imperiouxx:
@ the newbies,

Bomb cyclone is hitting NY and the north east as we speak. If you're planning coming to U.S through JFK or Liberty or any airports on the northeast today or tomorrow, your flight might be delayed. For those newbies here already, this is not the kind of snow you want to go out to take your first snow pictures to send to Nigeria. Within a few minutes of exposure, you will suffer a serious hypothermia (deadly), frostbite (leading to amputations), pneumonia (deadly), flu or even trauma due to fall.

It's frigid cold outside. Stay warm inside.

Thank you sir for this information. Infact i heard the news and was so shocked.

Taiwoteju:
Yes am going with the same I applied for befor community college ... same school (IOWA western community college) same course as well.. I. I started my U.S application in feb went for my 1st interview May25th..I was interviewed by the white tall man in window 5 or so. VO: what are you going to the U.S to do. Me: I’m goin to the U.S to pursue an associate degree in human service.. V.O: Ave you travelled befor... ME: yes told me places ave been to. V.O y did you choose the school. Me: the school has a long year of establishment..(2) the school public review is highly rated (3) there rich in cultural value.. naso the man just give green paper.. my second interview was July 7.... second person on the list .. V.O graduated from which skl , course and wat year mE: fountain uni, accounting (2012)... V:O after your Nysc service wat did u do. mE: I worked with Jumia for 3years as one of their consultant... V:O y human service generalist and not accounting ME: human service entails domestic violence crisis intervention , child welfare and assisting elderly once but I wanna focus on domestic violence .... domestic violence is rampad in my country the rate which women are abused especially people that are surrounded by me this prompt me in selecting the course... also situation of things in my country urge me in changing career from accounting to human service generalist ... next thing I was given a green paper again .. so I decided to chill till dis year by reapplying again..... Now ave decided to reapply again same course same school..... Any idea pls

I’m 99% sure you’ll be back here to tell us you’ve been “delayed” again.

Taiwoteju:
Thank you sir... my email taiwoteju3@gmail.com

You better listen to advice given to you. If you give anybody your email and you are promised heaven, you are on you own o. If anybody that wants to advise you can't provide the info here, Na you sabi o if you fall maga . Apply to a proper university if at all you want to start again. The ball in your court.

Goodday house, a friend of mine who graduated with a third class in medical laboratory science wishes to apply for a post graduate diploma course since a masters course is too far fetched, so we went online but couldn’t find any university that offers such, please does anyone know of any university that offers at least a post graduate diploma or masters course for a third class graduate ?

lovable85:
Goodday house, a friend of mine who graduated with a third class in medical laboratory science wishes to apply for a post graduate diploma course since a masters course is too far fetched, so we went online but couldn’t find any university that offers such, please does anyone know of any university that offers at least a post graduate diploma or masters course for a third class graduate ?

Most US schools if not all don't offer post graduate diploma. This is only common in Canada, you might want to tell this your 'friend' who seem dear to you, to check Canada out. However, your dear 'friend' has a 60% chance of getting admitted for a masters degree, two of my friends finished with 3rd class back in Nigeria; one has finished his masters degree in Pet Engineering and started working in the US while one just got a conditional offer for masters. In summary, there is no hard rule to this, with proper research and good shortlisting of school, this your dear 'friend' will/might get conditional admission but funding might be a problem if this dear 'friend' cant afford the tuition.

femi312:
Most US schools if not all don't offer post graduate diploma. This is only common in Canada, you might want to tell this your 'friend' who seem dear to you, to check Canada out. However, your dear 'friend' has a 60% chance of getting admitted for a masters degree, two of my friends finished with 3rd class back in Nigeria; one has finished his masters degree in Pet Engineering and started working in the US while one just got a conditional offer for masters. In summary, there is no hard rule to this, with proper research and good shortlisting of school, this your dear 'friend' will/might get conditional admission but funding might be a problem if this dear 'friend' cant afford the tuition.

a “friend” in need is a “friend” indeed.

TWoods:


a “friend” in need is a “friend” indeed.

I just had to over-emphasize that friend

femi312:
I am not God but most likely you will get the same result when you apply again. Going for an associate degree after a Bsc in Nigeria is hard to prove to a VO that you are a genuine student. If I may ask, What will this associate degree do for you? If you don't know, community college is just like our own Polytechnic. Does going to a polytechnic after a 4 year University degree make sense to you? My advice to you is to apply to a proper university. By the way lets assume you got the VISA , whats the job scenario like for a human service specialist? Sometimes you have to think about long term gains than short term gains

TWoods:


I’m 99% sure you’ll be back here to tell us you’ve been “delayed” again.

It seems that is what's trending now. I wish these people can learn for once.

Taiwoteju:
Yes am going with the same I applied for befor community college ... same school (IOWA western community college) same course as well. V.O graduated from which skl , course and wat year mE: fountain uni, accounting (2012)... V:O after your Nysc service wat did u do. mE: I worked with Jumia for 3years as one of their consultant.

Are you a serious student? VOs are well educated! They know your intention the moment you stand in front of them with this kind of situation. How can you have a BS, served, worked and still want to go back for an associate degree? I will put it this way, an associate degree is useless! You will still need to go back to a 4 year school to complete your studies before you can make any meaning with your life. At the end, you will waste time and money. A graduate like you needs to apply to graduate programs unless your intention is not to study.

With the way your profile is now, you will be denied again and again if you keep going to the embassy with this crappy admission.

post=63879277:
I wouldn’t advise u to fly airmaroc coz of people’s nasty experiences wit dem. The 11 hour lay over should come wit an hotel accomodation tho. U. An call them to confirm. Y not try turkish air, it’s also cheap but better than air Maroc. Or u can try Ethiopian airlines, u will get tickets as cheap as 214k. But it’s longer tho.

Not really. My brother flew with Royal Air Maroc and he had a very pleasant experience. Also, not all RAM flights have 8 to 11 hour layovers. My brother's flight was same-day - he left Lagos at 6:30am Nigerian time and arrived at Washington at 7:10pm EST US time that very same day, with just only 5 hours of layover at Casablanca. Flight ticket was only $723. Some RAM flights are same-day, some have the long layover times. You just have to select wisely.

That's the benefit of booking your flight early, you get the cheapest rate and also one with good itinerary (short layover and possibly leaves and arrives the same day). The flight ticket is also refundable in full if you book with Orbitz and add price protection of $47.

Olasunkey:
I have been a silent followers since over 4 months now and I came across nairaland when I was making research on some visa stuffs and I just continuing reading it every day….
Special thanks to olumighty who help me paid my sevis fee and so to those who transcript I read here.
Visa Delayed…..: Dec 7th 6:30am
Visa Approved…..:Dec 29th 9:30am

My story goes like this,
I choose La Roche College as my school of choice and my major is Biochemistry with the aim of goin for forensic courses….
I applied for interview on the 7th after which I was denied by the Vo all she said first was this school has an acceptance rate of 94% and denied me I was confused and I promise to refire after 3 days I paid for another appointment… then the earlier date I saw was Jan 14th so I book emergency appointment and got Dec 29th ……….. lets go to the main deal..
On the 29th I woke up in the morning around 3am and go through my points and I prayed … so by 7am I got to Orile by 7:30 and I enter CMS I got to CMS by 8:10 na so me and my dad drop as we no know road to embassy with the hope of asking for road and we my dad dey ask for road na so one man come met me show me ID card say let me see what you carry I was like shey this one mad nii I quickly call my dad he con say he be police after 5mins of argument we give am he con check and he saw my dad SOA and he was like this is OLUWOLE DOCS, all my brain don scatter I forget everything I read becuz I no cram and its going 9am already and I have appointment for 9:30 no time to go bank go dey confirm… so my dad settle am like 1k after making calls……… got to the embassy by 9:15 I enter… thank God people Plenty so I just organize myself …. After all so we cue for line and we remain like 15 people to be interview the day was a blue paper day … so the CGI guy just direct 2 guy and me say make we go new window , the man doing biometric was the one who want to interview us……….
The man was very very friendly and lively .. the 2 guys b4 me he approved them both but he can type for Africa … so he remain my turn..
Vo: Good Morning, How are you today?
ME: Good morning sir, I’m Fine and how about yourself?
Vo: I’m good, pass me your docs and I did
Vo: then he type for like 2mins and said where are you going to?
ME: I’m going to La Roche college, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to pursue my bachelor’s degree in Biochem
Vo: then he type for like 3mins again and said Major Chemistry and I said No sir it’s Biochem
Vo: I see you just finished High school and I said yes sir, let me see your Transcript
Me: I shocked and said I don’t have my transcript here sir, I have my WAEC Cert and he said just show me something and I gave it to him a then he types again..
Vo: what will this course do for you?
Me: It will equip me with strong foundation in chemistry and it would give me the hands on experience required to be a forensic sci and he types again
Vo: what does your dad does sorry who is paying for this
ME: My dad
Vo: what does he does
Me: he’s a fluid and pipeline Engr he works as a contractor to NNPC and Mobil then he types
VO: is it Excon Mobil I said No Mobil oil & gas and he said here in Nigeria I said Yes and he said so you have anything tp show me you have the amount stated on this i20
Me : yes and I showed him.. my dad SOA and he checked for like 2mins and types then he give me bak my Cert and sevis and i20 and he continue checking the statement and I begin pray for mind say God pls no make am put me for AP because I heard it can be frustrating and he types again …..
Vo: he gives me back the SOA and said sorry give me the i20 back and I did and he just dey fold the i20 inside my passport and begin dey say the magic words your visa is approved and you would receive an email on where to pick it and tell me I would be needing my i20 at the Poe I should keep it with me but he no give me the i20.. so I just collect my white paper and said thank you sir and leave…
But Gurus since then if I track am I dey see Administrative Processing and I’m worried and confused as my i20 resume to Jan 8th but I have a letter from the school saying I can enter up till Jan 16th ………

@bold...the administrative processing you see when you check your visa status is normal and is different from the AP that one is given by the VO. Normally, every visa approval undergoes background and all other kinds of checks within the first 2 days after approval before the visa is issued on the third day (it is faster if you are approved on an emergency appointment). That kind of AP is different from the document-check AP you are told of at the Embassy by the VO. Keep checking back, after a few days it should change to 'issued'.

bigfrancis21:


@bold...the administrative processing you see when you check your visa status is normal and is different from the AP that one is given by the VO. Normally, every visa approval undergoes background and all other kinds of checks within the first 2 days after approval before the visa is issued on the third day (it is faster if you are approved on an emergency appointment). That kind of AP is different from the document-check AP you are told of at the Embassy by the VO. Keep checking back, after a few days it should change to 'issued'.

thanks alot bro I'm relieved I just saw issued... plus I'm checking which airline to use I don't know yet and can I carry laptop with me to US

imperiouxx:




It seems that is what's trending now. I wish these people can learn for once.




Are you a serious student? VOs are well educated! They know your intention the moment you stand in front of them with this kind of situation. How can you have a BS, served, worked and still want to go back for an associate degree? I will put it this way, an associate degree is useless! You will still need to go back to a 4 year school to complete your studies before you can make any meaning with your life. At the end, you will waste time and money. A graduate like you needs to apply to graduate programs unless your intention is not to study.

With the way your profile is now, you will be denied again and again if you keep going to the embassy with this crappy admission.

Sometimes only them really know their end game. I have a friend who is 29 years old, finished Bsc from Scotland, worked in Nigeria for few years and she is in a CC here doing IT now, Why? I don't know, maybe she is trying to change her field. But someone with a Bsc and going to a CC again to study the same Bsc course is just too obvious that the intent is migration,they wont agree now until 'after graduation depression' sets in. Even an International student with a University degree is still hustling to get job take less of a CC degree holder.

Okay thank you, this your “ dear friend” who has has finished his masters degree, pls can I know the school? and was he admitted directly into a masters degree program ?

bushlance:

Did that already. My PM isn't for an inquiry.

What is the purpose of the PM? Do you mind stating the reason here?

tomisinobm:


There's nothing to make your answers stronger. Go write SAT and TOEFL.

Firstly, u need to write TOEFL or GRE or any standard Test
Secondly, always tell them you applied at least three schs whether is true or not
And Thirdly try and memorized a strong reason why u are going to the US

Please for those that might be in the know, how is the Renewable Energy/ Clean Energy/Environmental Management sector in the US; are they job prospects? Is it booming? Are professionals already excess in demand?

Thank you

Twoods, imperioux, profojah et al

Good day house. I'm new here. Pls i need basic answers on how to scale through a second interview by next week. Morgan state uni. Msc Bioinformatics

I was interviewed on tue 2nd Feb, 6.30am appointment, the vo that interviewed me was very friendly, her smile sef gave me courage.
I got to know of this thread after I had booked an appointment and was scheduled four days ahead. so I had a lot of issues with my application, I don't know those things are big deals, but I determined I was not going to let it hold me down, I would push through, I have God, a burning desire and a little fear that motivated me to prepare more.....i read so many transcripts and I just got four days to prepare.

ps: the fact I did not write toefl does not mean I wouldn't have written it if I know it assists in the application. I was ignorant of the fact.

pps: also the fact I chose one school too, was because of my ignorance, I don't know it matters

ppps: the fact that I scaled through by grace does not mean you would too, please do the adequate preparations before applying for a school.

pppps: I would not have posted it, but because I sincerely want to help people yet to get an interview, it was people's transcript that I read that assisted me so much, so please don't take this as show off or a means to intimidate people, it is solely for learning...

enof noise making......here is that awkward but interesting conversation, I thank everyone who has assisted me directly or indirectly, and may God bless the person that created this thread...

Me: Good morning

Vo: Good morning
Where are you going to study?

Me: Tiffin university Ohio

Vo: What degree

Me: Bsc computer information systems majoring in software development (she checks my I20 and saw that it was an ESL course that was written there)

Vo: so, you would take an English language course before your degree course?

Me: Yes ma!!

Vo: when did you finish high school?

Me: 2009

Vo: what have you been doing since then?

Me: I went to pursue a bachelors degree in chemistry, graduated 2015 and took the compulsory service.

Vo: oh, I see, why the switch to computer information system?

Me: I did computer as a minor while I was in my final year in the university and since then I developed interests in computer, I went ahead to study some courses on my own, I learnt touch typing and can type more than 30wpm at the moment and the more I engage in it, the more it excites me and I want to learn more (I thought if I am asked I will say; I began to feel am learning because with computer I am actually improving my skills compared to chemistry where I was doing it for higher grades,but I forgot)

Vo: what will the course do for you

Me: There are a lot of problems with Nigeria so I would use it to solve the Nigerian problem

Vo: wow!! You want to solve nigeria's problem with computer?

Me: yes Ma, I can use it improve our medical centres, we don't have adequate database so I would want to use the fingerprints to be able to collect patients informations and uploaded across healthcare centres so that they may be identified during accidents and they may be given better medical attentions.

Vo: you want to use computer to solve medicine?, what will the program do for you.

Me: (I still never understand the question, I just dey talk my rubbish dey go) also, we have satellite in space since 2003 and we have about 5 of them and we still have problems with our Internet, TV cables because people can't write necessary softwares to harness the technology

Vo: that's another(she dey tease me) you want to solve satellite problem, she asks again, what will the program do for you...

Me: (my brain quickly gather and reset, I have been talking about Nigeria and not my self, benefit of listening) ohh, I could become a database analyst, software engineer, Web developer, the opportunities are endless and the lagos state government is into capacity building for youths and recruiting young programmers to train people on coding, #codelagos

Vo: how many schools did you apply to?

Me: just one, I did not see a reason to choose another.

Vo: (she looked at me with raised eyebrow) why tiffin?

Me: when I was researching about the school, the first thing I saw captivated me, it was a statement like, your past has been version 1.0, upgrade your life with a degree in CIS, am not quoting verbatim ma, but that statement resonated with me and excited me, also, when I checked the courses I would be offering, I am very moved I will be learning software development, operating systems and programming, also when I checked the profile of our major instructor, prof. George Miller (thank God, the name was easy to remember) I saw he had been into manufacturing for 28 years before coming into education, that's a lot of knowledge and experience I will be getting to my carrier, and moreover, he has spent years on tax returns, an experience I can learn from to solve the tax problem with lagos state, because most people evade tax in lagos, and the government will appreciate solutions to this problem

Vo: you want to solve tax too?

Me: (we laughed together) the opportunities are massive ma

Vo: what is the duration of your course

Me: 121 hours, since I would be taking 15hrs per semester, I would be spending 8 semesters.

Vo: did you write any test?

Me: No ma, since the school require I take an ESL course, the teofl will not be necessary.

Vo: so you want to pay extra money for ESL, why?

Me: well I told my dad, and he said no worries, he can afford it since no knowledge is wasted

Vo: (she repeats) no knowledge is wasted

Me: (I quickly collect am for her mouth) yes ma, I will be having an avenue to improve my English and adapt with the American accent.

Vo: let me see ur dad's statement (I gave her) what does he do

Me: he does construction and real estate.

Vo: what is his name (I answered) why are there so many transactions on it

Me: he does contracts and help companies for expansion of their branches, I don't really know the nitty-gritty of his job....(she nods)

(then she was typing continuously and looking at my SOA, as if verifying something or inputing some details)
Then she looks up....'you are qualified for this visa at the moment' circled something and gave me the white paper.
I was just dere stammering, yes yes ma, thank you you for helping me fulfil my dreams....it was God anyway, it has always been God.

ismuaalah:
I was interviewed on tue 2nd Feb, 6.30am appointment, the vo that interviewed me was very friendly, her smile sef gave me courage.
.

This your interview got me laughing. I guess it was just your day, on a good day you will be home with your passport. The VO seem so patient with you. Congrats

.

ismuaalah:
I was interviewed on tue 2nd Feb, 6.30am appointment, the vo that interviewed me was very friendly, her smile sef gave me courage.
I got to know of this thread after I had booked an appointment and was scheduled four days ahead. so I had a lot of issues with my application, I don't know those things are big deals, but I determined I was not going to let it hold me down, I would push through, I have God, a burning desire and a little fear that motivated me to prepare more.....i read so many transcripts and I just got four days to prepare.

ps: the fact I did not write toefl does not mean I wouldn't have written it if I know it assists in the application. I was ignorant of the fact.

pps: also the fact I chose one school too, was because of my ignorance, I don't know it matters

ppps: the fact that I scaled through by grace does not mean you would too, please do the adequate preparations before applying for a school.

pppps: I would not have posted it, but because I sincerely want to help people yet to get an interview, it was people's transcript that I read that assisted me so much, so please don't take this as show off or a means to intimidate people, it is solely for learning...

enof noise making......here is that awkward but interesting conversation, I thank everyone who has assisted me directly or indirectly, and may God bless the person that created this thread...

Me: Good morning

Vo: Good morning
Where are you going to study?

Me: Tiffin university Ohio

Vo: What degree

Me: Bsc computer information systems majoring in software development (she checks my I20 and saw that it was an ESL course that was written there)

Vo: so, you would take an English language course before your degree course?

Me: Yes ma!!

Why are you going there to waste your money on an English course when you could have spent a tiny fraction on TOEFL....

This guy wey dey like to dey whine person...lol. How far?

ProfOjah1234:
PhD Opportunity in GIS at North Carolina state University.

Hi all, I am recruiting a PhD student for our College's new PhD in Geospatial Analytics.

This is a unique, new PhD program with a required internship. I am looking for a student interested in gaining geospatial analytic tools and applying them to health and built environment challenges.

Three years funding at $25k.



The student would be required to at least wrap-up a National Park webGIS project for us (first 6-9 months), but after that I am hopeful the student will take on webcam, image, machine learning, accelerometry, GPS, and/or citizen science work of their interest.



There is a little further information here.

Aaron



---

J. Aaron Hipp, PhD

Associate Professor of Community Health and Sustainability

Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics

Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management

College of Natural Resources

North Carolina State University

aaron_hipp@ncsu.edu

https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/aaronhipp/

biikeys:


Why are you going there to waste your money on an English course when you could have spent a tiny fraction on TOEFL....

just started to think about it too, what do you suggest i do, i want to defer my admission till fall, i really need this course and the knowledge it promises to render are attracting so i am thinking to defer till fall so i can be psychologically prepared and balanced and meanwhile can i take the TOEFL during the time so i will just resume my degree program in full by fall?

Ijebuboy525:


Hello, I'm trying to book with Ethiopian air but the prices are seeing are not friendly atall, how do you go about getting 214k ticket?

oh I’m sorry. I mean u can get dat cheap ticket I f u booking two months before ur travel date.

I always wanted to say this on this trend
VISA APPROVED TO TODAY my interview was booked on the 10th and school begins on the 8th but i was fourtunate enough to get a date on the 4th of jan , i got this date on the 2nd of jan so i had just a day to prepare but thankfully i have been an active follower on this trend so i already knew what to say and what not to say.

VO;hi
me;me

VO; where are you going to
me; st cloud state university for an undergradute program in information science

VO; why st cloud
me; Well st cloud trains its students with the latest techonlogy in computer programing and also mix computer information with business operation. st cloud state also gave me a $8,000 scholarship making there tution way below my budget so obviously i went with st cloud state

VO; what do you mean by latest techonolgy
me;st cloud teaches with devices such as muti core computers and Opac 12 ( not sure if that what its actually called)

VO; when did finish high school
me; i finish at blah blah on 2015 then did a year foundation in toronto

VO; what do you plan to do after your degree
me; well there is a rapid growing job market for programmers and software developers and i would love to be part of that market i believe with the low cost of living and the way america certificates are highly seen i would be able to live a very comfortable life in nigeria after my studies

VO; who is your spouser
me; my dad he is the blah blah blah

VO; okay you have to the 8th of jan to get to school anytime later than that would be a problem and your bank statement would be kept with if it turns out to be a fraud you would be banned from entering the US
Me; yes i fully understand thank you ( i just gave her my passport and ran out before she changes her mind lol)

ismuaalah:


just started to think about it too, what do you suggest i do, i want to defer my admission till fall, i really need this course and the knowledge it promises to render are attracting so i am thinking to defer till fall so i can be psychologically prepared and balanced and meanwhile can i take the TOEFL during the time so i will just resume my degree program in full by fall?

You can prepare for and write TOEFL in 2 weeks or thereabout. It's no big deal. If you have the time, you can still write it before travellng. You should contact your school though, to make sure that English course will be waived on presenting your TOEFL result. You might even be able to write it while on campus before the session starts or something around that. You can choose to defer till Fall too-instead of wasting precious money. You already have your visa-so you don't have to go in for another interview..all you'll need is a new I-20.

Hello all,

Please kindly help me with a current GRE materials I can use for preparation towards April wen I will right d exam for fall Admission.
I will also appreciate sample test questions if there's any.

Thanks

Hello house, Please am in need of SAT materials, Anyone who has should please help out. my email address is:- chinemomah@gmail.com

Cc: Bigfrancis
Cc: Femi312
Cc: Folmus
Cc: All the gurus
Cc: Anyone

Thanks.

toluene1234:
Hello all,

Please kindly help me with a current GRE materials I can use for preparation towards April wen I will right d exam for fall Admission.
I will also appreciate sample test questions if there's any.

Thanks

You do have a long way to go.

TWoods:

You do have a long way to go.

what do you now suggest @Twoods as I also intend writing GRE by March or April?