TooMuchSauce:


Sure. Send me a pm so I can send them to your mail

happyday:


How did you write the emails?

Scholastica16:
So I just thought to update the house on my applications thus far. I tried with much difficulty to stay off Nairaland for a bit and after the first 21 days it got easy.

Thank you to those who kept asking about my progress and wishing me well. I scoured through this and the Visa thread(s) to see the mentions and I was teary-eyed afterwards.

Congratulations to DrHopeful (Now DrInView), Time2Smile, TowBayNah, Mfarad, Ndawe, Amofum...uhm...Seeker88, Ridsan....Ad infinitum. I know I am missing out a lot of important names but I am constrained by think-typing or type-thinking as the case may be.

I am surprised we are yet to hear from ChemEngr01, Topiipii and ReDazey...PonPon and a host of others. I had a lot of pages to cover so maybe I must have missed out on their updates. Has Nastydamus been issued his visa as well? I am rambling because I don't want to forget any thing or one.

Anyways, I don't yet have a story to encourage anyone with but it does not mean it still won't come. #TeamFall2017 is not a myth. I would use a separate post to explain my journey thus far and also my expectations going forward. I would try to answer as many queries as time can afford and will make it a habit (again) to visit the thread more often than I have in the last few months.

dicapino:
Hey guys how much is the GRE fee in dollars now? Thanks

Scholastica16:


$205

johnsnows:
hi all pls cld you help me send videos of magosh and 1. I wanted to know how much GRE costs and also which centeres one could register with plus 2. how do I get Manhattan 5lbs and 8 ior if anyone has soft copy kindly help send to my box tofet.femi@gmail.com Thank u

Fran6ik:
Good day all,
once more i have a question, please, Between Canada and U.S, which do you advice me to choose in terms of EASE OF ADMISSION, EASE OF VISA, EASE OF WORK while schooling and funding for the program. I am going for a masters degree in Chemical Engineering.


Thanks all.

nibrainengine:
hello friends, I had a chat with an American who told me that GRE exams is regularly being revised; hence he advised me to get 'Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides, 4th Edition'. please, what can you guys say about this? who has/or is currently using this preparatory guide?
Because it's not about how much you read/study, but it's about how much right study tools that you use.
Thanks

ekiee:


Mine is verbal and analytical writing. Im horrible in verbal..abeg I need help

mfarad:
Hi folks, trust we're all in good state. Please has anyone heard from scholastica16 of recent?
His absence from the thread is unlike him and is increasingly disturbing.

SenseiVoyles:
This thread has been so enlightening and insightful.
Graduated earlier this year, Petroleum Engineering (4.56/5 and top of my graduating class).Scheduled to take GRE in late August. Looking at USC, UT Austin, Penn State, LSU and my dream but probably unlikely choice Stanford(Energy Resources Engineering).
How realistic are my chances of getting a fully funded masters. Had a good undergraduate thesis and worked under a Prof' s research group. Is applying to USC's Petroleum Engineering PhD program realistic without an Msc? Are there any other schools I should be looking at?

SenseiVoyles:

Thanks boss.
Compared to the ones I listed, What relatively safe petroleum engineering graduate program would you suggest?
Auburn doesn't offer Petroleum Engineering except I switch to Chemical which I really doubt they'll allow since I don't have a Masters in Chemical?

Scholastica16:


$205

johnsnows:
hi all pls cld you help me send videos of magosh and 1. I wanted to know how much GRE costs and also which centeres one could register with plus 2. how do I get Manhattan 5lbs and 8 ior if anyone has soft copy kindly help send to my box tofet.femi@gmail.com Thank u

TooMuchSauce:


Check your email

TooMuchSauce:


Check your email

johnsnows:
pls where can we register for GRE in Nigera ?

johnsnows:

Noone replied this message not fair

Scholastica16:
As most know, I applied to 8 schools. Michigan State and Uni of Houston were my preferred destinations in that order and for obvious reasons: Michigan state was the highest rated of the schools I applied to whilst Uni of Houston posed (In my opinion) the best connections to the oil and gas industry based on its location and proximity to the oil Hub.

5 schools rejected me in this order: LSU, UNM, KSU (which reminds me, has Hirschfelder gotten his visa ?) UUtah, and then UH. UH came in April or May but I would hazard a guess and say mid April. It shook me to my bones especially because some Iranian with this profile (GRE 307 AWA 3.5, TOEFL 94, GPA 3.27/4, no publications) posted on grad cafe that he was accepted and fully funded for the same PhD program I opted for.

I tried to do a bit of research as to why most of my apps had fallen through but a few of the feedbacks I got centered on not finding an advisor or the acceptance process being more holistic than stats. (Absolute hogwash if you ask me) and I would say why.

So a friend of mine in Houston (MSc Chemical Engineering) told me his supervisor is Iranian and those who can count their teeth with their tongues know what I am trying to imply. I am not alone; someone ranted about UCBerkeley and pretty much said nothing thorough was done in selecting the PhDs for a particular program he applied for. So people are advised not to get disillusioned when some schools inexplicably reject their apps.

Anyways, moving on to something more positive. Michigan State accepted me on the 22nd of May but as I type this, they have proferred no word on funding. I had hoped to post here as soon as it was made available but I missed this thread and felt the need to keep you guys in the loop.

My final 2 schools- Mississippi State and USF have said nothing either. No reports on grad cafe as well and historically they respond in July i.e for my program (I figured it out when push came to shove).

Moving forward, I might (and it is a big might) consider a detour to the U.K. and then re-fire to the US with bigger schools in mind just to see if heaven will fall. Since I feel it is not financially expedient to use one's personal resources to go to the U.K., this my plan is hinged on securing a federal govt scholarship I applied and wrote for (PTDF). I am very optimistic about my chances because I am a man of the spirit + I wrote well.

Conversely, I could secure the same scholarship and stall till Spring- armed with the scholarship letter, I would apply to a top 15 program in the US for MSc seeing that I could secure it readily because of the letter. The trend in MSc acceptances gives credence to this plan but I am having fits about it because it negates my #TeamFall2017 Mantra.

God will direct my steps.

Thanks to Tescoman90 and a few others. He knows why I am thanking him.

nibrainengine:
hello friends, I had a chat with an American who told me that GRE exams is regularly being revised; hence he advised me to get 'Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides, 4th Edition'. please, what can you guys say about this? who has/or is currently using this preparatory guide?
Because it's not about how much you read/study, but it's about how much right study tools that you use.
Thanks

Scholastica16:
As most know, I applied to 8 schools. Michigan State and Uni of Houston were my preferred destinations in that order and for obvious reasons: Michigan state was the highest rated of the schools I applied to whilst Uni of Houston posed (In my opinion) the best connections to the oil and gas industry based on its location and proximity to the oil Hub.