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fizzile:
Hey guys,please I can see some centres for GRE will be having a test this month and in june. Plz apart from these months,when next do u tink one can sit for it?

Additional dates will show up later in the month.

What of the paper based GRE you wrote earlier?

soulhighman:
Thanks a lot, I was thinking funding is only available for fall. As for the GRE, I plan to write as early as possible with a personal target of 330, I believe that should help. Once again, thanks.

Even with 330+, funding is still very difficult to obtain.

You should try and research on the various methods of obtaining funding in the US.

Examination scores (GRE, TOEFL, and GPA) are not very reliable in obtaining funding.

If you have relevant research/work experiences and/or skils, you should try to leverage them in obtaining departmental assistanships.

Or alternatively you can apply for PhD programs.

Finally, try and research schools, and departments, that have consistently given out aid in the past. Most schools will not change their policies for you - it is difficult to be an exception. To that end, you can look into Mississippi State University (TA availability) and the University of Cincinnati (University Graduate Scholarships).

adonisvg:
I can't find you on WhatsApp. Uhmm, you be ghost? Yes, I applied to the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship and I also hold an offer from the University of Strathclyde. In fact those guys at Strathclyde have been giving me admission since 2013/2014 session till date. Scholarship just deytoy with person.

I think the University of Strathclyde has made its CSS nominations already. See http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3980691&page=8

toprealman:
several in imperial.

Thanks. I meant in the US listed schools + oxbridge.

toprealman:
You must have mixed up the just Oga. PTDF will comfortably train you at Havard ,Yale, MIT, Princeton, Imperial, Cambridge, oxford or our own NEKEDE comfortably without flexing a muscle fibre.
You must be talking about NDDC.

Bro, do you know a PTDF scholar in such schools?

lobito007:
Anyone knows something about Steven's Inst of Tech? They keep sending mails for application fee waiver. However, their acceptance rate was 38% for 2013. I take this to mean they receive excess barrage of applications from willing candidates. Why then would they solicit for applicants! Considering that it's a private inst, how generous are they with funding? In general, how prestigious is the sch?

A decreasing acceptance rate usually leads to increase in rankings. They solicit for applicants to get a more beneficial acceptance rate.

Schools like Steven's, RIT, and NYU Tandon usually give only nominal scholarships to MS applicants.

Outside the top 50, most schools are usually similar, with closely clustered prestige perception. You should check the profiles of alumni from your department.

rogerdavid:
DanjaNinja, SirRiddy and the entire house,

Thank you for the helpful tips.
I was accepted into a program last week.

God bless.

Congratulation! Hope you were given funding?

fizzile:
But basically what are the reasons why schools reject?

Too many applicants. The demand for US education is quite high.

Mekurexx:
Yeah she went to an Ivy. It was all God...cuz the thousands that applied and she got picked for Chemical Engineering was amazing! The good thing about Ivys is access to top organizations. We thank God...Nahh Ivy's are expensive besides I had particular states in mind plus other factors.. Yeah Fall by God's grace.. Just chilling for decisions.. And currently preparing for GRE.

How was she able to fund Columbia? The fees are incredible.

Fortissimo:
Bro thanks a lot. The school is MS State in Starkville and they're the only ones that have responded with a fully funded offer. Let's see how the coming weeks go sha. I'm still eyeing PhD offers from Tulsa and UNR. Looking forward to your mail, bro.

Congrats Bro. Is the Mississippi offer for Masters or PhD?

prayerrain:
hi gurus please I need your advice once again
I am currently filling a grad assistantship form which requires me to indicate the kind of assistantship I would prefer out of three ( Teaching Assistantship, Research Assistantship, and Service Assistantship)
To say the truth I really want to underline the three but on the other hand I am thinking I might look desperate. so my question is
1. if I indicate all three, does it make me a desperate, unserious applicant that doesn't know what she wants?
2. if I indicate only research assistantship, wont I be depriving myself of the other two opportunities ?
3. if I indicate only research assistantship, will they automatically review my application for the other two?

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NOTE : I have some experiences in all three forms of assistantships at least I have been teaching for some years now.
I need this funding seriously... please help a sister.

Choose the three forms of financial aid. You won't seem desperate.

Most schools consider you for all available aid by default. Grad schools understand that funding is very important to applicants.

fizzile:
Am at d GRE center at aba.. Omor na God oooo. If una sabi cabash,make una cabash for me oooo. Just 8 candidates here in total. Omor one niggar came with a photocopy of his data page of his international passport and was rejected. Omor some guys dey jonse ooo.

Success Sir.

yorex2011:
So far i have
Georgia tech,
University of texas at austin,
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
Arizona state University...
Planning for spring 2017..fall 2017 too far tho I've read that spring admissions are at a slight disadvantage over their fall counterparts

Proposed MS in electrical engineering - Electrical engineering and power systems

What is your priority? Funding or admission?

Assuming you prioritize funding and are applying for MS:

Georgia Tech will likely not give you funding except you have real and meaningful research experience with at least a paper (IEEE transactions and the likes).

Austin will be ambitious for your profile. As a rule of thumb, to get funding, your application must be very competitive compared to other admitted students.

MS funding for ASU is not likely.

femi321:
To everyone expecting admisison and funding decision, how are you people coping with the expectations? I am so tensed. I read the grad cafe result page like newspaper everyday and thoughts of 'if' and permutations keep running through my mind..mehn e no easy. we will all receive good news worthy of sharing soon in jesus name....@stolid so I got my original TOEFL score report Yesteday. A neighbor collected it on my behalf because no one was at home yesteday. #SURPRICED

The waiting is hard. What schools are you expecting decisions from? You should join the MS in US Fall 2016 group on Facebook; lots of results are posted there. (Gradcafe results are usally biased towards PhD and top schools.)

yorex2011:
Are the questions in Manhattan 5lb books real GRE questions... Cos i just did one small test maths of 37 questions ans i got 34 correctly which could pass for a 166...and its just to test my current abilities... First one got 18/20..second 24/25...now 34/37...cos they look quite easy and I'm just wondering if these were the kind of things they ask in real GRE

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahaha.

You either want to write the GRE or you don't; there is no dabbling. If you do, get the official guides and take the powerprep tests (you can download it from the ets website).

Any other way to gauge your performance is just irrelevant.

nedum360:
Agreed, this guy is a psycho. But we cannot neglect the truth that comes from his mouth. That's why his popularity is growing by the day. But is it mere coincidence that Africa's failure of leadership is reflected in the current US leadership? Cos it's now on record that the most incompetent and unstatesmanly US president is from the dark continent. #foodforthought

What type of assertion is this? What record are you referring to? Obama is not incompetent by whatever yardstick is used to judge a president's performance.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/us/politics/avoiding-the-dreaded-second-term-curse.html

Congrats @sirRiddy. What other schools gave you funding? Also, did you apply for Spring or Fall?

Congrats again.

AlbertEinstein:
Thank you all 4 ur support. Here it is:
Vo: Why did u choose this school?
Me: Because of the facilities, the faculty and collaboration with different partners in the industry
Vo: MS in aerospace. Wht did u study @ undergrad level?
Me: Mechanical Engineering
Vo: what will this degree do for you
Me: I'll get a job in an mro
Vo: I guess it's gonna be a high-paying job
Me: (I smiled). Of course yes
Vo: how would u pay for this(looks @ my I-20)... Oh a research assistantship
(Begins to type sth on his system as my heart was racing but I tried to keep composure)
Then the moment:
Vo: u'll need this @ d point of entry...u can pick up ur VISA @ this location...(I wasn't listening to all he was saying
Me: (came out of the building, raised my hands to the sky n gave thanks)

Congrats. At what school would you be pursuing the MS?

hadassaheke:
1. I studied industrial physics in my undergrad
2. Target score VB 160 Q 160 Aw 3,5
3. I have got the materials as recommended by the op
4. 4/5 hours per day.....am a serving corp member

PS: I wanna write IELTS so I'll be preparing for the two!

For any meaningful recommendation, you need to take a diagnostic test first, to ascertain your current level.

Go to the ETS website, download the Powerprep software, and take the first practice test. Report back your scores and we can go from there.

For the Quant, subscribe to the Magoosh plan. Run with Magoosh for the remainder of January. Purchase and take the 6 Manhattan practice tests from the beginning of February to your test date.

hadassaheke:
Good evening people, please I have a question that needs an honest answer...
I have been following the thread for a while now....
I am interested in applying for an m.sc program in Germany, and due to my low GPA (3.03/5.0) I want to write GRE so as to increase my chances of being admitted.....
So my question is, I have a deadline of march 1 to meet, do you think its late for me to write the exams?
considering the fact that I am going to start preparations this month and have to write the exams around February so as to meet my march 1 deadline........ please my dear friends your inputs are highly welcomed....

what course did you study in your undergrad? What are your target scores? How much have you budgeted for prep? How much study hours per week can you afford?

TheZed:
Do you mean the official guide from ETS website?

The three official guides by ETS -- second edition, verbal and quant 150 practice questions.

Chanteh:
Am really glad to find a thread like this on NL. I was opportuned to spend 3 months for a training course in the US and wrote my GRE there. I used 1 month to study plus busy moments during the training. I scored V145 Q143. I was dissapointed and cried all day. Now back to Nigeria and I intend to write again in febuary. Please DanjaNinja can you add me to the fb group? I wish to take insight from all you gurus so I can make more than 300 in my next exam.
Thanks to you all and happy holidays.

For scores of 160+ in both sections, you would ideally need 2 - 3 months of prep and the following materials.

1) Official Guides + Manhattan 5lb book + Nova math.

For a more comprehensive prep, the online resources below are also useful.

2) Manhattan's 6 online practice tests + magoosh's $99 premium plan.

If you have an adequate math foundation or are scoring above 155 in Quantitative practice tests, Barron's, Gruber, Mcgraw-Hill, and Princeton Review are all useless (for top Quant scores).

CarterIV:
Yes $75 waived and I can submit official transcript and gre later... There is room to upload unofficial documents pending the time of processing... I just need to provide the official documents before I resume(if I get it ofcourse)...

Nice. When registering for the Search Service, did you declare your undergraduate GPA as A/A+? ETS does not allow schools to search candidates by GRE score bands only. Instead, the search result is populated by individuals who meet either the undergraduate GPA OR GRE score band criteria.

CarterIV:
Thanx boss... Mine was Rensselaer polytechnic Institute, Top 50 in research in USA, the average gre score dy even admit is about 325 buh then their geoscience is nt up there, buh since I can send my documents after admission I'll just Dance to their tune for now. And I will say a big tanx for this thread, well I wouldn't av taken the exam.. I was told to write it since last year buh was scared .... Tiri gbosa for you

Did Rensselaer give you an application fee waiver?

sirRiddy:
Not all schools need a 26 on the speaking section for a Teaching assistantship position. I used to think so to. Some take at least 23, others even allow 22. I had a 24 and I got a TA.
Regardless, to be safe, aim for a 26 so you can get a TA in any school in the world.

Congrats Bro. Which school gave you TA?

MacMaster01:
Thank you Jesus!!! Airtel Offer just landed, who's with me?

Congrats! What department were you interviewed for?

faith2ogesco:
-3^2= -9?

Parenthensis, Exponentiation, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction.

-3^2 = 0 - 3^2 = 0 - 9 (exponentiation)= -9 (subtraction).

Good morning everyone.
Please, how are you guys accessing the jamb website? I am getting 404 errors whenever I try to access it.

Thanks.

There is a whatsapp group started for GRE study. If interested, mail swigglym@yahoo.com with your digits.

chrisviral:
Okay
I do hope you put in few good words for me!
Thanks!

Seriously? You dey believe LCD? Covert op? The guy dey joke na. Him dey pull your strings.