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benjaminiyke:
Thanks @ bbdd....I really love pharmacy,it's my ambition. I will reapply again with a better financial statement.

My advice is to stay off for fall 2015 and try again for fall 2016. This is so you don't have a dented record at the embassy.

So when you reapply they will certainly know that there has been a change in your case since the last time.

Jahbless82:
@bbdd: thanks for prompt response.

During my 1st interview I filled in self sponsorship while completing DS-160 form but I'm thinking of going with my SOAand my Dad's SOA this time.

Please is it advisable?

Please do.

benjaminiyke:
First interview at Abuja... I just finished my first degree and my statement of result was not ready. So I filled in my Ds-160 that I was still a student. VO- why did you choose this uni? Me- this university has an excellent school of pharmacy and is well equipped with outstanding laboratory facilities and currently housing the biggest pharmaceutical lab in texas, am also interested in d undergraduate research being conducted in the school of pharmacy. Vo- who is ur sponsor? Me -my uncle,my mothers brother. his a business man. VO- show me bank statements. Me- I showed him. Vo started typing and gave me my rejection letter. 2nd interview in same abuja. VO- why do u want to study pharmacy? Me- told him it's my dream course am very passionate about this course,am interested in drugs and how they function in d human body moreover pharmacy is in line with my first degree chemistry. VO- what will u do after u complete ur studies? Me- told him I will come back after my studies and establish a very lucrative pharmaceutical Business. VO- what kind of training will u undergo after ur studies? Me- I didn't get what me meant by training,I just told him first I will become a licensed pharmacist. He nodded his head. VO- show me your transcript. Me- I showed him my statement of result cause my original degree certificate was not ready,I just graduated last year. VO- okay,everything looks good to me. VO- who's your sponsor. Me- my uncle.my mothers brother. VO- show me his bank statement. Me- I gave it to him,and he took it to the VO who interviewed me in my first attempt and when he came back he started typing very fast,after typing he told me am sorry,you just graduated,you can apply in the future. I believe just graduating is not the problem,because it shows am a serious student, he only used that as an excuse. And gave me the 214 something tells me it's my funding,yearly expense is $30,000 and my bank statement is $45,000. Pharmacy is 4 years. Any suggestions? Pls

Sorry to hear about your denial.
I'm a pharmacist and whenever Americans hear of Pharmacy and Medicine they think of huge loans they have to pay off in order to get their kids off to Medical / Pharmacy school, and most times students get backlogs and can't even finish when due.
This is perhaps why that VO needed clarification. It's obvious that they were not convinced about your ability to pay for the really expensive pharmacy school.
Sometimes its all about perception.
I think you should reapply if you have a really good financial backing considering the previous denials have a link to your financial ability...so to speak.

GOODLUCK

Jahbless82:
Hello Guys,

When filling financial support information submitted to the graduate school, I filled in self sponsorship.

Pls can I change it to joint sponsorship when filling DS-160 form and at the embassy?

This joint sponsor thing is tricky.
Go with either Dad/Mom and present the statement(If they request for it)
Also, some documents are uploaded by the school on their database.er
Some say the US Embassy knows who they will give visas or not based on the documents uploaded.
So in order to play safe, i dont think you should contradict the financial documents you submitted to your school.

However, If its a situation in which your hands are tied, You could go with a parents statement and prepare well for your interviews including succint answers to any potential gray area

GOODLUCK

tosynbolade:
I have a question please. Does serving as a youth corp member(NYSC) count as being involved in the paramilitary or vigilante etc at one point or the other? I am filling my ds form. Should I just simply write a NO for that.

All those things. Please put no.
Don't complicate matters.

In fact I even cross checked my no's to make sure that cursor didn't mistakingly change anyone to yes lol

ikobionu:
Hi guys.. Good day. I've been following this page and i must commend everyone's effort. God bless u guys for what u do. Pls i just took my gre and i scored 150 for verbal and 148 for quant. Though i felt the quant was a piece of cake..but oh well.. I'm applying for Petroleum Engineering. Pls do u think this is a good score for admission and graduate assistantship as well? Ur opinions will be greatly appreciated. Thank u

No. It's not even up to 300.
It might be enough for admission but not for funding in petroleum engineering.
However, you might pay first year tuition, do well in school and get funding for second year.

But if you're looking for funding from first year, I'm afraid you might have to retake gre to get your quants score up.
Good luck

chidexhenry:
Hello gurus in s house....mojuba oo. pls anybody in ETSU? dem give me admission fr MS in Tech in enginering tech dept. I was told to contact my coordinator fr GA applicatn. I don send mails tire, call tire, yet nobody dey answer me. pls I need ur advice on what to do cos time is not on my side o.thanks.

Pm slimmy05

NeedMobile:
You should read what i wrote properly before passing a comment. its not by force you say something. be polite. Like minds have replied before you.

Kindly open your eye well.

Sorry i gave my opinion.
Goodbye

NeedMobile:
Please the Gurus in the House, Good afternoon .

Please i plan to travel to the US on the 23rd of this month and have prepared all the document and fill the DS-160 form . am going on a Visit but am yet to pay for the VISA fee because if i cant get a date before then there wont be need to move on.

Please my question is can i get a date before then if i pay for VISA fee today.
I
Thanks

Lool. Are you trolling us?
You plan to travel on the 23rd of the month.
You've not filled your ds, you're yet to schedule an appointment (which could take weeks). You're perhaps not ready mental wise and documents wise.

Better shift your timeline for your own good man

modelboy:
the only way a stident can be rejected is when u dont convience the v/o that you are going abroad to study and that your course cant make u successful. But the main thing is having god by your side and your good. Thanks

Your response is a rather simplistic answer.
Visa issuance is a sum total of a lot of things.
Academic credibility, financing, students record, composure and fluency during the interview, ability to state your mission without flinching, likeability, history of educational continuity in the field, no long periods of doing nothing etc.

Which one Is if your course can make you successful? That's not the Vos job pls. No one can predict success.

Then of course in Nigeria there's the God factor. But I'd rather not delve into that.
But please let's not mislead people here with inchoate answers.

slimmy05:
I have been consoling my wife for some months now due to the non-payment of state allowance since she resumed nysc in Osun State. It was actually my idea for her to serve in Osun state considering the fact that they pay almost 97k monthly including Ondo state. She had earlier proposed to serve in Lagos which I refused, the workload and pay in lagos hospitals are not favorable. I really do not like the way they treat their colleagues who are not on thesame cadre.

She has punished me into paying her extra allowance and I really cannot cope funding my masters program and also paying her allowance.

Osun state corp members what's the way out?

She should have served in ondo.
They pay doctors 95.
Osun is a long thing for now.
The state is broke..... Indigenous Workers are on strike.
Nysc staff are at the back burner.

Just hope. Faint hope bro

modath:
Was wondering why the news didnt make it to the official @apc twiter handle...

Sampling our opinion or not, APC/PMB know quite well that Ogbonnaya Onu is the square peg for that square hole... Amaechi will get something else, so all you "mockers" can go and rest small, una hear.

This regime is not a "food don ready, everybody bring spoon" one... Positions will be on merit.

Are we appeasing Amaechi or doing whats best for Nigeria??

You guys shouldnt set yourselves up for failure. Too much is at stake in this dispensation.

cahnellven:
That should be bonn university of applied sciences.
GOD pass them.
hope say your guy still dey expect other decisions?

He applied only to the school
He even applied 2 days to the deadline.
I don talk tire. Nigger's still not happy...

I'll refer him to this page.

otijah:
They should hold him firmly, I think I'm on the same path with the police this time around. There are more hidden facts to his helping hands

Low thinking people like you cause people to lie helpless on the highways when they need help because no one wants to get into trouble with a backward police force.


Single digit iq eediots

cahnellven:
Make your friend take heart. Unibonn too get wahala

molecular biology and genetics is taught in naija as a separate course. I did a stand alone medical genetics module,while biochemistry students dey do molecular biology for my school.

.

It's not even unibonn
It's one rhein something something.
Hochschule ooo.

kkcquest:
my prayers goes to Atletic bilbao.

Wasted prayer. Lol

Hi guys.

A friend of mine was denied admission to a school for master in biomedical sciences in Bonn because they claimed he didn't have any modules in molecular biology and genetics

I'm not aware of that course being offered in Nigeria. He took several microbiology courses in school which includes genetics according to him.
Please is there a way to explain to them that such a course isn't offered at undergrad level in Nigeria and perhaps reconsider their decision ??
He's feeling quite bad.

ScholarAkassi:
Quick Question to the Gurus in the House

I received an alert that my visa is ready for pickup. However, I don't have any government issued Photo ID to collect the passport at the DHL Office. Unfortunately, the INEC guys refused to give me my PVC may be it could have been useful now. I am planning to submit a copy of my appointment letter, photocopy of my passport, and a government issued certificate of state of origin. Will the above documents be accepted from me as a proof to colelct my passport and visa. bbdd and other gurus in the house I will be expecting your reply

I didn't present any id at oshodi.
But just go with something. Anything even if it's passport photograph.

zeezahbee:
That's true. They also get visa with community college. Their agents are genuine atleadt not like naija agents

Lol.
Got a mail from one girl telling me her agent said she shouldn't worry about statement of account.
That's how they'll produce oluwole and she'll be banned.

Another guy told me they said to the address to put on sevis fee is the address of the person paying the fee in America.
These agents are horrible people.

Richmond996:
too good to be true. Indians have been wining world spelling bee contest for so many years now. Is that a fluke too

One brilliant guy doesn't mean they understand English.
All of us can't be lying. Their grammar is poor which is why they struggle with verbal and writing section of gre

akin3102:
Ask slimmy05,is a guru in this area

Replied your sis.
Found her email in the spam folder. No idea why

slimmy05:
You go chop junk tire.

AH FAT!!!
Pls be posting more menus here bikoooo

Nice thread.
Mehn i cant cook ooo. not even stew

slimmy05:
those guys apply to like 10 schools. They spend a lot on admission processing

Guy ehn
And even the US embassy in their country is friendly. They actually organize a student interview day where they even giv them refreshments. chaiiiii

Thats why many of them can die for admission. LOL!!
Agents are hammering there

MofTee:
Me: Good morning
VO: Good morning (not smiling)
VO: please pass me your document
Me: I passed them
VO: Mr *** place your four fingers on the scanner (She called my surname)
Me: Left hand or right hand?
VO: your left hand please
Me: I placed my left hand
Vo: (she typed on her computer for a while...I guess she was trying to call up my DS160) What's the highest level of education you have?
Me: (I didnt hear her well) I didnt get that...could you say that again?
Vo: what's the highest level of education you have?
Me: Bachelors degree
Vo: what course?
Me: Economics
Vo: when did you finish from the university?
Me: 2010
Vo: so what have you been doing since you completed your national youth service?
Me: Ive been working at ***** (I work at a global professional service firm)
Vo: so why masters degree now?
Me: when I joined ***** (the firm I work with) in 2012, I developed a 10-year career plan, which is to work for 3 years then go for Masters degree for the next 2 year, come back to nigeria to apply the skills acquired for another 5 years before starting my own consulting firm. I have a dream of consulting for the Central Bank of Nigeria some day.
Vo: okay...so you are going to University of North Texas. How did you find out about the school?
Me: I was looking for a school that offers masters degree in economics with concentration in the area of Economic analysis, financial economics and econometrics, so I used usnews.com and princetonreview.com to filter out schools with such emphasis.
Vo: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: 4
Vo: name other schools excluding UNT
Me: University of North Carolina, Florida international university and university of texas at Arlington
Vo: So who is sponsoring you?
Me: the school is funding me as you can see on my i20
Vo: (she looked at my i20 again) so why would the school give you tuition waiver?
Me: (trust me I wasn't prepared for this question) I guess they were impressed with my application and the quality of documents I sent to them
Vo: what do you mean by that?
Me: well I graduated with a first class honours
Vo: what's your score?
Me: 4.67/5.0
Vo: have you traveled outside nigeria before?
Me: yes
Vo: where?
Me: UAE for my vacation in 2013, Kenya, Cote d'ivore and ghana on official assignment in the last one and half years.
Vo: (she typed for a while) I am going to issue you a visa....you can pick it up at the location circled... bla bla....

In all..even though she questioned me alot, she did not ask me to show her any document aside my passport, ds120 confirmation page, i20 and sevis. Prayer works....also be confident. Most people who spoke confidently got their visas approved. All the best guys and thank you all.

Congrats

slimmy05:
I respect them in Quant, but verbal and AWA all Na cheat

Their grammar is so poor. That was my edge against them during the admission process. Like 80% of applicants to PhD programs in my field are indians.
I tire for them.

ferdimako:
Indians too...can't even announce their marvelous scores correctly. I give pte-a yesterday I get reading 90....I give I give everywhere. Pte has shut down some centers in India.

Lol
I gave the gre.
So annoying!!!!

Metrofox:
Good riddance.. It will end and nothing will happen.. what benefit has the region gotten from it ? Enough of all these illegality please

When you queue for 8 hours for fuel. You'll understand why wisdom is principal in policymaking

zizou234:
Please house, Am a new member on this page...Kindly assist me on list of schools in the US that offers and admit international students for PGD programme in Engineering. Thamks all...

Look for a serious program.
Pgd is straight road to denial at embassy.

nnanyereugo:
So d man shuld shut up n cover up d corruption cos d outgoing governor pikd him for d job, guy na wa for u ooo. N hia u r shoutn change n dat buhari shuld nt only fite corruption bt xpoz dem all... pls don't b a hypocrite

@Soe
I hace no words for the brazen hypocrisy and your support for a cover up of corruption. Shameful.
Never call yourself a progressive.