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profojah:
Bro ...try understand...I retrieved my ds160 and d new confirmation code isn't showing on my appointment letter(d one showing my interview date and time)..but I tried to update my profile and it was still showing my old confirmation code instd of d new code...so I'm confuse weda to go with both d old and new ds160 and explain to dem what apnd....abi wetin u feel?

If I sud take d new ds160 alone, what about the appointment letter showing the old confirmation code?

Maybe you should try filling another one again. If the story doesn't change, just contact them. It's their system and they must have gotten such complaint before. You shouldn't be the first experiencing it. So bro, relax and don't be nonplussed as your interview draws closer

profojah:
Walspring baba....wetin I fit do now....I have two diff confirmation code but the old one is still on my appointment printout and I'm trying to update my profile to put d new one dere but it wasn't going...my intvw is next week....sud I take both d old and d new confirmation page printout to d embassy? And op dis wont affect sha

Bros, how do you wanna go with the two? Oh, it's like planning to enter the US with two American visas

efiyefaa:
had my visa approved at 9am today at the Lagos consulate!!!!

Its all my father Jehovah! not a single document was requested or asked for!

Congratz. I key into that testimony.

imperiouxx:
Sorry my brother. I answered it last week but still I'll keep update.

Thanks bro

Teebag09:
Hi friends...please ow much is sevis fee

$200

Teebag09:
Thanks...I don't have d scan copy n d person helpin me said he has book a date for me in november

My conjecture is that you patronize an agent. By the way, he might not be telling you the truth as you can't book an appointment without having your sevis number which is always on your I-20 form.

Teebag09:
Hello friends,its great to b here...have gitten
admission since sept 5,and am yet to receive my
i20...how long dose it take to get to naija?...concord
uni

It all depends on the channel in which it was sent through. Sending it through courier agencies like DHL, FedEx should take just about 3 to 5 business days. But if it was sent using the postal agency, it might take 2 weeks or more or even eternity.

@ Boss Imperiouxx. Pls, I have a mail begging for your attention. It was sent on October 1st. I will be glad if you help me animate it. Thanks bro.

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Ashigolo:
Thanks bro, I believe you are all set to hit the embassy?...by God's grace, go pick that visa bro

Thanks bro. Heading to d embassy soon by GOD's grace

Ashigolo: Its really good to be back after so many days. Besides classes and all, I had some issues which I thank God are finally sorted. Sir imperiouxx, Azeeza, canafrica, dot1, walspring et all, I salute you all. To my fellow muslim brothers and sisters, I say Eid-eil-Mubarak.

Happy for you bro. It's good you are well-settled now. Do us proud as always

olusola009: Hello house,

My GRE exam is on friday 3rd October, kindly assist me with the neccesary things to take along (CBT). Tho I know about international passport and I have that already.

Regards.

Edited
You should also go with your Ets confirmation mail. Writing materials would be provided at the venue. You only go into the test room with those.

opad: Friends, October 31 is deadline for many universities for spring which I intend enrolling for Master's. Most require WES transcript evaluation which I've been processing for about 3 months now, you know how our uni's are. I learnt it would be ready next week, then I'll despatch to DHL straight to WES. Considering the processing times of contacting my Uni etc, October 31 might not be feasible I fear.
I currently have a copy of the transcript addressed to Unilag. Are there Grad schools that accept Scanned transcript addressed to other institution just to get admission. I emailed one of my univ of choice and requested a WES transcript.
Kindly provide any university that accepts scanned ones just for admittance before issuing the I-20 letter.
Thanks.

I know University of delaware and University of north carolina both accept scanned transcripts, but I don't know if their applications are still on?

ridimic1: pls dos who recently registered for gre, did paypal process d payment for some days,,cos afta i paid some few mins back,,i received a mail form paypal about my order,,nd im yet to receive my confirmation nuumber from ets

Confirmation with paypal could last for 24 hours. So relax

meekpie: Visa approved this morning @ Lagos. Bless God.

Congratz bro

teddyrain: which school can someone of 27 years enroll into as an undergraduate

Any school. I doubt if a school will deny you enrolment because of your age

cutelekush01: @Dot1 God bless you man..

Amen. And you too

cutelekush01: @Slimmy please remind me of that page where Bigfrancis explained how to convert cgpa to 4.0 scale..please you can help with the link of the page..I need it ASAP..Thanks

Check Part IV, page 255

vivysparkles: Yes o, it's been a minute. Whats new with you? Nigeria or the US.

Nigeria till december. Targeting spring

vivysparkles: Hey house! Who knows how long WES keeps evaluations for? Like if I do an evaluation this year and decide to go back to school 4yrs from now can I still order an evaluation from them?

Hello sis. Longest time. You've been on this question for long o. Hope you get an answer this time

cutelekush01: I have address on the first page of the transcript..it doesnt appear where records are..There was a time i applied for Ms at UI so the transcript was address there but i had the opportunity to scan it before been sealed.

Maybe what you should do is apply to your undergraduate school for a student copy and upload. Student copy is an unofficial copy & without address.

cutelekush01: Hello house

My school requested for a scanned copy of my transcript during application process but official copy will be requested after admission as been granted...here is my question.Can i send a scanned copy of a transcript addressed to University of ibadan which i posses when i applied for my M.sc?

For the application, what they want is the scanned copy of your transcript- student copy, which doesn't bear any address.

I just stumbled on this and found it interesting to share. Enjoy as you read the uniqueness of this tribe's culture.

The tribe where big is definitely beautiful: Ethiopian men compete to be the fattest in the village by drinking a gruesome mixture of blood and milk while living in isolation for SIX months

Slim might be in elsewhere but for Ethiopia's Bodi or Me'en people, bigger is always better. The tribe, which lives in a remote corner of Ethiopia's Omo Valley, is home to an unusual ritual which sees young men gorge on cow's blood and milk in a bid to be crowned the fattest man.

Six months after starting the regime, the men emerge to show off their newly engorged physiques and for a winner to be chosen. The champion fat man is then feted as a hero for the rest of his life.

Now the little known rite is the subject of incredible photos taken by French shutterbug Eric Lafforgue - who spent time with the Bodi while travelling through south-western Ethiopia during the run up to the Bodi New Year or Ka'el ceremony.

Sadly, the Ka'el ritual and the Bodi's traditional way of life is under threat from the Ethiopian government who plan to resettle 300,000 people from all over the country on their lands.

For now, the tribe continue as they always have, and still celebrate Ka'el in traditional style each June.

The contest begins six months before the ceremony. Every family is allowed to present an unmarried man for the challenge, who, after being chosen, retires to his hut and must not move or have sex for the duration.

Food comes in the form of a cow's blood and milk mixture, served regularly to the men by women from the village. 'The cows are sacred to the Bodi tribe so they are not killed,' explains Lafforgue. 'The blood is taken by making a hole in a vein with a spear or an axe, and after that, they close it with clay.'

Because of the scorching temperatures, the men have to drink the two-litre bowl of blood and milk quickly before it coagulates but as Lafforgue reveals, not everyone can handle drinking so much at speed.

'The fat men drink milk and blood all day long,' he says. 'The first bowl of blood is drunk at sunrise. The place is invaded by flies. The man must drink it quickly before it coagulates but some cannot drink everything and vomit it.'

On the day itself, the men cover their bodies with clay and ashes before emerging from their huts for the walk to the spot where the ceremony will take place.

Thanks to the weight gain, many of them find covering the short distance tougher than the weeks spent fattening up. 'Some fat men are so big that they cannot walk anymore,' explains Lafforgue.

'One asked me if he could use my car to go to the ceremony area. Once in the car, he started to drink milk and blood again because he said he wanted to keep trying to be the fattest until the very last moment.'

The ceremony itself involves spending hours walking in a circle around a sacred tree, watched by the other men and helped by the women who ply them with alcohol and wipe away the sweat.

Once the fattest man has been chosen, the ceremony ends with the slaughter of a cow using a huge sacred stone. Village elders will then inspect the stomach and the blood to see whether the future will be a bright one or not.

After the ceremony, the men's lives return to normal and most lose their enormous bellies after a few weeks of eating sparingly. But a few weeks later, the next generation of competitively fat Bodi men will be chosen and the cycle will begin again.

'Becoming a fat man is the dream of every Bodi kid,' says Lafforgue. 'A few weeks [after the ceremony] he will recover a normal stomach but he will remain a hero for life.'

For more pictures and video, check the link below:
Culled from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2480870/Ethiopian-Bodi-tribe-big-beautiful-men-compete-fattest.html

efiyefaa: thanks a lot so far i have been doing it my self.
my I-20 is on its way Dhl says delivery is Monday. @bold does that mean i can save the form and go back to filling?

Yes sir

efiyefaa: Hello house hope weekend is going on fine.
Please can anyone give tips on filling the visa form? do you recommend i do it myself? or get a pro to do it for me?
Thanks in advance

Here, we are proponents of 'doing it yourself'. It is not rocket science. Those you called pro (maybe Agents) are not special in anyway, they don't have two heads.
Also, doing yourself heads you during the interview as you can remember and answer any questions asked by the V.O.
Another plus is; you can always come back here to ask any question that appears inscrutable while filling the form.

meekpie: Can anyone be kind enough to furnish us with a CHECKLIST of typical documents to take to the embassy, apart from the three cardinal required documents ( I-20, Sevis confirmation, Passport).

Many thanks to you all

You can check this link for a list of the required documentshttp://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-typefandm.asp

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Perotti: Hello house, I perused through the webpage of Michigan State Uni, wanting to apply for MSc degree in Plant Biology n Genetics. One thing i noticed was that they said the applicant's referees should send the recommendation letters by mail. Pls house, do we need to use a letterhead paper for the letters? And, considering the 9ja factor of lecturers not having time to write/type a good recommendation letter( i finished from a fed school), can we get alternative solutions? Please anyone studing at MSU can help out.. Btw, i have a GRE score of 307, 153Q, 154V, 4.0AWA, cgpa 4.02, ielts 8.0

It should be on letterheads, as that makes it official. And i think you have to discuss with your prospective recommenders. That should be the first step

moneybag100: Thanks bro...how far improve are we talking about? Is it up to 50% success?

Brother, this is still paraphrasing what you asked earlier, hence the answer remains the same. But to add to it; three things influence success in life- God, you and the devil. But only you with another one can work together, at anything, so prepare and pray well.

fashbaba: I possess a virgin passport. I have my docs ready for my appointment with the embassy. Hope the fact that I have not travelled outer the country before hinder me being granted visa for my masters?

Nope. Far from it.
Two things matter- God and how prepared you are.

Bigfrancis. Sup. Pls we need to chat. Your bbm isn't working again, I guess

sirRiddy: No,msc. The research requirement is really a big issue, besides my average gpa. What do u think about my chances, and what I can do to augment my profile and bolster my chances?

Do schools now require MS applicants to have research experience? MS in itself is research-based and I doubt you would be expected to have a strong prior research experience. I believe you worked on a final year project at your UG level. That should be enough research, applying for MS