d4guy:
Goodday wonderful ppl , great work you guys are doing here , pls I wan ask one very foolish question, just pity me and answer. How do u guys go about your letter of reference ? I know it goes a long way in our Applications .

andradaeze:


Scholastica16, sirriddy, and towbaynah, I appreciate all your enormous advice. Just sent the email to graduate school. I am working on that of the Graduate coordinator. Scholastica16, I agree with you, I cannot imagine doing a Ph.D. without funding. From what sirriddy have said, I have deduced that any school that is equivocal about funding should be avoided. I hope this would help future applicants to avoid similar schools. Thank you all.

shayhune:


Hmm. It actually sounds stupid but lemme help your stupidity small . (just joking)

It depends on the format your school wants the letters to be submitted. Most schools do send links to your referee's mail, through which they fill and submit the form while some schools demand scanned copies of the letters.

Most schools demand for two-three recommendation letters from different referees. So I'll advise you to go meet your past lecturers/supervisor(it's advisable you meet those whom you have a good rapport with) and ask them that you'll need them to recommend you for whatever programme you're applying for. Let them know that you believe they'll give good recommendations about you and that's the reason you've come to request such from them. Giving recommendations ain't a big deal except you never built a good relationship with your prospective referees afore time.

And yes, it goes a long way in marring or bettering your application.

All the best as you have your recommendation letters submitted.

donald197:
One of the best thread have read on nairaland so far. started from page 1yesterday and here I am. kudos to everyone who has contributed to this thread God bless you all.

aanexplus:
Guys. How are you doing? I applied to Illinois Institute of Technology civil engineering. The admission officer created another application for me which is non-degree msc structural engineering. Does this means I won't be admitted to the normal app I want?
PS: I already mailed grad coord and admission office but there reply is kinda awkward.

seeker88:

What program exactly did u apply for? And what's d response from the graduate coordinator and d admission office when u mailed them?

OGreene:
Okay. There is also the option of explaining reason for low grades if you wish to.

Since you have opted for Canny, that's great too All the best!

abid4akin:
Your application has been successfully submitted to the University Graduate School.

Please note that although your application form has been received, your application packet is not considered complete and will not be reviewed until all required materials (e.g. application fee, letters of recommendations, transcripts) have been received by the Graduate School.


Sincerely,

Graduate Admissions

THIS IS THE LAST MESSAGE I RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL

aanexplus:
Guys. How are you doing? I applied to Illinois Institute of Technology civil engineering. The admission officer created another application for me which is non-degree msc structural engineering. Does this means I won't be admitted to the normal app I want?
PS: I already mailed grad coord and admission office but there reply is kinda awkward.

abid4akin:
Your application has been successfully submitted to the University Graduate School.

Please note that although your application form has been received, your application packet is not considered complete and will not be reviewed until all required materials (e.g. application fee, letters of recommendations, transcripts) have been received by the Graduate School.


Sincerely,

Graduate Admissions

THIS IS THE LAST MESSAGE I RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL

Scholastica16:


Your application is not complete because ONLY your Transcript has not been submitted. I feel sorry for you WRT to NASU as I heard about the strike and subsequent issues that emanate from it.

What I think you should do is: Ask the program coordinator if you could submit an unofficial version of the transcript pending when the official one is available so that it could expedite the evaluation/review process. They usually grant you that concession even if they would add that you would not be allowed to enroll in their school without the official one.

The question I should ask you now is if you have an unofficial copy of the transcript.

abid4akin:


Thanks bro, but I don't have any..I think I'm officially screwed now

Scholastica16:


It means they want you to enroll for the non-degree program instead, which is absolute rubbish by the way.

Non-degree means that you would not get a degree at the end of the program and are just doing it to gain knowledge in structural engineering.

The reason they did this could be 2-pronged:

1. You stated in your SOP that gaining knowledge on structures is of utmost importance to you or

2. That you have a hefty bank statement and are willing to splurge.

I am saying this because non-degree students get zero financial aid or scholarship and when one juxtaposes it with the fact that IIT are pretty stingy with funding, you can see that the whole thing seems to be a dead-end.

My advice? Tell them expressly in your email that you want a degree program which you applied for except this non-degree program is an addendum to the one you applied to and would come at no extra cost.

Sbrainy:
Helloo !
Thumbs Up to you guys! You have been wonderful on this thread. Though I did a crash GRE exam last year but the info I got here was very helpful, I Scored 289 (V- 141, Q - 148), Analytical writing score 3.0, graduate of Mathematics, with GPA of 3.07/4.0 upon conversion to U.S standard.
My desire is M.S Applied Mathematics with GA or RA offer.
GRE-289
GPA - 3.07/4.0
Field - M.S Applied Mathematics.

Pls any help?? Schools that I can apply to.

I will like to also apply to a UK school, is there any any additional thing to get and which schools can you advise me to apply to?

Congratulations. Am happy for you. Can you please drop me your phone number. I want to make some inquires concerning the exam. Thanks

Thanks in Anticipation.

aanexplus:
I think the problem is my SOP, I focused on structure and that is because they want me to be specific on the branch of civil I want. But it was boldly stated that I want to go for research based course. Although when I called the admission coord, she said the non-degree is just added because I qualified for it. I stated in my SOP that I need funding.

abid4akin:


Thanks bro, but I don't have any..I think I'm officially screwed now

Scholastica16:


As long as it is added then it is fine. It appears they may very well give you the MSc Civil engineering as well and hopefully with the scholarship.

Denvan:

Kudos to you. Sign of seriousness...read over 170 pages in two days!!! That's great.

towbaynah:


I'd gladly give my two cents on your SOP. You could send an email to crablesome@gmail.com

CallMeNJay:




Hello....

Please i just finished putting up a personal statement.

I need someone to help me go through, critique and make corrections /recommendations where necessary before i submit.

Hope you don't mind if i send a copy for you.


Thanks

CallMeNJay:




Hello....

Please i just finished putting up a personal statement.

I need someone to help me go through, critique and make corrections /recommendations where necessary before i submit.

Hope you don't mind if i send a copy for you.

Thanks