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The airport pickup is actually the least of my problems. I'd be missing my flight from JFK to Detroit, and the money is non-refundable. Also, spending 28hours in a lounge in Cassablanca is not even something I want to think about now.

Is there really nothing that can be done? Like get them to put one on an earlier flight? I've sent them a mail but no reply yet.

Nitta08:
Same here. The moment I saw your post, I had to check my mail. For your scheduled school pick up, I think you should send a mail ASAP to your school telling them the new development.

bleeping Royal Air Maroc just changed my itinerary 24hours to departure. With the new schedule I would have to spend 28hours in Cassablanca, miss my connecting flight from JFK to Detroit, and miss my scheduled school pick-up from the airport. This new schedule would be both costly and terribly inconvenient for me. What can I do please?

Go to the homepage of Royal Air Maroc. Then click Manage My Booking. You'll see booking number and passenger name. Put the 6-digit code under booking number. But instead of putting your full name under passenger name, put only your surname. Let me know if this helps.

Nahum777:
They sent me the code and they also sent a ticket number. They are saying the airline hasn't updated their website. And it's 3 days now.

Did they send you a 6-digit alphanumeric code? Probably titled check-in number or reservation number?

Nahum777:
I guess that is what I should do next..

daking10:
Same school,, same course... Can we connect bro

Absolutely. Check your mail.

To God be the glory! Visa approved on Saturday 21st July. I was interviewed by a White male at window 3. He wasn’t super nice, but wasn’t mean either; he kept looking at his screen and typing for much of the interview. Here’s our conversation:

Me: Good morning
V.O: Good morning

V.O: What course are you going for?
Me: I’m going for my Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering.

V.O: Why this course?
Me: I currently hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and at this time I would love to specialize in one of the sub-divisions of Chemical Engineering, which is Renewable Energy. Particularly, I’ll be working on the production of biofuels from renewable sources such as algae and lingo-cellulosic biomass. With this degree and this specialization in renewable energy, when I return back to Nigeria I can apply for a higher position where I currently work and contribute my quota to improving the energy situation in Nigeria.

V.O: How did you hear about this school?
Me: It was recommended to me by my project supervisor during my final year of undergraduate studies.

V.O: Why this school?
Me: I chose The University of Toledo because there is ongoing research on my area of interest, which is renewable energy like I mentioned earlier.

V.O: How do you plan to pay for this?
Me: In addition to my full tuition scholarship, my uncle will take care of my other needs.

V.O: What does your uncle do?
Me: He works at …...

V.O: What will you do after this course?
Me: I’ll return back to my country and apply for a higher position at my current place of work.

V.O: Do you have a brother in the US?
Me: Yes.

V.O: Is he studying there?
Me: Yes

V.O: Your visa is approved. Pick it up at…….
Me: Thank you!

Kudos to those that have shared their transcripts here, and to those who continuosly answer people’s questions. God bless us all.

Mayflowa:
I truly love your sch
I had my admission there but it came late. That is ExxonMobil headquarters. Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil and gas company poach on the school like their life depend on it. Just go and excel and make us proud here

Bro, I think you're confusing LSU with Texas A&M College Station

Scholastica16:
Thanks and thanks. Hmmm, if that is the case then I may have to strike them off my list as I may not meet the Dec 15th deadline. However, as is my custom, I mailed the Grad coordinator for the department and this is what I got as feedback:

The deadline to apply for the Fall 2017 semester is January 8th, 2017, unfortunately the Spring deadline has already passed. If interested more for the spring semesters the next deadline for that is August 1st, 2017.

Except he was trying to say "priority" in the place of spring as I did not ask him about a spring deadline. In any case, I'd see if I can rush my application this night but the TOEFL may be a significant handicap as it is unreleased at the moment. If they actually meant December 15th, then I'd have to thank you for saving my $85.

Do not be discouraged at all. Since you're applying for phd, you only have to worry about the final deadline as all admitted PhD students are funded. But still, as sirriddy said, the earlier the better.

kunbeeee:
Please how sure are you about university of florida being jan i for MS. Last time I checked, the deadline for application for funding for both MS and PHD is Dec 5. This discouraged me from applying

The first deadline is probably for early bird admission. Most schools have two deadlines: early bird and the final one. Most applicants send in their application before the final deadline, so the few that send in before the first deadline have a higher chance of getting funding. This only applies to MS applicants though, as very few of them get funded. If you're applying for PhD then you only need to worry about the final deadline.

Scholastica16:
Thank you.

Michigan State Uni~
Iowa State Uni (PhD Jan 1 deadline)~
Uni of Florida (Deadline for PhD was Dec 5, for MSc is Jan 8 )
Texas Tech Uni (Jan 8 )
Uni of New Mexico (Jan 15 Msc)
L.S.U Baton Rouge
Mississipi State Uni
Kansas State Uni

All for fall 2017 (I think all have deadlines in January bu not sure of the exact dates). All Chemical engineering. Funding is important. I think it is criminal for anyone to spend a dime of his own money doing research for a school. So yea, Masters of Science or PhD. If the school want a dime from me, they can take their admission and shove it where the sun don't shine.


~ signifies still unsure. First one are yet to reply any emails. 2nd say they sponsor only PhD.

Congrats on your AW score. I also applied for the chemical engineering program at two of the schools on your list, K-state and LSU. Bear in mind that the application deadline for early bird admission to K state is Dec 15.

Lashbeat:
Hi guyz I have been following this thread from the back sit for sometime well this thread has really been of impeccable help I me gaining my visa last monday...like play ...like play I dey go study for jand ....ummm...bad..badoo...badest




kkk lemme just sgare my transcript joor;
My appointment was scheduled for 27th of dec by 9.30am at the american embassy in victoria island lagos omo I stay in dolphin estate si close to the embassy but still my parent made me leave the house has early has 6:00am got to the embassy at 6;38....(omo has I dey come down for maruwa my int' passport fell off and I was walking away like a rat sniffing cheese until on guy called me to see my passport lying on the floor God bless that man for me)..k my first advice don't get to the consular office 3hours prior to your time scheduled... it's so tiring mhen...and have your documents ready expecially your sevis fee receipt else you will spend extra cash 2k to print a new one I fell in that trap and that reminds me don't take your phone oo...those guyz are bastards oo 1k to keep your phone abba' and dress well oo cos it speaks a lot about you oo

okay lemme go staight to my transcripts:

*my head was so good ehn.. (ori ere ni mo gbe ni ojor yhen) God position one old woman infront of me way no fit speak english rara...I had to interpret what the V.o was saying to her which gave me favour self

alright lemme start

All smiling; [b][/b]I go kill them today

Me: good morning
V.o: good morning can I have your passport
me : passed it to her
V.o: who is sponsoring you
me: my dad and my uncle(still smiling)
V.o: okay why swosu
me: ( I had practiced what to say at this point but bro I forgot all I had to say in this category..ko funny rara #all them winches got me oo just answered anyhow) I choose swosu cos it met the educational standard and I got to know about the university from my councellor at educational usa(pointing upstairs) at this point the v.o raised her hand and waw using me to talk to one of her colleagues for like 2 min leaving to die in fear...after the whole serere she turned to her computer typed some yama yama and faced me and passed me the almighty white paper at tgis point I was deaf mhen did not listen to all she had to say again was just happy...


so my advice to those going to the usa to study and wanna have visa instantly like I did

1. Pray oo...very hard self..my mama and papa and some of my friends prayed ooo..in my case no long discussion or question just had the vwhite paper sharp sharp..if them deny me ehn...I for go wash my head for elegushi.

2.dress like a student..not too shabby and not too much
3. Staple all your documents together and print the original documents oo
4.don't ever go white your phone oo for real except to have 1k to spare
5. Smile with the v.o act like you know the v.o and has been living with him/her
6. Find a way to ad eac( education advising center inshort go there one Wednesday before your date it is free 9am -1pm..you will learn a lot about visa issues) if you say eyec they can never deny you because narh them them initiate am narh...they no go ask for your id card at all


so that it sorry for my story oo just thanking God


**please who knows how I can get cheap flight to the will roger airport usa holla me on 09053594389

Kisses y' all...signed sealed and delivered...lashbeat badest

Congratulations ooooooo

happyday:
Hi, I did mine there, sometime late 2015. It was N25k then. Budget N30k now. Just go there with two passport photographs and birth certificate. Approach any of the officers, so he can show you what you need to do, in a faster way, and how to get everything done in time.

Local government identification is also very important.

OGreene:
And this when i click on GRE prep

The Web address you typed is wrong. Use kaomanfen.com
Besides, I suggest you use a PC.

electronic:
saw my mail?

Nah bro. Kindly resend.

femi321:
Well, Only the admison commitee can answer this well. i felt like this 2 while i was writing my sop 2 then. I played smart and included like 2 to 3 faculty members in my sop...had 5 admits out of 6....Said that just for you to make a better judgement. see an excerpts from my sops ''I have chosen to pursue graduate studies at the Bleep State University because by working under the guidance of distinguished professors like Prof Ayman Okeil, Prof Aly-Mousaad Aly and Prof Michele Barbato, whose interests match closely with mine, I am confident of making an original contribution to the field of Structural Engineering.
I am particularly interested in Professor Ayman Okeil and Professor Michele Barbato‟s work and believe their contribution to structural engineering is very vital. Also, their work is in line with my interests, current training level and technical experience, making it an ideal choice for me. I will be more than honoured if I can earn a spot in their research group''

see another below 'I have chosen to pursue graduate studies at University of Bleep because by working under the guidance of distinguished faculty like Dr. David Weggel and Dr. David Bayer, whose interests match closely with mine, I am confident of making an original contribution to the field of Structural Engineering. I am particularly interested in Dr. David Weggel‟s work and believe that his contribution to structural engineering is very vital. Also, his work is in line with my interests and current training level and technical experience, making it an ideal choice for me. I will be more than honoured if I can earn a spot in his research group'

Thanks a lot bro. This is very helpful.

amanonymous:
Wow re you kidding me I would pay 75 $ for my application fee, 210 $sevis fee, then 160 dollars for my visa application fee$ wow

Guys, please i need some clarification. I'm a little confused on whether to put a faculty's name on my MS personal statement or not. On one hand, i feel if i don't put it, the admissions committee might not know which faculty to ask if there's vacancy, which might lead to denial; on the other hand, i think if i include a faculty's name and the faculty happens not to have a vacancy in his lab, that might also be denial...what do you guys think?

happyday:
Hello people,

Has anyone just written the GRE, and completely lost on what next to do, as per selecting school, applications, payment, contacting profs etc.?, then drop a message here, so I can help a bro/sis. For Fall 2017 apps. Especially if you scored > 315.

Boss, please do you some time to help me go through my SOP? Thanks.

ToluNewman:
My people, I am not satisfied with my scores so I am rewriting asap.
Please I need links to Mangoosh videos cos what I saw on YouTube are the short videos. I really need to improve upon my QR scores.

It appears the previous links have been taken down. I just uploaded my copy to dropbox now. Here's the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9biiirqkvscmaot/MG%20Prem_2.rar?dl=0

It's about 1 gig.

drhopeful:
So I called ETS again today and they told me my scores are on hold. No reason given but was told that when scores are held for further review, there is a chance they might be cancelled.

So really, is this what I get after months of sleepless nights trying to earn good scores? I can't even explain how depressed I am right now. I have TOEFL to write in a couple of days and I can't even concentrate now to read. What the hell is this? I have application deadlines in 3 frigging weeks!

Sorry guys for the rant. Needed to vent.

This is quite sad to hear. Please do not lose hope. Prepare well for your toefl and give it your best. I hope and pray they eventually come up with favorable response regarding the gre.

Shalomated:
Pls I learnt that BY Mafit are offering a promo that runs till 15th of this month with a price slash from 65k to 50k for the GRE plus 3 resource materials. Now that sounds too good to be true to me as it leaves me wondering how they will eventually make profit. Please, how genuine are those guys? Just trying to make sure I don't have issues with writing the test or assessing my score or stuffs like that. Anyone who's registered with them and actually written the GRE under them previously here? Pls share your experience. Thanks.

I registered with them. They are legit. Just don't leave everything to them. Create your account yourself and give them your username and password, then change your password after you get registration confirmation email from ets.

At first I wasn't sure whether to post this or not, but after reading that some people on the thread are thinking of rewriting I decided to share my experience so they can gain from it.
Anybody that read my first post would know I wasn't satisfied with my quant score, so I decided to rewrite. I knew I didn't need that much further preparation, so I chose the earliest possible date after the 21-day rule. I finally wrote it again yesterday, about 25 days after the first. I had Q167 V158. The key to having truly great scores in the quant is practise questions! Throughout my second preparation I never opened any textbook, because I knew I already had the basic knowledge. I started with magoosh videos; I only watched about 150 of them before my first test, so I watched the rest. Then I subscribed to high speed internet and practised tirelessly with online resources. The good thing about online resources is, after seeing your scores you can review and get detailed explanation on all questions(including the ones you get right - you might learn a better/shorter way). I started with kaomanfen.com. The questions here aren't too tough, so by the time you solve 10-15 full lenghts, you should be having scores close to 170. (I skipped the AW and verbal sections of the full lenghts.) Then I went to Kaplan's site. They give you access to one full lenght for free, but you can access the other 6 full lenghts with the passcode "response". The six tests were extremely helpful. I had 162 in the first test, but after reviewing answers to all questions, I saw gradual increase in subsequent tests. By the time I got to the sixth full lenght, I had 170! I also did princeton review's online practise questions and a few other random ones.
For those preparing, you don't have to read ALL the textbooks that have been mentioned; stick to one or two and read it from start to finish(I used Nova in my own case). Then watch all the magoosh videos and then do a lot of practise questions. All the best!

Cephas0009:
Oga! I join others to congratulate on blasting the GRe ... I could help out with d book on sop, u can send me a pm or ignore if drhopeful already resplied... cheers n all d best with your application

I just sent you a pm. Thanks a lot.

ecaaychukwu:
Please can anyone suggest to me where I can register for GRE at a reasonable price?

Use BY Mafit in Ikeja. They charge 50k for gre, 45 for toefl. U can Google B.Y mafit for their website and contact details.

Drhopeful, you once mentioned a book on how to write a good SOP...can I get it pls? I just sent you a pm with my email address.

Gunbiz:
does dat mean u knew ur vocab thru magoosh?

I used Barron's top 800 words. Please note that knowing 'big words' is not enough; context is equally important, which is where magoosh videos will help u.

Gunbiz:
i wish i could b lyk u, pls share tips on how u prepared, d books u used and all

Honestly, all the materials you need have been mentioned on this thread. For quant, I used Nova primarily and ran through most of the other books. I used Princeton review, official guide and magoosh videos for verbal. Magoosh videos were very helpful for TC and SE.

OluDare01:
ChemEngr01 nice one.

drhopeful:
Congrats! You blasted!!!! Gotta love your V score! I wish I could get your same issue essay topic. Really straight forward! Good luck with your applications.

cuspy:
Congratulations.

Those are sweet scores.

Thanks for sharing, it goes a long way in giving us confidence.

All the best in your application.

Thank you guys. All the best to drhopeful as you rewrite. All the best to cuspy as well.

drhopeful:
Oya oh! Where are our today's GRE blasters? Come and announce your wonderful scores! #@iCool, Glowrie22 and ChemEngr01#

Well, I didn't exactly blast the GRE. I'm not much of a storyteller so I apologize if this isn't as interesting as you guys would want.

I had 316(Q160, V156)
Issue essay was quite straightforward; something about the government funding indigent students. I was able to come up with 3 solid body paragraphs and even had time to proofread. Argument essay was quite different from what I had learned. The argument was based on only one premise, so I found it hard to come up with three assumptions. However I still wrote a descent essay but didn't have time to proofread.

First verbal was alright but I didn't have time to finish RC questions. First Quant was simple; no traps, no tough questions. Second verbal was not too tough as well(this confirmed my suspicion that I didn't do well in the first ) but still I didn't finish RCs. Second Quant was tough and had mad traps. I ran out of time on the 17th question. Third verbal was just there.

For those that are yet to write the test, please practise with at least 3 full length practise tests to know where u need to work on and how to manage time. All the best!

drhopeful:
Goodluck to you and @iCool!

And me too please

Glowrie22:
Success to all of us writing the GRE tomorrow!

Amen ooo!!! #MoneyMustNotWaste

Who else is using mnemonics to learn gre 'big' words?