMAT.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 10:31pm On Feb 13, 2018
sheke01:
Hello house, I got admitted at University of North Carolina at Charlotte for masters in information technology(fall semester) and the graduate coordinator mailed me saying funding is limited for masters student but I would be able to get on campus job when I resume and I would be considered for assistanceship on my second semester.
please my question now is, how much can one possibly make via on campus job (Best case and worst case scenario)
please all manner of response would be appreciated so that i can make a good decision as am still awaiting admission decisions from UTEP, Cleveland state University and Arizona state University
Lagosismyhome, BigFrancis21,femi312, align360, folmus, Walspring, Imperiouxx, and every guru in the house
First of all, on campus job is very limited in most schools in North Carolina (Chapel hill, NC state etc) , why? I don't really know. I am not God but your chances are very slim, so don't bank on it. As regards funding, Assistantship for masters student in NC does not waive your tuition, all it does is pay you monthly stipend but if you are lucky, and you get an RA from a project, the RA will only pay your instate tuition, you still have to pay the difference yourself.Note that NC is not a state like Texas or Maryland where you can hustle your way out, there is practical no way except loans which I wont even advise you to take. You can just wait and see your other options as admission decision rolls in, you don't have to accept the admission decision now

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:51pm On Feb 13, 2018
henrymor:
Hello fam,

How are you all doing? Please I have been looking for answers to some questions and I will be glad if I can find answers to them here. Thanks

1. As someone who wish to do Masters in the US, is it necessary I sit for TOEFL and GRE before I can apply?

2. I graduated with 2.2 can I see a school that will give me admission?

3. Is it true that I can go for diploma before entering for masters since I have second class lower?

4. As a geologist and someone who wish to do Masters in earth sciences which schools can you suggest to me?

5. When period of the year is the application form always available for international students?

Thank you as I expect response to my questions
1) Doing toefl or GRE depends on the school requirement. GRE is not used in leu of Toefl, they are not testing the same skills. You can be required to do GRE or toefl or both GRE and Toefl. 2) Sure you will but you might need to do some standardized exam to increase your chances 3) No its not 4) Make use of google and msinus.com 5) September of the year before you plan to resume. Basically there are 2 major admision season, Autumn (August) and Spring (January). If you plan to resume in August 2109, application is open in September 2018. For spring I think its January/February
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:45pm On Feb 13, 2018
qdamilola:
Hello guys,

Please a school I am applying to needs me to have my financial affidavit “Notarized”

Please is there anyone with ideas on how I can do that here in lagos and how much it would cost?

Before u come for me, I have tried using google... I just want to know if anyone here knows about It

Thank you very very very much
Google is the same place I will direct you to but this time, google with phrase like 'where to notarize in lekki, ajah, abule egba etc' I remember I used one then like some 5years ago in Ikota shopping complex in Ajah. All the person has to do is just stamp and sign, could be less than or a little more than #1500 but you can negotiate by saying you are a student.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 4:58am On Feb 12, 2018
Iamkoolkay:
Family

Please can you guys assist recommend a Uni that does not require paying tuition fees during the admission process but the fee must be paid before commencement of the Master's program.

Ejowo Edakum Kedu Please
Don't stress yourself, 99% of US schools dont require you to pay Tuition until when you get to the US unlike Australia and Canada. So any school you find, the probability that it will be in that pool is approximately 1.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 11:39pm On Feb 11, 2018
Janet01234:
Hi guys
I need your advice on this please, my i20 is ready and my uni is telling me it's either I go through UEMS(a delivery service that makes the stuff arrive within a week) this option is about 30k naira or they send it through regular mail which would take four to six weeks or more and is free... So now the question is ,
Do you think regular mail would take that long or is it possible anything happens to the I-20 like getting missing or delayed for a very long time...do you feel they just want me to pay the money for the faster delivery? Should I just pay the 30k and be safe...Besides I won't be needing the i20 till about two months...
Ask them if they can send it to someone in the US via regular mail and it takes 5days ,which is usually free and that person sends it to you using UPS tracking which takes about 3working days. You wont spend up to 30k but might be around 15k. Never let them send it to you with regular mail if you dont have enough time because it might get missing. Since you won't need the i20 until 2months, you can take a risk and let them send it through regular mail. If you dont get it after 1month, then you can go ahead and use the 30k service. Weight your options

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 6:22pm On Feb 11, 2018
adesbaba:
Family




Please as contract staff worker,with less pay..bsc accounting with 2:2,...can't save high money for all this TOEFL ,GRE exams but want to go for MSC in USA either in finance,accounting or management... Pls what options or schools do I have...
Interesting..But do you have money for Tuition and living expenses? Are you planning to apply for local scholarships in Nigeria? If your answer is No...Without standized exams, your chances of funding is closer to 0 than 1.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 11:08pm On Feb 09, 2018
LagosismyHome:
Justwise ..... the post by Remily is resulting in a ban once you reply and then the comments are hidden . ... is there a reason why

though I enjoyed my double ban grin
Lol all the hidden posts were because of that particular post. Enjoyed my own too and learnt my lessons �

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 9:26pm On Feb 09, 2018
davidlogan:


Thank Sir

Your right sir... it's community college oo
But I hear its difficult for VO to issue visa in community college...
Pls what's your advice sir
Do whatever is best for you, just find out the details first before you leap

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 9:11pm On Feb 09, 2018
davidlogan:
Good Morning landers... Please i would like to know if it's possible to apply for a school and after getting i20 and travelling, ...if it's possible to do a transfer immediately on getting there, or if one would have to do a semester first before traveling...and how to go about it?
Yes you can, but it depends on the transfer policy of the school, you might be required to do a semester there before they approve your transfer while some will allow you to transfer almost immediately. I am assuming your end goal is a community college because I don't know why you can not just use the i20 of the school you want to transfer to, to save you some stress. Do your research well so you don't get stuck.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 4:39pm On Feb 07, 2018
Remily:
A silent follower on this platform. Visa denied at 6:30am, 6 February, 2018.

V.O -Good morning
Me-Good morning
V.o-pass me your passport and i-20
V.o- where are you going in the US
Me- Stanton University, Garden Grove, CARLIFORNIA
V.o-How is it possible that the school's tuition will be below 3k dols.
Me- That's the tuition the school charges and I believe it's because its non-for profit institution.
V.o- Are you sure this is a real school?
Me- Yes I am. The school is Authorized by the BPPE.
V.o - She killed my moral. The school is situated on a strippers club!
me- Ewo! I don die.
V.o- Started typing and prolly searching for information about
V.o- Did you apply to any other school
Me- Yes. Lincoln University
V.o- And you picked Stanton over Lincoln?
Me- Yes. I had a first recommendation about Stanton.
v.o- sorry, i cant approve your visa.
Me- Choi! Thank you o


So gurus, what should be my next shot abeg? I just fall a victim sha
Your next shot is to apply to a better school, you are even lucky the VO told you the reason. It wqs very glaring

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 8:33am On Feb 07, 2018
Iamkoolkay:
Hello guys..

Pls aside application fee, is there anything like service fee that must be paid before given form 1-20 by the university.
I was told by an agent.

Pls guys respond
An agent? In 2018? LMFAO. If you know what is good for you, run far from the agent if its not too late. There is nothing like service charge, however some schools require you to pay for i20 shipping, maybe that is what he is referring to. What school? Just hope its not one useless school.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 8:09am On Feb 07, 2018
Gunnerson:


Thank you for your contribution. However, let me inform you this piece is not to discourage anybody from chasing their dream of coming to US, it's only to inform and guide. Now back to your assertion;
1 well, i believe experience is the best teacher in the area of skin color, and also let me chip in that coupled with the skin color assertion, you ignored the comment about the cold weather. First, I believe Nigerians in the US can tell you what the response from a white person would be when you tell them you are a Nigerian; all thanks to our frontiers who have spoilt the name Nigeria in the past. On the weather, I believe you would say it is people that live there, but I hope you are prepared for it. #JustSaying

2, On your hypothetical calculation of saving and spending; let me inform that; in a city you can earn 1120$, you may not be getting a room for less than 600$ and you also forgot to include transportation in your expenses. If you're lucky enough to be in a city with public transport, you can factor in 100$ per month. And if it happens that no public transport,you sure want to factor at lest 120$ for car insurance and at least 50$ for gas per month. Subtract that from your $400 balance. Well you wake up at 4:30am and sleep 11pm, its quite unfortunate but at the same time, I know people that wake 7am and get back home 6-7pm, working on the island and living on the mainland. I believe it's about what works best for you #MyOpinion

3 I did not say you cant find true love. However, How about you meet a nigerian-american, tell her you love her and see her body language #JustSaying. Guess what? that is what their parents/fathers did to get citizenship; hence the believe that is what many nigerian boy that walks up to them wants to achieve; win her heart and brace up to go and win her parents over #JustSaying. And if it's white, thats story for another time.

4 "Most international students getting a Phd are not getting it because they wanted to but man is got to do what he is got to do and you cant blame them", meaning sacrifice 5years of hard labor to work as masters employee. I see smiley smiley


Anyways, my overt conclusion about my excerpt is for everybody to be prepared for any path they choose.
I believe you did not see me condemn any of the paths in any way.
What worked for me may not work for you and vice versa.

Thank you.
1) grin I am not saying you are discouraging people, you wrote the piece based on your own perspective which might not always be true. I didn't ignore your comment about cold weather, I just believe it wasn't that important. People leaving in Alaska don't have two heads and mind you, there are Nigerians in Alaska. If you get a job in Alaska, because of cold you wont take the offer? You don't meet people in 2 months and start telling them you love them, time they say will tell. Not every American lady believes all Nigerian men are bad or scum.
2) My calculation is even based on a masters stipend, you and I know that for a Phd stipend, that figure can be higher. In as much as cities are different $100 for transport is outrageous, why on earth are you living far from your school? In-fact some/most student apartments have shuttle buses which is included in your rent.
3) Because you met one and she didn't respond does not mean others wont, even in Nigeria not all girls you ask out will tell you yes..so? There are '1001' Nigerian men who met the love of their lives in America and everything worked out. Because it didn't work out with one due to her myopic views is not justification to generalize.
4) You mentioned 'to work as a slave' as if having a Phd degree is not prestigious or respected or it wont open opportunities later in future. Anyways to every man his own.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 6:16am On Feb 07, 2018
Gunnerson:
I should use this opportunity to congratulate the lucky pundits in the house that have been offered admission. I’ve been on this platform for a while noticing things as usual. I’m indeed happy because the mission of this platform is being fulfilled. I’m pretty sure potential grad students are seriously looking forward to hearing ‘welcome to America’ but these are the few points you should be aware of before leaving Nigeria. My first question is this, are you sure you really want to accept this admission offer? Oh! You’re surprised right? I’ll explain elaborately on this based on my experience. This time last year, I got a plethora of admission offers that I became bemused on the one to accept, and the ones to let go. I got an undergraduate degree in industrial chemistry from the university of Lagos, but I have never for once cherished what I studied. Throughout my university days, I never gained anything, I was never serious because I hated the smell of chemicals which emanated from the chemistry lab. I’ve always wished I studied chemical engineering. Upon graduation, I said to myself this is the best time to fulfill your chemical engineering dream. The truth is if I had known, I would have applied for an MS in chemical engineering, but because I wasn’t advised and based on ‘do it all by yourself’ phenomenon, I fell into a trap, and it took various deliberations before I was able to get out of the trap I got myself into. I knew I wasn’t going to get into top schools that offer PhD in chemical engineering because of my industrial chemistry background. I applied into 6 or 8 schools (not too sure), I applied for PhD in chemical engineering in three low ranked schools(with research areas that I don’t even like or have a fundamental knowledge of), I was eager to leave this country because I felt this country doesn’t have anything good for the youths. My first admission offer (PhD Chemistry) was from Michigan Technological University with a fully funded, amazing stipend package. I was like ‘wawuu’ I saluted myself, and said to myself, ‘Tobi, welcome to America’ I didn’t even wait for the second offer before I grabbed the first one and accepted it. Seriously, I made the biggest mistakes of my life by accepting that offer because I didn’t do enough research before; (I) showing interest in PhD, because research isn’t my thing, I’m always and will forever be in love with calculations, (II) applying into Michigan Tech, because the research areas are not what I consider funny. Not that I don’t like the research areas, I HATE the research areas. Plus, Michigan is a cold state, I went during summer, but the weather was unbearable for me, it was extremely cold and I’m allergic to cold. There was a day I was coming from school, I cried and said to myself, ‘Tobi, who sent you here! You want to come and die in America right?’ Plus, Michigan is more of a white man state, I was the only black in my department. Michigan is one of the coldest states in US, and that would have been a capital NO for me if I had done my research before leaving Nigeria. Also, I loathe trying new species of food. I’m a typical Ekiti man who’s used to our cultural foods, but it was difficult in Michigan because I couldn’t find any Nigerian store. I had no choice but to result into consuming biscuits, burger and chips for three weeks. There was a day I instructed one of my friends in Atlanta, Georgia to buy our normal foodstuffs in Nigeria for me in Atlanta, because there are quite good African stores in Atlanta that sell Nigerian foodstuffs. By the time I calculated the cost of shipping the foodstuffs to Michigan, I lost interest.
If you’ve made up your mind to leave Nigeria, please and please consider the following piece of advice;
(I) Do a thorough research on the school you’re going to, the state, and means of transportation. I faced a lot of challenges transporting myself because MTU is located in a small town. There was no train(I think train is the cheapest means of transportation in US), no BRT bus. I was left with two options, it’s either I board a taxi(very expensive) or I trek to school. My apartment was far from school, and what I did most was to trek.
(II) Please ask yourself this genuine question, why am I leaving for US? Are you interested in going to US because you’re tired of being jobless or underemployed in Nigeria? Are you going to US because you want to get a green card? Are you going to US because you have flair for international education, and research? Are you going to US because you just want to leave this country? Let me answer the questions one after the other. If the reason is because you’re underemployed or jobless, have you tried being self employed? https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/women-enterpreneurs/affiong-williams-makes-forbes-africa-s-billionaires-list/155376.html Did you know you can get grants to finance your unprecedented ideas? I’m very sure most people know Iroko TV, the CEO got grants to finance his idea and he’s a lionized young billionaire in Nigeria. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/b02cab5e-c378-11e5-b3b1-7b2481276e45 if you’re not called to be self employed, please and please, don’t go there because many are called but few are chosen. On a more serious note, what attracted me to US was the amazing stipends grad students get, but I was wrong when I got there. When I got my I-20, I was uncontrollably happy when I found out that I would be earning close to 500K naira per month after being fully funded. I was like I will have enough savings at the end of the month. Unbeknownst to me, US isn’t Ojuelegba where you can survive on 50K per month. I was staying in a one room apartment (three persons share one bathroom. Bathroom is also known as toilet in US.) and after calculating the yearly rent, I would be paying close to 2 million naira every year in what we call face me and face you apartment in Nigeria. That’s not all, I was also responsible for my health insurance, and other payments that would be made known to you when you get to the school. I realized the pay wasn’t what I anticipated. What’s left was passion, which I never had for the course I was given and the area of research that was available. I give crocodile smile whenever people tell me that they would work their asses off by combining multiple jobs in US. The truth is as a GA or RA, you will never have quality time for yourself coupled with the fact that you have projects you’ll be constantly working on. Disregard any of such information that tells you that as a grad students, you’ll have time for yourself. Especially students with science background (Eyin omo science student) be prepared to spend most of your day in the lab. If the pay is the reason why you’re going to US, please disabuse yourself from such fallacy. If you belong to the second category of people going to US because of green card, please think twice before leaving Nigeria. My first question is, are you ready to deny yourself of true love by marrying a citizen because you want to become a denizen? The bitter truth is not everybody would get citizenship through the means of securing a job upon graduation is US. Do you know how many US citizens are unemployed? The ones amongst us that might be lucky to get a good job in US upon graduation are the ones in top ranked schools. If you’re eyeing an unranked or low ranked school, have you thought of what would become of you upon graduation. Let me share a brief story of two persons with you. When I got to Houghton, Michigan, the only good experience I had was to meet some folks that graduated from Unilag. They told me the story of a Nigerian guy that concluded his PhD in MTU and returned to Nigeria to become a lecturer in Gombe State University. At first, I was like God forbid but on the long run, I saw it coming. I was lucky enough to meet the second guy, (this one is not them say) the guy got an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Unilag and proceeded to MTU for his PhD. He graduated the semester before I clocked in in MTU. We got talking and he said he had to settle for a post doctoral program when he couldn’t secure a job. As I’m talking to you, he’s a post doc student in the department of chemical engineering. My question to him is what next after post doc? Unto my next question, are you going to US because you have flair for research? The people that belong to this category are the ones that would survive the grad school heat in US. Please don’t hesitate to accept that admission offer if you belong to this category.
Conclusions:
(1) I would advise potential admission seekers to apply for an MS program instead of the over prophesied PhD program because you can still bear unforeseen circumstances for 18 months instead of 5 years.
(2) If you’re interested in getting a good job in US upon graduation, please and please target top ranked schools in your individual programs.
(3) If you’re interested in the green Pali, please don’t lead anybody on in Nigeria before leaving because I must confess to you, black Americans are the true definition of beauty. You’ll definitely find a partner in US, but don’t ever make it obvious that you’re interested in them because of your ulterior motive.
(4) If you’re interested in pursuing a PhD program, please be sure that you love research, be sure you’re in love with your area of research because PhD is over demanding. PhD would take everything called life away from you for five years. This is not to scare you. You can do it because many Nigerians that aren’t better than you have done it. But don’t deceive yourself.
(5) If you’re more concerned about being a billionaire, please neglect grad school, and invest in your idea for five years instead of spending it in grad school with nothing positive at the end but a degree.
(6) If you have a good job or earn well in Nigeria, please and please stick to your job, don’t resign o because there’s no assurance that you’ll get something close to that upon graduation.
(7) For those interested in international education, please be very passionate about it. The end result is good. Imagine a situation where Dr would be added to your name. Oh my! it’ll be so sweet being called Dr Tobi Crowns in future. But don’t ever let go of your dreams because of grad school.
Conclusion: grad school is only interested in passionate applicants. PhD program is very demanding and be ready to pay the price. A PhD program in ABC is more demanding than BS in Electrical electronics engineering because you won’t just learn the alphabetical order but you would learn why A is A and why X has to come before Y and why B is called B and why M is an inverted W. Be prepared! Be prepared!! Be prepared!!! Grad school is interesting, but demanding.
Ask yourself this question, ‘why am I leaving Nigeria’? Please be sincere with your response. God bless you.

Excerpt from a friend's experience
Hmm..nice write up but some of your points are not entirely true and shouldn't be taken at face value 1) Whether a state is mostly white does not indicate whether you will make it or not in the state. Infact some whites are more accommodating than some blacks. There are people who schooled in mostly white states and they never felt uncomfortable, they always contribute in class, Its left to you to show them that Africans are not dull as they think. Even when they talk about racism, I don't know what racism looks like, I cant even feel it even if you racially abuse me so far you don't touch me while saying your trash.
2) You talked about rent etc and you were converting to Naira while making your conclusion which I don't agree with. A graduate student on full tuition waiver earning average of $1120 after tax with no car is better off than a worker earning #250k in Nigeria. For instance, out of your $1120 lets assume you pay average rent of $500/month, phone bills of $30, Groceries of $100 and miscellaneous of $90, at the end of the day you are still left with $400 to save for raining day. $400 in today's exchange rate is about #144k. Can a person earning #250K working in Lagos save 144k in a month? Your answer is as good as mine. Not to even talk of the condition of living in Nigeria which is very poor, someone once said 'Everything in Nigeria can Kill you' which I totally agree with. I remember while working in Lagos then, I wake up 4:30am every day and I don't get home until at least 11pm just because of #150K per month, and that is basically the life of a typical average Lagosian. How can one grow old working like that? One will die young and that is not a curse. In summary if you are in Nigeria and you are not happy about your life,your Job or you are unemployed and if or not a graduate degree will get you closer to your dream then start working towards it. 3) You said 'do you want to deny yourself of true love by marrying a citizen because you want to become a citizen' My question is, so people that married citizens are not inlove? marrying a citizen won't give you true love? That's what your statement suggests and I want to believe that came out wrongly. 4) In as much I am a strong proponent of going to top ranked and good schools, we cant deny the fact that there are people who attended top schools and they find it hard to get jobs whereas people who attended even unranked schools get jobs. There is no hard rule to this, people's destiny is different and everything is by God's grace. What worked for you might not worked for someone else and vice versa, we should stop living/programming our lives based on people. I know a Nigerian guy that finished his 5 years Phd in Chemistry at University of Arkansas and got a job with SealedAir, I believe MT is even highly ranked than UA. Most international students getting a Phd are not getting it because they wanted to but man is got to do what he is got to do and you cant blame them, if you can survive Nigeria with all the stress, you should survive a Phd on the average. Africans are known to be hard worker and resilient and, luckily Phd might you more paths to permanent resident than a BSc or MSc would (http://www.greencardforphd.com/ https://www.phdgreencard.com/). People finish Phd and end up going to work in the Industry, America is not Nigeria where no one will employ a Phd holder except Tertiary Institutions.
5) On a joking note, as regards food I am a typical Ekiti man too and my taste bud was calibrated with Pounded Yam, I don't even think you are as picky as me. I cant eat and have never eaten a typical American food like Mac and Cheese, because it is tasteless, its irritates the hell out of me and that has never been a problem. You should adapt and you can always find rice, beans,Pasta etc except swallows in any store in the US. You can get African like foods in Hispanic section in various stores like Walmart or Indian stores. My ultimate question for you, if you have the chance, would you choose your present Phd or your past job/past unemployment in Nigeria?

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 7:56pm On Feb 06, 2018
lolibunm:
Femi Pls I need ur help, am preparing for TOEFL Wat textbook should I read and also need ur help in writing sop.tnks
TOEFL is a piece of cake compared to GRE, all you need is the TOEFL guide from ETS, Sample exam from ETS and Noteful speaking video. Speaking is the only hard part because it is not basically just speaking English but you have to link the ideas together. So just go to YouTube and download TOEFL speaking videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcitwmXvmDg&list=PL6434B98632F06DB0 . If you are using Barron, Kaplan etc, you are just wasting your time. You can get a good SOP from this link and also study this SOP ebook, for your own good, don't copy the SOP just use as guide. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwKmQy59LeEpQ0VGeFVSd0l1eUJyMUJvQ0V3cW1oeDhmZ3J3
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwKmQy59LeEpZ2Y3bnk2Vlh4ekM0dy13VERhWDNpY2FGLVRV. When you write your own SOP, I MIGHT be able to help you review it.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:54am On Feb 06, 2018
OtunbaRae:


Bro, kindly share me GRE materials in my dropbox, raiewise3@yahoo.com
God bless you
Go to this thread, you should see the link there https://www.nairaland.com/1832477/how-achieve-high-scores-gre

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 11:23pm On Feb 05, 2018
tobilento:
Good day, Please I need advice (fundings, schools, etc..) on applying for MASTER of PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) for Fall 2018. I am a graduate of Microbiology with 4.60 Cgpa. Thanks
Which schools have you found yourself? First class and you cant do simple research on Google? You cant put mph in Nairaland search bar to see schools people have applied to in the past? I am sorry but nobody will do your work for you, you have to be proactive. Funding for fall 2018 in February? Most schools are making funding decision now so it technically late, just plan towards Spring 2019 or Fall 2019 and do proper research with www.msinus.com. Mosy mph schools require you to apply through sophas I think, not sure I got the name right. Try googling it

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 8:45pm On Feb 05, 2018
knoph2007:
My gre is verbal 143 quant 161. Just concluding my msc with 3.93. Also having 4.19 at first degree, Any hope of phd full funding scholarship
What field are you in? Is your Msc thesis based or just course work? All this play a part in admission decisions. There is hope for most things in life, what differs is the level of hope. If you research well, contact as many Faculties and sell your technical experience if you have, plus research experience, you should see at least two that will be interested in you.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 7:37pm On Feb 05, 2018
Awonla:
Pls guys my gre score is 281, I have bsc in mathematics which I graduated with 2:2 my last two years were of good grades on my transcript because I was told by someone that they always consider the last years most importantly I learnt that a lot of schools don't have much student applying for masters in mathematics, which schools can you suggest for me which will be easy to get admission and also funded if I can be lucky with that my gre score.
The answer to the bolded is NO, it depends on the school you apply to, not all schools consider your last 60 hours of undergrad. You want to get funding with a 2:2 and a 282 GRE score? Lets be honest, if the funding were in your care as a POI would you give someone that has this kind of your profile? Would you be confident enough to put projects worth thousands of dollars in there care? I am sure your answer in NO. My advice to you is to re-write GRE and get > 315, with that you have better chances at both funding and admission. Your 2:2 is not a limiting factor if you get a good gre score, LOR,SOP etc

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 2:31am On Feb 03, 2018
Lala234:
Hi guys....

Can anyone suggest two good public universities good for studying BSC in Information Technology or Telecommunication Science in the US

I will be applying for funding.....

Thanks...
I tried running a search but not satisfied.

Thanks.

I have little to no idea about Bsc admisions
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 2:30am On Feb 03, 2018
Josh4wod:
Hello guys

Is it good to apply to about 3 different schools in just one state?
....

No big deal about that but it might be a red flag to a VO and it might not be to another. I will advise you spread your risk well, why even apply to 3 schools in the same state when there are so many great programs spread across the US.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 3:27pm On Feb 02, 2018
Coloniel5000:

some people just find it interesting discouraging other people, I don't know what they intend achieving from doing that. for the fact that something doesn't work for you doesn't mean it won't for others. na wa una
Her advice is for wise people, you can decide to follow it or not. Its not a must for you to. After spending money and time on one building school, I guess you will understand better after 2 years.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 11:30pm On Jan 31, 2018
Iamkoolkay:
Holla Guys,

Pls can anyone assist with the name of Unis in the US that does not require GRE and payment of tuition fees before giving admission ( I.e will pay over there before commencement of program)

I need this guys
You don’t even sound like a genuine student right now, you are sounding like someone whose main goal is to run away. Anyways most good don’t require you to make payment before leaving Nigeria. At for schools that don’t require GRE, it depends on your course of study and for your own good, its better you stop running from GRE

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:25pm On Jan 26, 2018
blessurance:
hello, gurus in the house, its over a month after writing Gre, scores were sent to my schools immediately after the exams (to the exact school, but not the exact code though). presently, the schools still indicate "gre scores not received" in their records. What should i do to reconcile this please, who should i contact?
Most times, you don't need your departmental code, all you need is the school code since all applications are routed through the grad school. Anyways, you will need to do some callings and not emails, if your school normally receives scores electronically, you need to call ETS and ask them the exact date,time and electronic code that was used to send your score. This electronic code is just like a tracking no, get that code and call your school. With that code it should be easier to locate your score. If it send manually, still ask for details and give your school the detail. If they still can't locate it, inform ETS that your school didn't receive the scores, ETS will resend it at no cost.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 5:41am On Jan 25, 2018
justwise , your attention is needed smiley

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by femi312: 4:24am On Jan 24, 2018
eddyme:


I just message you now sir..
If I cant be of help here, I will probably not be of help in the pm. Just type whatever it is here to get diverse views from guys here. Its better and more effective

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