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Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 8:24pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
This is some good news to rejoice about!!! |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 8:28pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by biikeys(m): 8:36pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Roox: Yup..MS/PhD Fast track |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Ripleus2: 9:15pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
masquellett: You can reach me at ucookme AT gmail DOT com @Everyone: Thank you. I pray the testimonies will go round. If I may offer some words of advice from personal experience, , ttmacoy is right to a very large extent. If a school will give you admission (let alone funding) they want your profile to have something that sparks their interest. They want something slightly beyond what everyone else is submitting. I am informed that sometimes a department has like 5,000 applications and they need to choose just 10 or 12 people. They might first check your CGPA and whether your application is complete and other things, to reduce the number of applicants. Maybe it is now reduced to 2,000. They use other criteria to reduce the numbers further. After they have reduced the number and they have maybe 400 applicants, they use a software to first filter out some people e.g. those without GRE will get cut out. EVEN THOUGH they said GRE is not compulsory, but they'll rather choose someone that has it rather than someone that doesn't. They go on like that till it's like 100 people. They can read those ones' statements of purpose and reference letters. Cut it down to 50. Then maybe they'll interview the 50 in person, and for international students, interview them on Skype. Finally they have 20. Out of that 20, maybe just 12 will come to that school in the end. It's always better to have the basic things that other students have, if you want a solid chance. If possible, even have other things that can make your profile unique. If you don't have an item in your profile, and other students like you have it, you have set yourself up. Even though the school says it's not compulsory, study, do it and send it. My background is Electrical Engineering but I was applying for a program that almost all my classmates would have been Math Majors or Physics Majors in their undergraduate program. Trust me, Engineers don't know or understand many things that Mathematicians and Physicists play easily with. I knew I was already disadvantaged so I knew I had a point to prove. TOEFL 116/120. Then the usual GRE, I scored 800/800 in the Math section (before they changed the scales, now that's like 170) though my verbal was just 590/800, now like 152). But I still felt it's not enough cos the people I'm competing against have stronger backgrounds. I decided to meet them on their level so I registered for the Subject test GRE in Mathematics. Yet, all the (advanced) mathematics I did in Engineering school was not up to 15% of the syllabus in this GRE. I decided I'll study and take the exam anyway, so I pushed myself and even after over a year of hard study, my score was just like 60%. Other applicants like me, that I talked to in various forums online, they said the dullest among them scored from 85% above. Most of those topics, they have done since undergraduate study. I was discouraged but I sent the score anyway. I also knew I had to prove that I cope with the research studies, in another way. So I contacted people already doing their own research / Masters abroad (by email) and I offered to help them do research and computation. For free. They let me help them, and one of them wrote a reference for me. Another one, his paper won an award in London so I wrote it inside my statement of purpose that I helped in that research, that they can ask the school. I'm not taking glory for myself, it belongs to God, but I know that they couldn't have seen my profile and not realized that I was actually trying hard. So that's probably why they gave me a chance. Stanford rejected me anyway, because I'm sure the competition there was even much tougher than at Notre Dame. 13 Likes |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 9:20pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Ripleus2: Congrats. Enjoy South Bend and what it has to offer. Cheers and remember everything they told you was in good faith not out of spite .. Bests. |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Ripleus2: 9:22pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
ebdib: Thank you |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by kennyrony(m): 9:57pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Futurewiser:Try Southern New Hampshire University 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Loverswater(m): 11:11pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Walspring:thanks to you |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Loverswater(m): 1:11am On Apr 30, 2015 |
please i want to know if it is only bsc that is used to apply for schools in usa, what about us the polytechnics graduate, is there no hope for us atall? please if any, tell us the name of the university and its location...thanks |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by tradenet: 5:13am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Hello |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 5:41am On Apr 30, 2015 |
tradenet: 1 Like |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by kennycooly: 6:21am On Apr 30, 2015 |
He has to come back to aply for a student visa (F1) sofadj: 1 Like |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by f8luv87: 8:09am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Please,am new here,I have heard much about how this site helps people. I need help,I sent my waec to wes for evaluation,now wes has sent the photocopies of my result for verification to waec. How can I get waec to do the needful?Do they collect money for verification. |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by akin3102(m): 8:34am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Sorry bro..u just have to wait in good faith for the outcome of the administrative process..your acct with good sum is of no use for now..just pray that you are not ban.i will only advise you to start applying to other countries. tradenet: |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by akin3102(m): 8:41am On Apr 30, 2015 |
You can choose any school of your choice that aligns with your area of interest..transcripts evaluation will be needed and u are good to go.Ensure you send mail to the graduate school and the dept u want to apply to for details. Loverswater: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 8:44am On Apr 30, 2015 |
akin3102:The dude would likely be banned after this AP. Wanted him to tell us categorically when he was interviewed so as to come up with a solution. The agent is wicked while the boy himself is senseless. |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by akin3102(m): 9:14am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Bros..I know many people who have used same documents and scaled through.The guy is just unlucky,though am not in support of fake document because the risk is too high. DeeTus: |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by akin3102(m): 9:24am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Bro..Where and when did you go for the interview?I guess the document looks so fake for the VO to have insisted for AP.On the other hand,post your transcript..the document would be scanned to the designated bank for confirmation and u know what that means.start applying to other countries for plan B and I will suggest Germany because is affordable. If you have 2M,you are good to go. tradenet: |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by TeeRaf: 10:30am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Going for my visa interview on Monday in abuja. My school of first choice admitted me and hence I dint complete applications to other schools. I hope this wont be a turn off to the VO. I have faith that all will go well. but must not lie I am sooo nervous. This thread has been so encouraging. its good to know there are a whole lot of smart nd intelligent Nigerians. There is def hope for our future. Words of encouragement plsssss. plus any advice. Also wanted to know if my transcript copy from WES can suffice for my transcript cos I don't have any from my school. |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 10:57am On Apr 30, 2015 |
akin3102: |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by tradenet: 11:00am On Apr 30, 2015 |
DeeTus: It at the us embasy abj. |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 11:03am On Apr 30, 2015 |
TeeRaf:Good luck to you but why don't you have your own copy of transcript? |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by Nobody: 11:07am On Apr 30, 2015 |
tradenet:Ok, when did you have your interview? |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by akin3102(m): 11:09am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Just mention the schools you sent your GRE Scores to and say 2/3 or 3/4 gave you admission but you need strong reasons on why you chose the school other than your reason below.I wish you best of luck..looking forward to seeing ur visa transcript. TeeRaf: |
Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by tradenet: 11:10am On Apr 30, 2015 |
DeeTus:It was last week monday |
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