xp17: @luckyluciano77, my cousin (male) starts his grad program this august for petroleum eng also at uni Louisiana. I'd like you guys to know each other. he's a newyork resident.


note: Louisiana police arrest like mad those guys don't joke with tickets, they distribute like church fliers

PM me. No yawa.

timodam4real: Thank you Lord! Visa granted at lagos embassy today...my trranscript below:

Me: good morning sir

Vo: Goodmorning

VO: How did you find this school

Me: I went on some intensive research in listing the schools i applied to from some educational websites like braintrack.com, usnews.com and princeton review.( VO nods head)

Vo: wat other schools did u apply

me: Listed them verbally

Vo: why etsu

Me: This school has been ranked highly specialized in biology by us news.com (he didnt get dat and he asked again for the souce) i said USnews.com it was also listed by princeton as one of the best public research universities in Southeastern part of the US.

VO: but University of iowa is a better school

Me: I considered my area of interest which is molecular biology and biochemistry and my school has a very high ranked structure in this area of research. i will be working on immunity of plants bla bla bla

Vo: why dis area of research

me: after school, i went for my nysc at a university where i served as a research assistant, myself and my dr researched extensively on this so it sparked my interest

Vo: wat did u do to get admission

Me: online appl, send documents etc

Vo: did u take GRE

me: yes!! absolutely

vo: can i see ur scores

me:passed it to him (looks at it, nods and gave it back to me)

Vo: do you work?

Me: sure... i work with a pharmaceutical company\

VO: As wat?

me: Quality Assurance

Vo: wat do u do

me: bla bla bla

Vo; who is sponsoring you

me: i am on a GA scholarship but my dad will pay for thje rest of my fees

VO: wat does he do

Me: he is a military officer

VO: pick up ur visa bla bla bla

me: galantly walked away


KEY: God first, confidence, no stereotypical answers and be relaxed

BOOM!
Congrats

I never knew that visa interview was that open. All d pple that were interviewed before me where denied about 8 of them. But one common mistake was that when the VO asked about how they heard about the school, they all said through a friend, dad's friend and bla bla.
Suddenly my number popped up, I was shocked and scared, I couldn't move my legs.
I just happy sha.

Meanwhile that famous hotel @ obalande na wa o. Na so so asawo full d whole area. Lol.

VO: so u want to attend university of louisiana?
Me: Yes
VO: how did you get to know about the school?
ME: I did some Internet research when I finally decided to get an MBA then I came across a US news and world report rankings, so I shortlisted about 6 schools and applied to 3.
V.O: Ok, so what do u do now?
Me: I work with xxxx bank Plc

VO: for how long?
Me: over 2 years now

VO: as what?
Me: Relationship Manager

VO: what exactly are ur roles
Me: setting up meeting wiv prospective customers, mobilising for deposit...... bla bla bla

VO: ok
VO: so you took the GMAT?
Me: No, I took the GRE

VO: what school did u graduate from?
Me: University of Ibadan
VO: what course
Me: computer science
VO: ok. Can I see ur degree cert and ur GRE result?
Me: I don't have my certificate yet Buh I have a notification of result
VO: ok lemme see them

He looks at it and passes dem back to me.
VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my dad
VO: what does he do
Me: he owns a digital studio.
VO: what do they do there
Me: they make radio jingles and TV adverts.
VO:ok. Pick up ur visa bla bla bla

He didn't even chech the statements or admission letter or any other stupid thing

Boom!

Was just given visa some minutes ago.
Thank God!

Dear house, please what's the name and address of that famous hotel in obalande? My interview is 2mao.