Lamexx:


Congratulations man. This calls for celebration. Start preparing for school and try and arrive early so you can settle on time. All the best in your studies.

I sent you a PM. I will like to have a word.

enuelsmith:
I should be able to confirm if you are real or not, show my the exam profile showings your full name, and accompany this with your name on Facebook for verification.. Many fake individuals here.

I have contacted you, still waiting patiently for your response.

Pls I'm an HND in Computer Engineering Technology holder in Nigeria and I want to study in America. Which Schools accept HND and how do I apply? Thanks!

Ziziboy:
Pls I'm an HND in Computer Engineering Technology holder in Nigeria and I want to study in America. Which Schools accept HND and how do I apply? Thanks!

I will advise you do WES evaluation to convert your HND degree to BSc. That way, you can apply to schools as a person having BSc degree......hope this helps

enuelsmith:
I should be able to confirm if you are real or not, show my the exam profile showings your full name, and accompany this with your name on Facebook for verification.. Many fake individuals here.

I just PMed you. Compliments of the season.

Visas, visas, visas... a word of advice... those wishing to study in the United States should do so now, likely there will be changes to the h1b and stem opt programs in 2018.

Who has pdf versions of pacesetter novels Thanks!

TWoods:
Visas, visas, visas... a word of advice... those wishing to study in the United States should do so now, likely there will be changes to the h1b and stem opt programs in 2018.

Who has pdf versions of pacesetter novels Thanks!

I hope fall 2018 wouldn't be caught in the Web?

Was interviewed by a cute black American lady but denied.

V.O: Why are you going to USA

I am going to the United States to study for my masters degree in Civil engineering at Cleveland state university ohio, i will be specializing on transportation engineering.


V.O What is your highest degree

Bachelor of technology she cuts in what aspect of technology, i said Civil engineering

V.O What makes you decide to study civil engineering

I choose to study civil Engineering because i inspire to contribute to the infrastructural development of nigeria, i will be specializing on transportation engineering, this is because nigeria suffers 3 major problem in her transportation System which are bad road network, traffic congestion, n flooding on roads, this are the problem i inspire to tackle as a Civil Engineer

V. O What attempt have you made to tackle any of this problems?
During my undergraduate, i did a research on rainwater harvesting system, to control flooding at ogbomoso, rainwater harvesting system is a system for conservation of rain water, so we installed it in such a way that we collect rain water frm the roof top n chanel it down into the open well, n it worked .

V.O How many sch

3, cleveland state university, idaho state university, Michigan technological university

V. O Why cleveland not others
I choose cleveland state university because i will be working on a research with professor jackeline on transportation operations and zonal safety, also csu focus more on the transportation aspect of civil engineering, wch is my specialty told her( i wasnt admitd by Michigan tech)

V. O Who is sponsoring you
My elder brother

V. O What is his name

***********

V.O Why does he wants to sponsor you

He manages my dad's construction company,

(ooh okay cool)

V.O Can i see his statement

yes

V.O Business or personal account

Personal account

V.O Any test

Yes, GRE

V.O Can i see??

Yes, maam

V.O Apart frm your brother do u av any personal fund...

I have my some savings

V.O Is your bro married

No, Ma

V.O What year did you graduate

2015

V.O What have you been doing??

I went to my compulsory national youth service corp for a year, after completion i got employed at my present place of work as a **********


V.O Tell me ur study plan

I will be going to cleveland state university for my masters in Civil engineering for a duration of 28months, i will be taking a total unit of 30, wch comprises 24credit course work and 6credit thesis, i will specializing on transportation engineering and will be taking courses highway engineering, transportation engineering, civil engineering analysis system, traffic control.

V.O What will you do after graduation

I will return to nigeria to work for the federal ministry of work wch will enable me to work hand in hand with construction companies and be part of the team that makes decisions in nigerian transportation system.

V.O Do you work for your dad.. ??

No, i specialize on transportation, and his specialty is building


V.O Have you travelled to any non African countries

No ma


V.O. I believe you are a very strong candidate, but i want to make sure u meet all the requirements am very soorry pls reapply... Honestly i was confident n didnt stammer,


I need your opinion, pls what do you think went wrong in my transcripts So i can work on it

Visa approved this morning, transcript coming in later

TWoods:
Visas, visas, visas... a word of advice... those wishing to study in the United States should do so now, likely there will be changes to the h1b and stem opt programs in 2018.

Who has pdf versions of pacesetter novels Thanks!

what of peeps who are yet to graduate

Good morning house, anyone successfully applied for Nigeria international passport online here?

subset:
My people, my visa came through this morning. I follow for those silent readers. I'm yet to recover from the ecstatic feeling.
I owe everything to this thread. I read every darn thing on this thread. I'm specially grateful to lamexx for reviewing my prepared responses and for the mock interview. This guy even called me with his airtime. So much love on Nairaland. Thanks to walspring for paying my sevis fee and to everyone that has contributed to this thread, you guys are awesome.

Abeg you guys should allow me to rant small. The idea for masters came to me immediately I passed out from service. This is the time I stumbled on this thread from a Google search, it brought a huge relieve knowing that most of the questions I have must have been answered here. I made it a duty to read at least 20pages of this thread everyday. It paid off !!

The stressed I went through for my transcript was just crazy. Shuttling almost every month from Lagos to Owerri to follow up on the transcript, even after paying one guy to help me expedite the process(Dude chop my money). The height of it all was when two of the transcript I requested was erroneously sent to one school. It took me almost 3 weeks to realize this error then I had to pay another 20k for another transcript which took one month again to process. Futo una well done!


To the transcript

The VO approved the three people in my front. One of them was an old woman going to visit her daughter, the other person was a lady on F2 going to visit her husband that's in school. She asked her how she met how husband and who will take care of her business when she is away. These people's approval bolstered my confidence.

I was very vocal as none of the questions were unexpected. I already have an answer for almost all the possible questions. Some people say you shouldn't rehearsed your responses but you should know what works best for you. I'm very good at memorizing things so I leveraged on that to practice most of my responses, this in turn strengthened my confidence. I practiced the questions every morning and every night even in my dreams . I just can't stand the thought of starting this process again. Some time ago I read on this thread about maintaining eye contact during the interview. It usually feels weird to me looking people in the eye for more than 3 seconds, so I knew I had to work on that and I did so by maintaining eye contact in all of my conversations with people for the past 2 months. It worked because I was able to maintain eye contact all through the interview. The VO was very conversational, her smile alone will mellow down your tension.

Below is my transcript

VO: Good morning (she is always the first to greet)
Me: Good morning
VO: please pass your passport and your other documents
Me: Gave her my passport, the i20 and sevis receipt. She returned the sevis receipt
VO: Looking at my I20, why are you applying to software engineering degree (with sharp eye contact)
Me: I've always been a tech savvy person. I discovered during my undergraduate studies that my strength and motivation lies in the field of computing. I developed a penchant for programming during this time.It has become something I'm very passionate about. This program will help me solidify my knowledge and give me the ability to design, implement and improve software solutions across multiple domains. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm when I am back. I will be able to apply machine learning algorithms efficiently
VO: typing...
VO: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3 schools
VO: why did you choose this school
Me: Aside from being one of the schools that pioneered the masters of software engineering program in us. I chose Monmouth university because their software engineering curriculum matches my research interest and offers the best fit for my career growth. My research interest aligns with that of professor wizzy* which is on the application of machine learning in personalized marketing. I am keen on being part of her research group to enable me gain practical knowledge of machine learning concepts. I also like the fact that their program integrates applied computer science, mathematics and management science in the course modules which will give me a well rounded experience in creating software solutions. I was also offered $4000 scholarship
VO: what's your highest qualification
Me: Bsc Statistics
VO: why the change of program
Me: well this is not a change for me though. Studying this degree will equip me with the technical knowledge and expertise to be able to implement machine learning algorithms efficiently considering my background in statistics. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm specializing in machine learning solutions. This degree will make me very desirable when I return back to Nigeria because there is a high demand for software engineers in Nigeria.
VO: When did you finish school?
ME: I finished 2015, after which I went for my compulsory youth service and that lasted till April this year. I was retained at the eCommerce firm were I was working a software developer. My primary duties entails extending the website functionality by developing and implementing ad-on magento plugins. I also perform routine maintenance which involves security patch installations, module updates and reconfiguration, search engine optimization...
VO: what are the courses you will be doing and how will they be beneficial to you?
Me: I listed about 7 courses and I repeated some lines from "why software engineering question":
This will help me solidify my knowledge and give me the ability to design, implement and improve software solutions across multiple domains. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm when I am back. I will be able to apply machine learning algorithms efficiently (Though I said it in a different way, so won't start sounding like a robot)
VO: I can see that your brother is your sponsor, what does he do?
Me: He is major distributor for so and so
VO: Has he traveled out of Africa before?
Me: Yes he's being to Dubai, Us
VO: Then she started typing for about 20secs and then asked: did you write any standardized test
Me: yes, I wrote GRE (I got 292)
VO: Let me see your score card.
Me: I reached out to my envelop, at this point I can see her dropping my passport in the tray. Then I passed the GRE result
She now said the sweet words.

My people my ear was still wide open I didn't go deaf oo. She now started rapping the usual " your i20 is as important as your passport always keep it on you, you'll need it at the POE and be ready to ...*I helped her to complete it* explain myself. Then she said I'll get a message in 7days to come pick up the passport.

Some people were denied but I didn't see any blue paper flying around. Abi na the 214g be the blue paper?

This has been a huge relieve. I can now close all the endless tabs that has been open on my system the past 2months

My advice to folks just starting the process: This has been repeated here countless times, please note that GRE is a vital component of your application whether you are seeking for funding or not. If you have enough time, abeg prepare for GRE and smash it.

All glory to God

Congrats brother. I also have a BSc in Statistics. Going for BSc in Information and Computer Science.

Can I hook you up on whatsapp?

Good day to you all. Please I need ur advice. Please is there any implications for not showing up at the interview as I already scheduled jan18 and I won't be available on that date. My original date was this December but couldn't show up due to work load and I rescheduled to jan18, now I won't be able to show up again. I'm ready to let go of the visa fee.

Hope I'm safe on my future application, hope there won't be any issue?
I awaits your response. Thanks

@lagosismyhome good morning ma, I kindly urgently need your help ma on getting a visa this second time I've been refused just last two weeks and I don't want to be refused again

[quote author=LagosismyHome post=63654714]

The problem is not me paying for the exam but that for this whole student visa fees , the exams are one of the cheapest expenses

So if paying 50k is difficult then how will other fees be paid? ... [/quote
pls I need your help urgently LagosismyHome

hello @lagosismyhome pls I need your help ma

@lagosismyhome I've been trying every way to contact you but to no avail pls how can I do? I really need your help on my next appointment

I also need your help ma, my interview is next week....

I'm confused

jerrypeacelinks:


Compliments bro. I will sincerely advice you calm down, take your time and apply for FALL 2018. It's just around the corner. By then, you will have better schools to apply to and must have gained admission from them. Meanwhile free free to PM me. Cheers.

Bro I sent you a pm

Good Morning Everyone and compliments of the season to you all. I had my interview this morning, 28th of January 6;30 am and was denied . My school resumes on the 2nd of January and lectures commences on the 8th. Guys i need this opportunity to get another chance as i have a sponsor who wants to foot my academic bills . If i should proceed to gtb tomorrow friday to pay for the CGI , when am i likely to get a date . Pls anyone should advise me on what to do. I appreciate . I am a silent follower of this thread and you all are great here . Thanks

Kindly defer to fall admission..

Horlanrewajuh:
Good Morning Everyone and compliments of the season to you all. I had my interview this morning, 28th of January 6;30 am and was denied . My school resumes on the 2nd of January and lectures commences on the 8th. Guys i need this opportunity to get another chance as i have a sponsor who wants to foot my academic bills . If i should proceed to gtb tomorrow friday to pay for the CGI , when am i likely to get a date . Pls anyone should advise me on what to do. I appreciate . I am a silent follower of this thread and you all are great here . Thanks

my interview was supposed to be today but I was turned back because my barcode from my ds160 and appointment confirmation page is different, please I need help in solving this situation of mine.

@LagosNIV
@AbujaNIV
@Lagosismyhome

Sorry about your denial, IMO the resumption date is too close. I'm sorry you might have to defer and re-strategise. However, what is the reason for your denial? So you can get help from the forum.

Horlanrewajuh:
Good Morning Everyone and compliments of the season to you all. I had my interview this morning, 28th of January 6;30 am and was denied . My school resumes on the 2nd of January and lectures commences on the 8th. Guys i need this opportunity to get another chance as i have a sponsor who wants to foot my academic bills . If i should proceed to gtb tomorrow friday to pay for the CGI , when am i likely to get a date . Pls anyone should advise me on what to do. I appreciate . I am a silent follower of this thread and you all are great here . Thanks

pepe4reps:
Kindly defer to fall admission..

okay. Thanks .
Still with same school i believe ?
and that would require me getting another i20 from them during the fall?
my school is Ball State University Indiana

Horlanrewajuh:
Good Morning Everyone and compliments of the season to you all. I had my interview this morning, 28th of January 6;30 am and was denied . My school resumes on the 2nd of January and lectures commences on the 8th. Guys i need this opportunity to get another chance as i have a sponsor who wants to foot my academic bills . If i should proceed to gtb tomorrow friday to pay for the CGI , when am i likely to get a date . Pls anyone should advise me on what to do. I appreciate . I am a silent follower of this thread and you all are great here . Thanks

Try and reason with a CGI worker, they can help you bout getting a date but might cost you money though. I heard they can help about approval too

Solomon27:


Try and reason with a CGI worker, they can help you bout getting a date but might cost you money though. I heard they can help about approval too

LOL. really

Solomon27:



Congrats brother. I also have a BSc in Statistics. Going for BSc in Information and Computer Science.

Can I hook you up on whatsapp?

Sure bro. You can PM me

TWoods:
Visas, visas, visas... a word of advice... those wishing to study in the United States should do so now, likely there will be changes to the h1b and stem opt programs in 2018.

Who has pdf versions of pacesetter novels Thanks!

Welcome back Bro. you went on ghost mode in a bit. i Want to personally say thank you for your time. I got my visa approved. I made it about myself just like you advised me. Thanks. The changes you are talking about, will it be buhari kind of change or the other kind?
Thanks again.k

vinci500:
Sorry about your denial, IMO the resumption date is too close. I'm sorry you might have to defer and re-strategise. However, what is the reason for your denial? So you can get help from the forum.

Okay, thanks very much. Now here's what happened this morning...................
I was interviewed by the guy in window 1. The white guy on glasses . He denied the guy in front of me and i was determined to do better when it hit my turn.

After passing my documents, he asked my reason for travel and and i told him i was going to study Business Administration at Ball state University , Muncie Indiana .
He asked what was the reason for studying that course and i told him how it is firstly of a personal interest i have in the world of business and how i would love to develop my knowledge and gain an academic background in Business so as to achieve my long term goal which is setting up and owning a Business here in Nigeria and create job opportunities for other people and contribute to the development of my home country.

Then he asked why i intend studying Business Admin, when there are people over here who have businesses without having a degree in business . So i told him that my aim of studying and owning a degree in it, is to have the knowledge of management as well which Ball State offers as they have what is termed to be a customized degree which enables students in the department of Business to as well to take extra classes in other areas such as staff management and organizational behavior so as to be well grounded in the discipline and experience , and this is an edge over those who own business without a degree in business .

so he asked if i chose other institutions and why didnt i pick other institutions which i chose . Meanwhile from my close observation here in this forum which i have been learning and following silently for over a year now, i was made to understand that questions such as these is same thing as 'why did you pick this school?' . So i answered his question on that accordingly .

next he asked for my sponsor and account details, i provided him that and he started typing and said those heartbreaking statements with the blue paper . under section 214b that i did not demonstrate strong ties . He said at this time, i do not qualify and i can re-apply

I really cant just figure out where i went wrong . Any advises and corrections from you all on this forum will be taken, constructive criticisms will be taken as well . And the next step forward . I know theres a popular name Twoods here as well, i need you guys help and i will be here reading . I am seeking for a second degree in Business Administration as i am already a graduate from the discipline of Arts with a 4.0cgpa and getting a job out there is not easy , that was why i wanted to follow my interest which is business and achieve my ultimate goal of setting up a company here in Naija .

God bless everyone here on Nairaland

Silva094:
my interview was supposed to be today but I was turned back because my barcode from my ds160 and appointment confirmation page is different, please I need help in solving this situation of mine.

@LagosNIV
@AbujaNIV
@Lagosismyhome

I had same issues two weeks ago so I can relate. Firstly you need to apply for an emergency request, which might take a day or two to be approved. Now re-use same NRV receipt number to book the earliest appointment. Make sure you have filled the DS-160 and update the DS-160 number on your profile before scheduling an appointment. I hope this helps.