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Ekunsgreat:
please I am seeing this what can I do about it

Have you gone for an interview in the last two months?

electromagnito:
That bro asking about GRE... boss just prepare like your normal exam... i had just 1week to prepare for mine.. lol i no even read but i still blast am

You might have misled someone with this your post.

electromagnito:
Bad day for me... i did my GRE with just 5days training ended up with 283 lol overconfidence finally kill me.... seems i might not get the phd i was promise

Terrible mistake . Lift yourself up and make adequate preparation. GRE is not a joke.

Milkshakes01:
I doubt this though. I had 3.77/5.0. Wes evaluated it to be 3.30/4.0.

Well I had 3.12/5 and it resulted in a 3.08/4 WES evaluation.

Femiadeuyi:
Good day,

I’m planing towards going for my masters degree this year. Pls how can I get a fully funded scholarship in the US and which exams do I’ve to write?

Also what would be the equivalent of a 3.21/5.0 in a scale of 4.0?

Thank you.

You have to write GRE bro, English proficiency test can still be waived depending on the school you are applying to.

Please do WES evaluation if you can afford the money, it usually results in a higher gp than in house schools evaluation. Your 3.21 gpa should be around 3.0 - 3.1 by WES evaluation. Also, find schools that accept WES.

Goodluck

Ijomobi:
please guys I would like to know which exam is easier to pass between PTE & IELTS.
school required (59 for PTE) & 5.5 for (IELTS).
I have little time to practice before taken the exam.
Please help a brother make decision.
Thanks

Fewer applicants write PTE, a 5.5 bands on IELTS is a low requirement. However, find time and practice, aim higher.

Vullia:
Hello house... Kindly help with my proposed transcript.

VO: Good morning and pass me your document .

Me: Good morning and passed my document .

VO: why are you going to the US

Me : am going for my masters in business Administration at Gannon university in Erie Pennsylvania.

VO: how many school did you apply and how many gave you admission.

Me : 2 and they both gave me admission.

VO: why Gannon university.

Me: I choose Gannon university because their curriculum are well structured for my chosen course and they help student with values,vision and skills to lead professional and personal lives.based on what I read they guild student in achieving they career objective .

VO.why us and not in your country

Me ; us is known for it's higher education opportunities and academic experience in the us is well valued all around the world,more so global experience will help my carrier so well.

VO: why MBA and what will this degree do for you

Me: skills derived from MBA is relevant for virtually all job positions ,skills like ,effective communication ,networking and expert problem solving skills.these skills are important to run and organisation perfectly and effectively. This degree will help my interpersonal skills and my leadership skills.

VO: how did you hear about the school.

Me : my Boss at work is an alumni of the school,he told me how their curriculum is well structured and I also went on the internet for research to know more about it .

VO: what's your study plan ,

Me : I will be going to Gannon university in erie Pennsylvania for my masters in business administration for 25months afterwards I come back to assume an higher position in the organization where I work presently.

VO: who will be sponsoring you

Me : my uncle

VO: what does he do

Me: ,he owns a 5 star hotel in abuja and also logistics manager in NNPC .

VO: are you married

me : No.


Kindly assist in correcting where I need to be corrected.

Thanks.

Your responses to why the school and course are unconvincing, very weak.

Why MBA
Your reply should be about how it will help advance your career, taking up a new or leading role in your company or multinational company. You talked about yourself at the tail end and it wasn't profound enough.

You should read past transcript so as to know how to prepare a better response.

Best.

Boss, Lionlee216. I sent you a mail.

Deegayes:
Guys please urgent help is needed. The consulate automatically rescheduled my appointment from the 24th of December to Jan 28th loun loun when my start of classes is 13th of January. I tried requesting for an emergency interview but for reasons known to them , it was denied. I also can not reschedule because it is showing that I have rescheduled once ( please note that I wasn’t even the one that did o, they did ��)

My heart is broken but I’m considering a deferral like someone advised. Now my question is , is it possible to defer to summer so that I start my program during the summer instead of waiting all till fall

It wholly depends on the school if it accepts summer intakes. Email the international student office of your school to know if you can defer to summer.

Princekenuk:
I have read from page one to the current page of this part 15. It's very informative. If you are new here, don't be lazy to read through it. Once you go through it, you ask less questions. Information is power.

I took note of all schools mentioned here but I discovered that some of them didn't appear on msinus.com ranking; meaning that they are unranked or not categorized under A,B,C or D groups. Why are they not ranked?

They include:
1.Southern university, baton rogue
2. Austin peay state university, tennessee
3. Grand valley state university
4. Morgan state university, Baltimore
5. Kean university, new jersey
6. Western michigan university
7. University of North Dakota
8. Tennessee state university
9. University of Baltimore
10 Alabama state university


Hope one will not be disadvantaged applying to these schools?

All the schools you listed are ranked. If a school or program is not ranked, google will state it outrightly that it is unranked. Please, double check your findings.

PremiumTrends:
Hello people. I've read this far from Part 1, and it has been a long one. Is there any one here preparing for GRE in the first quarter of 2020? I need a study partner please. It's a bit tough going solo.

I sent you a pm

Alhamdulillaah:
Please I need help..... I pray someone can.

I initially scheduled my interview for 24 December at Lagos US embassy. However, it has been rescheduled to 27 January and my school resume on 6 January.

Anyone with idea of available date before 5th January should please help me out.

Please ejor....

Is this your first attempt? if yes, you can request for an expedited date.

sholaball:
Hello guys, my visa was approved today Dec 19th, 2019 at US Embassy.

School: Western Kentucky University
Graduate Assistantship: $26k
Balance: $3297

Before I delve into questions I was asked. I will like to say every single I was asked where questions I had written down prior and my interview went exactly the way I prayed (I prayed against being asked SOA and I wasn't asked�


My interview questions in no particular order

V.O: How are doing
Me: I'm doing great thank you.

V.O: passport and I20 pls
Me: passed it. (At this point I wasn't having cold feet and pretty much calm. Btw he had denied two guys before me

VO: why are you goin to the US
Me: To pursue a masters degree in Chemistry @ Western Kentucky University (WKU)

VO: why WKU
Me: because WKU offers interdisciplinary specialty such as computational chem, materials chem, nanochemistry, Env Chem, Hybrid inorganic-organic polymer. (VO cuts me and said but all school offers dat) Then i said not all schools do; must schools.offer courses in the traditional fields of chemistry namely organic,inorganic, physical and analytic process. * Btw I failed to tell him WKU has an advanced materials institute dat specializes in the analysis and characterization of materials for research purposes* However he was pleased wit my response. I must also mention that when he cut me I didn't fidget rather I used it to drive home my point, I was assertive in a way dat showed I know what I was talking about.

VO: How many schools did u apply? ( Didn't ask me to name them)
Me: 4

VO: do you knw any about Kentucky?
Me: Yes I do. "WKU is in Bowling Green which is the third largest city after Louisville & Lexington. The Gov is Andrew Beshear. Motto of the state is United we stand divided we fall. ( Kentucky is bounded by Ohio River in the North and Appalachian mountains in the East - didn't remember to say dis as he was satisfied wit the aforementioned)

VO checks my i20 and said "oh you were offered GT Assitanship, so whose gonna support you
Me: My dad
VO: what does he do
Me: He is a business man. He owns an oil. & Gas coy and dey are into sales and distribution of Diesel.
He didn't ask me to show my bank statement. The only documents are asked for were my passport and I20.

VO: what are you goin to be doing after graduation
Me: I'll come back to 9ja take a new position as a researcher in our lab.
VO: what does your company do?
Me: we into Engineering and Laboratory research.

VO: I will be issuing your visa @ dis tym
Me: at dis point I couldn't believe my eyes. Beginning of 2019, I didn't know when I was gonna write GRE but I would write. Collected the white paper - I momentarily felt like a star ��.
Got to the queue to pay the reciprocity fee excused myself to d bathroom and I jst started praising God.

My advice : prepare well. Speak confidently if possible slow in order to pick ur words right and audibly. Above all prayer every single I prayed about turned out.

This is how my interview went y'all.

Till we all make it, we are all a work in progress. Remember a pregnant woman doesn't envy a nursing mother.
Thanks and bye

Congratulations!

Sunmboo:
Visa approved
Interview date: Dec 17, 2019
Location: US consulate office, Lagos.
University applied: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro
Course: MSc Natural Resources/Conservation with $24,000 Research Assistantship. Bal ($7000)
Travel history: UK, US (twice), Australia, France, Ghana, Benin

Had the interview at window 8 (can’t really remember the number, but I am sure it was the last window). Everyone before me was denied including a couple who had been to US not less than 3 times. The consulate officer on window 4 was just denying people except extremely old people.

The interview went thus;
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning

VO: Pass me your i20 and passport
Me: passed the i20 and passport

VO: Scan your right four fingers (excluding the thumb)
Me: I did just that

VO then typed in my document id on his system and began to make funny sounds with his mouth for like 10secs………. then, he faced me and asked

VO: why did you want to go to the US?
Me: I would like to go to the US for my post graduate program in Natural Resources/Conservation in the department of Agriculture and Environmental System at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (NCAT) State University, Greensboro.

VO then concentrated on tying speedily on his system for many seconds. I was just thinking, what is going on here? Then he faced me again and continued

VO: why did you choose this course?
Me: I chose this course because the first postgrad program I had wasn’t thorough enough (I had already studied masters in the UK). The research methodology was qualitative, and I wanted something quantitative. And I’ve had several discussions with Dr ******** who is the head of the graduate studies in the department at NCAT. He has assured me of getting what I want. More so, I have gone through the curriculum of the course and I could see that they are wider enough in scope to deliver what I want.

VO nodding his head as I was speaking.

Believe me, in my mind, I was already thinking that all I’ve said doesn’t really answer the question. I was just tensed with the fact that the fate of all my stress on getting the admission and securing the fund would be determined in few minutes.


VO: what will you be doing after this program?
Me: I just said PhD. Then I continued by saying, I am currently in contact with **** university and ******* research organisation in New Zealand to take up a project in Nigeria towards the award of my PhD.

VO was just nodding

VO: Who will be sponsoring you?
Me: I just answered my uncle, then paused for like 5 secs because I never wanted that question as it raises concerns from what I’ve observed in visa interview trends. After pausing for a while, I continued by saying he owns an integrated farm after he retired as a bank manager some years back. (This was not how I planned to give my response)

VO: But you have an assistantship
Me: (I had already forgotten to mention this. I thought in my mind that it’s been discussed). So, I quickly said yes, I have a full graduate research assistantship.


Then VO started typing profusely till he said today, we are going to issue your visa. At that point, I wasn’t even interested in anything he was saying after as I was too glad that I just wanted to leave to call my loved ones.


I have really learnt a lot on this group and that is the reason I am providing this transcript as it would help others in one or two ways.

Congratulations!!

Omolade1998:
Do I need to pay another mrv fee to reschedule my interview?

If you had once rescheduled your interview, then you have to pay another visa fee.

Princekenuk:
Pls I need the GRE materials. Thanks princeuk8743@gmail.com

check your mail for the link bro.

Timilehin3:
Visa Approved @ Lagos Consulate
Interviewed at Window 3. I had like 5 straight denial before me. The guy on window 4 was just sharing yellow paper like Christmas gift, I saw like 11 people.

I returned all glory to God for the favour.
Going to UConn, PhD Chemistry, Full Funding.

Transcript

VO - Good Morning
Me - Good Morning

VO - Pass me your i-20 and passport
Me - Passed

VO - Have you paid your Sevis fee (He had to repeat this 3 times for me to get it. The 3rd time, he shouted)
Me - Yes, showed him the receipt.

VO - Why are you going to the US?
Me - I am going to the US for my doctoral degree program in Chemistry at the University of Storrs.

VO - What aspect of Chemistry?
Me - Inorganic

VO - So, what will you be working on?
Me - Working on Clay

VO - Clay? (He seems not to get me well)
Me - Yes, I will be modifying clay to be used as catalyst. Just like I did during my MSc research.

VO - Name some instruments used for your research?
Me - XRD, SEM, EDX, etc

VO - Which other school did you apply to?
Me - Mississippi State University but I have gotten a response from them.

VO - So, who will be supervising you?
Me - Prof ****

VO - So he has provided you a space in his lab?
Me - Yes

VO - So, what will you be using the clay for?
Me - For water splitting to get Hydrogen.

VO - So, what's the usefulness of the Hydrogen?
Me - It is used as fuel. (He made a sound like hmmmm... interesting)

VO - So how did you get full funding?
Me - My research experience and conference presentations. Moreso, I have a co-authored pare for publication with some researchers in the Professor's lab (I don't think he heard the second sentence well.)

VO - How many years will the program take?
Me - 4-6 years.

VO - What's the name of the Professor you will be working with? (Repeated question)
Me - Prof ****

VO - Typed for like a minute and said he will be approving the visa...bla bla bla
Me - Thank you


Shawarma, Tegi, Soliph, Tamison, Thanks so much for helping with my transcripts. I do appreciate.

NB...the interview wasn't as smooth as I typed o. I stuttered when answering some of the questions but at the end I was favoured.


* Please, I need where to get cheap flight now, traveling first week of January*

Congratulations!

omopapa:
Ulster university seems to be one of the cheapest universities around as its registered as a charity organisation. Data science is studied at the Magee campus, one of the 6 campuses mentioned in their website. I advise u consider the APPLIED Data Science as it Comes with placement (pls confirm from the uni)
Find below their contact details

Magee Campus

Ulster University
Northland Road
Londonderry
Co. Londonderry
BT48 7JL

Tel: +44 (0)28 7012 3456

Thank you so much sir.

Hello good people, someone recommended Ulster university data science program to me. I checked the website and I found a Nigerian number for further enquiries. I'm confused, how is that possible?

Predstan:
A friend who traveled in September actually picked up.his passport the second day of his interview. He has 3 days left until resumption.
Modified: Got pick up message a day after interview but couldn't pick up until the nex day

arTiculaTe01

arTiculaTe01:
With Saturday and Sunday in-between?

Yikes. The embassy will ask you to pick your visa up in three days and third day is a Saturday. I don't know, you should ask the gurus

Lilly001:
I am a silent follower. I read some stuffs on this thread that really helped me prepare for my GRE. I gave the exam today. Q163 V157. Total 320
Thank you guys!

Congratulations!

arTiculaTe01:
With January 20 resumption date, I hope interviewing on January 15 won't lead to a denial on arrival

no, you don't have a problem

Derailer:
Link to?

google drive link to download the book.

Derailer:
Chairman ooo! I really need this material

You can pm so I can send you guys the link. IAmPurposeful Nad95

[quote author=TheZed post=72540199]Thanks chief

Hello good people.
If one submits an application for fall admission in November, when is it likely the person gets a feedback from the schools?

UbiPetrus:
Then you may state in the application letter the schools that are demanding that you submit letter of English language proficiency.

Most Schools like mine issue "To whom it may" concern. That goes for as many schools as possible.

Ok thanks

UbiPetrus:
The Registrar,
University of Ilorin,
P.O Box ...
Through the H.O.D,
Department of ...

Dear Sir,

APPLICATION FOR LETTER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

I, (your name), with matriculation number... a graduate of (your department), request for a letter of English language proficiency.
This letter has been requested of me by (name of school you are applying to) as proof that my first degree courses were entirely taught in English.
I'd appreciate any help you may render.

(Conclusion)

N/B. This letter has to be signed by the HOD of the department you graduated from before you take it to the Registrar.
I didn't graduate from Unilorin but I used a letter of English language proficiency and want to believe the format is the same.

What if one is applying to more than one school?

Kamps:
Bro, that's my Alma Mater, i collected mine at the Registrar's office...Second floor, but you will have to write a letter and your Bachelor's degree Photocopy that's all shaa

okay thanks bro

karferguso:
You’ll get it from the senate building I think and you only need a scanned copy of your B.sc certificate

Thanks brother