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crispviv:
Hey Guys,

I need your help. I got an offer for a PHD chemical engineering but am confused on which to choose. I need your help fam.

Tulane University : PHD CHEM ENG. 28K STIPEND PLUS HEALTH INSURANCE (HALF)

LSU: PHD CHEM ENGR 25K STIPEND. NO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Pardon the errors .

ProYouWebsiteUK:
Please how can I join the GMAT club, I'm preparing for GMAT by August.

1stdami:
Such an enlightening write-up! We are in the same shoes, though "male in tech" here. Can I send you a DM?

bracelum:
I don't know why I missed this comment. You sound so on point!

Also, add GMATClub to your list. You might not be going for an MBA but I admire the way you acknowledge networks as a key driver of success. In other words, you sound like an MBA student. GMATClub will give you tips on networking.

Goodluck in your applications

fabyom:
loll sis. It's all good. I did that intentionally inorder for you to see my point. I never meant it. We cool right?

Sarcasticmofo:
$4.5K for room and board for first semester

fabyom:
Read paragraph 4 of her post.
Our culture and upbringing defers. I am a Yoruba and my upbringing in terms of how you address people older than you or not should be with respect.
When next you want to jump on a post that does not concern you please read succinctly and carefully.

Sarcasticmofo:
I just got a full tuition Scholarship for undergraduate study but I'd need funds to cover feeding and accommodation.

How can one get a student loan without a US cosigner?

fabyom:
See you are so rude, you can check my profile I am not a guy and I am old enough to be your father. It's your life nobody is obligating you to share stuffs on here. Ok

MasterforceII:
Lool. Figured. Thanks. Auburn University. Received a GA.

MasterforceII:
Hi guys. I think this may have been asked before but I'll appreciate an answer still.

Does the consular have access to information on the schools and the particular program one applies to?

I applied for a mix of MBA and MSc (Electrical) programs and was admitted to some of these programs. I'll be processing my Visa for the MSc program as I had pushed my MBA till a much later time since I wasn't able to secure as much scholarship as I had hoped for the MBA.

Now I'm worried that if this information is made available, it could be flagged or something. If the VO asks for the schools I applied to, do I omit the schools I applied to for the MBA? Do I list all the schools I applied to?

I hope im not being unnecessarily paranoid. Just trying to be cautious.

Kingsman01:
Thank you bro. Noted!

steady986:
Lol. The warriors. Stop abeg. Someone that averaged 9.5 minutes per game and 4.8 points per game. Let me put that into perspective for you. This is Javale's fifteenth season in the league and this is the season he has averaged his highest points per game, 12.0, and he's doing it at 23 minutes per game. You say warriors. The warriors kill centers if you don't know. Cousins is packing his bag after this season.

Kingsman01:
So I had my interview today for 6:30am. After reading on Nairaland how the VOs resume to work much later and my Uber guy saying the VOs don’t resume till 7am or 8am, I just felt relaxed. I arrived by 7am thereabout. I was getting worried as two youths I asked were on B1/B2 so I became anxious that my lateness may pose a problem to me. Well as I was carrying out my screening and biometrics, I just dey see coded blue paper issuance to people. I wasn’t that bothered although I was somewhat tensed tho. I read a lot about composure on this forum so I maned up. It got to my turn and the following exchange took place:
The VO was an American guy in black suit( can’t remember the window)
VO: Good morning
Me: Good Morning( we exchanged pleasantries well)
VO: where are you going to?
Me: I am going to National University, San Diego, California to Study the Master of Public Health with a concentration in HealthCare Administration, starting with the English language learning. I will be working with Joseph Lanctot, Chair of the National University Planetree committee on community-wide volunteer opportunities(vo cuts in)
VO: why National University? (I think I asked him to say again, not sure tho. He repeats the question)
Me: (paused for a mini sec) The school of health and human services is currently successful in an ongoing research project specifically in the area I am most interested in, that is the Person-centered care model of health treatment. This has made National University the first academic institution in the world to pursue and achieve the planetree recognition. Upon completion of the master degree program, I intent to come back to Nigeria and work with the relevant health authorities to introduce this model of health treatment to the Nigerian healthcare sector(VO cuts in)
VO: what do you do for work?
Me: I am an administration officer with **** and the core of my responsibilities includes(I briefly highlighted my duties at work as filled in my application); first aid maintenance, Solid waste management, water treatment analysis, routine fumigation and pesticide control, etc. I also ensure compliance to Health, Safety and Environment health laws and regulations in maintenance of Fire hydrant and portable fire extinguisher, safe keeping of harmful and designated equipments, bla bla bla(at the point of my finishing, VO cuts in)
VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: My uncle(mentioned his name and profession with the ********** in Los Angeles for 22 years.)
VO: are you married?
Me: No sir
VO: do you have any children?
Me: none(in my mind I was becoming happy that this may be it(White paper lol) as most delayed interviews don’t get to sponsorship questions.
VO: Started Typing for long ohhhhhh( he didn’t even look at my face at this time). I was just hopishly smiling at his face. Quickly, he brought out the blue paper and told me I do not qualify for the VISA at this time. This paper will explain why. Na so I gently Comot.

Please house I already submitted my DS-160 before I resigned effective 28th February, 2019. Could this be a possible cause for my Visa denial

Had I known this thread a long time ago, my case would have been different but I guess we sometimes learn and become better by mistakes.

My people please I am looking for Masters program that is relevant in the workforce as I am starting from SQUARE 1 like Lagosismyhome suggested. I’d like the house to please be kind to assist me with 5 good search engines for GOOD or acceptable TOP schools preferably in the WESTERN(California) part of the United States based on my profile below:

WAEC: 5 distinctions and 3 credits(minimum of C4.)
Undergraduate: B.SC Political Science 2.68 and WES 2.83
Graduated in 2013, served from March 2014 to March 2015, got an Admin job in February 2016 till February 2019.
Age: 29 years.


I’ll also appreciate if members can recommend universities and Master courses that suites my profile. Thank you.

heeedreeez:
Are there any loan organizations without co-signer apart from Prodigy finance and MPower?

Mitocyan:
Has anyone tried applying to a loan from Prodigy Finance of recent like this April? because they have rejected over 10 people that I know that have applied including me. Maybe they are now short of funds.

jamanuka:
Some context to this guy, he is the whistleblower who alleged Stanford was been biased in handling of financial aid

Maybe that explains why recruiters are avoiding him
https://poetsandquants.com/2017/11/30/stanford-gsb-misled-students-on-financial-aid/

aliondo:
Ona don spoil my K.D for me..abi?? When he was with us,dude was so meek and quiet...You will never think he could hurt a fly..

aliondo:
Security in this country is so porous...

A40:
Lmaooooo I lost count of how many times Giannis blocked Embiid last night. If I were voting he'd be my MVP abeg. This dude is the most dominant two way force in the league as we speak.


MVP and DPOY - Giannis Antetokounmpo

A40:
Lol I think he needs to see a shrink. I've never seen KD this upset. He has picked up more techs this year than in his 11 years in the league combined. When Boogie is coming to play peacemaker then water don pass garri.

Lmaooo una relationship was symbiotic tbh.

A40:
Truth be told from a basketball standpoint KD has no reason to stay in Golden State after this season. If he stays it would likely be from a business standpoint. If I were him I'd call Kyrie up and we would go play for the Clippers.

fairheart:
Ah! You certainly wouldn't go further because you do not have experiential fact! You're the first person to tell me school call embassy to issue student visa to bschools student. And I have been laughing! Thanks anyway!

fairheart:
You have responsibility to educate me, so that I'll no longer see things and talk from assumed perspective. First, give me a list of top 15 MBAs in the US. You don't have to list all of them; just give 5 schools. I am interested in this! And do explain how they help students go through the visa process, so that visas are issued, because you'll be the first to say that since I have been on this thread. To have known they offer visa counselling sessions, you must have gone through the process or seen someone who did.

If you don't know, almost every university in the US offers visa counselling (a sort of ideas on how to tackle the interview (And let me tell you, it hardly works (A young man reach out to me last month, and with all the visa counselling from the school, he was still denied)--except you did not really get in touch with the international students office of your school.

YulisCromwell:
I dont have one, he signed with the friggin lakers. My whole year has been miserable.

Scholastica16:
Do you know that the capital of Somalia is Mogadishu? I have also made a correct statement as well but guess what: it does not answer your own post above. That is the difference between posting correct but extraneous information and answering the question put at you.

If the poster asked: will my low test scores affect my chances of getting an internship or a job? The answer will be yes, for some jobs. (I said it here before it started posting). But was that the question? No. The question was about low GRE scores and this person is wondering if it will be a stigma on him going forward.

My question to you is, how can something be a stigma to me if I can do without it? Let me ask a comparative question to show clarity. Will a low undergrad GPA affect my chances of getting into Harvard? The difference between the 2 questions is, whether Harvard accepts you or not, you are bound to include your undergrad GPA but for the former, you can make that application without even including the low GRE at all.

The implication is, the low GPA will definitely be a factor in their decision-making because they must of necessity see it, but the low GRE on the other hand does not because you can take it out of your application and replace it with something else.

So here is a slight re-enactment of the logic;
Will my low GPA affect my chances of getting into grad school? Yes, it will because most schools have minimum requirements which they adhere strictly to and you must include it in your application....

Will my low GRE affect my chances of getting into grad school? No, because you can (apply to schools who do not require it, retake it, or submit another test score that is acceptable to them) so they would not even get to see it.

Synopsis, Can low test scores affect...yes they can for certain jobs that require it. Can low GRE affect, no it won't because you can submit something else. Test scores are compared to GPA here being fixtures for some jobs. GRE is not a fixture here because it can be replaced.

Jeez

Scholastica16:
As soon as you have been admitted into a University, your GRE score does not matter. It is just like asking what role UTME score plays in getting an internship or a job in Nigeria.

bracelum:
It affects you if you're going to strategy/management consulting or investment banking. Some consulting firms like MBB, AT Kearney, BAH, Oliver Wyman (I think) look at your GMAT score. Yes, they prefer GMAT to GRE for those strategy consulting roles. Investment banks too do the same but if you network well, they might overlook it. Some of my MBA friends retook the GMAT either before they started their MBAs or during their first terms just before consulting recruitment started in October-December/January. Big 4 consulting firms do not really care about your GRE score. However, their consulting practices are not as prestigious as MBB.

Also for entry-level analyst roles, some consulting firms ask for SAT or ACT scores and for graduate students with no SAT scores, they usually seek for GMAT/GRE scores. However, your chances of an analyst position in top consulting firms is very slim for a graduate student with >1 year work experience.

But if you're targeting tech firms, they don't really bother about your GRE/GMAT and GPA. Big 4 consulting firms do not really bother about your GRE/GMAT.

That is the whole gist. It depends on your career path

Predstan:
You are both saying the same thing

LagosismyHome:
No GRE or GMAT for admission purposely only. ...it does affect your ability to enter a good program . That about it. Once you are in. .... job dont ask about your scores