theDonBee: hello guys. been reading this forum right from the 2012 posts and its really nice what u guys are doing.
my first post ever on nairaland. anybody know anything worthy of note about illinois and/or illinois state uni. i'm planning to get there for fall in information systems by God's grace. thanks

welcome bro, the school fees na die..In-State $26,016
Out-of-state: $33,306.. It may be cheap to u, #fingersaintequal

Amefrica:

welcome bro, the school fees na die..In-State $26,016
Out-of-state: $33,306.. It may be cheap to u, #fingersaintequal

Thanks man. I'm going for msc so it's a bit lower than that. I think u're quoting undergrad.
I'm going with 5 years experience so I'm anticipating GA or similar stuff.

theDonBee:
Thanks man. I'm going for msc so it's a bit lower than that. I think u're quoting undergrad.
I'm going with 5 years experience so I'm anticipating GA or similar stuff.

ok sir. Gud luck

technolee: Hello my fellow NL's, below is the 90secs interview with my paddy. No document whatsoever was requested for. He is ready for the VO anyway as he has GRE, TOEFL,.... Just name it. Enjoy the movie......

VO: Good Afternoon
My Friend (MF): Good Afternoon, How are you doing?
VO: Good
VO: you want to study in the US
MF: yes
VO: undergraduate, masters
MF:Masters
VO: what course
MF: told her (elect/elect)
VO: was that your undergraduate course
MF: Yes
VO: why wvu
MF: I actually applied to 3 schools, mentioned them and told the number of admits. I told her Bleep uni is better ranked than the other and that my course of study is highly ranked there too
VO: who will be sponsoring u
MF: my brother
VO: what does he do?
MF: he works with ....(Na oil coy ooooo)
VO: what do u do
MF: I had the longest talk here as i described my daily activities
VO: check back on monday

God is Goooooooooood!!!

Congratulations..... The Lord has given me the tongue of the learned too, that i should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. Isaiah 50:4

@GboyegaD and OjaP,

You guys are trying. I'll be home too sometimes next year but not going home without US backup. Also GboyegaD, I'm still not happy that you went back only for some kind of intern. Get yourself back here sharp, sharp.

My GRE test loading..... Apart from all those nice textbooks that was shared on this platform, plz house I need more guidelines from people who have written the test before.
They said experience is the best teacher. Thank you.
I'm waiting please.

lisadem: For those looking for an appointment in Abuja, someone just told me now that July 1-3 and 11 are opened.

i wish this slots were available in Lagos

ak95: My GRE test loading..... Apart from all those nice textbooks that was shared on this platform, plz house I need more guidelines from people who have written the test before.
They said experience is the best teacher. Thank you.
I'm waiting please.

I will start by saying GRE is a gruesome test that takes 3-4 hrs massive brainstorming. I want to believe you have studied hard and ready for the test. Since your test is approaching, you might wanna try some online timed tests and see how ready you are for the test.
You should be able to ace the quantitative part if you are sound in mathematics. You only need to be careful with the nuances.
Verbal part is a nightmare for many people including me but you can always try your best by learning as many words as you can, practise a lot of comprehension passages and improve on your writing skills for the AWA.

On the day of the test, ensure you take a light food (make ur stomach no dey make noise or makee piss dey catch you during the test #lol), dress comfortably and ensure you get to the test centre as early as possible to allow more time to settle and well organised. One more thing, Be confident, time conscious and be as accurate as you can. Ooooops... Sermon plenti. Make I stop here.. All da best

Toefl meeting its waterloo soon.. I cant wait to get into dat test room or shit, do my stuffz, go home n await the result. We gotta make dis money. Legal or Illegal, Logical or Illogical.. Money is money #gbam. Goodnight fam

Amefrica: Toefl meeting its waterloo soon.. I cant wait to get into dat test room or shit, do my stuffz, go home n await the result. We gotta make dis money. Legal or Illegal, Logical or Illogical.. Money is money #gbam. Goodnight fam

I don't get the idealogy. You make money by passing toefl or what? Plus those adjectives - illegal, illogical are uncalled-for. Guess your are joking anyways #wink. All da best in your test.

lisadem:

I will start by saying GRE is a gruesome test that takes 3-4 hrs massive brainstorming. I want to believe you have studied hard and ready for the test. Since your test is approaching, you might wanna try some online timed tests and see how ready you are for the test.
You should be able to ace the quantitative part if you are sound in mathematics. You only need to be careful with the nuances.
Verbal part is a nightmare for many people including me but you can always try your best by learning as many words as you can, practise a lot of comprehension passages and improve on your writing skills for the AWA.

On the day of the test, ensure you take a light food (make ur stomach no dey make noise or makee piss dey catch you during the test #lol), dress comfortably and ensure you get to the test centre as early as possible to allow more time to settle and well organised. One more thing, Be confident, time conscious and be as accurate as you can. Ooooops... Sermon plenti. Make I stop here.. All da best

@Lisadem, thank u for the advice. Pls can u give me the link for the online practice? Thank you.

ak95:

@Lisadem, thank u for the advice. Pls can u give me the link for the online practice? Thank you.

Sorry. On this question, google is your friend. I bought Manhanttan text book among others and got a free online test, also did powerprep from ETS and some from other sites.I don't have the link(s) now. Please just google it, am sure you will see superfluous resources. Hope this helps...

lisadem:

Sorry. On this question, google is your friend. I bought Manhanttan text book among others and got a free online test, also did powerprep from ETS and some from other sites.I don't have the link(s) now. Please just google it, am sure you will see superfluous resources. Hope this helps...

I'm doing that just now. Have downloaded GRE Power Prep II. Thanx.

ak95:

I'm doing that just now. Have downloaded GRE Power Prep II. Thanx.

I used Kaplan 2012, practises d tests on the CD and focused on vocabulary study.

theDonBee: hello guys. been reading this forum right from the 2012 posts and its really nice what u guys are doing.
my first post ever on nairaland. anybody know anything worthy of note about illinois and/or illinois state uni. i'm planning to get there for fall in information systems by God's grace. thanks

Bump. Opinions guys

technolee: Hello my fellow NL's, below is the 90secs interview with my paddy. No document whatsoever was requested for. He is ready for the VO anyway as he has GRE, TOEFL,.... Just name it. Enjoy the movie......

VO: Good Afternoon
My Friend (MF): Good Afternoon, How are you doing?
VO: Good
VO: you want to study in the US
MF: yes
VO: undergraduate, masters
MF:Masters
VO: what course
MF: told her (elect/elect)
VO: was that your undergraduate course
MF: Yes
VO: why wvu
MF: I actually applied to 3 schools, mentioned them and told the number of admits. I told her Bleep uni is better ranked than the other and that my course of study is highly ranked there too
VO: who will be sponsoring u
MF: my brother
VO: what does he do?
MF: he works with ....(Na oil coy ooooo)
VO: what do u do
MF: I had the longest talk here as i described my daily activities
VO: check back on monday

God is Goooooooooood!!!

Finally! Welcome on board...I am also heading to WVU...when does he plan to travel?

lisadem:

I don't get the idealogy. You make money by passing toefl or what? Plus those adjectives - illegal, illogical are uncalled-for. Guess your are joking anyways #wink. All da best in your test.

lol, its kind of a joke, wen i pass toefl, go to america to study(logical), work 20hrs a week(legal).. Work 40hrs a week (illegal), read, go for class during the remain hours(illogical) shey u get ? Lmao

lisadem:

Sorry. On this question, google is your friend. I bought Manhanttan text book among others and got a free online test, also did powerprep from ETS and some from other sites.I don't have the link(s) now. Please just google it, am sure you will see [b]superfluous [/b]resources. Hope this helps...

Does the bolded mean superb? I think it's unnecessary! Easy guys!

congrats to all the people that got their visas.

I hail the house

ak95:

@Lisadem, thank u for the advice. Pls can u give me the link for the online practice? Thank you.

U can use majortest.com. Dts. Wht I used for. Mine

imperiouxx: @GboyegaD and OjaP,

You guys are trying. I'll be home too sometimes next year but not going home without US backup. Also GboyegaD, I'm still not happy that you went back only for some kind of intern. Get yourself back here sharp, sharp.

Remember my folks plenty for here and more so, my girlfriend need feel her guy now. Anyways, the internship experience isn't that bad and the pay compared to Nigerian standards is good too.

dkgetmuny:

Finally! Welcome on board...I am also heading to WVU...when does he plan to travel?

Now I feel bad I turned my WVU offer down but I think I didn't make a bad choice though cos its rating in my field is low and I chose one of the top schools.

ferdimako:

Does the bolded mean superb? I think it's unnecessary! Easy guys!

Perhaps is this comment that is unneccessary. Please look up the word in the dictionary and come back to educate us here. Go well o.

OjaP:

Yes, that Lagos traffic is mad. It will be difficult at first for someone changing from the America system to Naija own. You try no be small. I should be home next week too by God's grace.

Safe trip. It isn't pleasant so what I do is to drive just weekends only (Friday inclusive) while Monday to Thursday, I ride with a friend to work and use the staff bus going home.

God bless your hustling

Amefrica:

lol, its kind of a joke, wen i pass toefl, go to america to study(logical), work 20hrs a week(legal).. Work 40hrs a week (illegal), read, go for class during the remain hours(illogical) shey u get ? Lmao

ak95:

I'm doing that just now. Have downloaded GRE Power Prep II. Thanx.

Wish you success in your test.

dkgetmuny:

Finally! Welcome on board...I am also heading to WVU...when does he plan to travel?

Last week in July or First week in August cos resumption is for 18th August. Do you wanna hook up with him or what? If yes, how do you want it?? BBM, yahoomail, phone No. Will join you guys @ Morgantown soon. Bless you

Can someone here respond to my question please?

Great testimonies so far this week. My prospective roommate in US just got his visa now @ Lagos embassy. Will share his experience with you shortly...

ferdimako:

Does the bolded mean superb? I think it's unnecessary! Easy guys!

I think that meant 'more than enough' or 'excess'. I still remember my GRE Verbal vocabulary well.

De Tus: Hello folks, how's everything going? Well, my updated I-20 is on its way but i have two trickish tricky questions to ask.
First, should i return to the embassy soon for my re- interview?

Second, if the embassy grants me this precious visa, can i go to the US after one year? The F1 VISA is usually two years before it expires. Please i need your candid advice. Thank you so far!

First, yes you can return to the embassy as soon as possible, as soon you feel you're ready for it again. My cousin got denied at the Abuja embassy and went back in 3 weeks to the Lagos embassy this time and got her visa.

Second, a few people do get their visas and keep and travel out much later in a few months. So I think its possible. The house can throw more light on this issue.

bigfrancis021:

First, yes you can return to the embassy as soon as possible, as soon you feel you're ready for it again. My cousin got denied at the Abuja embassy and went back in 3 weeks to the Lagos embassy this time and got her visa.

Second, a few people do get their visas and keep and travel out much later in a few months. So I think its possible. The house can throw more light on this issue.

Yeah !!! Big francis has answered your questions. You can get your visa and keep but just know you have to defer your admission with the school. Cheers bro