Motoshor:
Thanks cutemorgan, God bless you.

Amen boss!!! May God perfect all that concerns you too sir

aadeyi:


Baba mi ain't gat no mail from you bro... make I phonerize small

Baba to phonerize ju ... I don send the mail again oga mi

Congrats methodjim, pgiddy, and motoshor.... Better days ahead by God grace

Aadeyi, oga mi, bikonu check your mail sir. Thanks.

Congrats to my ogas dem; Aunty Rheenah , boss Stunner1404 and my oga, friend and tutor oludare01. Better days ahead

dickoflife:
Cutemorgan make urself available next week o.

No lele..Oga mi sir...May God see us through till then and beyond boss mi

Congrats Onyembu2013... Better days ahead boss mi

onyembu2013:
I am silent follower of nairaland. I really thank God for today and also my special thank to cutemorgan for his assistant when I was filling my DS-160. My F-1 VISA was approved today at Lagos embassy, 06:30 appointment. My profile : BSC in pure and Industrial chemistry(GPA 4.01, ), going for MSC in Chemical engineering at oregon state university. My GRE is 311( 160 Q) My transcript will be coming soon because I must give back to nairaland. Nairaland really helped me in some many ways

Congrats boss mi

femoalaofin:




hello cute morgan... how u dey sir? I wud like to be in touch with you as we share a school in common.. please do pass across any means of contact.. thanks.

Pls check ur pm boss mi... I sent u a message already sir

opylas:


I'd like to join the WhatsApp group, please

The whatsapp group is not really active anymore cos most of us did our gre already. I will advice u request to be added to the fb group. It will definitely be very helpful boss mi

sirRiddy:
Thanks cutemorgan for your lovely post.
Many have gained from here but failed to give back. Na them sabi
Enjoy your stay in Baton Rouge .

Haba oga mi.. no qualms at all sir

I know this is long overdue, But I guess it's better late than never. I believe everyone here is familiar with the process already, but you never can tell who will find this piece useful.
I graduated from University in 2012 with a cgpa of 4.55/5.00. I was practically a novice to the USA school application process then, cos I was all about government scholarships and all (Pressid, Singa etc). For the Pressid scholarship, one can apply to any of the top 20-30 schools in the world. I preferred a US school, and that was the reason I did my GRE in December, 2014 at JKK (that was before I knew about this thread).

My GRE prep and exam
I prepared for my GRE using few materials; the ets official guide, powerprep, Kaplan gre guide (and some other practice materials I downloaded online). I registered for my GRE exam in September, 2014 so I had about 3 months to prepare. I studied for about 2hrs daily using the few guides I could lay my hands on.
On the exam day, my exam was in the form; QVQVQ (quantitative was my experimental section).I did fairly well in the quantitative section but I wasn't too convenient with my performance on the verbal. I eventually had: Q157, V147 and AW 3.5.
I got to know about this thread when I gave rewriting the GRE a thought. I also joined a GRE whatsapp group I ran into on nairaland. In the whatsapp group, we shared challenging questions, fastest approach to solving a question and other hints (I guess the facebook group should suffice).
NB I think for me to have obtained a 304 GRE score using those materials, anyone here can readily get more than 320 using the materials outlined here (you guys here are bosses, i doff my hat), and of course there’s SirRiddy and Danjaninja to always run to for hints if one hits a gridlock.

School search
Another important aspect of grad school application is the school search. Boss SirRiddy and Oga DanjaNinja have done justice to this over and over and I feel there's nothing new for me to say. The only thing I just feel I should add is that we should endeavour to go through as many school websites as possible. Going through the general website is not enough; we should also go through individual departmental websites, check for departmental entry requirements (this sometimes defers from the graduate school requirements, as it could be more stringent). We should also go through faculty researches and mail faculties who have researches that suit our interest (I know Oga Riddy talks about this a lot).
My research interest is organic synthesis. I went through departmental websites of schools, noting their entry requirements, GPA (mostly 3.0 as I considered going in directly for my phd), GRE (one has to check this carefully as some schools will recommend the subject test, optional for some and not required by others), Statement of Purpose (I had to send this out to be reviewed by some of my friends and I also sent it to some people on NL to help critique it).

Transcript
It takes my school about a week or two to process transcript, after which they will notify one for pick-up. They don't give transcript to students, they will only release the transcript to a courier agent you must have negotiated with for the delivery (we have about 3 courier agents around and it takes about 3-5 days for the courier to deliver the transcript to the school). This process varies from school to school, so I will advise we all acquaint ourselves with the transcript collection process in our schools and the estimated time of completion so that we can factor that into our planning.
SirRiddy and DanjaNinja already did justice to everything else.
I will be heading to Louisiana State University this fall by the grace of God. Although I know next to nothing about the whole application process (Oga Riddy and DanjaNinja are the bosses), I will be delighted to help whenever I can.
Thanks for everything Oga Riddy, I really appreciate boss mi

Congrats Calfavour...Better days ahead

sirRiddy:
I am fine, bro .
Thanks for checking on me.
I will call you in the morning

Alright boss mi

sirRiddy:
I think worry359 just likes to have fun in a cynical way

How far boss...been tryna reach ur cellphone sir... wassup with you oga mi

Congrats Tayhur009... Better days ahead oga mi

gunther6:
@cutemorgan nor forget the level o... I dey follow you bumper to fender

@djmakson Thankx zo mush in Falz voice

No qualms at all boss mi

Congrats dellapi2 and qhutetomsel... Better days ahead

Holudarey01:

You're still my boss .

You sef know say I nor go gree that one... I'm your boy and that's the FACT!!!

Holudarey01:

You're still my boss .

I'm always loyal sir

purplesummer:

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much sir. I'm waiting for you to just stroll in and effortlessly collect your visa.

It will be a success story by God grace

Holudarey01:

Congrats friend.
I'm happy for you.
Good willing we go meet for TN.
Cutemorgan the rare gem
Oya come and deny it

Baba, morope eti jawo lati Ana ni sir... We are only following your steps boss mi... I still be your boy baba

profx4real:
This is my success story.
June 8th 6:30am appointment
Visa approved at 7:30am
Got to the embassy @6am, Lotsa pple r already gathered outside (even pple with 7am appointment), we were ushered in for verification, biometrics n queued for abt 45mins b4 interview proper. I was interviewed at Window 3 by a young-old American lady. Everyone (even guys wey dy stuutter) that did d interview b4 me was approved, this gave me confidence that I won't be an exception.
Conversation between VO and I.
VO: Gud morning
Me: Morning madam.
I passed my i20 n passport. *she hardly looked @ d i20 sef b4 approving me.
VO: Why are you going to US?
Me: I want to purse a masters degree in Chemistry with specialization in Environmental Analytical Chemistry at East Tennessee State University.
VO: Who is ur sponsor?
Me: I'm on a graduate teaching assistantship scholarship while the remainder of my fees would be paid by my sister and brother-in-law(VO cuts me short) *she took a glance at my i20 to verify this*
VO: What would you do after your program?
Me: I would take up an employment as a lecturer at my Alma matter. (She looked at me for a few seconds n faced the system back, *she was contended with wah I said already but I still continued talking though). I would take up managerial roles in Environmental Agencies so as to proffer longlasting solutions to environmental problems in Nigeria.
VO: I'll be approving your application.
Me: Thanks so much.
I guessed 6:30am batch is kinda okay, but God works anyhour anyday shaaaa. I grateful for the information n past transcript from this thread, it helped me a long way.
Special thanks to Holudarey01(ma guy, ma classmate), he prompt me to join dz thread and has helped right from GRE days in solving questions.
CuteMorgan (My No. 1 GURU)- Thanks for the help so far in d lil while dt I know you, u r a rare gem.
Slimmy05- I'm grateful for the tips and the help u ll render for me in d near future.
Thanks to Aadeyi, for his PM responses during my sevis payment.
I'm thankful to God, he made all this possible for me.

Congrats boss mi... Better days ahead ... All thanks, glory and adoration belongs to God

purplesummer:
Hi guys, visa was approved this morning. 6.30am appointment. Post my transcript later!

Congrats maam... Better days ahead

MrMann1:

Thanks cutemorgan. But is the destination airport IAH?? will check tho.

Like boss Holudarey01 mentioned, the flight is to IAH sir.

Holudarey01:

Yh it is.
Lagos-Doha-Houston
Cutemorgan na my boss o

Baba edakun elo jawo ninu whining yi sir... Omo yin laje baba

gunther6:


Have you booked yours?

Yes I have oga mi

dickoflife:
Bros how did u do d conversion to naira?

It's 200 naira per dollar oga mi

MrMann1:
I need help with booking flight to Houston... All the fares are just up, somebody, please help

Wassup boss, have you been able to book a flight to Houston? Just checked Qatar Airways site and the cheapest flights I saw to Houston are: $1281.81=#256,362 (24 July) and $1,190=#238,000 (21 August, this is not an option i guess, since resumption is 22 August). Whichever flight you opt for, you can book your flight on Qatar website and pay the exact naira equivalence at the specified bank. You can check the airline website for more info oga mi.

DutanTheThird:
Hello,
I'm a newbie and Its just so cool reading through this thread (like from part 1 to this one ). It's just pure joy going through every single post (not all sha oo, haha cos some pple no get filter ). So I'll be going in for my interview on 17th june and I wanted to know if it's ok that i printed my appointment confirmation via my email (so it has the Gmail logo and all that)?
Thanks

Please, kindly login to the cgi website you scheduled your appointment from to print your appointment confirmation. Thanks boss... The link sir: https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?country=Nigeria

Congrats Orpheus231, bobbycashville, and monsieur 2016... Better days ahead

brightify:
Hello guys I've been trying to upload a passport photograph on ds-160 form, but is not going through

The passport photograph needs to meet some requirements... I guess this link should be helpful boss...
https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/photos.html