Carot:
is it true black girls are at the bottom of the food chain abroad?

From what I’ve seen, this is generally true. I won’t advise any of my single sister to move here as an adult. It’s rough out there. Too many single women above 30yo from the continent.

Dsalvo:


Lol. After all is said and done, normal men and women still need sexual 'release'. Yet I think I get your point about facing his hustle sha.

Perhaps OP should invest in a meaningful and loving relationship, that will also provide sex as a benefit, rather than hoping women abroad should be as loose as Nigerian women who have no choice but to that way courtesy of our fcked up nation.

In my experience of the West, precisely the UK and USA, if you work on refining yourself then you will appeal to all women. Black, white, Latino whatever.

Be physically fit and attractive, work on being confident, be fashionable and trendy, pay attention to hygiene, be charming and polite, be intellectually stimulating and knowledgeable. Those are the sort of things that attract average women, not gold diggers, in the West.

Focus on those and meeting women in the West will become easy.

What has spoiled Nigerian men is how cheap our society has made Nigerian women. At any time, you can lure POS girl or even street hawker into your room for a quick shag all for 5k naira.

Nigeria is fcked sha. Society does not dignify or elevate women Not funny all.

That part is underrated.

Having lived in the States for a few years, I could co-sign this.

During my first 4 years here, I focused exclusively on school, learning the American way, and putting myself out there even in uncomfortable situations. Well, I goofed so many times; sometimes I didn’t get their jokes, analogies, what to order when we go out, and even to carry on with conversations, but it was all the learning experience I needed for becoming more refined. This has not only helped me to attract women from all cultures and nationalities, but it has helped me tremendously in my career.

Today, after 5 years, it’s a different ball game. I live in a major city, and attract all sorts of women of different shades that are fit, young and educated. I would say I’m conventionally handsome, but that helped a bit, but being in good shape, stylish, conversational, confident, and witty elevated my game by multiple folds.

In the final analysis, focus on being a better version of yourself, and you will attract the people you deserve. Keyword is attract, not chase. I would use the energy for chasing to improve myself.

Forgive any typos or grammar errors, I was rattling this out as fast I could.

Everrich96:
I'm insecure, lonely and depressed . I've had my hopes all raised . She was my best friend and only friend. I always thought for 2 and did for 2.
I did everything to make her stay, I was convinced she loved me to a fault. She would do anything for me.

But my insecurity was my biggest flaw. I didn't want to lose her Cuz I was scared and unknowingly pushing her away. In my previous thread, I stated that 'everyone I've loved ended up leaving eventually', and I almost never let anyone in, but In Her case, I did . I have always felt alone all my life till I met her.

All of a sudden she said she was busy with life , she was stressed and tired of my insecurity and she wanted to leave me in the relationship. This came after we had a slight misunderstanding and we didn't communicate for a week Cuz she wouldn't talk to me. It came as a shock. I'm broken and I'm still wondering where I went wrong. I need someone to talk to . I just wanna make money and work on myself. I'm about to round off school, in my final year... With all the pressure and depression I might misplace my priorities.


Someone help me. I need therapy. I want to move on but I dunno how to start.

Brother, I know how you feel. I’m so sorry for being heartbroken.

I think the best thing to do is to turn this around for you good. It’s hard but you have to cheer yourself up and live your best life. I would recommend the following;

1. Hit the gym often or exercise to take your mind off her, and be in the best shape of your life.

2. Let out the emotions if you will, it’s okay to cry. Don’t cry in the open tho lol.

3. Spend more time on your purpose, and be the best version of yourself. Concentrate on your career and making money.

4. Spend more time with good friends with high self-esteem.

5. Take sometime to heal before jumping into another relationship.

6. Go no-contact with your ex, never message or call her again. Delete her photos, or take away anything that will remind you of her.

7. Focus on yourself now. Take her off the pedestal and you will see her for who she really is.

8. Have an abundance mindset. Many better options are out there.

9. Take stock of your past relationships, recognize any bad patterns you’ve repeated and work on it. Not for her, but for yourself.

10. Remember, men are the prize. Men age like fine wine and women like milk.

Peace and blessings.

YerYer:


I don't think it's Trove's fault. Around 9:28am
just before the market opened, Chesapeake (CHK) had news pending. Usually when a company has important news that will cause volatility in the stock price, it is halted. The news was about how CHK will file for bankruptcy. Usually when the stock is halted, nobody can buy or sell and each hold period is for like 15 minutes. Once trading resumes volatility is signigicantly high, it is immediately halted again. So you see, investors were trying so hard to sell so they wouldnt be the one left holding the bag. I attached screenshots.

This is the reason why I warned against this stock yesterday. They were discussing bankruptcy plans back in May11th, yet, the stock rose over 530% since then. Now the bubble has burst, everyone is in a panic mode to sell. I hope your sell order is executed tomorrow but if the stock is halted all day like today, it may be a blood bath.

True!

Perhaps those who bought put will be smiling now.

They can bury him abroad and if they are bent on bring him to Nigeria, they can just cremate him and bring his ashes home. That is cost-effective!

I see nothing here. The only thing that stands out is another person’s hair called weave.

adedayolasu:
And that's why you are not his advisor! Don't u feel that is harsh, you want him/her to be feeling depressed ni, Where do you want him/her to see patent from, even publications do you have any?

Please, just apply to the lower ranked schools, you might want to check Mtsu, University of South dakota, Utexas rio grande valley, Etsu, North Dakota state uni. Infact, goto that site and check the schools from 200 and belonging https://www.4icu.org/us/.

Good luck

Mr. Motivational Speaker, please don’t make yourself look foolish. The candidate simply asked about his chances given the lousy stats, and I gave my own opinion. You should have just given yours without wailing over my mention.

Generally, I don’t dignify argument-seeking asses with a response, but I’m replying just for the sake of those who want a honest view. I don’t want you to project your delusion unto others and give them false hopes.

This is not about me so don’t bother asking about my credentials. Furthermore, it is better for people to know what they are against instead of meeting a lot of heartbreaks in the future. People vilify those who speak bitter truths today and it’s a shame.

This is not Master’s! A PhD in Engineering is not a child’s play even in Nigeria, so applying to lower ranking schools in the U.S. doesn’t make it an easy proposition. Can you bet your one month salary on him getting admitted to one of those lower ranked schools purely on his academic records? If he can barely pass the GRE, how can he demonstrate that he would be prepared to pass the qualifying exams necessary to progress in a PhD program? Again, if I was an advisor, his chances of getting on my research group would be very thin.

If the poster had heard that there’s “free funding” for PhD and wanted to use that to migrate, he should better think twice because there are other ways to make it to the U.S. However, if he really wants to pursue a PhD, he would need to proof beyond reasonable doubts that he’s competent. So far, he has not demonstrated that competency. Just take a look at the poster’s grammar. Sounds like someone is joking to me!

Kemimarch16:
Do they think this thing is funny, racist must stop.Blacks need to corporate

Blacks are easy to divide and conquer. We have a lot of work to do on our psyche! Blacks sold their cousins to slavery in the first place.

Even during the civil rights movement, many black Americans became spies for the white supremacists especially in Mississippi. There’s no much difference even today in the “black community.”

khiaa:
Yeah, these are the white people who are angels in Africans eyes. They love you guys too. Evil sons of bytches.

Young lady, read the thread from start to finish, which African is calling them Angels? Stop preaching to the choir. Go and tell the white people that are marching with you across the country that they are evil. Take your condescending ass out of Nigerian forum!

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OakPearl:


In the spirit of equity and justice.
#Kidding

Haha

Alexandre7:


I now have 400 shares of AAL, 400 shares of DAL, 400 shares of LUV & 400 shares of UAL.

I’ll keep on adding to my positions little by little.

Why did you decide to keep them in the same proportion by number of shares? Just curious.

Onboard1:


When do you think SAVE may get saturated?
A guess is ok. Testing my learning potential

I'm looking at the fundamentals.

For now, SAVE is selling at a Price-Book Ratio of 0.5x compared to the US Airlines industry average of 0.8x. If it gets to the level of industry average, I'd begin to suspect saturation. However, I would still look at its closest competitors to make a final decision.

Furthermore, SAVE's PE ratio is 4.7x which less than the industry average of 7.9x, so it's still selling below its fair value.

It also has a beta of 0.37 making it very less volatile, although it's a double-edged sword.

Southwest (LUV) to me is getting crowded so I would not buy more for now as much as SAVE. It's TTM PE ratio is 8.59 for a beta of 1.41. So, it's fundamentally selling at a higher price than SAVE even with a bigger beta. It's P/B ratio is also 1.9x which means it's selling at a premium and above the industry average.

I also consider LUV and SPIRIT to be substitutes since they are both low-cost carriers. Maybe its time for some portfolio rebalancing.

sonnie10:

I don't know of anyone who doesn't own DAL.
Eku green back follower Nairalanders!

I’m doing +20% on DAL already even after buying more twice at a higher price.

My Spirit (SAVE) is up +60% and I think the market isn’t too overcrowded yet.

ofspain:
Please guy, I wrote GRE with a score of 305(verbal: 152, quant: 153) I wish to apply for PhD in chemical engineering in the USA, any school will suffix. I have 3.15 in my undergraduate and 64% in my MSC, please what chances do I stand?

Given your weak undergrad GPA, that GRE score (especially the Quant) is rather low and confirms that your GPA is a true reflection of your academic prowess. If I was an advisor, I wouldn’t hire you except you demonstrate an uncanny ability for scientific research in your field through patents or publications in top scientific journals. Miracles may happen tho.

arduino:

Challenge now is that there is no money to buy more.

People buy on margin if they meet the requirements.

ijedeikorodu:
2.1 million new unemployment claims filed last week, as workers still struggle to get benefits

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/coronavirus-weekly-jobless-claims-286911

Workers filed 2.1 million new unemployment claims last week, the Department of Labor reported, suggesting about a quarter of the workforce is seeking jobless aid to weather the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. The latest figure indicates that the pandemic has pushed 40.8 million Americans out of work in just 10 weeks.

Hmm...this will definitely hit hard on discretionary goods as consumption will be low.

Alexandre7:


Bought about $10,000 worth of shares combined of Delta Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines & American Airlines.

I’m already up almost $2,500.00.

I’m planning to hold till next year.

I still believe that once the lockdown is eased, the Airlines shares will fly.

Get in if you can now.

Spirit is a good one too.

arduino:

Novavax to begin vaccine trial on humans

I’d be leery to buy their share tho especially if they don’t have any potential blockbuster drugs in the pipeline and only banking on COVID vaccine for growth. There are just too many biotechs promising on a coronavirus vaccine and news keep changing everyday. Hence, assuming they all succeed, competition would be too high making to make them profitable. I’m even suspecting that some of them using COVID for pump and dump schemes.

I bought Inovio after their positive news, the stock plummeted later and I’m still waiting for it to recover.

civilserva:


Do you have the pdf link?

No, I bought a hard copy.

gamaliel9:

If one can't resist the urge to trade frequently, the best thing to do is keep say 10% of your portfolio in short-term bets. That way you enjoy (endure) the thrills and frills of frequent trading whilst enjoying the bigger profits that can come with investing for the long-term. As the legendary trader Jesse Livermore put it:
It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no trick at all to be right on the market. You always find lots of early bulls in bull markets and early bears in bear markets..."

I appreciate....

We should also not forget that while Livermore made lots of money from the market, he also lost everything and killed himself. Patience is indeed a virtue.

Time2win:


How will they pay the person if you are in Nigeria? How will the person open a US account. Did you get paid remotely while you were in Nigeria?

That’s a great question the school can answer. Obviously, one may not be able to open a U.S. account offshore. These are unprecedented times and ways are made around some things.

What I know is that the school either pays via direct deposit or mail a check which is good for 6 months.

For the records, I’m not in Nigeria.

Acuna91:
Hello guys!

Please I need help regarding universities that offer partial or full funding for Msc. I am not very familiar with the USA universities. I am doing my research already but if you have any list or tips that will help I will greatly appreciate.

Thanks guys.

Literally any school in the U.S. can give you partial or full-funding. It only depends on how far the strength of your application materials can carry you.

BTW...just read this book. I highly recommend it for beginners and experienced folks alike.

vc1177:


Okay. Great thanks. Can the DS-160 form be filled before paying SEVIS fee?
Thanks.

I have only completed the DS-160 for F-1 twice but only paid the SEVIS fee once, so I will speak for myself. I paid the SEVIS fee before the DS-160. In my opinion, there is no point in filling the DS-160 before paying the SEVIS fee since you can't be interviewed for a Visa without your receipt. DS-160 can be completed under 1 hour. I think it is possible to complete the DS-160 before paying the SEVIS fee as long as you have your SEVIS # on your I-20 because it is required in the form.

vc1177:


Please, how does one start filling the DS-160 form, bit by bit, after getting his/her I-20?
Thanks.

If my memory doesn't fail me, the DS-160 form is completed like any other form.

I would try to complete the application in one sitting if I can. If I'd do it bit by bit then I'd also ensure that I have my Confirmation Number saved or written somewhere in case the system locks me out due to inactivity.

urstruly1:



Well, my point is, you cant get paid if you don't have a SSN, whether remotely or not.
And I doubt an instructor will get you to officially start working, if you are not physically present on campus yet. You do not have the authorization to do so and that could land him and the Uni in trouble.

Yep, good advice and everyone should just adopt a wait and see approach. Hopefully in a month or two, the situation clears up.

Even us current students, we don't know what the Fall 2020 semester will be - online or face-to-face. Those enrolled for Summer semester are all being taught online.

For Fall, everyone is being advised to wait and see what happens in the next few months. Though some schools already have outrightly taken the decision to go online Fall 2020 and communicated same to their students.

There are too many universities in the US and they''ll have different approaches to how they manage the situation.

Good luck guys.

I hear you.

urstruly1:



For those with GA/RA/TA positions, bear in mind that you could start your studies remotely, but you will not be able to perform any paid duties because you cant get paid without having social security number, for tax purposes..

And u cant get that SS number if you are not in the US.

Just wanted to put this here.

You’ve raised some valid points but let me offer another perspective.

You can actually perform the role of a TA/GA (depending on what the role is) remotely. I did it. Professors still need graders and office-hours are still conducted online. RA role is tricky if you’re not in the U.S. so I can’t vouch for that.

You can get paid without a SSN. Schools can give you something in the form of a Temporary Control Number (TCN) pending the time you receive your SSN.

At this point, I would take what my school says as sacrosanct before making a final decision.

kastgeraldino:
The point the OP tried to make about scholarships is that the average Nigerian would most likely not be able to get an amount that would cover the cost of education, hence the need to take out loans. Most Nigerians won't be able to secure substantial scholarship amounts. I was opportuned to get full funding to a top 20 college and a top 20 graduate school but it would be silly for me to think that most Nigerians have that priviledge. I had to get ridiculously high test scores, similar to what Chinese and Indians score. I currently work in Nigeria, and I have just gotten full funding to a top 30 MBA program also in the US. The OP is talking about what the average Nigerian on the street would face. So let's stop deriding his point on the need to take out loans.

Your story is similar to mine.

I thought the thread was about those living in Nigeria planning to relocate to the U.S. and succeed there. However, the the topic is broader than that, and I find merit in what others are saying. If I was American or PR, heck as a minority, who takes education seriously, funding would have been relatively easier for me to get.

An average Nigerian with no green card planning to study a professional course in the U.S. should better take heed to what you’ve just written.

Full Scholarships with no strings attached are extremely rare for Nigerian students in the U.S. For instance, If you’re lucky to be a Fulbright scholar, you’d have to return to Nigeria. Can’t even recall if it’s still available to Nigerians. Even if it were, your chances of getting it would be less than 1%. Other types of funding often come as tuition waivers and stipends through TA/RA/GA and they are still difficult to get.

So as a Nigerian, if you want full-ride in the U.S. your grades must be up there relatively to your peers (and you can play the game by applying to schools that match your profile so you could be a local champion there). If you can’t be a local champion anywhere in the U.S., you’d have to take a loan my friend. I know a few people who thought they could just come here and work 2 or 3 jobs to pay there way through, but they dropped out, found someone to marry or transferred to community colleges.

It appears this thread is losing it's focus. I'd check back if it gets back on track. Good day y'all.

khia:

You made an ass out of yourself for nothing.

Kiss my ass. Be quick cos I got work to do.

khia:
Not everyone knew it's in Illinois. My comment was to the op so what exactly was your motive, to troll or add to the conversation?

I called you out ‘cos you were masturbating on OP’s error without without recourse as if it brought you pleasure. I know your type on NL but congrats, you’ve “taught” someone that Chicago is in Illinois. Well, I just saw that the OP is cool with it, so whatever.