₦airaland Forum

winkmart:
I PITY THEIR CHILDREN

imperiouxx:
And you guys will be saying funding are available at those kind of schools like it's easy. You forget about how extremely competitive it is to get ordinary admission, let alone funding. Harvard, I know of very well. Their admission doesn't come with any automatic funding. Harvard will tap fingers to collect their money in full from you. My wife is a graduate of Harvard University, her student loan is super high.

ukemnseg:
Hello everyone. I'm new here and I'm really glad I stumbled across this forum.
I've just gone through some of the previous discussions and they've been really enlightening. Getting a US student visa from Nigeria seems to be even more difficult than getting admitted into a US school in the first place.

I have a few questions (for any one in a position to answer):

1. Does the school you're admitted to have any bearing on the success/failure of your visa application/interview. For eg. let's say I have an I-20 form from Harvard College. Would that 'guarantee' me a US student visa from Nigeria?.

2. Can anyone offer any 'specific' information on scholarships that can be applied for prior to admission to a US university (for Nigerian students). [I got 2280 on the SAT I, 770 (Math Level II) and 790 (Physics) on the SAT II].

3. Considering my 1530/1600 score on the SAT Verbal (CR+W), do I still need to take the TOEFL to impress the folks at the visa office? $180 is a lot of money and I'd rather not have my parents spend it if they don't absolutely have to. MIT and Harvard waived the TOEFL for me since I did well on the SAT Verbal, but I would still gladly take it if it would help with my visa application. I can't imagine being denied a student visa if I do get admitted to an Ivy.

4. And finally...in my application for a student visa (for undergraduate studies), does the bank statement I submit have to show funds sufficient to cover the total cost of attendance for all 4 years or for just the first year?

Thanks.

imperiouxx:
Imagine you spent your resources on me your employee to get the H1B/PR. Few months after I got a better paid job, do you think I will continue working with you or I move to the better job?

paulbets:
bro i have got rejects from utk and usf already. Just now waiting to hear from fsu, etsu, kstate. Thanks for checking on me, really been a while but i trust you are fabulous.

Fortissimo:
ryt! It's all good sha. At least I don't expect extraordinary racism in Starkville.

Fortissimo:
Oboy me I like boring oh. It's just that my fam in the US keep saying that deep south is a racism hotbed. UNR is university of nevada, reno.

Fortissimo:
Bro thanks a lot. The school is MS State in Starkville and they're the only ones that have responded with a fully funded offer. Let's see how the coming weeks go sha. I'm still eyeing PhD offers from Tulsa and UNR. Looking forward to your mail, bro.

Fortissimo:
Hahahaha. I feel you jare. Thanks. What about you? What school(s) and course(s) are you looking at? By the way, the prices on wakanow are given in naira. I hope they don't do magomago and convert to usd equivalent when I want to pay. Am I ignorant or is 300k for a flight from Lagos ng to jackson ms quite fair on qatar?

I'm still expecting responses from other schools so I may eventually not go to MS sha. Still weighing my options.

Mekurexx:
I just know it has a high african american population. It also one of the states I wont like to study in (NYC inclusive) for various reasons. But I believe if you are going there, just make up your mind to focus and be safe... Therez a reason you got admission and you decided to go there, just do your best

imperiouxx:
lolz. I know, just asking. MS isn't promising after school except you live on can foods and join to group of most obese population in the US. Job prospect is less than normal. Crime in Jackson, the capital and the supposed largest city in MS is very high. I once visited Jackson for 5 days and the American friends there were wishing they are from another parts of the country.

However, be careful about where you're coming in north east. Cost of living is incomparable wtith what you're use to in MS.

imperiouxx:
bbdd, I hope you're set to leave Mississippi after your studies?

Fortissimo:
bbdd how r u finding MS? I know cost of living is good sha. Did you have any other options?what made you choose it? Would you be so kind as to tell me the good, bad and ugly? Especially from the perspective of an ambitious international student.

Thank you.

240naija:
As the nation's currency exchanges at N400 to the US dollar on Sunday, Billionaire business mogul has said that if the Buhari-led federal government consults him, he could restore the nation's currency to an exchange rate of N200 to one US Dollar within one month.

Speak­ing on a Channels Television poli­tics programme on Sunday, billionaire businessman and the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Services Ltd., Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, has advised the Federal Government to consult some Nigerians who can halt the free fall of the Naira which is affecting the na­tion’s economy.The Nai­ra currently exchanges at N400 to the US dollar.

The Publisher of The Authority newspapers, said that if the President Buhari-le federal gov­ernment consults him, he could re­store the nation’s currency to an ex­change rate of N200 to one US Dollar within one month, thereby arresting the slide in the Naira which is virtu­ally crippling the economy.

The Chairman of Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club, however did not say how he was going to bring the Naira down to an exchange rate of 200 per dol­lar, but said the government could seize everything he owns if he failed to do this within one month, if given the mandate.

Chief Ubah also affirmed that he was not involved in any way what­soever in the $2.3 billion Dasuki­gate arms deal that involved the for­mer National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, adding that he was not in­volved in the politics of contracts and has never done any government con­tracts, whether at the Federal, state or local government levels.

"I am highly misunderstood, sometimes controversial. But I have never done any government contracts. I did not collect any money from Gov­ernment; I do not have an oil block – and I have not asked for one.

"I did not know Dasuki. TAN nev­er received money from Dasuki or the People’s Democratic Party. We did what we did in the interest of the na­tion and for posterity.

"I’m a politician with a mind-set of making life worth living for the people, when issues seem to be getting out of hand. So TAN has no hand in whatever that has to do with the arms deal fund."

He said following the controver­sies trailing the #Dasukigate, it has be­come necessary for him to extricate himself from allegations that himself and the non-governmental organisa­tion, Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), were in anyway in­volved in the sharing of the arms deal money.

https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2016/feb/22/dr-ifeanyi-ubah-speaking-1.jpg
https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2016/feb/22/dr-ifeanyi-ubah-speaking-3.jpg
http://www.levitoday.com/2016/02/i-can-bring-us-dollar-to-n200-in-one.html

Anthocracy:
Hello guys, I was offered admission into one of American's medical schools. The following documents were sent to me:
1. Admission letter
2. Entry VISA APPLICATION FORM
3. School Fees details for the first year.
4. Booklist
5. And document containing other documents that I need to submit for my VISA processing.
I was told to pay complete school fees (US $ 25,200) through any of the means listed in the document to enable them process my VISA, but the issue now is that the finance is not yet at hand for now and I'm to start class on May 2.
My question now is, is it possible to use that admission letter to process VISA by myself and travel and how can I go about it. Thanks, your opinion is highly appreciated.

rogerdavid:
Thank you Amanze. Allow me to ask this:
What is/are the TA role(s) for a PhD student?
And abeg why 'oyibo pikin' go want set TA holder up for their own failure?

godG:
Spot on! Everything boils down to your points, really. How are you doing, bro?

Achilles2:
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LagosNIV:
If he is really a student, he should have some degree of intelligence. And if that is the case, he should be able to look at a map. The further you get from the equator (i.e. north) the colder it gets...

And these are the same people that cry on Nairaland when they get refused visas because their stories don't make any sense!

godG:
Midwest wey cold like say tomorrow no go dey.

mosjames:
Once again, you're foolish.
Did I insult you in my first comment?

mosjames:
You're foolish then.

ChidinmaRose:
Clearly you lack proper home training.

ChidinmaRose:
Clearly you lack proper home training.

mosjames:
Did he tell you the type of phone he's using and how he subscribes? Nigerians ehn *sigh*

ChidinmaRose:
Oh, so you don't trek and jump bus?

espionagesavvy:
I choose to remain sane. Calm words cool tempers, I don't know why you are angry with me but that clearly is ur issue. I don't insult people I don't know, so I can never reply ur insults. So cheers.

BeeBeeOoh:
my father taught me never 2 engage mad people in a fight because, d passers-by won't differentiate me from them..

espionagesavvy:
Denlere advertising his madness like a Narcissistic peacock..

BeeBeeOoh:
u welcome bro..Nneh eeh! Chukwu agaghi ekwekwa ka umu anyi kpaa udiri agwa Nwa okorobia a na-akpa maka na ojoro njo nke ukwu..why can't u just come here, make your comment & zuzu-out than quoting. Please, if u need sense(s) Go & Meet Sen. Ben Bruce Murray..if my comment pain you, just go & do d needful..