banji001:



Yes i did make the correction already and am starting fresh again it bring up another file request

Ubah1:


You are clicking on the wrong button. Click on start an application

Sorelee:


At times when people make statement about other people's input has absolute nonsense I just shake my head in disgust . Such an abysmal way to prove a point...

Anyway let me give further input on what I meant by the school not being ranked..... According to US News ranking, Golden Gate Law School is one of the unranked schools in the US infact Of the 200 ABA approved law schools in the United States, US news ranks the first 150, the GGU is in the bottom quarter of all law schools in USA by ranking.. Definitely the VO is aware of this, forget about the SEVP certified talk, maybe 3 or 4 years ago unranked schools had less effect on visa approval, but now it sure does. These days we get to see just 1 out of 10 persons get visa approval applying to an unranked school. We read transcript here where VO denies Visas because the school they applied to is not a good school. Does this mean that schools aren't SEVP certified? (they can't issue i20 if they are not) But it simply because they are mostly unranked schools, to then say you are willing to spend thousands of dollars to attend such schools when they are better tier 1, 2,3 schools.
You talked about the scholarship but still the VO was not impressed u said she just starred, but did you know that the school offers scholarships to practically every top applicants who got admitted to the school but reduces or eliminates 60% of them, meaning that you need to have a fairly high GPA or class rank to keep them.

Google is your friend I bet you never knew that just recently American Bar Association informed Golden Gate University School of Law that it was “significantly out of compliance” with certain performance thresholds needed to maintain its accreditation ? Even with all of these being said, you might still get your visa with this same school, but what if the school loses its Accreditation? What then happens to the time and money spent ?




Not everyone's profile can fit into Harvard or Stanford but they are better options .

Be careful what you wish for...

RobertnHanzel:


I Think I spotted you yesterday. You had your glasses on and all. I could hear your conversation from where I stood. Congratulations by the way".
Having read through this thread for about a week and seen all the reject stories, I say to myself "Nah, some of these transcripts are made up". I guess I was wrong judging from what I experienced yesterday. I could hear a lotta people speak from across the hall and I would just know that they would be rejected. (I would deny them myself if I were the VO).

Preparation cannot be overemphasized.
How can the VO ask "Why Software engineering" and you say "Cos I love the computer"
VO: "what do you love about the computer?
Guy:"I have seen that Nigeria has a lot of issues with Internet connection and software applications......" (I froze at this point)

It's obvious lots of people just want "The Great Escape".

I may be wrong here but I think about 60% of the rejects/denial are well deserved and self inflicted. Apart from you, all other F1 applicants ahead of me were denied yesterday (Including the lady that applied to GGU).

I ain't leaving out the place of luck & God but in all, you gotta play the part. Most folks ain't doing that. It's obvious to tell.

Congrats once again!!!!

I should post my transcript too.




Your position might be right except for the fact that I was denied yesterday. Hey my interview held last week. Stop speculating biko

Coloniel5000:
please house, can someone help with the link to download 2015, 16 & 17 visa transcripts both approved and denied. thanks

banji001:
Hello Everyone is the house, i tried retrieving my Application I.D and i don't know why it's not working, please am i doing anything wrong, please kindly put me through

exxy:


Who be VC now for Ben, and which major u study ?

YoungTesla:
Good day Progressives, pls I’d like to ask a quick question, is the Statement of a domicilary account tenable at the embassy? Thanks.

theamerican:
Dear @Sorelee,

You largely missed the point. A visa denial happens based on a lot of factors. Is the proposition "If your school is unranked, then your visa application will be denied" true or false?

Better still, consider: "your visa application will be denied if your school is unranked". Is this true or false?

I'll answer for you: it is false.

Consider the following statements you made:

1. These days we get to see just 1 out of 10 persons get visa approval applying to an unranked school. (That's 10%, is this a fact or opinion? I'd like to see the source of your stats and also, tell us the percentage of approved visas for applicants to "ranked" schools).

2. Even with all of these being said, you might still get your visa with this same school, [s]but what if the schools loses its Accreditation? What then happens to the time and money spent?[/s] (that is irrelevant at this point, sir. What if the school doesn't lose its accreditation?)

[s]I can reasonably infer even from your two statements that it is nonsense to say you can't get a visa with an unranked school[/s].] You can get it and that is my point. I don't wanna go into details forming arguments, she's a lawyer, she can form all that on her own.

Her interview didn't end when the VO asked: "Why did you choose GGU?". It continued for a reason.

I'm sorry you think "that is nonsense" is an insult. I didn't mean it in an aggressive way. My opinion remains unchanged. She can still get a visa with an unranked school.

folmus:



Why not? as long as it has the required amount with evidence of inflow and outflow.

mamuzoOMAH:
Prof Faraday Orumwense. I studied physiology

Sorelee:


@ theamerican The VO is only interested in if He/She a genuine student (2) If He/She not an intending immigrant.

Yes these days we get to see just 1 out of 10 persons get visa with an unranked school its evident here on this thread. you should do your self a favor and check past transcript... [s]The VO are beginning to realized that a genuine Nigerian student would not spend thousands of dollars on an unranked school [/s]more reasons she asked what other school she applied too because she wanted to compare them.

You even said losing accreditation was irrelevant (You really must be joking right?) are you telling her it is irrelevant that she should risk thousands of dollars to go to a law school who's Accreditation could be lost by 2019 because she wants to go to America? or you are just telling her to use the F1 visa as an escape root to the US? Cos no sane person will spend thousand of dollars to attend a school who's on the chopping block.

Im still in shock that [s]you advising her to gamble on the school [/s] [s] [b]not losing accreditation... I'm not expected to do her home work but for the sake of others that might want to apply to GGU law school, they should know that the school is on the chopping block and its accreditation could be lost by 2019, as i mentioned in my last post Golden Gate Law School is out of compliance with several accreditation standards. First Any LSAT below 150 is troublesome, and an LSAT below 148 is a serious problem. Infact the correlation between low LSAT scores places the school in an imminent danger of losing its accreditation. As far as America Law school Accreditation is concerned For any five year period, a law school’s bar pass rate must be within 5% of the state’s bar pass rate, or the school can be de-accredited. I uploaded the graph of entering student admissions profiles for Golden Gate since 2010. As you can see, students’ LSAT scores have gotten lower and lower in the wake of the recession.Secondly More than 30 percent of Golden Gate’s first-year class left the school through non-academic attrition in 2017, and only 48.86 percent of Golden Gate graduates who took the bar exam for the first time in 2017 passed. By 2019 Golden Gate must submit a report on its progress to the ABA and appear before the accreditation committee for a hearing. If the law school’s report does not demonstrates compliance with the accreditation standards it loses accreditation. So tell me Ma would you risk spending all that money on GGU law school when they are better options? [/b] [/s]

infact the VO did more good than harm rejecting her visa application

kenevision:


Thanks for your response bro, but it seems international students can demand for loans with their admission letter, then any of their relatives based in US as citizen or PR will cosign the loan as a guarantor.

Why do you think is a bad idea to take student loan? I actually see it as an opportunity, since neither I nor anyone close to me can fund my MS in US . And moreover, the repayment plan is not usually a burden.

Please let me know your thoughts.

theamerican:


First, I must commend your effort in reading a lot about GGU and trying to put forward a counter-argument to what I wrote (if she had done this research and figured ways to counter the issues you raised, she could have had her visa by now). You made very excellent points but failed to address the important ones so I'm also going to reply for the sake of others reading this thread.

I asked you to quote the source of your "10% of people with unranked schools get visas" claim and you asked me to check NL transcripts? Really? That's your source? You also failed to provide the stats for people who apply to ranked schools. Opinions are a opinions, not facts. So I won't dwell on that.

Look at the first line of what I quoted (it's in italics too). That sums up all she has to do to get her student visa and I'm sure that's why she came here. She asked what could have gone wrong with her visa interview and what to do to fix it.

You said VOs are now realizing people wouldn't spend money on unranked schools. Do you want me to give you a list of other preconceived notions VOs have towards visa applicants? Did you miss the part where I said it's the applicant's job to convince the VOs otherwise? I don't care what preconceived notion an interviewer has, it's your job to prove those notions wrong.

Where did I tell her to gamble on the school losing accreditation or risk wasting her money? How did you even reach that conclusion? I wonder if you understand how rules, regulations, laws, and freedom work. Please stay on track and understand arguments before you counter them. I said Losing accreditation is not relevant at the time of her interview, same way no one should say "what if your sponsor dies 6 months after you get to the U.S." ? Focus on the matter at hand and leave out "what ifs".

All the stats you pulled out, the screenshot, etc. and all those things lol. Do you honestly think the VO pulled them out, read everything, while conducting the interview? What she does with her money is not my business or the VO's. She said she's coming here to study and going back home to work and wants to know how to get her visa. Stay on track.

You can say you think applying to a better school would increase her chance, and I won't bother saying anything, you're entitled to an opinion. I will forever reject the notion that an unranked school condemns you to doom. That's not true.

If she comes here asking "do you think I should spend so much money going to GGU considering the fact that I wanna remain in the U.S and practise there?" Your arguments would have been excellent and I'd even support some of the things you're saying. But she's asking us how she can get her visa... and that's what I want us to address. Stay on track.

Finally, I don't know what you searched for about GGU lol. I searched for different things and I have so many positive things to say about that school. It's not my job though. I'm not being paid for consultation.

Sorelee:


smiles .............. at this point i will let this pass, no point derailing this thread ... By now she should know what is best for her........

LagosismyHome:


[s]it seems international students can demand for loans with their admission letter[/s]

.....demand . lol . It not a birthright , so demand is not the right word . Also a lot of US citizen dont like been a cosigner either