stanley000:
Naira Marley did not do anything, there's no lyrics there that is supposed to implicate him. I am not in support of Yahoo but if u hear lil Wayne or young thug lyrics u will know naira did nothing. Even at the end h was released, he was trying to past a message about police brutality. I wish I had money sha, this is pure intimidation, all he needs is a good lawyer.


Ps even zlatan lyrics was worse than his own, "ore mi ni yahoo" that one is more than enough!!!! Zlatan passed a good message on that song unless u haven't watched it. Nigeria is in military rule tbh

As you don’t have money, volunteer to go to court room tomorrow and carry placard.

tosinooo:
VISA APPROVED.
My visa was approved by a beautiful lady at window 3. I was praying to be interviewed by her cos she approved like two people while I was still on the queue. It got to my turn and the cgi directed me to her, I just knew I got it already. It lasted for about 1min max.
Here's My transcript
Me: Good morning ma.
Vo: *didn't reply, continued typing,* your passport and I20 pls.
Me: Here you go.
VO: *checked my I20 for like 10s* and asked where are you going to?
Me: I'm going to Texas A&M University Kingsville for a master's degree in chemical engineering with concentration in Environmental Pollution.
Vo: *nods* why master's degree
Me: I've had basic knowledge of chemical engineering in my undergraduate degree and I believe this would enable me to broaden my... Vo Cuts in
Vo: when did you graduate
Me: Jan ****
Vo : which school
Me: University of lagos
Vo: did you write any exam
Me: I wrote the gre and toefl
Vo: how did you do
Me: I did well scoring bleep on my gre and bleep on my Quantitative and verbal section. I also had bleep on toefl.
Vo: Who will be paying for this
Me: My uncle
Vo : what does he do
Me: told her
*she typed for like 15s while I just kept praying *
Then she brought out the white paper and said you qualified for this visa today. I couldn't hear anything again honestly.I thought people always lie when they say it here but it's true mehn . I just saw her circling my pick up location and she reminded me to keep my I20 properly as I'd need it at poe. I said my thanks and left happily.

I over prepared for the interview, I couldn't even sleep well at night, always ruminating possible questions and answers. She didn't even ask those questions, it's just God.

Many thanks to everyone on this forum that have in one way or the other contributed to my success. Special thanks to jerrypeacelinks for mock interview and words of encouragement, you'll surely get yours too. To Mayorboi, I say big thanks for the mock interview and heads up. We'll surely connect at Kingsville. To other spring 2018 applicants, I wish everyone all the best.

PS : Please pray fervently and also dress well. God bless you.

Congratulations baba... Sent you a pm

jerrypeacelinks:
For those who either are yet to apply for a visa or wish to reapply, here are timing for the next available dates in December.

Available date (Monday 18th December) - Lagos embassy.

Time -----Date ---------------------------------------Available
06:30 Monday December 18, 2017 -----11
06:45 Monday December 18, 2017 -----33
07:15 Monday December 18, 2017 ------ 5
07:30 Monday December 18, 2017 -----17
07:45 Monday December 18, 2017 -----15
08:00 Monday December 18, 2017 -------4
08:15 Monday December 18, 2017 -------5

Other dates include 19th till end of December (excluding public holidays and weekends).

Good to know you've reapplied... All the best Sir

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:
did you really cry .. congratulations !!!!

Lol, I actually haven't cried in years but omo I didn't know when the tears involuntarily came out n I just let it flow. Best birthday gift ever

LagosismyHome:


You sure your true calling is not in screen writing

Congrats Good to see the ending was positive. May God bless your new journey

Amen, thank you Ma... your contributions here have been truly inspiring... I hope to be like you when I grow up

jerrypeacelinks:


Congrats. I think I saw you o. You we're on a white shirt and one kinda tie colour abi? Na the expression of the guy after he got visa make me day think say mah you be that o.

Baba na me oo, white shirt and orange tie, you saw me cry that cry abi...

good day family... I had my visa interview yesterday 28/11/2017. Like someone rightly pointed, its getting tougher by the day .. But this is not to create panic. I just believe all will end well.

In my own case, i just believe it was God's doing. Not to bore you so much, I was interviewed by a guy in Window 6here goes my transcript;

V.O: good morning
Me: Good Morning, how are you doing?
V.O: Fine thank you (in my mind, this is going to turn out good)... Pass me your passport and I-20 please
Me: passes
V.O.: Why are you going to TAMUK?
Me: For my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
V.O.: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3, Tamuk. Sdsm&t and TTU
V.O.: So why Tamuk?
Me: Tamuk offers excellent education to its student through high quality teaching, research and scholarly activities. It has facility for work in Computer aided engineering design and computational fluid dynamics. I am keen on working with Dr. Johnbull. I contacted him and he was impressed with my undergraduate result and test scores(if only i know i hyped myself in his eyes at this point ) . I continued, We will be working on a collaborative project with UofW to model their steam generator using ansys fluent or open foam

Now this is where the real driling started... Baba was on his computer for like 2minutes or so, apparently he was checking online for questions to ask me on fluid dynamics since i claimed i was a badass. i have read so many transcripts here on NL, i havent seen something like that before, the most they do is ask one technical question in your field. Then the bombshell followed...

V.O: Tell me about di-kinikan kinikan of fluid mechanics (i swear i never hear am before, in my mind, i was like village people finally followed me to this place)
Me: What?
V.O: Repeated question again ( i still couldn't make sense of what the word means or how to link it with fluid mechanics... My own don be, i asked what again) Then he repeated the question for the 3rd time using the same word and then he was like "or how is it pronounced".. that was when i knew baba just checked something randomly, i dont know where the courage came from, i just started saying this unplanned rubbish confidently and even said it has application in production industry like coca cola
V.o: (obviously wasnt impressed by my answer, i could read that) then he asked for something something on turbulent flow
Me: Confidently, Turbulent flow is a flow where reynolds no is >3000. where you have layers of fluid interwoven into each other. It has application in oil production and undesirable in some circumstances, as a result, you see flow meters and other measuring devices on line (trust me, I dont have an idea of either the question or how the answer i was giving relates with it)
V.O.: Explain Bernoulli's principle
Me.: (Ope ooo, finally i can breathe) Bernoulli principle is basically the law of conservation of energy, the cumulative energy at one end of a flow is equal to the other end, so when you vary a parameter like diameter, you will expect a change in pressure. i gave him an instance of a venturi meter
V.O: Are you married?
Me: No
V.O: Do you have kids?
Me: No
V.O: Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?
Me: No Sir, I have not had a need to
V.O: (Takes my I-20, sees my sponsor/guardian ) who is Donald Trump?
Me: My Uncle
V.O: Why would he sponsor you?
Me: He has been paying my fees since I lost my mom in high school
V.O: Do you have his statement of account?
Me: (in my mind, I was like My worst fear has just been confirmed...But Still confident) Yes Sir
V.O: Can I see it?
Me: Sure you can, brings it out and passes to him (and I began imagining life after collecting the blue paper... This is why. The statement of account was printed over a 4months period, it opens with a balance of 17k, then for the 1st 3months, the credit n debit on the account were in the range of 2.50 to 100... So I wasn't surprised when he asked me if it was a dollar account. I disappointedly answered, "no sir, it's a naira account" ... he checked the 1st 5pages, saw the trend. I just quickly added that I had instate tuition scholarship(I didn't even care if it was a necessary information or not), he checked my I-20 to confirm, then he did a quick conversion of the balance equivalent in naira. Money in the account was 9M, so it was quite marginal. He continued checking then he flipped to the last page, he saw the 1million credited and debited in the week I printed the statement and the 9million credited into the account the day I printed the statement... I was like it's over. He returned my statement and Then the endless typing followed and baba brought out the white paper, circled something and said I will get an email from them within 3days... Omo yours truly couldn't hold it anymore, I let out the sigh, carried the white paper and my doc, said thank you Sir and walked out of the hall crying �...

LagosismyHome:


TBC

Is this a suspense Movie or is this the new released version of doing transcript ...

abi NEPA don off light .

Lol, abeg make una no vex, I had to shut down my system at the office to rush home so as to avoid traffic... I will complete my transcript shortly

good day family... I had my visa interview today. Like someone rightly pointed, its getting tougher by the day .. But this is not to create panic. I just believe all will end well.

In my own case, i just believe it was God's doing. Not to bore you so much, I was interviewed by a guy in Window 6here goes my transcript;

V.O: good morning
Me: Good Morning, how are you doing?
V.O: Fine thank you (in my mind, this is going to turn out good)... Pass me your passport and I-20 please
Me: passes
V.O.: Why are you going to TAMUK?
Me: For my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
V.O.: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3, Tamuk. Sdsm&t and TTU
V.O.: So why Tamuk?
Me: Tamuk offers excellent education to its student through high quality teaching, research and scholarly activities. It has facility for work in Computer aided engineering design and computational fluid dynamics. I am keen on working with Dr. Johnbull. I contacted him and he was impressed with my undergraduate result and test scores(if only i know i hyped myself in his eyes at this point ) . I continued, We will be working on a collaborative project with UofW to model their steam generator using ansys fluent or open foam

Now this is where the real driling started... Baba was on his computer for like 2minutes or so, apparently he was checking online for questions to ask me on fluid dynamics since i claimed i was a badass. i have read so many transcripts here on NL, i havent seen something like that before, the most they do is ask one technical question in your field. Then the bombshell followed...

V.O: Tell me about di-kinikan kinikan of fluid mechanics (i swear i never hear am before, in my mind, i was like village people finally followed me to this place)
Me: What?
V.O: Repeated question again ( i still couldn't make sense of what the word means or how to link it with fluid mechanics... My own don be, i asked what again) Then he repeated the question for the 3rd time using the same word and then he was like "or how is it pronounced".. that was when i knew baba just checked something randomly, i dont know where the courage came from, i just started saying this unplanned rubbish confidently and even said it has application in production industry like coca cola
V.o: (obviously wasnt impressed by my answer, i could read that) then he asked for something something on turbulent flow
Me: Confidently, Turbulent flow is a flow where reynolds no is >3000. where you have layers of fluid interwoven into each other. It has application in oil production and undesirable in some circumstances, as a result, you see flow meters and other measuring devices on line (trust me, I dont have an idea of either the question or how the answer i was giving relates with it)
V.O.: Explain Bernoulli's principle
Me.: (Ope ooo, finally i can breathe) Bernoulli principle is basically the law of conservation of energy, the cumulative energy at one end of a flow is equal to the other end, so when you vary a parameter like diameter, you will expect a change in pressure. i gave him an instance of a venturi meter

TBC

jerrypeacelinks:


That is Corpus Christi right? Our is Kingsville, Texas though. Success man. You are a stone throwaway from us. We are the #JavelinaNation (TAMUK)

Team Javelina make we connect na ... I don pm you

obaxlove:


Please Can I reschedule for free or I need to pay again?

Rescheduling is free

fortune29:
Good day all.
I wrote the GRE today at JKK. 159V, 157Q. Disappointed with the score as I was hoping for a much higher Q.
I registered with a frequently mentioned agency on this thread and used a variety of materials: cracking the gre, Kaplan, magoosh.
I'm a fall 2018 hopeful for PhD in energy systems engineering.

Congratulations on your score brother... I think we have seen quite al lot of intimidating score on this thread to make some of us think we haven't done enough and make kind of statement as above... your scores are not as bad as you make it sound and yes you can get admitted and funded with it ... Cheers man, you've done well!

Stevwonders:
Hello house, my interview is by next month, I want to cancel and reschedule for a closer date in November. Please anyone that is planning on scheduling an appointment from this moment should let me know the available date for Lagos consolate so I won't make any mistake . Thanks

I just rescheduled from a date in dec to an earlier date this month... just login to your profile and you will see the date and time that a available once you click the reschedule button... it's pretty straight forward... good luck to us

Congratulations to all PTDF scholars...

temi4fash:


Abeg, What up with these school??

Is it a lowly ranked school??

It's a safe school...

tosinooo:
My people, I greet every body in the house.
Please I want to ask just two questions and would be very glad if I get prompted answers
1) I want to apply to City University of New York for Master's degree but I need to pay my application fee using money order. Can someone explain how this is done?
2) I need suggestions of schools (safest schools) as I will be rewriting my gre next week and applying for Spring 2018 admission. Got 308 before but I was bounced from LSU and TAMU. Studied chemical engineering for BSc and would prefer chemical engineering or any related discipline for masters

PS : I'm not really concerned about getting funding, it's the admission that matters to me.
Thanks

If you are not particular about ranking, I'll suggest u try SDSM&T

Thanks

Scholastica16:


Amen. Thanks man.

How is your end?

Got rejected by both UH and KSU... Obviously Fall17 is out of reach

Going back to the drawing board

It's glad to have you back Scholastica16... All will definitely end in praise

Tuffpuff, Scholastica16 and every other person awaiting admission decision and funding, it will end in praise for us all

amofum:
Congrats to those with success stories already and more luck to the remaining of us. In the last 40 days I have gotten an amount of rejects and wait listing. Six (6) decisions have arrive from both america and Europe (FSU, HEC, ESSEC, uni of Rotterdam, uni of Mannheim, NHH) and still no admission. I remain hopeful and I believe my success story would be the next post.

More luck to us

I pray n believe with you that ur good news is just around d corner ...

iCool:


Keep being hopeful Cephas, I will be praying and hoping KSU come through for you.

Good luck to everyone still waiting for application decisions.

Thank you for ur kind words. How av u been?

Ndawe:
Just saw this after my earlier comment, keep the dream alive dear. That it didn't work out this year doesn't mean it won't work next year!!!

Thanks so much

Scholastica16:


Trust me, I have nothing to say to console you. I just pray it works out some how some way in this admission cycle. I applied to UH too and I am not a bit scared to check the "applyweb".

Admission into US schools is conspicuously unpredictable. Take heart, only believe.

Thanks boss. You've been phenomenal. I pray it ends in praise for you.

I am still very much available here

drhopeful:
I am so sorry bro. How many schools are still pending? It's well.

I applied to just KSU and UH dis application session.

Good day Family... I got rejected by UH today. Checked through applyweb anyways.


I wish others a positive outcome in the end

Thanks for staying through...

Now I am getting nervous. As of today, no acceptance, no rejection (KSU & UofH)

But I still remain hopeful . I pray everything works out in our favor @ d end

Ndawe:
Good morning house, a quick update. I've received 3 decisions out of 4 applications:

Tennessee Tech: Admitted; admission letter was sent early this morning and funding decision will be known in the last week of March.
Michigan Tech: Denied . The email just dropped. Reason for denial: "There currently is no advisor available in your specified area of interest"
Clarkson Uni: Admitted (This is a private school though): Some funding was provided actually but not enough, so I may have to decline.

Still waiting on Mississippi State Uni.

*modified*

Congratulations madam, you can expect the funding decisions shortly

seeker88:
2 more Admits and 1 denial from my end.

Admits:
****************************************************
Florida State University. No assistantship yet.
It was stated in d offer email that I MIGHT be contacted by a professor for assistantship not later than 1st May. **fingers crossed**

Wright State University with Tuition scholarship of $1,250 per semester for 4 semesters provided GPA is >= 3.0....bla bla. It doesn't look like a good option, cos d money no reach anywhere . TAMUK offer seems better.
****************************************************
Then Denial;
Wayne State University. Reason was that they don't admit candidates without BS Mechanical Engineering into their MS Mechanical Engineering program. They advised me to apply for MS in Chemical or Material Engineering program instead......nothing much was lost as app fee was waived for me when I applied.

Decision from d main schools are still pending...

Success to ALL of us....

Congratulations brother, m confident everything will end in praise.

strictlynaija:


Boss, no be 2k5 oooo..na 10k and it even took 2 weeks before it got delivered in US. Thanks though

I mean just the application after the 1month free window have expired. Of course u will pay for courier charges separately... I sent mine by post office n 2/3 of it was delivered,.. Its a risk sha

Scholastica16:


I am well brother. Nothing much has happened on my end as the other 6 schools are yet to make decisions (I enquired). How have your decisions been? I know you made one Application to LSU. Anyword?

I didn't eventually complete that application. I am as hopeful as u are on the two schools I await decision from... Hopefully before the month runs out...

Scholastica16, it's been a while..How av u been bro?