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Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 9:05pm On May 30, 2011 |
Guys the thing still dey do me like film trick I wan take eye see that I 20 bad bad. @Chi.Dalu Which school did you get into? |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 9:59am On May 29, 2011 |
Hello guys, Its been a while I practically disappeared from here. Anyway just to update those who might be reading in the future. I got a 1220 in my GRE 700Q 520V. Petroleum Engineering. TEXAS A M - REJECTED! TEXAS TECH - REJECTED! LSU - REJECTED! I largely knew it was gonna be like this, I did not know what taking the GRE again and maybe getting a 740 or 760 in a short span would tell the admissions committee. Anyways the last school University of Oklahoma told me a decision was posted May 4th to me via air mail. I waited till last week and emailed again complaining that I had not yet received the mail ( I paid a whooping 90 dolls for that application oh) and they should let me know what the decision was so I can be at ease. The admissions officer says ok let me forward your complaints to the person in charge, minutes later a reply comes and says if you want us to send you a new I 20 and admission packet you will have to pay 60 dolls for it via fed ex bla bla bla bla. I say slow down you have not told me what the decision is yet and she replies yes you were admitted. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA - ACCEPTED ! Not seen the I 20 yet sha but I have plenty mixed feelings. Anyway to anyone reading never give up, I know I did in my mind sha am still shocked. |
Culture / Re: What Has Been Your Experience With Juju? by SCYLLA: 3:11pm On Sep 28, 2010 |
Don overo can you give me links to more of your lectures I am particularly obsessed about psychology |
Culture / Re: What Has Been Your Experience With Juju? by SCYLLA: 2:47pm On Sep 28, 2010 |
hilli666:Not everybody believes in them either. |
Culture / Re: What Has Been Your Experience With Juju? by SCYLLA: 2:45pm On Sep 28, 2010 |
Ericology:1. Your story does not check out, I can bet my life it was hearsay, no one would allow a ten year old child to go watch a public shooting, number goes down as a lie for me. Trust me because I grew up in warri and we were the cheif mongers of dem shoot am e no enter, I have even gone to a babalawo's shop to get cut and bounce- so 2. There are many leaves that can cause irritation and rashes and did it occur to you that the man had an antidote? think again abeg 3. GEEEEEEZZZZZ did you ever do rainfall in secondary school?? 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Gej Should Declare A State Of Emergency In Abia State (aba): by SCYLLA: 2:07pm On Sep 28, 2010 |
Whoever created the bakassi boys should warm up for round two, his services in creating a mythical set of warriors to cleanse the town is what is really needed. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 6:45pm On Sep 24, 2010 |
dayokanu:How about LSU do you know much about their program and job prospects? |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 2:46pm On Sep 24, 2010 |
dayokanu:Well I guess I would make the decision, what I am calculating is how much it would cost to send in all the applications and get a reject when I could have buckled down and get a better GRE score, I guess my biggest fear is getting rejected because of my score in the long run. jidebiz:Thank you very much sir, the most painful thing to me is that I know the Q score is not really reflective of my abilities. All I really care about is the admission, I could care less about the funding, I just want a chance to show what I can do that's all. My main target is TAMU I don't know about you but I want to get into that school maybe that is what is making me sound desperate. But what you have said about other documents is true, I had no idea this would hit me as hard as it did, I have always been a sucker for failure anyway not that I am a super student but I was always smart enough to be a lot better than average. So here is my dilemma, do I close my eyes and write it all over again now once and for all and be done with it, I dont know if its the highest score ets would report or both of them. My cousin at TAMU has been very supportive though telling me that the score is ok just like you did I guess the big question would be if I can banish the monster from my head that my score is not good enough. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 4:34am On Sep 24, 2010 |
dayokanu:I guess that's part of what I am also worried about, my lack of experience. I meant if you contacted professors at TAMU. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 4:13am On Sep 24, 2010 |
dayokanu:Did you have any major work experience in the petroleum industry? When you were sending your application did you contact professors before or after you were offered admission? and please could you tell me what you graduated with. I would understand if you are not comfortable sharing your info online. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 8:38pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
dayokanu:Thanks dayo, was your first degree in pet engr? |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 7:33pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
@dayokanu At Uni of houston what were you offered thesis or non thesis? Plus I was thinking since you guys have gone through the process, which low risk schools in your opinion would consider me. Plus is which option is more competitive the thesis or non-thesis? More so is there no way to test if one would be admitted without paying the fees and going through the crazy process of sending transcripts and all that. Someone suggested contacting the professors, please help!!!! as I am going out of my mind here |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 11:19pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
dayokanu:I feel so bad, maybe I would take the rest of the week to think about it. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 10:07pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
seuncaroline:Now I am scared and really worried, which schools rejected you from the US? Oh meeeeennn this is not funny at all I have barely slept a wink since my exam I am just sooooo worried. So in your opinion my score is not good enough? |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 7:57pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
Kommentato:Thanks man, I think you can only get it on ETS's website and for some reason it messes up sometimes. Just keep trying and make sure you take nothing for granted. |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 6:54pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
seuncaroline:I tire for the whole thing oh, they specifically say they do not need GRE and on their website the minimum from Nigerian Universities is a 2-1 which if just 3.5 and my GPA was 3.90 total my last two years of school sits at about 4.2xxx but I cannot begin to measure my disappointment. I was even thinking that canada would be a wild card school for me just incase the American schools do not give my any admission. I have also been thinking about my GRE score and I am actually wondering if I should retake, the conditions on the day were hard but during my prep my average score was 740 with the highest being 790 and lowest 670. I am not so sure if retaking it to get a score of 750 would really be worth it in the long run as most schools emphasize that it is the whole process that is looked at and not just one parameter. Furthermore I think it is my moving from mechanical to petroleum and my lack of real working experience that did me in. I really feel so so down. I only found UofA and UofCalgary offering petroleum engineering, which other two schools offer the course? |
Education / Re: General Question On Graduate Studies In Us, Uk Or Canada by SCYLLA: 11:15am On Sep 22, 2010 |
So I got 1220 in my GRE Q700 and V520, I am very disappointed sha so many things happened that were way outta my control, I did not even report my scores because I wanted to sit and think if I should retake it. What do you think guys? BTW I got my first rejection today from the University of Alberta (they did not need GRE so I sent a prelim application) and I must say it is very heart wrenching, I have not had a bad couple of days like this in a long long long while. So thread resurrected! |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 11:00am On Sep 22, 2010 |
It was crazy as I missed my flight to abuja(thanks to pdp Convention) then had to take the one for the day I was writing my exam, I managed to reach there 30 mins to my exam time and heard the stupid server crashed and a workstation was converted to the server needless to say I did not start until 4 hours later and it was apparent I would miss my evening flight back out of Abuja and I spent the time trying to get Aero to rebook my flight, I was mentally physically and emotionally exhausted when I started the exam. So my advice to you, make sure you get to your exam center way way before the time and remain relaxed if you can. Finally wrote my GRE and got 1220, 700Q and 520V. I hope this would be enough to get something good, but for now I am graduating from this thread to the schools and admission thread. I wish the rest of you luck. Cheers. |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 8:22pm On Sep 12, 2010 |
Hello guys!! I have read my nyash out but still a wee bit jittery. I am afraid I did not give enough attention to the verbal and I hope it does not bite me in the nyash. I am writing next week czard:It cost 35,500 naira I registered with first logic I am still awaiting my confirmation email though and I am pretty peeved they have not done it already. All the same you can google firstlogic to get their website and contact info. All the best bro. @Sefago Which one be delf again? long time |
Religion / Re: Quran Burning Day; How Not To Be An Imbecille! by SCYLLA: 9:26pm On Sep 09, 2010 |
Front page topic |
Religion / Re: Sagamite, Lets Discuss Agnostic Deism by SCYLLA: 1:08pm On Sep 08, 2010 |
Sagamite permission to use a quote from you as my status! |
Crime / Re: Who Will Conduct Business With Platinumnk In The Future by SCYLLA: 10:03am On Sep 07, 2010 |
oyinda.:Hmmmm are you serrrrrrrrious? |
Crime / Who Will Conduct Business With Platinumnk In The Future by SCYLLA: 4:57pm On Sep 06, 2010 |
Hmmm after reading the thread here and on Sam Milla's forum where she said it all ends when she closes her laptop. Would you still conduct any business with platinumnk if it involved trusting her with money? Poll coming up soon! |
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Korea Friendly Match [1 - 2] by SCYLLA: 1:55pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Well I think Osaze was right about lagerback, he is back to his former self by the best player on the pitch for naija. |
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Korea Friendly Match [1 - 2] by SCYLLA: 1:31pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Which kind left back be this one wey naija get self? |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 8:24pm On Aug 07, 2010 |
Hello guys, I thought this thread was dead and gone, me I am itching to get my own admission and visa subsequently but this GRE is killing! I have given up on verbal and trying to concentrate on quantitative for now. How many permutation and combination questions are on the quantitative section? A score of 780 is like getting all 28 questions right? I thought the test was a CAT? Oh and lastly there is a thread on graduate study in the US guys please please lets talk about schools there I am itching to ask loads of questions. Congrats Y'all! |
Romance / Re: Leave Me, I Am Not In The Mood ! by SCYLLA: 10:45am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Bull cra p I just hate women! |
Family / Re: Woman Delivers First Baby At 59 by SCYLLA: 5:51pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
Hmmmmmm na wa oh |
Education / Re: Preparing for GRE by SCYLLA: 6:02pm On Jun 19, 2010 |
So no one is preparing for GRE now, na wa oh what is it like to write GRE in naija self? I mean test conditions? |
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Argentina: [0 - 1] On June 12, 2010 @ World Cup by SCYLLA: 9:42pm On Jun 18, 2010 |
Lol una no gree stop abi |
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Argentina: [0 - 1] On June 12, 2010 @ World Cup by SCYLLA: 6:12pm On Jun 18, 2010 |
proudly9ja:Oya I no go talk again, abeg lol make una stop. |
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Argentina: [0 - 1] On June 12, 2010 @ World Cup by SCYLLA: 6:03pm On Jun 18, 2010 |
Oya you guys should stop bickering abeg, I think both sides have made their points. Even though I still dont agree that amodu is better than lagerback technically, I still feel bringing obasi on was a mistake and its as simple as that. If we are to remove sentiment from all this, if lagerback fails to get them into the second round then a shrewd nff boss must ask then why sack amodu? I mean well for the swede but things are not just going his way and if he fails in getting his target I say good riddance to him too and then if need be he should re apply again. We are not going to eat these permutations and excuses at the end of the day, I watched the second half of that game again and I was just recoiling all through at the lack of defensive capabilities of the team, even North korea dpr closed down better than the team. Finally in my opinion, I see why no matter how bad their form may be now there is still some sense in playing an experienced player before an uncapped player, haruna was no match for the greek midfield, well so much for talent. |
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