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LearnAndObey:
I am here to Learn And Obey

Lagosismyhome, theamerican, Femi312, Sorelee, Folmus, imperiouxx, Bigfrancis21, Twoods, EZEIGBO1OFIMO, Walsping, Ubah1, Oludare01, Time2Smile, MackyNaija, ponpon, rexcheng, quoran, learner007, happyday, 100kobo, GboyegaD, Godchangemylife, pastor Walspring and other gurus here....

@EZEIGBO has done a thorough analysis of your transcript, what more can I say. However, as an observer, I feel you copied those responses here and there. They were rather generic and lengthy.

Beauty lies in simplicity. Keep it brief and personified. Candidates tend to believe that longer answers make the best sound to the VO. On the contrary, the longer your response, the more you open up yourself for more scathing questions. Don't try to "wowww" the VO. Your job is to go there and run away with your visa approval. Therefore, keep it short and simple.

Again, and most importantly, it is good to study interview templates, but you must own your answers and not regurgitate coded scripts. VOs are trained to identify scripted answers and it will be at their discretion to approve or disapprove you upon that discovery. Be conversational and relaxed. Brevity is key.

Emmalondon:
Thanks bro, i really appreciate your response. My uncle said i should get a school in either New Jersey or New York. Please I wouldn't mind if you can suggest a good school in any of those two states.

Young man, you'll need to roll up your sleeves and get to work already. Get busy with research on issues concerning you and come here for guidance and advice. This talk about your uncle said this and that makes you sound like a nonacademic student.
No pun intended!

Mayor555:
OK I'm back, pay close attention to this...

Handling your transport business yourself will be very lucrative.
But your calculation no follow at all...

Put into consideration the followings:

Fuel per to-fro trip

Servicing of engine every week or two

Numbers of week, that 4 brand new tyres can carry you(good tyres can carry up-to 6months)

Brake Pads every two weeks(can be relative)

Union fee

Wears and tears each week(reserve like 20k). You might be lucky to go weeks without repairs, if you have a good bus

And:
like you said, understand the "intestines" of the business in your area before handing any bus to anyone, else you'll be shooting yourself some RPG missiles.



Let me add this, why not buy 2004-2007 Toyota sienna clean title tokunbo or relatively clean and shuttle Port Harcourt to Lagos.
Thank me later..

Now this is what I call: Balanced view!
Bar man, give him one Fanta Tonic on my bills...

Aderewah:
Lol. I used to do naive maths like this. First, fuel will take up to 30% per trip. Agbero will claim 10% or more depending on where you are. Vehicle will spoil. Repairs can claim one week earnings. Vehicle cannot be always fUll. Or else, everyone go be driver. The worst thing that can happen us when your business break down inside bush. Terrible experience. I ommited risk of accidents

All I read is Discouragements...Shuo? You no get chill Ooo. I expected you to balance out your contribution by also mirroring into the positive side of the business. Would it be a hasty generalisation to conclude that you're a naysayer?

Ysakaws1:
My brother is about to apply for his USA study visa. He will be sponsored by our father but there is something confusing us now. My Dad has already printed out his company’s SOA (Dad is the CEO). However, a particular agent told us that apart from the company’s SOA, my bro MUST also submit my Dad’s personal SOA.

Please who knows if this is true

Company SOA is acceptable and can be submitted independent of his personal statement, only if there's "abundant" funds there.

Personal SOA is most preferable and highly advised only if the account has "sufficient" funds.

Feel free to go with the two, but again, there's no rule that says YOU MUST go with the two.

Icongold2006:
And I also want to know... why most students are being rejected at the embassy.. is it that their document is incomplete or what... Abi na head?

Most students are 'rejected' because they are largely unprepared. In a roundabout way, visa applications are denied once an iota of doubt is suspected.
Ensure your application meets requirement and prepare to have a genuine conversation with the officer. Bet me, success beckons.

FarahAideed:
Nonsense !!!!!If the ambassador knew he wasn't going to monitor all 7 polling areas then he should just have stayed back in Abuja

Actually, John Bray is domiciled in neighboring Lagos and not Abuja.

As for today's rerun, I am yet to comment.

shakaz:
My Final Profile:

Course : Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Bsc)
CGPA. : 4.31/5.00 ( 3.6/4.0 using WES conversion)
GRE. : 313 ( Q161) AWA 3.5
Toefl. : 101 ( R27 L27 S22 W25)



I hope to apply to at most 6 schools.

Cc: Drhopeful, Time2Smile, Scholastica16, happyday, texrem, LagosismyHome, iCool, seeker88, Topiipii, ponpon, Qouran, rexCheeng,ChemEngr,femi312, Oludare01,walspring, Yilzid and all the active contributors on this thread.

Please I really do need your suggestions on my choice of school. And suggest possible safe schools for my profile

Here is a brother who knows his onions, who has done his diligence. I tell you, success lurks around.

You have great profile. I am only wondering if you have the resources to apply to all these schools. However, I'll advice you work vigorously behind the scene by engaging your prospective professors in a robust academic chat. Once discussion is fortuitous, you need to apply. This is one way of maximising your scarce resources, so you don't end up 'throwing away' cash.

You've made quite a nice pick. You'll need to strike a balance between your 'very ambitious' and your 'moderate' so you keep your admission chances within the ambit of safety.

Kelvin30286063:
Exercise your franchise come rain come sunshine

Reminds me of a certain lyrics:
Under the sun or in the rain
With dedication and selflessness
Nigeria's ours, Nigeria we serve

After the hues and cries of many years, Osun people now have a golden chance to rewrite their story.

4peace4:
Something keeps telling me that the image behind this minika is no other person but 'twoods' if you agree with me hit the like button.#make we dey look sha.......

Over and out!

Whytelyon:
Was this idiotic countenance of yours necessary? Learn to talk, stop showing superman. Dummy.

Did you really use that word "dummy"? Just being rhetorical. Well, you don't have the capacity to make me angry.

PstTobi:
I have 2.5gpa/5 in geophysics, can i be admitted with such GPA?
And if i can I would really appreciate it if anyone could list some schools that could admit me. Thanks so much.

Your GPA is good enough for admission into some US schools. As for your second question, nobody will do that research for you. The good thing is you can get suitable schools when you search on google and then you can show us what you've got so we advice you.

The beauty of this approach is that it helps you to answer certain questions regarding your application process during interview.

I am all for DIY- Do It Yourself

Whytelyon:
A question I have always wanted to ask off the bat, is what are my possible chances of getting a visit visa for the United States for conference

- I work as a solutions architect / pentester
- I'm not married
- I have some landed properties (apparently being a next of kin to my father)
- I have a Bank statement of about 8.7million naira balance
- I have a conference invitation for Pen testing (Kali Linux etc)

What are my possible chances

Square peg in round hole. Kindly, ask this question on the appropriate section. This section is for student-related queries.

zarconflux:
I am glad to be in this forum!
Good morning great people, sorry my questions are always behind but that's for the meantime.
Quickly,I have my Bsc Second class lower division (2.2) from plant science and biotechnology,I am aiming at pharmaceutical biotechnology, biomedical engineering or medical mycology. Is this achievable with my GPA? If No, which course is your advice?
Secondly,must I take toefl and gre or only toefl?
Lastly,must I get my transcripts and toefl English test score ready before applying?
What's your advice people?

US does not look at your class of degree (that's British system practiced in Nigeria). You will need to convert your GPA to a US scale in order to apply. The standard admission benchmark is usually 3.0 but a few other schools also accept GPA below that standard mark.

The only reason you need to worry about your GPA is when you are seeking for funding, otherwise, you're almost always eligible for US admission except in extreme cases where you have very poor GPA.

Regarding TOEFL, Nigerians are not usually required to take the TOEFL since we are an anglophone country. As for your transcript, it is a crucial part of your admission process, you can't avoid it. You should now research to know if your school accepts official or unofficial or evaluated copy.

Damiloju123:
Hi guys, I was recently refused visa.

I would like to ask for recommended answers to what this course (computer science) will do for you. As the VO felt my response wasn’t convincing enough.

You want us to tell you why you chose a course? This is very ludicrous. Can you possibly come here to ask us why you chose a wife from a multitude of ladies out there? This is tantamount to what you have just asked us.
If you can't provide that basic answer, you better change your program to one where you have a ready answer to the question.

On the flip side, if you had come up with your own answer, we would have assisted you to fine tune it. That's basically the purpose of this thread- guidance and information, NOT spoonfeeding.

mrphysics:
This should read INEC releases list not PDP

If INEC hasn't debunked the figures as yet, then it stands valid and correct.

bigwizzy001:
Wow, I dunno one can change status easily from B1/B2 to F1 visa like that. I guess it won't requires coming back to Nigeria to visit the embassy? If yes, whats the probability that the status can be changed so easily ?

This information is very misleading. Anybody telling you that switching status is a stroll in the park (if it's even possible) is deceiving you. The only way you stand a chance of changing status is declaring your plans to your B1/B2 interview officer.
Look before you leap.

abcasap:
A friend told me that Abuja embassy have been closed down till further notice. And I also confirmed it on this thread. So try and verify if they've opened.

Abuja embassy has been up and running for the past 3 weeks since they shut down temporarily few weeks ago. The Google is always their for our verifications. Let's not always peddle unverified news or rely on hearsay when in reality, we can easily verify things for ourselves.

FriendlyTop:
Morning guys.. Have been asking a lot of questions recently.. Pls help with this one too.. Am confused about the next step of sending another bank statement to my school so that they can forward a new i20. Is it possible to change sponsor? Since it was what got me denied in my first interview, I couldn't provide a letter of support from dad's company. I want to use Nigeria orientation here, I want to go ahead to present Uncle's SOA (cos he's in d UK, he has a legal job and I have a letter of support from him) even though it's still dad that will go ahead to pay higher percentage of the tuition. How can someone defend this pls. Changing sponsor from dad to uncle.

Some DS-160 information already submitted are almost untouchable over a short period of time. Changing your sponsor rather too quickly would draw attention, and it is almost certain you'd be queried about this change. If the answer you'll take to the interview doesn't sound convincing to you, then it won't convince the Consul Officer.

Sheq:
speak for yourself please...thats who you are....shikena

Let's assume you didn't know that the post you copied originated from Femi 321, why didn't you at least, give credit to the fellow whom you quoted. My brother, there is no denying the fact that copy copy is who you are. Let's end it here mbok.

Sheq:
agbejero...mind your business....it wasnt like i planned it out to make it seem like mine.....i copied it from someone else who copied it...and just found out it was written by femi321 on part 13 post.... abeg mind your business.....

We are saying the same thing. If only we know as a people down here, how plagiarism is disdained in saner climes, we wouldn't be reminded to show some credit. And hey! 100kobo is not playing sanctimonious here as you have implied by calling him "agbejoro". He is guilty of same negligence too, most of the time. That's who we are!

femi312:
You know plagiarism is a big crime in the US right?

That word is alien to the Nigerian lexicon. Very unfortunate!

sheke01:
Second, "What's your schedule for this program"?
In my opinion, This was where you gave the fatal blow to your "slim" chances.

People who go there to do "cram and pour" are usually unsettled once the grammar is adjusted. Program Schedule was simply a synonym for Study Plan. I will advice anybody going there to avoid memorising question stereotypes. On the contrary, master the essence of each and every visa question with the aim of realising what it is testing out. By so doing, you won't be caught off guard even when the questions are reordered or rephrased.

There is no smoke without fire. The US I know acts only on credible intelligence. There is trouble in the land and we all seem blind to it. The latest theatrics in the National Assembly portends grave danger to our sociopolitical terrain. The country is about imploding, and our Leader is away on a "foreign" trip.

Let's pray for Nigeria.

Tunmise100:
STAY INFORMED:

Temporary Closure of U.S. Embassy Abuja’s Consular
Section

Until further notice, all consular appointments at the
U.S. Embassy in Abuja have temporarily ceased for
both visa and for American Citizen Services (ACS).
Consular functions in U.S. Consulate Lagos are not
affected and will continue.
Scheduled visa and ACS applicants for Abuja will be
contacted for rescheduling.

American citizens in northern Nigeria with emergency
services needs should continue to contact the after-
hours emergency number for Abuja at 09461-4000 and
press “0” to go to the operator to request assistance.
American citizens in northern Nigeria with urgent travel
needs who are travelling before Tuesday and who are
willing to re-schedule their travel through Lagos should
contact the ACS office at Consulate Lagos ( 01460
3400 and LagosACS@state.gov) to discuss their options. Those travelling after Tuesday should follow up with Abuja ACS to confirm their appointments closer to
their appointment date.

Please monitor this page and the Website of the U.S.
Embassy for a later announcement of resumed
consular operations in Abuja.

http:///2vI9HcY

There is no smoke without fire. The US I know acts only on credible intelligence. There is trouble in the land and we all seem blind to it. The latest theatrics in the National Assembly portends grave danger to our sociopolitical terrain. The country is about imploding, and our Leader is away on a "foreign" trip.

Let's pray for Nigeria.

RIP to the deceased.
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This is a foretaste of what to expect during next year's general election. We must do our honest part in the quest to entrench true democratic values. Don't leave it to chance. The job is not for the election umpires alone. You must play your own part.

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