deracathy:


Hian O chim o
my kids can't be dragons, and I Don't slay men biko.

My brother I de observe the side o.
before I chuk head.

kaycome:


Then why did wes banned the skool. Cos wes doesn't evaluate transcript from uniport.

Gerrard59:
What I see here is someone with an African mentality.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with paying bills, as long as everything works accurately.

You pay NEPA bills, yet no light.
You pay water bills, yet no water ( how possible sef, when no light)
Pay security taxes, yet Boko Haram everywhere.

If I get into government, preferably at the state level, in Nigeria, it must be turned around, into better still the African Singapore.

You're simply exhibiting a suffering and smiling attitude.

sunnydayasaba:
No matter ur visa status, Ur still a third class citizen..even if u have residency...People still look at u as not part of them.

erico2k2:

whatever course you end up doing make sure you end up in 1 the Uk, 2 the US 3 Canada, any other country out of these three you are on your own.

tai2:


In Nigeria you can get favours done when you don't have any money. You can ask the taxi guy to reduce his fare based on you don't have too much. In obodo oyibo, taxi guy will point to the metre. I hope you know even with sporadic power supply not everyone pays their light bills in Nigeria, PHCN cuts the power in the afternoon, you go and reconnect them later during the day. Lol.

dechandel:
Taxi will not carry you for free in Obodo Oyibo?? And in which part of Nigeria do you see cab men doing that Charity work??
Nothing is free in Obodo Oyibo? Is anything free in Nigeria? Even the electricity that isn't free in Nigeria is a mess but in Obodo Oyibo what do you get? I guess you really dunno what 24/7 eletricity is though?

Loneliness? When you have your Job, school, trust me, your social life won't be in shambles!

Cost? I am sure you prefer paying your Light bills and yet you keep buying litres of petrol daily!! Talk about cost!!
Tax? If Nigeria wasn't ruled by greedy old mofos, trust me, you'd really be glad to catch a reality of what it is to live in a civilized world!!

There is no place like home when it comes to our food sha

dechandel:
Taxi will not carry you for free in Obodo Oyibo?? And in which part of Nigeria do you see cab men doing that Charity work??
Nothing is free in Obodo Oyibo? Is anything free in Nigeria? Even the electricity that isn't free in Nigeria is a mess but in Obodo Oyibo what do you get? I guess you really dunno what 24/7 eletricity is though?

Loneliness? When you have your Job, school, trust me, your social life won't be in shambles!

Cost? I am sure you prefer paying your Light bills and yet you keep buying litres of petrol daily!! Talk about cost!!
Tax? If Nigeria wasn't ruled by greedy old mofos, trust me, you'd really be glad to catch a reality of what it is to live in a civilized world!!

There is no place like home when it comes to our food sha

TJ18:

Haba,Mr Another spring...instead of quoting and flooding the thread with your info,simple posting of it on the thread would have been okay.The flooding makes your post more frustrating rather than informative sef...

kaycome:


The truth is that most nigerian universities doesn't have the time to post your transcript to your destined schools. So they sealed it and give the stuff to you to post it. That what happen in my own case.

kessel:
Still waiting for someone to invite me into the Facebook group @ firmcy@gmail.com

pennstate:

Nah die brother, will never go back there again.

sukcede:
Good mornin nairalanders, i hav been a guest reading people's interview testimonies, question,answers and denials. My case is a very unique case and i hope it inspires others.
profile;
single(engaged) female 30 yrs
mother- us citizen, father in nigeria
Six siblings us citizens all resident as well.
In 2010, my final yr in uni i applied for for B1/B2 visa and i was denied on the grounds that i cannot make usa my first country of travel.
I relaxed and continued wit my studies, went for NYSC finished n started working.
2014 i traveled to Dubai, and in march 2015 i applied again for B2 visa and i was unfortunately denied on 214b grounds. (note i was already workin as a secretary - tie)
july 2015, i applied for an F1 visa. To my greatest suprise, it was approved.
I want to tell the house that i applied to a community college as a sec degree - Nursing ..my first degree was ART
Transcript
vo- morning
me- morning
vo- pass me ur doc
me- passed them to him
vo- why el paso college
me- the nursing curiculum covers an area we are deficient in which are communication and professionalism in nursing, small classrooms dat enable flexible interaction btw students and instructors, sch has simulation library.
vo- why el paso
me repeated same
vo- did u choose dis sch because ur sis lives in texas
me - no, all the schs i applied to have no accomodation.
vo- enjoy ur stay in texas.
me - thank u sir
NO SINGLE DOC ASKED

I wish to point out here that it dosent matter wat sch u r goin to, wat matters is hw ready u r to defend ur sch and course of choice whether community college, university.. also neva lie abt relatives in us, be consistent. if u r denied do not change vital info that are static. GOD BLESS U ALL.
Above all , neva hesitate to fast and pray. God is the key.

nairapolice:

Ok thanks my chief. The dilemma is school resumes aug 17 while interview is aug 11 very close and risky. Meanwhile i dont qualify for emergency cos i hav been denied b4. What can i do? I think i dont qualify for expedited too or do i? Pls are there agent that can help bring it forward?

CoolBigSam:
I'm impressed with the guide and your scores on the test. You really aced it. I intend taking the test this august so as to apply for the fall admission opening by september or thereabout of this year, but I'm not prepared. Infact, I havnt started preparation and I think it's late already to start. The problem is I'm a corps member, and I really don't have that time to dedicate to preparing fr d test, considering my ppa. Please could you tell me the other months in which the test is being written aside Jan and Aug; I just want to hear from d horse's mouth. Any advice from you concerning my situation will be appreciated. Thank you.

dicapino:

Okay here's how I prepped for the verbal part of the Gre.
First, I had to familiarize my self with Gre vocab. I know it's difficult learning a myriad of words and been quick to decipher their meaning in different context....you just have to learn them.

For learning words I started with MAGOOSH VOCAB App:it has like 1000 regular words it goes from easy to very hard words. I didn't use barron word list because they just too much.
I also made a habit of reading old copies of the economist and The New yorker online edition. I learnt new words (jotting) and it also helped with RCs.

Second the text completion and SE, when you are able to know the meaning of words but still there are other skills you have to learn. The GRE test writers are very cunny, you must be able to follow the story in their question: there are signposts yu must be able to notice in any sentence if yu want to score well in this part of the test.

I would advice you find were to use Magoosh videos for short lectures on SE &TC. Manhattan does not do well on this aspect.


Finally, the reading comprehension( I didn't do well on this aspect, when I checked my score report I failed most). OKAY here yu must be able to process data and quick. yu should be able to know the pithy of the story: follow the author's voice quite difficult but it's fun when yu can get that. Manhattan RC is very good... am not dat brilliant.


Please to pass the Gre try to get books published by Ets (examiners) there is ample amount of GRE like questions in these books.


Practice and Practice. My 1kobo

Graviton2:


Head swells

Canada dey wait me...Goodluck! I know you will ace your interview.

Guru? All these praises will make head explore oh! I am warning you!

sirRiddy:
I have not received my copies of either GRE, TOEFL or even WES. I guess maybe cos my area no dey map of Lagos.
I sent my transcripts to five schools and WES using NIPOST and they all got delivered. It was pretty cheap, just 350 naira per package and they all got their various destinations within a month.

sirRiddy:
I have not received my copies of either GRE, TOEFL or even WES. I guess maybe cos my area no dey map of Lagos.
I sent my transcripts to five schools and WES using NIPOST and they all got delivered. It was pretty cheap, just 350 naira per package and they all got their various destinations within a month.

TJ18:
Hello house,pls how do I get ets to send me an official copy of both my GRE and TOEFL scores.I ticked the option while registering for the TOEFL but I'm yet to hear from them.
Also,i should pay application fees for two schools this week,pls does anyone have an idea of a cheap means of sending down my documents. The price of courier services are killing me..
CC: Danjaninja , Sirridy

OriginalJ:


Thanks so much bro...am very grateful. But what about the the test centre, do I get to choose the one of my choice? I reside in Lagos. Can I do it at Chams city, ikeja?

pennstate:

Yah, Did an MS there boss.

chocobere:


You probably need more Omo or ariel for that wash lol

deracathy:


Hahahahaha Continue
father of all nations

nairapolice:
PLS BRO, DO U KNOW HOW MANY TIMES SOMEONE CAN RESCHEDULE A FIXED APPOINTMENT BEFORE EXPIRE

pugilist:


Thanks DanjaNinja.
Is there a way to see available dates without clicking on the reschedule appointment link?
When trying to view earlier dates using the reschedule appointment link, I got a msg that "you are approaching the maximum number of times you can visit this page, please complete your transaction this time". I just closed the page because i still couldnt find an earlier date and i dont want the system to log it that i've used my reschedule option. I learnt here that you have only one.

pennstate:

If you live in choba, the first bookshop under the storey building. If you are moving from choba Junction. Will be in ph tomorrow anyway, but that is the address. I m sure you can get it in any big bookshop.

pugilist:


Thanks for your response. So all i have to do is use the reschedule appointment link, right?
I also noticed that i didn't encounter anything like "Sign Application". Is this normal? I thought they said you fill work experience in the DS-160 form too. I no see anything like that for my own oo...Guys, please, am I missing things?

warriboy21:


for ur last reason i will go with ur idea..thanks boss

pugilist:
Hello guys, i just filled my DS-160 form and booked appointment. The earliest available date is Aug 11 and i chose it like that. However, I cant afford to do my interview on that date because it's too close to resumption,so i need to chose an earlier date. Please which of these options is more viable:
1) Using the expedited option (how does it work)
2) Staying up late to see if i can reschedule to an earlier date. (Someone mentioned on this thread that he/she was able to get a closer date by doing this)

PS...i didn't see any field asking for number of siblings or whatever. Though on my homepage,under family details, it listed 0 members.

vtsouthpaw:

Thnks so much bro, I ve received d materials. I posted my appreciation here Sunday or so. May God in his infinite mercy grant u all ur heart desires! Remain blessed!!!

Centrix:
So Danjaninja has asked that I contribute to this thread. I wrote the GREs in January of this year, started preparing a few months prior to my test date.

Quant Section:
The Barron’s GRE book was everything and more. The author assumes you have little to no knowledge of the actual GRE test material so it introduces the test taker to basic principles of fundamental mathematics. I started off by taking the Practice test at the back of the book to identify my weak areas after which I read the entire math section paying close attention to my not-too-strong areas.

The next stage of my quant practice was downloading and taking the first practice test on the GRE powerprep software provided by ETS on its website. I scored a 160! Danjaninja may not agree with me on this, but I feel that how well you do on those powerprep tests reflects how you’d perform on the actual test give or take a mark or two. So you can imagine my excitement. Lol

Next, I downloaded Princeton Review’s “1014 practice questions”. I started off by taking the skills test at the beginning of the book. I got scared because I didn’t perform as well as I thought I would given my performance on the ETS powerprep tests. So I got practicing again. Solved as many questions as I could section by section. It didn’t matter whether I was comfortable with the topic I was spending time on, I simply did as much as I could.

Later, I moved on to Manhatan’s “ 5lb book of GRE Practice Problems”. At this point, I must mention that if you want to ace the quant section, you HAVE to solve as many practice problems as you possibly can. It boosts your confidence on test day.

Anyway, about two weeks to my test date, I took the second powerprep test. Scored a 162!.

NOTE: It’s always important you time yourself whenever you solve practice questions. Give yourself a minute and a half or two minutes max to solve each question. If you’re having difficulty solving any question, move on to the next. You can always come back later.

Actual Quant Score on test day: 161 (80th percentile)

Verbal:
The first step to acing the verbal section is expanding your vocabulary. Again, the Barron’s book comes in handy. There are hundreds of GRE- type words listed at the end of the verbal section. Learn (or memorize, which ever suits you best) as many as you can, paying special attention to those that frequently appear on the test.

After about a month of intensive cramming (lol), I took the first powerprep practice, scored an abysmal 153! lol

What I’ve learnt is that it’s not about the number of words you know, but how well you can use them in the right contexts. That’s where Manhattan’s “5lb book of GRE Practice Problems” comes in. You have enough Reading Comprehension and Sentence Completion questions to practice with and because Manhattan’s problems are a lot more difficult than any question you’d encounter on the actual test, it’s a good way to beef up your skills.

About two weeks to the actual test, I took the second ETS powerprep test and scored 159 which to be honest was good enough for me as my intended graduate program is more quant-based.

Actual Verbal Score on test day: 161 (87th percentile)

Total Score: 322

Essays:
To be honest, I never practiced writing essays not because I was confident about my essay writing abilities but because I simply had no time. This is where a good private secondary education comes in handy(lol..i kid). Anyway, a night before the test, I read a few Manhattan sample essays while trying to imagine possible topics.

If you’re drawing a blank on any topic on test day, just think of as many examples as you can on the topic and get writing. Anything is better than nothing!

Score: 4.5 (80th percentile)

I hope this helps someone out there. Feel free to contact me should you have any questions. Peace