₦airaland Forum

RealTrump:
Drop your email. Let's see if it can be done.

TWoods:
American schools were not built by angels. Our schools are simply reflections of who we are... not these “leaders” we love to blame for everything. Schools work here on the honor system... professors here take their jobs seriously, students also do not cut corners, do not offer bribes, don’t apply based on fraudulent documents and work hard rather than abdicating their responsibilities to a “god” we don’t reverence anyway.

The people here complaining about our schools are the same people who excuse casual lies and deliberate omissions at visa interviews, as long as you “get your visa”. Remove every American at Harvard and replace them with Nigerians, it will become a hellhole in 5 years.

Several things I learned in my time here:
1. Americans take time incredibly seriously. We laugh away our time based on “African time”.
2. Nobody here will ever dream about stealing money meant for salaries, or books, or facilities... how many of you here can honestly say you’re not going to school on money your parents obtained through crooked contracts? Do your parents count in the “leaders” you curse?
3. People here think of community first... Nigerians think of me first.

I could go on and on, but you get the point.

dru23:
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Thanks for the input my brother...... On another note ...To all my uber partners / customers... for all your oil needs please drop your number on this thread... unfortunately for now I can't access my Yankee email... am sorry for the inconvenience this might have cause you... thank you all for your support and patronage ....

kolawoleibukun2:
firstly, this is an abuse of the military. an insult to the Nigerian military. that the military would be called to a trivial case like this is abhorring. this is a chairman's case.

secondly, the reporter is biased. we do not know what happened really. some igbo men are known to display hostility toward northerners or other tribes who do not speak igbo. they feel superior to everyone and want to get the first seat and they insult people for no reason.

thirdly, this might chase many customers away. igbo men make a lot of cash from hausa customers.

everything is translated into tribe and racism. I do not see it happening here. the hausa man does not speak igbo and the mob might have scared him. if I were the one i would definitely do the same. because the people in that onitsha market act too wise and too aggressive.

i love the way they stood up against the military and this is a warning to other clients that the military does not have the ultimate power. they will surely try to solve the issues before it escalates.

but where is the chairman's presence all along? all customers should know who to report to when they face unfair treatment. the reason this case got to the chairman's office is that the military got involved. would the chairman have paid any attention had the military not come?

is there a hotline that customers can reach to report any challenge?

is the chairman's office at a visible range or central location that customers can easily reach?

the fact is that the chairman allows traders to sell fake good and write fake invoice. many people have fallen victims to onitsha marketers. they all know but they think that they are smarter than everyone else. when one is faced with a case like that only the military intervention is sure.

you can quote and insult me but the truth never changes.

the one that hausa man did is worthy of an announcement. but the crimes committed in onithsa market daily is called wisdom. the fake goods and fake drugs sold there to kill people. why is no one reporting it?

if you stand up to military provocation against one igbo man, what stops you from standing up against the thousands of innocent people dying from fake goods and fake drugs produced in onitsha market?
that is what honesty is all about i guess.

femi312:
Go to the school website and read up, you can also search on linkedin for African/Nigerian/indian students in that department/School. Your chances of finding someone here is slim. Just type 'chemistry Missippi state, Nigeria' in the search bar, you can also switch the keywords ..

femi312:
1) Within 90 days before the start day on your i20, for example if the start date on your i20 is August 30, you can go to the embassy anytime between June 1 and August 25.
2) No its not, that is a red flag. What matters is good inflow and outflow of cash and not a huge lump sum.
3) Choose one and decline the others except you have plans of transferring to any other schools

lincoffm:
Hello Fellow Nairalanders!

I have been away from this forums long time ago. I just discover I couldn't log in with my old email and username so I created a new one! Hope you are doing great! I'm a Nigerian don't mind the username lol!! Just a way of saying my thank you to this forum I need 2 serious individual from this thread that couldn't afford a fee for TOEFL I will pay for free for 2 people and get you free reading material! Anyone interested should contact my signature or message me here !! One love ��

theSpark:
Bro.. Studied URP too and working towards same aspirations. You have a great CGPA. I hope to learn from you and share experiences as we go on this journey.

Meanwhile my profile:
3.5/5 (not sure) BTech Urban Planning
Done with NYSC
Writing GRE/Toefl in September

Thinking of
Saint Louis University
Oklahoma University
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
For now

And if I may suggest you can also check out planetizen's rankings of Urban Planning Graduate schools.

femi321:
First and foremost, you see all the schools I bolded, they are highly ranked schools, so applying to 6 top schools out of 7 applications is a NO NO. God forbid even with a GRE score of 325, you can get rejected from all 7 schools. All these top schools have applicants from India, China etc with close to perfect GRE score, Research experience and perfect GPA, so its highly competitive. In summary you need to go back and do your research well,spread your risk and plan to apply to 2 top schools, 2 moderate and 2 safe schools. You can start with this website www.msinus.com, http://www.msinus.com/content/how-select-universities-ms-us-534/ download the ebook on the site at the top right corner. The ebook gives you direct links to articles and web pages that will be very useful to you. Delete your whatapp number, you don't need to. When you have any question come back here and ask.

biikeys:
You GRE and TOEFL scores...especially GRE, would determine where you should apply to. Concentrate on those first. That being said, your list has mostly top schools. I would add maybe two average/safe schools to that.

sheeda995:
I do sleep off while chatting with my guy,he doesn't like it,because that's our only chance of talking better,as either am busy or he is during the day,but from 8upwards we try to chat.I sleep off almost every time we do, even on calls,does that make me a bad person?

iekene:
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I wish we help more on this thread than cast aspersions #TWoods

If you are Interested...Please send me a pm assuring me you wont change the password... I would do my best to answer all pms i receive between now and the next 14 days ...

Greetings to @Walspring...@Lagosismyhome... You secretly inspire me to do this...

borie4u:
Long time here. I have been observing from the touchline. I greet all. Most time I always advice prospective students to look down south.reasons are grants, low cost of living and weather too
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Walspring:
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#Onefamily

imperiouxx:
I wish I can help but I haven't been active anymore because of my recent little time online. Communicate with other memebers you already mentioned and many more active members here. They would be willing to help. Best.

Walspring:
Some set of people here who are lovers of this thread have come together and decided to give back to this our great thread by given discount to intending student that are willing to write GRE or TOEFL or SAT in order to use it and get funding or assistant-ship from the schools they are applying to.

Only 10 people will benefit from this initiative and with genuine reasons. You can book down any slot at all and this offer will last in the middle of February 2017 which is Valentine's day..

Do not PM or send me private message because it going to be an open offer right inside this thread, also do no ask me who are these people because they wish to be anonymous.

#Onelove
#Onefamily