₦airaland Forum

Kennydoc:
The reverse is also the case with Akpabio.
That's how Nigerian politics works.

iammo:
2019!!!, >: : Yoruba's politicians seem to be playing the kingmaker role now, after 8years presidency and 3yrs vice presidency. Tinubus house is the new mecca, while obasanjo's house is the new Medina. Even Fani-kayode's house is the new Jerusalem

Ibroseun01:
According to Wikipedia Edo state is occupied with over 3million people

SpecialAdviser:
I remembered how many people that replied me when I questioned the criteria for ordaining Remi Tinubu as a pastor.

Did Remi Tinubu go through the same school? Where are the proof? She just became pastor after cutting corners and you people don't want to reason abi?

These are the real people that deserve to be pastor not that of Remi Tinubu own abeg.

RexCheeng:
I hope My post inspires/challenges someone out there.

The summary of this post (TLTR)
WES CGPA: 3.45
GRE: 320, 163Q
TOEFL: 107
TA for 6 months.

Schools applied to:
University of Nebraska (MSc)- Reject
Miami University, Ohio (MSc)- Admitted without funding
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (PhD)- Rejected
University of New Haven (MSc)- Accepted with TA position

Full Gist ( Because I enjoyed reading the gist of people like DrHopeful, SirRiddy, MsNas, BigFrancis21, sureb0y, etc.)

I began my grad school journey in 2016, researching schools on thegradcafe.com and MSinUS group on Facebook. My good man, MasterforceII, pointed me in the direction of Nairaland where I met our very own guru, SirRiddy, and bombarded him with questions like "What is the difference between Spring and Fall?"

Fast forward to November 2017, I completed my applications and waited on my professors to help out with LORs. December came and most apps were not complete just because of LOR. I had to eventually use a GA in my school and my employer at work. I actually started about 6 applications during this time but due to obligations at work and some other factors, I couldn't complete it.

In the course of writing my SOPs and CV, I reached out to a host of people on LinkedIn who were all too happy to help. I also contacted our very own happyday here and he gladly helped me vet it. I was so proud of the product and I was certain, to a large extent, that I would snatch a fully funded offer from all the schools I applied to and that my problem would be which to choose. Lol. I remember seeing other schools I could've applied to like UArk, UC Denver, Uni of Utah, All the schools in Dakota, etc. but they either required WES or official transcripts. Before I forget, I also began an application to Georgia Southern Uni but they required an evaluated transcript

Middle of February, I received a reject from Nebraska, and then it dawned on me that I was really just an average Joe. I was competing against geniuses from the USA, China, India, Pakistan, and Nigeria, and this realization just weakened me. Crestfallen didn't do justice to my plight, but I promised to move on. I was to choose between writing GRE again while gaining experience as a researcher here in Nigeria to improve my profile or apply to more schools and hope to cop half funding from any school in particular.

I strengthened my resolve and concluded that there was no assurance of a drastic GRE increase because of time, my place of work is in shambles and definitely, research was all about recycling papers and submitting to new journals.

Early March, I stumbled upon someone's transcript on the USA thread. We had a similar profile and he got a scholarship to University of New Haven. We spoke and I realized that it was just a 50% tuition waiver. I was desperate, I was going to source the rest, let them just give me admission.

Late March, Received admission and 50% funding as expected. I was a bit relieved and then I remembered my initial resolve, "no full funding, no traveling." Low-key, I was still hopeful that Tennessee or Miami would eventually come through.


Early April, Miami came through. Admission, no funding. The prof I maintained correspondence with said he'll accept me but I would need to fund myself. LOL.
I began to assess my chances with Tennessee and I saw that I was hanging on a thread abi rope, abeg, how them dey talk am. I met another UNH hopeful who was stoked to hear my profile. He also got 50% scholarship and felt I deserved more than that. He told me I should press for the Provost's scholarship and I did.
I sent a long mail to the department, expressing my inability to fund my studies and my wealth of experience as a TA. Few days later, my friend (he also requested) and I (along with two other people who we didn't know) were asked to be interviewed for the scholarship via skype.

Two days ago, I got the offer. Unfortunately my friend didn't.

I'm extremely grateful for the guys on this thread, reading stories like this way back then used to keep me awake till 2am while I was prepping for GRE. I'm extremely excited for everyone here also. Quoran, you're a legend, sir! Tizentos, Yildiz, smallsuper, Ridsan, tescoman, Temmitarts, everyone!
Scholastica16, I can't express the joy I felt in my heart every time you joined your faith with mine. God bless you!
P.S: Your rejoinders on the USA thread about MBA or no MBA made me laugh my head off! I itch for your Quora, Twitter, Medium, or any other account detail where you share your views. I'll send a PM.

#Fall2018 has been tortuous, a hell of a ride, but worth it still.
The knowledge that this is the beginning is quite funny. Internships, OPTs, H1-B, PhD. More rejections will come, but above all, we shall rise!

I will end with a famous quote which I do not know verbatim and will not check Google for, "Any fool can learn from his mistakes, it takes a wise man to learn from that of others."

nazablossom:
Dominant and sub things , culled from 50 shades of grey.

goldbim:
Awon ti BDSM ..

Bobby4090:
Resign now let your son take over the church. The biggest mistake was to have given you a role you were never prepared for. Under your leadership Church of God Mission went from the No. 1 pentecostal church to almost an unknown entity.

okwabayi:
Yen, yen, yen.

Take, continue ranting:

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I have said the truth: no nairalander will get the posted job. Better CVs yet the activity log of this forum reveals majority of users here are unemployed. Say a better story, abeg.

okwabayi:
Yep. No one here is qualified for it.

bedspread:
[s][/s] NULLIFIED IN IGBO LAND

ozoebuka1:
lmao, we afonjas are the most sophisticated people in Nigeria. Woke Soyinka has a Nobel Prize but we don't know a single book he wrote but chinua Achebe before his death released a bestseller!!! Adeleke's hilarious result and kemi's "forged" nysc exemption letter shows our sophistication too and no one can take that away from us, after all nnamdi kanu should be blamed for kemi's scam because he's ipob

Moji12:
no I did not, I lived off campus, camp precisely.

Moji12:
2010

Moji12:
Greatest of the greatest UNAABITE. My almamata.

adioolayi:
I remember 24hrs Library....
Another fabulous, is a counterfeit.
Of the greatest UNAABITE 2008

Homeboiy:
He he he south west people how far

Ndonu101:
And this Oil Magnate setting up Refinery in Katsina of all places what was his oil trading history

it is very very very suspect to me. Buhari has a history of using Surrogates to mask his theft. This so called Bilateral trade must be scrutinised.

Buhari who refused to sign a Free trade agreement between various African Countries recently seems to be moving quickly on this one!