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MackyNaija:
As was said by the 'onye ochas'...

Monday, 18th December 2017 all results would be available online,

...so was it done.

All results were posted to my account around noon, Fall 2017 is done and dusted.

I won the battle, got a perfect GPA.
All the Thanks be to God, I put in my best and he confirmed everything.

belragazzo:
pls how do I rate my score in line with the ETS 130_170 grading system on the powerprep II offline version, cos I see here where people write their powerprep score but the software I used, has just 11 questions for Quant....or are those scores gotten from the online version?

Thanks.

kcwitch:
Somebody should answer me na

macbrian:
but toefl has been councelled in Nigeria...so what next .cant one get a waiver whatever to except one from the exam

drhammed:
At this point, you can't start UBC application again, because the eligibility closed last Friday. November 10, and submission of the full package is by Nov17 latest. Also UBC doesn't sponsor Chemical Engr at the graduate level.

Yes, you're on the right track for McGill, but you will have to be fast (Noting that December is approaching and they might go on Break till Jan)

drhammed:
Steps for McGill is closely similar but not the same.

For McGill (Masters)

You contact the department you intend to apply to and seek nomination for MCF scholarship.

They will request for your credentials and forward it to department.



After review, department will contact you as whether you have been nominated for MCF or not.

If you have been nominated, MCF will confirm your eligibility and guide you to apply to McGill with fee waived.

Note: The nomination is done by a professor in the department you're applying to. Hence you don't have to contact them yourself.

I attached list of Program eligible for funding by MCF.

This was the message I got from McGill.

Cheers.

MasterforceII:
Congratulations bro. Very nice scores and nice selection of schools. I wish you the best in your TOEFL and applications. #Fall2018 #Yeswecan

Guitarlife:
Thanks bro, can I have you on whatsapp ?

Scholastica16:
You definitely have the GPA for it. Are you talking to potential advisors?

Guitarlife:
A quick question. Can we give a rough estimate of the amount that might be required for application and examz et all .

Scholastica16:
I am not surprised by this at all; Your contributions here have been immense and I sensed you were preparing well. Very competitive schools you have there but you would match most of the profiles there so I am expectant for you.

Direct PhD or MSc apps?

drthiery:
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Nice...

I guess your time is 10am too

drthiery:
Am writing same day with you....

The venue is within town... Thou I don't know the exact place... Map will help...

akatovic1:
Ok, let me give back to the community who has given me so much info.After barely a month of preparation with interruptions by job interviews ( plus films wey I watch till early this morning),I wrote my GRE today in Abuja after I had to postpone it once(see how money miss ).I had to leave my house early as I did not know the venue and it was worth it because I miss road but later arrived at the venue few minutes to 10. I was still unsettled and I was a little worn out, but man must survive. Inspired by God and threatened by paying another 50k I took the test.The analytical tried to show me pepper but I said even if na to form story I must write something.God really answered my prayer as Quantitative was the next section that means , my test took this pattern QVQVQ.By the break I needed water because I was really thirsty and I also took that opportunity to discuss small. But the break taught me that 10 minutes is really a short period of time.After the break, I started with rigour but later noticed I was flagging, I was getting slower, started to use the onscreen calculator and didn't have time to revise. At the end of the test I just wanted the whole exercise to stop (maybe because I didn't practice a full length test with the power prep software).
However my result came out thus
AWA- waiting
Verbal- 157
Quantitative-166
I was unhappy and disappointed and I feel I messed up because I expected more(when MIT is drawing you wetin you go do na), however in all things I give thanks. But one thing I learnt is to prepare better
I had to change schools like MIT and introduce plan B schools like;
University of Texas Austin
Texas A and M university
University of Notre Dame
Colorado School of Mines ( na confusion make me add this one)
My profile goes thus;
School: One big school like that for eastern Nigeria
Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Target: msc/PhD
CGPA: 4.53
Now let the writing of Statement of Purpose begin , I can not come and be going at the same time
Please your advice will be appreciated by me and I trust God to take us there in Jesus Name

EzekielMab:
Pls who can send the link to my mail ..

I want to read and practice for the exam this year


ezekielmab@yahoo.com

witgig:
MY GRE EXPERIENCE

I told myself that whether or not the result is a 'good' result. I must give an account of my experience. I must say, initially there was this feeling of 'my story is not inspiring , why share?'

I got to the venue quite early, like 45 minutes before the scheduled time. You get checked in as soon as you are ready and so you may start earlier than your scheduled time just like it happened to many of us. i Planned to got to the venue with banana, nuts, snacks and energy drink but only ended going with lucoz.. and that was enough. Although, i noticed my verbal section was getting ready to start probably because i didn't choose to go for 10 min break. it is important to take everything said on this platform seriously.

it was VQVQV. it really was not important spotting which of the sections is the experimental. the first quantitative was a roller coaster. Second quantitative however, was not joy all through. i got stuck with the DI, could not interpret the table. I lost my composure and had to guess 3 questions, that was a very bad thing to do and that i thought was my greatest undoing. The problem was pacing, and not creating enough time for the later part. I got complacent, not very mindful of my pace and i got punished.
Verbal on the other hand - during Prep i discovered late that my RC improved and the nuances in TC was a latent problem. especially three blanks types. I used to get like half of the total number of TC questions. Therefore I was not expecting so much from verbal, just hoping to be lucky.


Prospective test takers should be methodical in their preparations. you must be able to track your progress, have a separate note from the one you work and scribble on. After that taking a full length practice test, a thorough review must be done make sure the problems are addressed.i did not do all that, not because i did not want to but because of work schedule. i get home tired everyday.

LASTLY, IT IS BETTER TO KNOW THE CODE OF THE INSTITUTIONS YOU MAY WANT TO SEND YOUR SCORES TO, I ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WHEN I SAW UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND not UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, BEARING IN MIND THERE IS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CHATANOOGA and other ones. AT LEAST you may not have to pay for that should you apply to that school later.

In the end, it was V:154 Q157 i saw after reporting the scores. BELOW MY EXPECTATION REALLY BUT ALL PRAISE STILL BELONG TO THE ALMIGHTY. I WILL TRY APPLICATIONS WITH THIS AND I AM QUITE HOPEFUL.

PROFILE:
GPA: 4.35/5.00 (3.62/4.00 WES EQUIVALENT)
GRE: 311 Q-157, V-154(UNOFFICIAL) AWA(READY IN TWO WEEKS)
5 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

MS/PHD- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING


MASDAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ABU DHABI
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FT COLLINS
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
SIUE

I SINCERELY HOPE THE GRE WILL BE DEEMED GOOD ENOUGH TO MERIT FULL FUNDING.

NOTE:PLEASE IF YOU HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS THREAD IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THE LEAST YOU CAN DO TO GIVE BACK IS SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

MasterforceII:
My head hurts. No, I am not thinking about the present situation of the country, the recent NNPC scandal, the fact that we have not had light for days, I have just written my GRE exam. After months of on and off and off and on and off and off and off and off and on preparations, I can now call myself GREat. Lol.
Having finally written the GRE, I feel I'm in a position to advise potential test takers. It goes without saying that in order to obtain high scores, one needs to practise. Take as many practice tests as you can and keep working on improving your scores. Infact, the practice tests are coterminous with the actual exams. My experience today proved that. In addition to preparing for the exam, you should also be preparing yourself mentally. You should be googling stuff like "how to keep your brain active for four hours", "How to detect the experimental section in the GRE exam", "How to read 600 word Reading comprehension passages in 2 -3 minutes".
I did not have as adequate a preparation as I had wished. Work was so demanding and I couldn't find the time. Still, I studied whenever I could; on commutes to work reading articles from Aldaily, using the magoosh vocab app, memorising words from a list I had earlier created on quizlet (Studying GRE PRACTICE on Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/202373358/gre-practice-flash-cards/ ) - this was especially helpful as associating words with pictures ensured I remembered them. For the quant, I watched the magoosh videos and skimmed through the Manhattan sets.
Serious preparations however began 2 weeks ago. I digested the whole ETS guide in one weekend and took the practice tests (158Q, 154V). No other material can substitute the ETS official guide in my opinion. That same weekend I took the powerprep and had (158,152) and I was like hay God! Is this my destiny? I hurriedly went through the Manhattan 5lb for quant and princeton review for verbal. In hindsight, I regret the haphazard manner with which i read the Manhattan 5lb. It is another great resource to ensure a good quant score. Took the second powerprep and the free crunchprep test yesterday and was averaging Q162, V158. Na so I close shop. What else could mans do? I was just hoping that ginger go enter my body today which would cause my scores to miraculously shoot up. Lol.
Got to the center and was shown my desk. It was when I sat down that I realised I had not brought any snack. No water. Nothing. And Nairaland people advised me. How could you forget son? It was gonna be a long four hours. I got the VQVQV format. The first Verbal Section no be here o. I was tempted to walkout and go and pick masters form at Unilag. The 2 quant sections on the other hand were not bad at all. I was able to answer most if not all of the questions correctly , at least from my own perspective. Lol. The remaining verbal sections were fair. I did not encounter any strange words. The bulk of my time however was spent trying to decipher those arcane and convoluted RC passages. My advise, tackle the TCs and the SEs first, then the paragraph arguments before dealing with the RCs. That way, you are left with enough time to deal with the RCs.
Reported my scores and was not surprised. I was just hoping for more. Sent to my preselected four schools and left the building to go find food and water.

Profile:
CGPA: 3.64/4.00 (WES unofficial score)
GRE Score: 321
Quant: 163
Verbal: 158
AW: Check back in 2 weeks.
Applying for MS Electrical Engineering. #fall2018

This thread really helped a lot and it's only fair that i repay by giving an account of my GRE experience so that prospective test takers may glean from it one or two stuff like I did from reading others' experiences on here. I don't think I would be rewriting the exam. I don't think I can subject myself to that amount of mental drudgery again. Schools will have to accept me with that score whether they like it or not. Lol

Etap:
My advice for propective test takers is to try and eat something (not too much food oo) just little on the morning of exam, it will allow enough glucose to flow in for the brain to look sharp, for me we had an hour and thirty minutes delay during the test, we continued from where we stopped, when the system came up again , every one was looking tired, ....prepare with Barron, magoosh, kaplan , and mahanttan ..thats all i use, i have a score of 304, waiting for the essay part, my school needs about 307 for funding, so im kind of furious about the remaining score.Thanks

Etap:
I did Gre Oct 1st, and sent it from the Ets, please when will the score be reported, im just worried cos of the deadline , i want to know if the score will likely be reported in less than the 15 days said....i need answer pls.
Thank i

ladivaswt:
Thank you so much for this information. Please my email addresse is rebekahmylove1@yahoo.com. Please i want to ask what's the overall score for each ie verbal, quantitative and analytic. I am trying to write GRE now, please hope nothing has changed since u last wrote yours @DanjaNinja. Thank u

Cooljoppy:
Hello all! I recently wrote my GRE but the result is not encouraging(Verbal-142, Quant-147, Analytical-3). I graduated with 4.24/5 and seek to apply into any of these institutions for Msc (Agricultural Economics); uni nebraska lincoln, tennesse state uni, uni kentucky lexington and western kentucky uni. Do i stand any chance of gaining admission(fully funded)? If yes, what's the way forward and how do i go about it?

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DMainMan:
ENQUIRIES ON PTDF PAST QUESTIONS AND ADMISSION

ON PAST QUESTIONS

This year was the first time PTDF Consultant, Flexisaf conducted d
test so basically there are no past questions; do not b scammed.

NB: Exam was Computer based test in Objective form. Part A is the
English Language section which is compulsory. The
second section (Part B) is about the course you are applying for and
carries bulk of the marks. READ INSTRUCTION and GUIDELINES before you
begin the test. There might be NEGATIVE MARKING.

ON PART A

For the Part A, know your basic English, sentence completion and
correction, passages and vocabulary ( Synonyms and Antonyms).
Read the material in the link below as questions were culled from there in this year test

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ZRlneq70MBWTJQNnJLMnJHOGM

ON PART B

For Part B, read your textbook, browse through the internet about your
focus area and check the following website and choose your discipline
to familiarise yourself by clicking on d option

http://www.indiabix.com/
https://www.skilltests.org/
e.g for Health and Safety.
https://www.skilltests.org/tests/industrial-mechanical/environment-health-and-sa-uoml.
CHeck the optionfor http://www.indiabix.com too

You should also check the below link for Past PTDF study questions of different field below.
Focus only your segment:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4ktgU0G8FwOV01VMWl0a1h0V0k

ON ADMISSION

PTDF does not help u for admission. However, do not panic and just focus on your test if u have not got admission.
Even if u don't get admission, u can defer the scholarship for a year.

If u want to obtain admission this year, it is achievable within a
week or two even in top UK school so far admission deadline has not
passed. When u apply and u meet the requirements, e-mail the
admission team of d respective schools that u need admission letter
for scholarship processing. For USA and most other countries,
admission for September 2017 is closed but u can apply for January
2018 admission which is still open.

I wish u all d best.

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