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For the benefit of those that missed out... you can check this out before it expires.

Credit : sharles.


Go ahead submit an application, there’s no cost to you!

The Professional Master of Engineering program (10 courses) and the Graduate Certificate in Engineering program (4 courses) will offer an application fee wavier for the following terms: Winter ‘17, Spring ’18, Summer ‘18, and Fall ‘18.

Eligibility:
The application fee waiver is available to any prospective student applying to Professional Master or Graduate Certificate in Engineering programs. You can view the full listing of admission requirements and programs available for the waiver here.
https://advancedengineering.umd.edu/programs

How it works:
Start your online application here. In the Educational Intent section, select A. James Clark School of Engineering – Advanced Engineering Programs under College/School.

Complete all other required sections according to the instructions here and submit the application. The waiver will be y applied automatically.

Note:
The waiver only applies only to program listed under A. James Clark School of Engineering – Advanced Engineering Programs.
The fee waiver only applies to the submission of one application. If you apply to more than one program you will be charged for the second program.
Further application instructions can be found here.
https://advancedengineering.umd.edu/application-process

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Anna Damm, Coordinator for Admission and Recruitment, with any questions. She can be reached at adamm1@umd.edu.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

Kindest regards,

Office of Advanced Engineering Education
A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland
2105 J.M. Patterson Building
College Park, MD 20742
O: 301-405-0362 | F: 301-405-3305
oaee@umd.edu | Apply Now

Sanctus1:
I need some help..i applied to a graduate school, my toefl result was low so I presented my attestation letter which made the school to waive that one for me..i didn't write GRE although they said I would need it to complete my application before the end of the semester. please what's my possibility of getting a student visa

Do exactly what they told you to do. Nobody here can influence your chances.

Best of luck!

kidUrbane:
I appreciate the love that has been extended to me in form of a prompt response and efficient delivery. I however still require help with TOEFL materials please whoever has access to such should please help a brother out. Thanks!

Check this out...
http://elibrary.bsu.az/kitablar/1094.pdf

However, u can use this too... www.google.com.
In the search space, type" toefl materials pdf " and click enter.
Best of luck!

kidUrbane:
Seen. Thank you so much. I really appreciate.

Hey man, pls kindly forward to these mails.

Masterpinformat@gmail.com
ask4sek@yahoo.com .
Thanks.

nasslick:
Howdy everybody.I'm new here and I must say I'm amazed by the progress you guys have made.I plan to take my GRE exam early next year but I have very little knowledge as regards to schools in the US.I am a graduate of Agric Economics.

Read up on these schools..

https://www.gradschools.com/programs/environment-agriculture/agriculture
Best of luck.

kidUrbane:
Thank you so much.

Done.

Best of luck.

kidUrbane:
Hello house,
Thumbs up to all those who are in one way or another facilitating progress in this forum. I would really appreciate free GRE study/prep materials. Anybody with useful info/link should please reply.

Kindly share ur mail so i can forward to u.

chaiks:
please I intend to do masters in USA.I want to know if there are schools and courses that I can get admission and funding without taking the GRE. I have ielts and other documents but no GRE

Use this...
www.google.com.

And type "schools and courses that I can get admission and funding without taking the GRE" in the search space.

Best of luck.

CaptEColeJnr:
Tell me more about EducationUSA please

This might help..
https://ng.usembassy.gov/education-culture/exchange-programs/educationusa-student-achievers-program-edsap/

Inspiring!

I was going through my page this morning and stumbled on this piece from one of my mentors on LinkedIn.. I think I should share bcz we have people on this platforms rendering selfless services in their capacity... Bravo guys..

"Helping others is an attitude. You don't need to have a lot or know a lot.
I see poor people helping homeless, and rich educated people passing by. I see jobless people referring other jobless people, and people in the position of power not responding to requests for help. It is so easy to refer someone to someone else.
Real help is done when nobody is watching, when we don't expect anything in return.
"You have not lived today if you did not help someone who can never repay you."
https:///dtqSBUr.
Credit: Oleg Vishnepolsky.

YES!!

I got my current job via LinkedIn without applying.... I was contacted by a recruiter to forward my Resume for consideration.

Bigzbabe:
Birds of same...i refuse to bow to such derogatory words. He would have asked about sponsors rather than being rude with his response. I no beg am for money na advise i ask for so if e no sabi talk to pesin mak e jejely swallow e advice,nobody force am to respond.

Easy man... no be fight!

Ability247:
So today I got to Walter C. by past 6am for 8.00am appointment and ignored all those hustlers and their warnings that one can't drive beyond a certain point. I gave one mobile policeman my phone and joined the mammoth, shapeless queue.

I was interviewed by the handsome bearded dude at window 4. He looked nice and smiled occasionally and I wished I ended up with him. Then, with that same cute smile, he denied a nice couple that seemed to have their act together. I briefly wished I ended up elsewhere. Next thing, I was directed to that guy's window. I think he denied the lady before me too... not sure. But I had learned by now that his smile is like a professional mask he wears, and not an indication of approval, satisfaction or anything similar. All this while, my subconscious kept praying.

Fast forward to my interview:

VO: Good morning, how are you? (with that cute smile)

Me: I'm very well, thank you; and you?

VO: I'm fine. Pass me your i-20 please? And your passport.

(I oblige)

VO: Thank you. (another cute smile)

VO: Tell me about your school (

Me: Purdue University is...

VO: (cuts in) Yeah.. (probably thinking I was repeating my school for confirmation. And he said yeah without looking at my i-20 so he must have had something about me on his screen, like DS 160 or previous interview in Abj)

Me: Purdue University is a great school with a very industry-focused course outline for her Mechanical Engineering program. I say its great because her engineering faculty consistently rank among the best in the country and the world. I also got a research assistantship from the school and that helped me make up my mind to settle for this institution. (sounding confident, looking at him eyeball to eyeball whenever he raises his face to meet mine. However my voice quavered a bit as a I tried to slow down so as not to hamper my articulation).

VO: Okay. So how many schools did you apply to?

Me: 2 schools.

VO: And they are?

Me: Purdue University and Cranfield University.

VO: How many admitted you?

Me: Both admitted me.

VO: (glances at me)

(I was expected the usual followup - "So why did you choose Purdue?" or "Why did you choose to school in the US?", but he excused himself to talk to his colleague about something unrelated to my interview, a fellow VO that came to his side. He soon returned his attention to me and beamed me a smile. I beamed back.)

VO: So why do you think you got this assistantship?

Me: I believe the professor was very impressed with my test scores, statement of purpose and other aspects of my application package. (pause... I wanted to add my test scores of 110 in TOEFL and 318 in GRE, but decided to tow another line, so continued thus..) I also reached out to the professor to indicate interest to join his research team. (Then I proceeded to tell him one of the prof's research interests)

VO: (nodding and typing) Okay.

VO: (looks up) Where did you have your undergraduate degree?

Me: FUTO. Federal University of Technology Owerri.

VO: You studied Engineering in your first degree?

Me: Yes, Chemical Engineering.

VO: Okay. Okay.

VO: Who would be sponsoring you?

Me: I got a research assistantship and my uncle's company would foot any balance.

VO: What does your uncle do?

Me: (in my mind, I said uncle's company o. I know say you hear me well.) He is into the importation of this and exportation of that.

VO: Okay.

VO: (types for a while, then another cute smile..) your visa has been approved. You'll be picking it in... usually it doesn't take more than 3 working days but then... bla bla... bla bla bla... bla bla...

I smiled back at him, thanked him, told him God bless him and left. Went to the mopol holding my phone, gave him and one lady police there #500 and told them to keep the change and left. Saw Ngozi Ezeonu on a queue and felt like me sef don become star too. Switched on my phone and sent a text message of faith I composed to my family days ago, that I have gotten the visa.

Then, for the first time today, I realised I was very hungry.

NB: No single document was asked of me. Also, I went with the same company financial statement that the man in Abj for illogical reasons delayed my visa. But God opens doors no man can shut.

Some people were saying I should have said over a 100 employees then (someone even cast aspersions on my intellect, something about what any smart person should have said). Recall that the issue the man had with the statement was that the balance he was seeing may include money for paying staff and buying supplies. If I had said a large company of over 100 staff, he may have argued that lots of staff would need to be paid from the statement's balance + lots of supplies. And I didn't want to say less than 20 so he wouldn't feel it may be a small company with just one very good year. So at that instant, "I'm not sure" seemed kinda safe to me, as I don't work in the man's company. Like I said, these interviews are highly subjective and that Abj man was just difficult for no good reason. Thank God for everything shaa

I thank everyone who have been contributing to this thread - lagosismyhome, texrem, imperioux, admin justwise (else they for don derail this thread since) etc, and all who have shared their transcripts, both successful and delayed. You all rock. I shall frequent here to help others too.

Tips remain the same: maintain eye contact, appear confident and genuine but not arrogant, know your stuff, be audible and articulate.

Congrats man. Gods Grace and speed in trumps land
Kindly check ur mail, I sent a note.# wordcode77.

Meddyakki:
Goodday everyone... I'm ready to go to the Embassy for the 4th time... pls who would help. Posted previous transcript in part 11. Would really appreciate. I want this to be the last time... thanks in advance pls.

Work with this brother...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vv0a0sfgaysztiq/AADbiS4UG7q57b0qcFPjaPkna?dl=0

God will see you through this time.

neurosci:
justwise pls help me delete my post which this person quoted. I told him not to quote my email address but he still did and then deleted his NL account.

Just sent you a message now, check n revert bck. Be informed that I wasn't the one that quoted u.
Tkns.

neurosci:
Sent you a PM. Do check pls

Sorry the mail I registered with is inactive.. drop urs so I could connect.

neurosci:
Please, is there anybody here who has a Current Account with GTB? I need the assistance of that person abeg o

I do have a GTBank current... what do you need it for?

Glowrie22:
Visa approved today.
I've been a silent reader on this forum, and I'm grateful for all the help I got from here.
My interview was slated for 6.30am, I got there around 5:10 in the heavy rain. Around 6 the check-ins began and I was the second person on the queue. I was almost sent back outside because I didn't have a hard copy passport with me, but fortunately for me, the passport I uploaded on my DS-160 was clear enough. I was also asked for the last page of my I 20 which I left at home, thinking it wasn't important, fortunately for me again, it wasn't really needed.
The first guy to be interviewed was approved and I was the next. Here goes:
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning sir

VO: Tell me why you chose the University of Arkansas
Me: I chose the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville because I will be working with Prof ×××× as a research assistant in his (Vo nodding, cuts in)

VO: Tell me about this program, Agricultural Economics
Me: Okay. The program will run for a duration of 24 months during which I will be required to take a minimum of 31 credit unit hours of courses. Some of these courses are Agricultural Micro-Economics, Agribusiness Finance and Econometrics. (VO typing all through this)

VO: (after typing for a bit) Your visa is approved, collect it at this location
Me: Thank you sir.

I prayed for a very short interview and I got it. The whole thing lasted for like 2 minutes or even less. I want to say thanks to all those that have been keeping this thread alive, it helped me a lot. Special thanks to @happyday, thanks for taking out time to help me.

For those preparing to go, all I can say is prepare well, be confident, pray, and don't forget any of your documents at home like me lol.

Thank you very much.

Congrats dear!

Today seems like a good day to say thanks to everyone who pays attention and replies to what people share on this thread... let the testimonies keep rolling coz we ll never get tired of saying a big congrats to successful approvals and also criticized constructively those that couldn't grab theirs.

teetea06:
Heavy downpour today @the Lagos US embassy,was drenched but I no mind because I know God has a special package for me..I got to the embassy around 5am and my schedule time was 6:30am..Had to stay somewhere with the umbrella borrowed from my cabman..At about 6am,the queue started and I joined the queue with my wet self and my filled envelope..was told by the queue instructor that why am I coming with junks that the document with me should just be 5,I was helped by a lady behind me and when I got to the scan Centre I was told my sevis fee receipt wasn't there,was sent back gain to print a copy for 1k.. after my biometrics, I joined the queue for the interview proper and when it almost got to me,the guy before me told me to go to the woman facing me which I did but the instructor was like he didn't tell me to but I told him make he no vex..now the interview proper.. me:Good morning ma with a fake smile..... vo:Morning...Pass me your passport and I20 which I gave out..Vo:Why Agricultural science: I said i opted agricultural science because it was the surest way of having food on your table(everyother thing I have rehearsed for weeks were already gone)..Vo: Why this school (Arkansas state university)...Me: I chose the school cos of its rank as one of the top best university in field of agricultural science..Vo:How many schools :3 and I name them and also told her I got admitted to 2 while 1 was pending cos she asked..Vo: your sponsors..Me:My dad and my step mom..Vo asked my dad's occupation..Me:Commercial livestock farmer..Me:Have you traveled before?..Me:No I have not..She also asked how I got to know about the school,replied with I did proper research on the internet..That was all..she wasn't looking at me and I was staring@the white paper too..She gave it to me and I didn't hear other thing cos while replied her I was shaking but God made it possible for me..I am a silent reader here but the forum was helpful..Thanks to Mr Texrem,I dunno him but he took his time to call me and help me with mock,he corrected and even told me what to say which I did..God bless you brought and to every Visa hopeful,God of E.A Adeboye will grant you your desires..I am happy.when should I go for pick up?

Congrats man... safe travel!

Congrats to everyone that got their visa approved in the first half of this year... more testimonies and approvals loading... Safe travel!!

I hope these guys do their homework properly before publishing stories like this...

moravelu:
Visa approved today
Hallelujah. thanks to everyone who encourage me and asked me to prepare my self and fireoff again.

Rejected on monday 19 June
Approved friday 22 June 6:30 interview

I was rejected on monday because I had applied a second bsc in a totally different field from sceince to religious studies.

To cut it short, I prayed very hard and I told God that only white papers will be issued until it gets to my turn, na so e happen oh, but only for windows 7 (if im correct) a white man probably 40s, first guy white paper, second white paper, me third white paper also.

See my transcript.

Vo: Good morning, pass me your i20 and passport
Me: here it is, and how was your night
Vo: fine thank you

Vo: why this school?
Me: I will give u two reasons, first the school is engineered to produce graduating students who are both fit to become ministers and christian educators, for me this is killing two birds with one stone (vo cuts in)

Vo: and how is that?
Me: Based on the curriculum
Vo: Tell me about the curriculum?
Me: The have programs like cross cultural ministry (for ministers) and comparative theology (for educators)

Vo: How many school did you apply
Me: 2
Vo: why this one?
Me: the have missionary trips...., mentored ministry..., practical ministry training...., all programs are based on the bible no mix up with ecumenism or scientology
Before I finish vo cuts in

Vo: pick up your visa in three days time
Me: Dancing lagbaja, praising God,
Na so e end oh, leave boyfriend and Girlfriend matter eh no dey pay, Na baba Jesu way sure pass. His words never fail.

Thank you all

Congrats man!

Abimmbolar:
Hello!You may also find this helpful.
Univ of Central Missouri waived gre and toefl for me too.

Profile- Mechanical Engineering Ug
Evaluated transcript-3.41/5.0

Thanks Abimmbolar for the post... I have already registered for Gre. My concern is securing funding with just my Gre score without toefl.

kashey05:
Graduate of Unilag Mech Engr
UMD college park
GRE 300 (school waived 151q 149v)
toefl (waived-i mailed dem)
if u need anyother thing, PM

Hello mate, what school waived Gre & toefl for you. Am also a prospective Msc student for spring "18. Graduate of Mech Engineering. Tkns

[quote author=Abimmbolar post=57716420]VISA APPROVED 6:30AM THIS MORNING AT LAGOS CONSULATE...OLOWOGBOGBORO HAS DONE IT FOR ME JUST LIKE THAT!!!THE GOD OF D.K OLUKOYA HAS FAVOURED ME .
FIRST PERSON TO BE APPROVED,THAT HOW I STARTED CRYING WHEN HE GAVE ME WHITE PAPER,JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAVE NOT EVEN BEGAN TALKING.

TRANSCRIPT LOADING!!!

I tap into your testimony

iCool:
Good morning people, just left the Lagos Consulate.


I am Texas bound! Oluwa has answered!!!

Congrats man!

Stdannyel:
Good day to both silent members and the active ones, please i need some enlightenment, em using an agent for my Visa processing right from the admission stage, the man told me i should not bother about any exam(TOEFL/GRE), and nao i have two Uni admission
Grand Valley university(MI) and Gannon university(PA), please i will need information about this schools.
all money already paid and hes working on booking an appointment.
Thanks

Hello mate, pls did these admissions come with any financial aid?

LagosismyHome:
my head has a limited amount of information (many things outside NL school matter dey to think about ) , so its really the same hand I use to type in google anyone else can type as well

So much to learn out there once someone starts to research online .......... I recommend everyone to use online info online first before asking for questions here

@ the bolded...
You are doing a great job.. God will reward you!!