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How and where can one register to take the SAT exam used for entrance into US university in Imo state or in Lagos.

How and where can one register to take the SAT exam used for entrance into US university in Imo state

Thanks for your insight, i will think about everything said here, and to answer some above questions, I am not hiding my relationship at all from my parents.
They know my boyfriend well enough and his family here even better than they know him, We are very serious about each other, i was not the one who initially brought up marriage he was, anyways thanks again

So i am nigerian, but born and raised in the us. ive been dating this nigerian guy (born in naija been here 6 years) for 2 years. we are both in our in our 20s and graduate students. I spend most of my weekends and a 3 days of the week hanging out with him most of the day. my parents are constantly telling im disgracing myself and our family by being around him so much with out being married. its summer vaca and im staying with my parents and durng the school year my bf and i are about 2hrs away so we are just trying to spend as much time together as possible. we have disccussed marriage but we want to wait two years until we're done with school. i know theres whole igbo culture with marriage and courting, but what do you guys think. should i tell my parents to chill and respect my descions or, am i really hanging with him too much? anyone else with similar issues?

@Rosabelle

Wow, why so harsh my friend? I feel I am asking a legitimate question.
1. There are Millions of people in Imo State, and hundreds going back for Christmas, so me announcing a plan to go to Nigeria on here is harmless, Ada is not my real name.

2. No reason for you to try and belittle me and berate me, I am honestly concerned for my safety and I don't see how you can make a judgment that I think "Nigerians live in the Jungle"

3. I was not originally worried about traveling to Nigeria this Christmas until My father who was born and raised there, as I was neither, insisted that I not make the trip.

4. Though Kidnappings occur in the US, there is a much greater probability that I could get kidnapped in Nigeria. The point of these Kidnappings is to make money, and many Nigerians think money falls from trees in the US. So the simple fact that people know I'm from the US would make me a target. While in Nigeria this summer I attracted a lot of attention anytime I stepped out of our compound(we were in the city not the village). People constantly called me oyibo and asked if was a foreigner with out me even saying one word showing my American accent. (I am not flashy what so ever, but I guess I apparently have a look to me that doesn't look Igbo or maybe "African" for that matter)

5.I know who my parents are and how much land they own and Flats they are building, people are not blind in Nigeria! As stated before I was not originally worried about traveling to Nigeria as my trip this summer was "essentially" safe but a recent influx of kidnappings in Imo state was recently brought to my attention and I would need to make a decision to book my flight within the next week or so,

6. As I do not live in Nigeria, I think it is plausible for me to ask others what they think or KNOW the current situation is like right now, basically I don't know or not if I will be safe. My cousins in Nigeria say I will be fine, some above say the same, some say different, and some have told me I would be risking too much to go back; (Who should I believe) And by asking many people this is what I am trying to discern for myself,

Anyways Thank you everyone for your replies.

Hmmm, I need a real definitive answer,

@Rebarobyn going home for christmas is not just an Igbo thing. At least here in the US, Christmas is the one time most people travel home to be with their families

I'm in the US, I was there this summer actually but I hear things have gotten worse, If I would need to get a police escort everywhere, doesn't' that imply that i would not be safe?

I really want to travel to Nigeria this Christmas, but am worried about all the Kidnappings. My family is from Imo State which is where I will be staying the majority of the time if I go. How safe do you think It is in Imo, or how safe will it be this Christmas time? When I ask my cousins about how safe it is, they say I will be fine only politicians and those doing business with oil are targeted, but I've read otherwise on the internet.

I think it's interesting that many blame Igbos far crimes in Nigeria, and Nigerian crimes abroad, but not one Igbo man made that list!!! something to think about,

I really want to travel to Nigeria this Christmas, but am worried about all the Kidnappings. My family is from Imo State which is where I will be staying the majority of the time if I go. How safe do you think It is in Imo, or how safe will it be this Christmas time? When I ask my cousins about how safe it is, they say I will be fine only politicians and those doing business with oil are targeted, but I've read otherwise on the internet.