adedayo66:
hello, i jst joined the thread and hoping to apply anytime soon, pls can u put me through how to go about locatibg and searching fr certified University in the USA , payments and all, if necessary, can we cht in o.thanks

Most times its better to read the thread so that you get insight about the process, not everytime be looking for fish. learn how to fish too. My advice to you is to read this thread or read some of the posts I have made in the past if you are the lazy type but trust me, this thread is a goldmine. Anyways some of this quotes might be useful

For every Engineering graduate school prospect coming here to ask for school suggestions, who does not have access to US news ranking, this spreadsheet might save you some stress. It has all the 2017 ranking of Engineering schools. It wont take you more than a week to start sending emails, perusing each school website to see which one of them you have chances of getting into and which one meets your goals and aspirations.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKmQy59LeEpUW5tbEZhRHJmR1U/view?usp=sharing

And I cant reply every pms again please, the busy season is here , below you will find a good SOP you can use as guide and ebook
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKmQy59LeEpZ2Y3bnk2Vlh4ekM0dy13VERhWDNpY2FGLVRV/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKmQy59LeEpQ0VGeFVSd0l1eUJyMUJvQ0V3cW1oeDhmZ3J3/view?usp=sharing

First, you need to decide on the course you want to study, To save you some stress start from this website http://graddecision.org/ to know the application process, So step 1) Decide on the course you want to study 2) Search for schools using a)www.msinus.com (open this website with a laptop, you should see a list of school and ranking for some of the most common courses, you can start from there b)www.gradschools.com c)www.google.com (you can just type 'msc in bla bla in the us in google' d) www.usnews.com e) www.4icu.org . 3) check up the website of the schools you find, to see the requirements. most schools will require GRE and some will require both gre and toefl . 4) Register for standardize exam and take it. You can register for gre as soon as you are ready and prepared to take the exam. Its done online at www.ets.org. You can also get all the information you need about the exam on the website. You will get adequate materials to prepare for the exam in this dropbox I created https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t9ot6d07hp1lkm7/AADL_dTihjEvNBRCBsmAcoXja?dl=0

TOEFL is an English test required by some US universities. though, some schools waive due to the fact that Nigeria is an Anglophone country.
For toefl, all you need are the speaking noteful videos in the link below, the ets toefl guide is enough to ace the exam for other sections. Just download the toefl ETS Guide from there website and the simulation test.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/45tvc3ifi8wh8sh/AACXR5j6l3nsWK8vZx5P28TVa?dl=0

As for the Tuition, if you have good results (GRE, GPA, Toefl), SOP and LOR; US schools do offer assistanship to graduate students. This can either be Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant or Administrative Assistant. Depending on the school, if you get an assistantship, your Tuition will be waived and you will also be paid a monthly stipend that can take care of your living expenses. One advice, once you shortlist schools, send emails to the grad cord of the schools and ask specific questions relating to that course and funding opportunities, be very explicit.

Lastly, there are basically 2 admission session in the US, Spring (Jan) and Fall (August). Schools admit more students in Fall, so Its advisable you plan towards Fall 2018. If you plan to resume in fall 2018, make sure you submit all your application documents before ending of Dec 2017. If you don't give it a trial, you will never know.My philosophy in life is to always do my part, with that I don't get to regret later. Above all, if you believe in God,pray to him..if not, good for you.

If you have any question, drop it here and you should get more than one good answer.

bigfrancis21:


I think you really answered your questions correctly, for the most part. I did notice, though, that the F1 student visa questions have become quite tougher than they were during my time. Back then, if you answered the basic questions (as we used to analyze them back in 2013 and 2014) correctly you would probably be approved. Another trend I sometimes notice is some actually serious students are denied the first time and approved the second time. It is as if they know that if denied, most likely you would reapply again, which is extra bucks for the embassy. N64,000 per interview, multiplied by the thousands of people that go to the embassy 5 days a week. The amount of money that the US embassy generates from Nigeria alone every year would most likely exceed billions of Dollars, how much more from all their embassies worldwide. From an economic view, this is money making business for the US embassy.

Anyway, you just have to try again. Sometimes you could be very much prepared and be a genuine student but meet the wrong visa officer. Cheer up and give it a second try.

Thank you @bigfrancis for these soothing and encouraging words. Honestly, it's still like a dream to me. Conversation with VO was very calm and I enjoyed it until she dished me that blue paper.

I will try to work more and try again one last time. If it's not God's will, then lemme stay back and keep buying more land. The embassy may come to buy someday for their embassy expansion.

Lol. Don't mind me guys, am just trying to be happy. Wouldn't have hurt one bit if I wasn't prepared. I was prepared, composed, expressed and spoke from my heart, maintained eye contact all thru but she had the final say as the judge.

God will still do it for me.

@Bigfrancis can I PM you please?

Hello. I want to help someone pay for sevis. What details should the person give me aside SEVIS ID number? I haven't done this before. More info will be appreciated. Thanks

Also is it easier mailing a check instead?

Havre:
Hello. I want to help someone pay for sevis. What details should the person give me aside SEVIS ID number? I haven't done this before. More info will be appreciated. Thanks

Also is it easier mailing a check instead?

https://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/wu-instructions
Read it to know how to fill out the coupon . If you are the person paying then you needs this completed printed coupon at WU

Iphy24:
Visa approved today.

Congratulations dear. I am very excited for you. God see you through your endeavours.

platypelloid:
Respect All,
Iba o
Please house which one is the best textbook for GRE?
Is Kaplan a good one?
I don't wanna read amiss!!!

Please what is the best way/material to read to really ace this GRE??
Please help house

Go for Gruber's or Barrons. Do NOT use Kaplans. I can't stress that enough.

Cephas0009:
good day family... I had my visa interview today. Like someone rightly pointed, its getting tougher by the day .. But this is not to create panic. I just believe all will end well.

In my own case, i just believe it was God's doing. Not to bore you so much, I was interviewed by a guy in Window 6here goes my transcript;

V.O: good morning
Me: Good Morning, how are you doing?
V.O: Fine thank you (in my mind, this is going to turn out good)... Pass me your passport and I-20 please
Me: passes
V.O.: Why are you going to TAMUK?
Me: For my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
V.O.: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3, Tamuk. Sdsm&t and TTU
V.O.: So why Tamuk?
Me: Tamuk offers excellent education to its student through high quality teaching, research and scholarly activities. It has facility for work in Computer aided engineering design and computational fluid dynamics. I am keen on working with Dr. Johnbull. I contacted him and he was impressed with my undergraduate result and test scores(if only i know i hyped myself in his eyes at this point ) . I continued, We will be working on a collaborative project with UofW to model their steam generator using ansys fluent or open foam

Now this is where the real driling started... Baba was on his computer for like 2minutes or so, apparently he was checking online for questions to ask me on fluid dynamics since i claimed i was a badass. i have read so many transcripts here on NL, i havent seen something like that before, the most they do is ask one technical question in your field. Then the bombshell followed...

V.O: Tell me about di-kinikan kinikan of fluid mechanics (i swear i never hear am before, in my mind, i was like village people finally followed me to this place)
Me: What?
V.O: Repeated question again ( i still couldn't make sense of what the word means or how to link it with fluid mechanics... My own don be, i asked what again) Then he repeated the question for the 3rd time using the same word and then he was like "or how is it pronounced".. that was when i knew baba just checked something randomly, i dont know where the courage came from, i just started saying this unplanned rubbish confidently and even said it has application in production industry like coca cola
V.o: (obviously wasnt impressed by my answer, i could read that) then he asked for something something on turbulent flow
Me: Confidently, Turbulent flow is a flow where reynolds no is >3000. where you have layers of fluid interwoven into each other. It has application in oil production and undesirable in some circumstances, as a result, you see flow meters and other measuring devices on line (trust me, I dont have an idea of either the question or how the answer i was giving relates with it)
V.O.: Explain Bernoulli's principle
Me.: (Ope ooo, finally i can breathe) Bernoulli principle is basically the law of conservation of energy, the cumulative energy at one end of a flow is equal to the other end, so when you vary a parameter like diameter, you will expect a change in pressure. i gave him an instance of a venturi meter

TBC

This guy dey funny ooo! Wetin con happen abi Nepa don take off light ? �

Havre:
Hello. I want to help someone pay for sevis. What details should the person give me aside SEVIS ID number? I haven't done this before. More info will be appreciated. Thanks

Also is it easier mailing a check instead?

You or the person first need to generate the payment coupon from www.fmjfee.com which you would need for the payment. Depending on how urgent the person needs it, you can either pay instantly at WU (costs $10 extra for a total of $210) or by mail (include a personal check or buy a money order of $200 together with the generated payment coupon) to SEVP (address is on the coupon). If using mail, ensure that you add tracking (certified mail option at USPS).

jerrypeacelinks:


Thank you @bigfrancis for these soothing and encouraging words. Honestly, it's still like a dream to me. Conversation with VO was very calm and I enjoyed it until she dished me that blue paper.

I will try to work more and try again one last time. If it's not God's will, then lemme stay back and keep buying more land. The embassy may come to buy someday for their embassy expansion.

Lol. Don't mind me guys, am just trying to be happy. Wouldn't have hurt one bit if I wasn't prepared. I was prepared, composed, expressed and spoke from my heart, maintained eye contact all thru but she had the final say as the judge.

God will still do it for me.

@Bigfrancis can I PM you please?

Yes you can.

Cephas0009:
good day family

TBC

Visa Transcript is now Game of Thrones! Bro abeg come and finish what you started o.

folmus:


Nigerian banks wont charge you the official rate with your Naira acct. Na black market. To be sure, buy sth online with $ as the currency and see the exchange rate.

pls which is the best way one can pay the tuition fees so i don't get to pay with high exchange rate

I am sorry for causing the thread to derail. The reason I post on here is cause I feel I might be of help to someone who needs usd. My final approach will be to use these online sending apps but they come with a cost. I have done transactions with a couple of people here and also been helped before in the past. Infact I am just about to make a sevis payment for someone on this thread who I dont know from adam. Like bigfrancis pointed out, it is very easy to smell a rotten fish in posts like that but I am more than confident of my integrity because I have done transactions with people. I haven't met bigfrancis befre in person but we started off from dollar transactions and he ended up being a family friend. So everything is about trust in the end. I apologize once again for derailing the thread.

Form A but expect charges of $100-200. I was posting i have an amount in usd that can be used to pay tuition but i got smacked for that. You can message me if you wanna pay tuition

Niv25:

pls which is the best way one can pay the tuition fees so i don't get to pay with high exchange rate

jerrypeacelinks:
My people, indeed it takes courqge to come up here to post your denial transcript o. The moment I was denied, I felt like the ground should open lemme fall into it or even disappear into thin air but now, it seems am better and stronger now emotionally.

Now, here comes my denial

I appreciate your courage. If you're a genuine student and destined to study in U.S...... nothing can stop you. I've seen many genuine students denied. I was also denied the student visa before, by an American lady. It's either her evaluation of me was erroneous or I wasn't enthusiastic enough and couldn't convince her.

Fast forward to present: In a few months from now, I would be licensed to start saving lives irrespective of their nationality, age, religion, race and sex. On my free day, I will willingly take my car, fuel it with my money, pick up some food at a location and start going from house to house delivering the food to the old people in an area where my race don't even live. I've never done this before when I was in Nigeria but I've been doing it here for 1.5 year. In soaking rain, freezing winter and hot summer, I will go out every Thursday to give food to the seniors. Some will ask "why are you doing this", I will tell them I like helping and that's my purpose for being here for you. This is the purpose for which I'm destined to be in U.S

Imagine if that VO lady that denied me could see into future and see my purpose here, probably she wouldn't have denied my application the first time. What I'm telling you and other genuine students denied and depressed is - don't take visa denial as a failed life. Life is for a purpose. If your purpose in life is to study in U.S and use it to contribute positively to your community, you would be in U.S.... such can't be done in proxy.

Whatever would be would be..... Cheers my friend!

I totally understand your concerns but its simple, you can look past it if you dont need usd. I dont use NL as often as I used to so I like to post multiple times in a week before deciding to use world Remit etc. I would have been called out a long time if I was fake but I know for sure my posts have an intended audience which I have done transactions and still do transactions smoothly!

k199192:

Thanks for the clarification though.. I was only stating the obvious.
I meant no disrespect.

bigfrancis21:


Go for Gruber's or Barrons. Do NOT use Kaplans. I can't stress that enough.

@Bigfrancis21 please check mail..na beg I dey beg..biko..

oluwadamilare26:
Post graduate denied visa is far more than Bachelor degree... just observing

Then you should start by saying "I'm newbie here".

Niv25:
pls guys...what's gonna be the exchange rate in paying my tuition fees...am I going to be charged the normal normal dollar rate...or its there an official exchange rate from CBN for students schooling abroad? if so how much and how does it work? pls guys I need your replies ASAp!

What's the black market rate in Nigeria now?

imperiouxx:


I appreciate your courage. If you're a genuine student and destined to study in U.S...... nothing can stop you. I've seen many genuine students denied. I was also denied the student visa before, by an American lady. It's either her evaluation of me was erroneous or I wasn't enthusiastic enough and couldn't convince her.

Whatever would be would be..... Cheers my friend!

Thanks a lot for the encouragement bro. Kindly check your PM.

jerrypeacelinks:


Thanks a lot for the encouragement bro. Kindly check your PM.

Oh sorry. I'm writing you from phone. I will try today if I don't get home tired.

bigfrancis21:


Yes you can.

Thanks for your response bro. I sent you a PM baba. Cheers

Mekurexx:
Form A but expect charges of $100-200. I was posting i have an amount in usd that can be used to pay tuition but i got smacked for that. You can message me if you wanna pay tuition

pls how does the form A works...dollar is about 360 what could be the exchange rate if one is using this for A?

imperiouxx:

What's the black market rate in Nigeria now?

it's about 360...what could be the exchange rate if one is paying tuition fees

Thanks

LagosismyHome:


https://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/wu-instructions
Read it to know how to fill out the coupon . If you are the person paying then you needs this completed printed coupon at WU

Okay. Thanks

bigfrancis21:


You or the person first need to generate the payment coupon from www.fmjfee.com which you would need for the payment. Depending on how urgent the person needs it, you can either pay instantly at WU (costs $10 extra for a total of $210) or by mail (include a personal check or buy a money order of $200 together with the generated payment coupon) to SEVP (address is on the coupon). If using mail, ensure that you add tracking (certified mail option at USPS).

Same rate. Would still be the same rate. Contact your bank for that information

Niv25:

pls how does the form A works...dollar is about 360 what could be the exchange rate if one is using this for A?

bigfrancis21:


Go for Gruber's or Barrons. Do NOT use Kaplans. I can't stress that enough.

please bro can u mail me d 2 text book to me at

ojooluwoleayotunde@gmail.com. I will be grateful. or if anyone can help me with that. God bless

Mekurexx:
I am sorry for causing the thread to derail. The reason I post on here is cause I feel I might be of help to someone who needs usd. My final approach will be to use these online sending apps but they come with a cost. I have done transactions with a couple of people here and also been helped before in the past. Infact I am just about to make a sevis payment for someone on this thread who I dont know from adam. Like bigfrancis pointed out, it is very easy to smell a rotten fish in posts like that but I am more than confident of my integrity because I have done transactions with people. I haven't met bigfrancis befre in person but we started off from dollar transactions and he ended up being a family friend. So everything is about trust in the end. I apologize once again for derailing the thread.

Hiding that particular post was not done as a personal issue with you, I do that in every thread in this section because anything is criminally possible.

I send money to my Nigeria bank account almost every week using WorldRemit or Azimo costing me as little as £1, in fact the first time I used Azimo it was free. It's far better than handling my bank details to a stranger online.

It's very risky to come online asking a complete stranger for such transaction.

In Canadian visa thread somebody was a victim of a similar transaction, a nairalander used a stolen credit card details to make payment to a school in Canada on his behalf and the credit card company found out and contacted the school as a result the school cancelled his admission.

I'm just taking a precautionary measure to reduce the chances of some crooks here carrying out such fraudulent activity.

My visa was approved today at Lagos by the Lady in Window 5....I was fully prepared after undergoing series of mock exam from @omoluabiguy ( big ups to you bro) and my God sent (Taiwo....she has been there for me right from the day1 that i started this application ....I really appreciate you biiiiigggggg time)...............Big ups to @bigfrancis for helping me to pay for my sevis and i20 fee........big ups to the big madam in the house @lagosismyhome for helping me to proofread my SOP......and to my fellow nairalanders.. i really wanna say a big thank you to you all

My transcript goes thus:

No greeting as she had a straight face..... me sef just give am straight face

VO: Your passport and i20 pls?( i passed it to her )
VO: Which school are you going to in the US
Me: Eastern Illinois University
Vo: To do what ?
ME: To study and acquire my professional masters in Geographical information system and cartography
VO: Why did you pick GIS ?...(I heard her oo but i wasn't prepared for the way she re framed the question, So i said pardon? ... because i was trying to boot an answer to give to that ..so she repeated the question again,so as not to waste time , i just gave one rough answer that came to my head at that particular time but that wasn't the answer i prepared to give , i dont know how and why i just went blank)
Me: I picked GIS because it will give me the opportunity to solve Nigeria problem in sectors such as transportation, housing and public health..(she was typing very fast.. she just paused all of a sudden and stared at me.....and said..Do you mean you wanna solve Nigeria problems with cartography?)
Me: I quickly re framed the answer and said NO, i mean Nigerian Urban problems.( for my mind , i just dey talk say.. oboi , you don fck up.............i sha stayed focused.....she typed for some few seconds again)
Vo: Was any test required for this degree?
Me: No test was required but i wrote TOEFL
Vo: How did you do?
Me: I Scored 75
Vo: Who is paying for your tuition
Me: My uncle
Vo: What does he do?
Me: Hes into real estates.... buying and selling of lands and houses
Vo: When did you graduated?
Me: 2014
Vo: Which school?
Me: LAUTECH
Vo: Whats your highest qualification?
Me: B.tech Urban and regional planning
Vo: So what have you been doing since you graduated
Me: I enrolled for a certificate course in GIS that gave me the preliminary knowledge in GIS which i concluded some few months ago and also i have a side business that i run which is buying and selling of building materials majorly cement 'which i also supply to regional environment'( this one na ajasa oo)
Vo: How long have you been running this business?
Me: 4yrs
Vo: Whats going to happen to your business when you are gone?
Me: My mom will take charge till i get back
Vo:Whats the duration of your course?
Me: 2 yrs
Vo:Have traveled before?
Me:YES
Vo:where?
Me:South Africa
Vo:Are you married?
Me:NO
Vo:Do you have kids?
Me:Yes

(she typed for like 30secs and then she said the magic word...'' i will be approving your visa bla bla bla bla'').............i just went on ghost mode!!!!.............like i dont know if i should laugh smile or cry

Note: I applied for visiting around june but i was denied

All the same ..Grace and favor spoke for me!!!!!! Thanks to GOD!!

Damilare5882:
My visa was approved today at Lagos by the Lady in Window 5....I was fully prepared after undergoing series of mock exam from @omoluabiguy ( big ups to you bro) and my God sent (Taiwo....she has been there for me right from the day1 that i started this application ....I really appreciate you bit time)...............Big ups to @bigfrancis for helping me to pay for my sevis and i20 fee........big ups to the big madam in the house @lagosismyhome for helping me to proofread my SOP......and to my fellow nairalanders.. i really wanna say a big thank you to you all

My transcript goes thus:

No greeting as she had a straight face..... me sef just give am straight face

VO: Your passport and i20 pls?( i passed it to her )
VO: Which school are you going to in the US
Me: Eastern Illinois University
Vo: To do what ?
ME: To study and acquire my professional masters in Geographical information system and cartography
VO: Why did you pick GIS ?...(I heard her oo but i wasn't prepared for the way she re framed the question, So i said pardon? ... because i was trying to boot an answer to give to that ..so she repeated the question again,so as not to waste time , i just gave one rough answer that came to my head at that particular time but that wasn't the answer i prepared to give , i dont know how and why i just went blank)
Me: I picked GIS because it will give me the opportunity to solve Nigeria problem in sectors such as transportation, housing and public health..(she was typing very fast.. she just paused all of a sudden and stared at me.....and said..Do you mean you wanna solve Nigeria problems with cartography?)
Me: I quickly re framed the answer and said NO, i mean Nigerian Urban problems.( for my mind , i just dey talk say.. oboi , you don fck up.............i sha stayed focused.....she typed for some few seconds again)
Vo: Was any test required for this degree?
Me: No test was required but i wrote TOEFL
Vo: How did you do?
Me: I Scored 75
Vo: Who is paying for your tuition
Me: My uncle
Vo: What does he do?
Me: Hes into real estates.... buying and selling of lands and houses
Vo: When did you graduated?
Me: 2014
Vo: Which school?
Me: LAUTECH
Vo: Whats your highest qualification?
Me: B.tech Urban and regional planning
Vo: So what have you been doing since you graduated
Me: I enrolled for a certificate course in GIS that gave me the preliminary knowledge in GIS which i concluded some few months ago and also i have a side business that i run which is buying and selling of building materials majorly cement 'which i also supply to regional environment'( this one na ajasa oo)
Vo: How long have you been running this business?
Me: 4yrs
Vo: Whats going to happen to your business when you are gone?
Me: My mom will take charge till i get back
Vo:Whats the duration of your course?
Me: 2 yrs
Vo:Have traveled before?
Me:YES
Vo:where?
Me:South Africa
Vo:Are you married?
Me:NO
Vo:Do you have kids?
Me:Yes

(she typed for like 30secs and then she said the magic word...'' i will be approving your visa bla bla bla bla'').............i just went on ghost mode!!!!.............like i dont know if i should laugh smile or cry

Note: I applied for visiting around june but i was denied , so i noticed my was based on my past application.

All the same ..Grace and favor spoke for me!!!!!! Thanks to GOD!!

congrats man

omoluabiguy:


No be GCE you wan go write oo! Better take time to prepare! It usually takes months of steady practicing to ace GRE!

I've been trying to reach you through your mail! could you please reach me on WhatsApp... 09036769428