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Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 8:30pm On Apr 25 |
YoshihideSuga: Use this book to practice https:///product/catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-coop-hspt-tachs-5885635 I think certain primary schools have an edge because they teach the type of content that comes out in the exams. Ultimately, the exams are a test of IQ. Admission is strictly on Merit. An average child cannot keep up with the rigor and pace of learning which is why it's important they admit the best kids. Loyola enforces rules regardless of whose children they are of. |
Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 4:35pm On Apr 25 |
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Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 4:23pm On Apr 25 |
YoshihideSuga: I'm not sure about the salaries but I do know they are not a for-profit organization like most private schools so teachers are paid generously. Fees this year is about 5 million. They do have additional termly fees for using medical facilities and a few other services. Loyola is VERY selective in its admissions. Every year, about 2500 students sit for the entrance exam into JS 1. They accept only 120 (about 4 percent of applicants). Every student must live in the boarding house and they do not accept transfers into other classes. So your classmates in JS1 are the same ones you'd graduate with in SS 3 barring those that leave in-between. It is a very close-knit community. They've had and still have some pretty high profile parents. Mind you, they'd NEVER admit your kids based on who you are but strictly on Merit. The entrance exam is administered once in a year, followed by an interview. Some of the high profile parents are: Former Kano State Governor and present APC chairman, Ganduje, had two kids there. One graduated in 2004 and was just appointed by Tinubu as the Executive Director of Rural Electrification (Umar Abdullahi) Former Nassarawa Governor's daughter, Adamu. I think he is a senator Former Edo State Governor and former APC chairman's son, Oshiomole. Former Ekiti Governors son and daughter, Oni. Former Akwa Ibom governor and current Senate President, Akpabio had two kids at Loyola Former Imo State Governor's son, Udenwa. Former Imo State Governor's daughter, Rochas Okorocha Former Kogi Sate Deputy Governor, Omeiza Former Labor party's presidential candidate, Patrick Utomi. Had two kids at Loyola Abike Dabiri had two kids Former Ambassador of Nigeria to Switzerland Uhomoibhi, had two kids Former Finance minister's kid, Diezani Madueke, graduated in 2003 (This was long before she became minister) Former CEO of Fidelity Bank, Ihejiahi, had 4 kids there Fomer CEO of Konga had two kids there, one of which is CEO of the firm A good number of senators: Ndoma-Egba, Chris-Asoluka etc. There are quite a number, can't type it all. |
Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 2:01pm On Apr 25 |
YoshihideSuga: The difference between Loyola and Ambassadors is that while Ambassadors might have a small group of shining stars that it puts forward for competitions, Loyola has an entire school of stars. Also, Loyola does not advertise itself like other private schools do. For the class of 2023, one student got a full ride to Princeton (currently the highest ranked US university), another got a full ride to Yale. Two students got full scholarships to Johns Hopkins (one of the best medical schools in the US). They had one full ride to University of Chicago and two to Rice University, Houston (all of these schools are top 10 universities). One to UCLA, USC and UCal Berkeley. This same set had 89 students, 77 of them had over 300 in JAMB. In 2022, they produced the best student in JAMB, Eyimofe Adebayo. The same student got a fully funded offer to MIT. More than 80 - 90 percent of every set gets into top schools in the US, UK and Canada. Last year, 2 students represented Nigeria in Olympiad Chemistry in Switzerland Also, every year, they send 25 ss2/3 students to participate in Model United Nations at Washington DC in February. The difference is, they don't advertise like other schools do 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Education / Re: Femi Ositade Gets $3.5M Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Foreign Universities by Centrix: 1:39pm On Apr 25 |
YoshihideSuga: How much do you think Loyola Jesuit fees are? The fees are expensive o |
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 2:02am On Nov 08, 2022 |
ifax: This is for a B visa and not an F yeah? |
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 7:10pm On Nov 07, 2022 |
ifax: I know someone with a December appointment in Abuja that hasn't been canceled but for an interview waiver appointment at DHL. Where you scheduled for an in-person interview or IW? |
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 17 by Centrix: 1:37pm On Oct 31, 2022 |
brotimi: I was just wondering, is Lagos offering emergency appointments? Also how do I apply for them. I checked the website but the link to the EA form is broken or do I just send an email? How did you go about it. Thanks! |
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 1:30am On Oct 31, 2022 |
So I noticed it's impossible to cancel an already existing appointment once we book. Are there any Interview Waiver (drop box) dates in Lagos now? I hear the Abuja embassy is transferring its existing appointments to Lagos. Has anyone booked a dropbox appointment recently? Thanks! |
Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 11:43pm On Oct 25, 2022 |
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Travel / Re: USA Visit Visa Part 4 by Centrix: 10:44pm On Oct 25, 2022 |
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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 12:36am On Apr 23, 2021 |
Ilamina: And this is only a small section of the school. The campus is huge, green and very beautiful. Olashore, atlantic hall, bells, whitesands and lekki british are definitely not comparable to Loyola 2 Likes |
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 12:25am On Apr 23, 2021 |
Ilamina: So a swimming pool is your standard of luxury not the natural environment and architecture? Loyola was built in the 90's and had arguably the best campus at the time. Obviously, times have changed with newer, more modern architectural designs. But Beauty and luxury goes beyond modern architecture. Harvard was built in the 1600s and even though its buidings are far from modern, the campus still provides an ambience of style and class. This is literally how Loyola's campus feels like. Ive attached a few pics. Again..you need to visit 2 Likes
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Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:30pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Ilamina: lol Atlantic hall just doesn't look as good as Loyola. Whitesands has a tiny campus (It's a day only school), olashore barely has a storey building on campus. Bells is not even on par with the rest you listed. Lekki british has a small campus with a single building. 2 Likes |
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:19pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Ilamina: Luxurious in terms of what? What facilities do they have that Loyola doesn't? Loyola's campus is light years ahead of atlantic hall bells whitesands or olashore. 1 Like |
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 8:16pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
KingClown: Loyola has one of the biggest, spacious and most beautiful campus in Nigeria. I suspect you saw photos of Jesuit Memorial in ph and assumed it to be Loyola. Here's a similar thread from Nairaland on Loyola : https://www.nairaland.com/3955914/loyola-jesuit-abuja-pictures |
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 7:47pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
femi4: Loyola's standard is even higher than it was. Where did you get this from? It is still the most sought after secondary school in Nigeria. They accept about a hundred students out of over 5000 that write the entrance exam into JS 1 every year. 1 Like |
Education / Re: Who Remembers Loyola Je Suit school in Abuja, by Centrix: 7:40pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Ilamina: So much misinformation on here 1. Catholics are not idol worshippers. 2. Loyola is *3million per session not 2 million 3. Loyola arguably has a better campus than most of the schools you listed. The campus is spacious, green and beautiful. 4. Loyola is still the most sought after secondary school in the country and still takes the best students 5. There are probably more non-catholic students than there are catholic at Loyola NB: Here's another thread on Nairaland on the same topic ( https://www.nairaland.com/3955914/loyola-jesuit-abuja-pictures ) 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Diapora Kids Studying In Nigeria Secondary Schools by Centrix: 2:46am On Jun 09, 2020 |
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Education / Re: Babcock University High School by Centrix: 10:29pm On Feb 26, 2020 |
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Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 6:53pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
NL1960: Not necessarily. Corona was one of the first few exam centers for Loyola exams in the 90s. They've been doing this for so long. But Corona Pry school standards are still better than most big name pry schools in Lag for sure. |
Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 6:27am On Mar 10, 2019 |
drafrican: Well that was corona of the 80s probably but more students get into loyola from corona than any other school. Chrisland and Montesorri Int School Ph are also worth mentioning. Corona standards (including the sec school) is deft much higher than it used to be. 10 corona students had over 300 in JAMB 2 years ago. Expensive yes, but relatively good. Olashore and Day Waterman do not have competitive entrance exams like that. Any child with average learning abilities can get in. I'd say corona sec school entrance exams are way more competitive than those two |
Career / Re: My Life As A Teacher. by Centrix: 3:04am On Mar 10, 2019 |
drafrican: Corona (Any of them) and chrisland |
Education / Re: Grange School, BIS, Lekki British School or AISL? by Centrix: 11:01am On Feb 06, 2019 |
I've been to Loyola Jesuit and I've been to Grange. Grange is impressive, Loyola is way more impressive, very beautiful school. I'd say do it. People shuttle weekly between cities so travel shouldn't be a problem. Not sure how much discipline there is at AIS, BIS or Lekki British but if I had to make a choice going strictly by the "international" education you seek, I would choose AIS because it is really the only AUTHENTIC expatriate owned and run school in Lagos. Students come from everywhere and teachers are largely expatriate unlike the other three schools. That being said, things are not the way they used to be. The world is going mad so you might want to include discipline/moral principles in choosing a school. Second choice will be grange. From my knowledge (outdated), they outperform other British curriculum schools in Lagos in the iGCSE exams and admission is mildly competitive. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Centrix: 8:53pm On Aug 02, 2018 |
Stdannyel: Did she get accommodation in Philly? Moving there soon and looking for accommodation |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Centrix: 8:42pm On Aug 02, 2018 |
Guys is anyone here going to PHILADELPHIA, live in Philadelphia already or know Nigerians living in Philadelphia. Please let me know. About to move and l've still not secured housing. Thanks |
Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:51am On Aug 13, 2017 |
There are also full fee paying scholarships to Loyola for poor kids |
Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 3:53pm On Aug 01, 2017 |
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Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:20pm On Aug 01, 2017 |
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Education / Re: Loyola Jesuit Abuja In Pictures by Centrix: 12:11pm On Aug 01, 2017 |
MaziOmenuko: Guy, why you taking this personal na. You asked about JAMB, someone posted something about the JAMB record to date being held by a student from that school (Greg Ugwi, 2003). You asked about Cowbell, you were referred to a post about their students placing first and third nationally in cowbellpedia in 2015. You asked about WAEC you were told they've being the most consistent in topping WAEC charts since their first WAEC in 2002. Just concede you were wrong 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Education / Re: Shalom Academy Nsukka Student Makes 9 A1s In The Just Released WAEC. by Centrix: 1:03pm On Jul 20, 2017 |
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Education / Re: Ten Most Expensive Secondary Schools In Nigeria 2017 by Centrix: 4:56pm On Jun 12, 2017 |
yemiosinbajo: I googled Victor Olalusi, great achiever. But let me share with you a few names: Gregory Ugwi: 340 out of 400 (100 in Physics), JAMB 2003. Still holds JAMB record today. Went to Princeton and now owns a million dollar company in the US. Went to LJC Odaro Omusi:Best Student in WAEC in West Africa. 2005 John Yusuf: Best WAEC student in West Africa. 2007 Went to Harvard LJC students had the best JAMB result in the country 2009, 2011 and 2013. Habiba Daggash: First Class Honors from Cambridge University So many other names, too many to mention. The most recent, Johnpaul Nwaezeigwe. Even Kechi the Americas Got Talent singer, plane crash survivor, graduated top of her class. The best LJC students make the top results in the country in JAMB. Go to their wikipedia page. So if she told you she was the best student in her year, then she's probably not telling the truth 1 Like 1 Share |
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