sureb0y:
oh, and for tips on post-graduate plans, Always have at least two fat friends of the opposite sex. Get close to them... really close. Thank me later.

Your stories are lit Mehn.
Your head dey valid.
You dey ginger me.

warriboy21:


if u can convince the vo on the food science msc and try to relate it to food safety in africa about germs bla bla bla..den u shud b fine...else.....try other major in msc relating to ur field that would sound convincin to the vo

I can surely do that. I jst need a uni like urs with such wonderful opportunity

imperiouxx:


Employers don't want to hear opt work permit, which makes OPT a waste of time. Actually it's more of time for one to think of what to do next and to remain legal in US rather than a period of getting jobs. People should know that foreigner is foreigner. An international student is a foreigner, Americans weigh this well when it comes to hiring anyone. The only field that I've see foreigners getting instant jobs within a month of graduation is nursing and other lucrative healthcare courses. But I don't know if those without green card benefit the same way or not. Also I won't recommend wasting money on healthcare if one knows nothing about chemistry, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathophysiology etc or simply lazy to study. Tuition for healthcare fields is expensive.

You're right. But IMO, OPT is not a total waste of time. You're gonna search harder and encounter a lot of rejections while on OPT, but you'll still get jobs on OPT and if you're STEM that gives you 3 years to get that coverted American work experience. In many situations, plenty of emoloyers will file for you if you prove to be a valuable employee. I know about three or four people who got H1B filed for them immediately they were hired on OPT. Some top guys at my work yesterday were even telling me that the company will file for me if I needed it and that they've filed for countless of people (I did not even ask or approach them to file for me before he started saying that o).

But you're right, as a foreigner you have to work twice or thrice as hard to even land a job. The hustle is real.

masquellett:
MsNas. Thanks for the tip. Can you please forward a sample CV to my email address (noob_ig@yahoo.com). Thanks in anticipation. I sent you a PM but you are yet to acknowledge. Kind regards.

I actually don't have a sample CV. I can edit yours for you at my free time though if you want.

warriboy21:
im sori guz...u can requote me...i was trying to quote and answer back but the thread ended and the topic locked......so this new thread should be fine.

icool thers nothing mighty about the switch....most times IT degrees can even be learned off youtube. what you need at times are just certification exam. as for my school they dont need prequisite for IT irrespective of ur background.

mrchemist the documents are mostly transcript. lor, sop and bank statement.

alexandersheriff they dont require official transcript. but now they are requiring transcript to go tru eduusa.(this happend because most naija students who got admited never showed up in school and now they are getting strict). if not, during my time last year all i submitted was just a kpako uniben scanned transcript and other scanned documents and voila admision was ready

surgeonheric i wont advice anyone to go for undergraduate in my school. reason is because its freaking expensive ...dats were they make their most money from...na big oyibo men children full der o... only the graduate school is cheap because its still new. started about 15yrs back or so.....and so they are still trying to gain reputation and all that .......but for UG...no go der my broda...except ur paleh na obo .....

lagosismyhome....no mind d school...i de do free work for them..dem suppose half my tuition ...thanks anyways

Oshare!!! Mavon?? Omo nor be small marketing! I don laff taya @ knack u akpako!!! . Gre and/or Toefl na must unto embassy tins sha. Notting do you oshare...vwekobiro!

kenniez26:
@ oludare.u know say I no sabi English language. @warriboy21. U name was mentioned in page 396 .part 9.so I was thinking may b u are d middle man between the seller and d buyer of d dollars. Please check page 396

Where is your sense of humour
Was only making a joke out of it.
Sorry if you felt offended.

MsNas:

You're right. But IMO, OPT is not a total waste of time. You're gonna search harder and encounter a lot of rejections while on OPT, but you'll still get jobs on OPT and if you're STEM that gives you 3 years to get that coverted American work experience. In many situations, plenty of emoloyers will file for you if you prove to be a valuable employee. I know about three or four people who got H1B filed for them immediately they were hired on OPT. Some top guys at my work yesterday were even telling me that the company will file for me if I needed it and that they've filed for countless of people (I did not even ask or approach them to file for me before he started saying that o).

But you're right, as a foreigner you have to work twice or thrice as hard to even land a job. The hustle is real.

Don't forget that you're talking from an IT specialist standpoint.

What's good with you?

warriboy21:
im sori guz...u can requote me...i was trying to quote and answer back but the thread ended and the topic locked......so this new thread should be fine.

icool thers nothing mighty about the switch....most times IT degrees can even be learned off youtube. what you need at times are just certification exam. as for my school they dont need prequisite for IT irrespective of ur background.

mrchemist the documents are mostly transcript. lor, sop and bank statement.

alexandersheriff they dont require official transcript. but now they are requiring transcript to go tru eduusa.(this happend because most naija students who got admited never showed up in school and now they are getting strict). if not, during my time last year all i submitted was just a kpako uniben scanned transcript and other scanned documents and voila admision was ready

surgeonheric i wont advice anyone to go for undergraduate in my school. reason is because its freaking expensive ...dats were they make their most money from...na big oyibo men children full der o... only the graduate school is cheap because its still new. started about 15yrs back or so.....and so they are still trying to gain reputation and all that .......but for UG...no go der my broda...except ur paleh na obo .....

lagosismyhome....no mind d school...i de do free work for them..dem suppose half my tuition ...thanks anyways

Fanx warriboy....plz don't u fink getting a conditional admission from ur school or any other school would dampen one's chance of getting visa @the embassy? I have a 3rd Class 2.15/5.0 and am finking of applying to ur school since u Said they admit students with low gpa....

sureb0y:
Since y'all are marketing schools, lemme market my own sef.
We no dey shout too much... if you want girls wey get big yansh... this is the right place to come. Everybody dey drive dodge, cardillac and benz. Yansh dey flow up and down. Party school, free pizza, free faaji, and darn... girls with big yansh full everywhere. you go fear graduate assistant with mad ass yaaansh and tattoo all over her body. na yansh we get for here, we no too get time for books. People are tooo nice here too, chei. I go buy something downstairs, ask the sales clerk to direct me to post office, the guy explain sotey as I no get am, he felt so bad. picked up his phone and called a friend say make that one pleeeeeease come carry me go and back. guess what? The friend agreed. Na so I see one picanto-like car pull up after some minutes. guess wetin come out of the car... YAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNSSSSHHHHH!!!! Abou

Dont be carried away with all these youthful exuberance..Your ultimate goal should be bagging that Masters with good grades.But what do i know..Just an Advice

iamwale007:
[color=#006600][/color]Fanx warriboy....plz don't u fink getting a conditional admission from ur school or any other school would dampen one's chance of getting visa @the embassy? I have a 3rd Class 2.15/5.0 and am finking of applying to ur school since u Said they admit students with low gpa....

Why this in bold? I've seen some sorts of words like that on some Nigerians' facebook page before, so I begin to think I'm left out of reality.

imperiouxx:


Don't forget that you're talking from an IT specialist standpoint.

What's good with you?

That's very true Sha. I'm talking from an IT standpoint. I'm fine o, enjoying the sweltering Californian summer. How are you and the family?

femi321:
Dont be carried away with all these youthful exuberance..Your ultimate goal should be bagging that Masters with good grades.But what do i know..Just an Advice

Lmao, "bagging that Master's with good grades" means I shouldn't look at girls or enjoy my life? People are different, some people need to shut out all the flexing in their life, sleep in libraries, read materials over and over to succeed. Some people know as e dey go, they grab things easily and look at yansh! they still pass. I'm fine bro, I know what works for me. Thanks for your advice tho. Cos I post things here doesn't mean I'm an olodo o. I get plan and I'm not thinking in one direction. I'll be fine. thanks.

sureb0y:
Since y'all are marketing schools, lemme market my own sef.
We no dey shout too much... if you want girls wey get big yansh... this is the right place to come. Everybody dey drive dodge, cardillac and benz. Yansh dey flow up and down. Party school, free pizza, free faaji, and darn... girls with big yansh full everywhere. you go fear graduate assistant with mad ass yaaansh and tattoo all over her body. na yansh we get for here, we no too get time for books. People are tooo nice here too, chei. I go buy something downstairs, ask the sales clerk to direct me to post office, the guy explain sotey as I no get am, he felt so bad. picked up his phone and called a friend say make that one pleeeeeease come carry me go and back. guess what? The friend agreed. Na so I see one picanto-like car pull up after some minutes. guess wetin come out of the car... YAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNSSSSHHHHH!!!! About 5ft 6" with hips wey wan send me back to my village. her yansh no be from here. I just dey come back from the post office, chei. Don't waste 2 years of your life studying like ode. remember you have little time before you get married and miss out on all the fun Yansh.

I just secured apartment. Private student housing, guess what? I chose the co-ed option. boys and gehs, 4 bedroom flat with private baths and shared living room. Na new facilities, swimming pool, gym, club, lounge, etc. For the next two years, na yansh go surround me. Make all of una dey chase cgpa and nonsense STEM. me I go dey here dey enjoy my life dey go. Awon ti furo iyeneme girls wey dey squat die for gym. chei... This is the place to be.

On the academic sense... I don't know so much cos lectures never start. Don't pm me and be asking me for OPT/STEM and all those efiko things abeg. Let's leave the "sadness" for mid-semester. Right now, iyalaya won. make we dey flow dey go.

Peace out!

Omor u no dey reply pms, why? This school no get name? Holla at me jor...cc: sureb0y

iamwale007:
[color=#006600][/color]Fanx warriboy....plz don't u fink getting a conditional admission from ur school or any other school would dampen one's chance of getting visa @the embassy? I have a 3rd Class 2.15/5.0 and am finking of applying to ur school since u Said they admit students with low gpa....

naaa...like i said earlier...the conditional admission is like a general condition for all graduate school in the us..that states that u must achieve gpa of 3.0 and above...
i had such conditional i20...its no biggie in y school.....

some schools like troy uni conditions can be that you have to take prerequisite courses beffore full admision....but my school gives u the full admision on the condition that u get a minimum 3.0 gpa to continue

@sureb0y,

The best place an international student can get hospitality is on campus, when still a newcomer or with the old people. Get out of this, the reality will touch you.

shinym:


Oshare!!! Mavon?? Omo nor be small marketing! I don laff taya @ knack u akpako!!! . Gre and/or Toefl na must unto embassy tins sha. Notting do you oshare...vwekobiro!

oshare mehayror...afa na...... ......i hail boss

MsNas:

That's very true Sha. I'm talking from an IT standpoint. I'm fine o, enjoying the sweltering Californian summer. How are you and the family?

The same here too. The heat hitting nyc in few days now is fantastic.

sureb0y:


Lmao, "bagging that Master's with good grades" means I shouldn't look at girls or enjoy my life? People are different, some people need to shut out all the flexing in their life, sleep in libraries, read materials over and over to succeed. Some people know as e dey go, they grab things easily and look at yansh! they still pass. I'm fine bro, I know what works for me. Thanks for your advice tho. Cos I post things here doesn't mean I'm an olodo o. I get plan and I'm not thinking in one direction. I'll be fine. thanks.

oh cool then..i agree that people are different..

Hello guys......
I want to apply for uni i can afford in USA wit my waec.... I want to study business admin, plz how much do i need to save befor applyin like visa, flight ticket nd accommodation..... Tnks

OluDare01:
Stop posting how much you have.
When will you guys learn
Don't worry till you start receiving pms.
Pinkytoes awaits you

Scammers are everywhere
Get that straight mehn

Hehehe, yeah Pinkytoes are so many on Nairaland both online and offline.

They send you mails offering you juice deals but had forgotten "charity begins at home."

Signing in, am sure testifying in this part by God's Grace. Well done guys...

Part 10.. I welcome everyone.. I am now born again..

sureb0y:


Lmao, "bagging that Master's with good grades" means I shouldn't look at girls or enjoy my life? People are different, some people need to shut out all the flexing in their life, sleep in libraries, read materials over and over to succeed. Some people know as e dey go, they grab things easily and look at yansh! they still pass. I'm fine bro, I know what works for me. Thanks for your advice tho. Cos I post things here doesn't mean I'm an olodo o. I get plan and I'm not thinking in one direction. I'll be fine. thanks.

I need your contact Bro. I want to be your friend

don4ye:
Part 10.. I welcome everyone.. I am now born again..

lmaoooooo
i forgot to laugh o

welcome bac from kirikiri

Pelaiye2703:


Yes you are. Its over 4.0.

That explains why you didn't see any change. Your OND+HND cgpas are on the 4 point scale already and probably need no conversion.

Please bosses of mine am asking this for a friend. Can she's a first class nursing student can she get RA or GA for her Msc in nursing or there is no such in Healthcare field?
Thanks

MY TRAVEL TRANSCRIPT

Few days to my travelling i had mixed feelings; dunno why but I wasnt happy and at the same time i was having a sweet sensation right inside of me.
Dont let me bore you with irrelevant stories.
Got to Muritala Muhammed 9pm on Aug 5 and i tell you i was shocked o.
naso police dey as me mumu question o. Are you travelling on accompanied i was lie WTF!!! Before i could understand he actually meant 'unaccomplained'. No be small thing o English iyaf suffer
I just dey look like JJC ( first time things). No seats to sit down, the hall was crowded. After standing for like 2 hours, I finally got a table to sit.
people dey sleep but sleep no catch me o. Make i sleep mae person put something inside my bag tufiakwa
Without much ado, check in started 2:00am and it was cool as ah no carry any contraband and i no pay anybody shishi. I made friends with old men; regular travellers i should say and we were talking about Nigeria generally. They complained that the economy hit them so hard that was why they booked royal air maroc.
We boarded one small lane like that about 5:45am and by 6::30am, we bid goodbye to Naija.
I slept throughout the 4 hours journey cos i was so weak. No inflight entertainment, the food was just snacks.
We touched down in Casablanca by 10:30am and we were taken to the Royal Maroc Lounge. Naso my people dey touch base with me o cutemorgan don4ye bukunmy emadapoet etc. I don mae friends for maroc, no time. Naso we dey gist before they come give us one yeye food.
crazy food i should say. I only had the bread and yoghurt. After 15 hours, we got up for another check in; a tighter one i should say before we boarded a bus that took us to one mighty Boeing 777 if im correct. Naso some people dey swear for our politicians o cos Casablanca airport beat all Naija airport and thats not even Maroc's main airport o.
Inside the plane, one arab woman wey no sabi speak english sat on my seat, i had to make do with another seat flanked by one fine ghanian girl.
The plane took off about 4:30 local time and off we go to Amelika. I hardly finished the movie seff,I'm not the film type. I slept lie a baby inside the plane. We were given chicken ,potatoes,yoghurt, chocolate and bread but i didnt take the chocolate.
As we were approaching the US territory, naso one turbulence start o, we had to change course. By 7:30am we landed in JFK and off we went to join the queue. This is my POE transcript
Officer- So youre a student
Me- yeah
After taking my picture and fingerprint, he welcomed me to USA and off i went to claim my bag.
Body just dey sweet me o, i dey tell u. Naso i find myself for Brooklyn chop better Amala and ewedu with turkey
Day 2
We boarded train to greyhound station mehn it was cool o. I just dey struggle to hear those black accents.
My trip was long mehn from New york to New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia before we switched buses. Ah just dey sight see o America is beautiful mehn. No over speeding, good roads, everything just dey. I dey follow grandma wey dey beside me talk . NIce people everywhere.
On getting to Richmond,VA i thought i missed my bus. I no hear anything dem dey talk atall. I come dey ask questions
8:00pm we boarded a bus going to knoxville, TN before i joined another bus going to Cookeville. Na die no be small. I no get $400 for local flight wey i never chop so i was well prepared for the stress.
Got to Cookeville by 8am on sunday. Zt called a cab to pick me up and that was it.
Welcome to Obamaland.

imperiouxx:


The same here too. The heat hitting nyc in few days now is fantastic.

How do you guys survive here, the heat is horrible, just looking out for the rain

OluDare01:
MY TRAVEL TRANSCRIPT

Few days to my travelling i had mixed feelings; dunno why but I wasnt happy and at the same time i was having a sweet sensation right inside of me.
Dont let me bore you with irrelevant stories.
Got to Muritala Muhammed 9pm on Aug 5 and i tell you i was shocked o.
naso police dey as me mumu question o. Are you travelling on accompanied i was lie WTF!!! Before i could understand he actually meant 'unaccomplained'. No be small thing o English iyaf suffer
I just dey look like JJC ( first time things). No seats to sit down, the hall was crowded. After standing for like 2 hours, I finally got a table to sit.
people dey sleep but sleep no catch me o. Make i sleep mae person put something inside my bag tufiakwa
Without much ado, check in started 2:00am and it was cool as ah no carry any contraband and i no pay anybody shishi. I made friends with old men; regular travellers i should say and we were talking about Nigeria generally. They complained that the economy hit them so hard that was why they booked royal air maroc.
We boarded one small lane like that about 5:45am and by 6::30am, we bid goodbye to Naija.
I slept throughout the 4 hours journey cos i was so weak. No inflight entertainment, the food was just snacks.
We touched down in Casablanca by 10:30am and we were taken to the Royal Maroc Lounge. Naso my people dey touch base with me o cutemorgan don4ye bukunmy emadapoet etc. I don mae friends for maroc, no time. Naso we dey gist before they come give us one yeye food.
crazy food i should say. I only had the bread and yoghurt. After 15 hours, we got up for another check in; a tighter one i should say before we boarded a bus that took us to one mighty Boeing 777 if im correct. Naso some people dey swear for our politicians o cos Casablanca airport beat all Naija airport and thats not even Maroc's main airport o.
Inside the plane, one arab woman wey no sabi speak english sat on my seat, i had to make do with another seat flanked by one fine ghanian girl.
The plane took off about 4:30 local time and off we go to Amelika. I hardly finished the movie seff,I'm not the film type. I slept lie a baby inside the plane. We were given chicken ,potatoes,yoghurt, chocolate and bread but i didnt take the chocolate.
As we were approaching the US territory, naso one turbulence start o, we had to change course. By 7:30am we landed in JFK and off we went to join the queue. This is my POE transcript
Officer- So youre a student
Me- yeah
After taking my picture and fingerprint, he welcomed me to USA and off i went to claim my bag.
Body just dey sweet me o, i dey tell u. Naso i find myself for Brooklyn chop better Amala and ewedu with turkey
Day 2
We boarded train to greyhound station mehn it was cool o. I just dey struggle to hear those black accents.
My trip was long mehn from New york to New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia before we switched buses. Ah just dey sight see o America is beautiful mehn. No over speeding, good roads, everything just dey. I dey follow grandma wey dey beside me talk . NIce people everywhere.
On getting to Richmond,VA i thought i missed my bus. I no hear anything dem dey talk atall. I come dey ask questions
8:00pm we boarded a bus going to knoxville, TN before i joined another bus going to Cookeville. Na die no be small. I no get $400 for local flight wey i never chop so i was well prepared for the stress.
Got to Cookeville by 8am on sunday. Zt called a cab to pick me up and that was it.
Welcome to Obamaland.

Nice one guy! Enjoy your stay in America.

oluwafemikolade:

Nice one guy! Enjoy your stay in America.

Thanks man

bigfrancis21:


That explains why you didn't see any change. Your OND+HND cgpas are on the 4 point scale already and probably need no conversion.

Can u elaborate more on that?

Richmond996:


How do you guys survive here, the heat is horrible, just looking out for the rain

Take a lot of water