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Let's not derail again; oh, and most of the replies to Twoods were pure sanctimonious bullshit.

jamoyakz:
I don't know what your problem is you keep on supporting Twood as if you are his spokesman... by the way are you first person to get to America or even entered an ivy league school (if sef you never fall out ) there is great virtue in been humble. please refrain from generalization is bad. you wanna tell that all Americans are saints? your matter and that of your oga weak me

... Your comments are well appreciated sire, Thank you.

TheGrandChemist:
Really?
Oh, I was mistaken. Not even a surgery performed by Dr Peter Hadden can remedy permanent blindness, save a miracle.



Enjoy the rest of your day, man.

I'm on a highway to hell

TheGrandChemist:
I hate belabouring a point over and over again.

In answer to your question, yes it matters. Morally, it is unfair and unjust. C'mon man, think and speak logically like a man of sound mind that you are and not being blinded by partisanism.

Is it a just act for a thief to sentence a thief to jail? Is that what is obtainable in the USA? Even the Bible made mention of this, and I quoted it in my first post. Of course, this is hypocrisy.

Moreover, the fact that not all Nigerians are fraudulent and dishonest as he purported weakens his claim.

Thank you.

all is fair in love and war; if you're on fire and a man equally engulfed in flames enlightens you of your own hell, do you refuse to extinguish your flames simply because the messenger was equally being scorched? . And yes there is nothing at all wrong with a thief jailing another thief, the world has one less thief to worry about, and eventually men of sound mind and body and worthy in character will apprehend the judge thief; what matters most, one thief got what he deserves.

TheGrandChemist:
Hello man?
My issue is not whether Nigerians are what he says they are. I only frown on the part he jumps quickly at the slightest opportunity to besmirch Nigerians in the most absurd manner, like he is a perfect Nigerian; this is a perfect case of the pot calling the kettle black.

and here is my point; as a pot does it matter if the kettle calling you black is black, what matters is that you are immersed in soot and have become unclean. whether your detractor, the kettle , is also black is of no use if you do not wash off the layers of carbon black. We are Black pots, and whether or not Twoods, our kettle is black or not, will not wash off our black stains or make us less black.

TheGrandChemist:
If you really do read your Bible as you profess, you must have come across this verse "So when they continued asking Him, He lifted up Himself..., He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." You are so quick to judge Nigerians as dishonest and fraudulent people, when you even seem to be worse off. You can prove Nigerians wrong by returning back to your country as you told the VO while you had your visa interview years back (Well, there's nothing to prove in the first place since you've already exceeded the 2 years given you to study in the USA).

From all indications, you are even more dishonest and fraudulent. You're just some dishonest, insincere, proud being who thinks he knows it all and is perfect; you always think you're perfect in all ramifications and can never be corrected. It's just a shame that you risk continuing your life this way.

And just so you know, I am aware the truth is pretty bitter, especially for a proud, unrepentant being like you. So, I really do not give a hoot if you get pissed off by this piece. However, if this piece gets you pissed off, you can help yourself by running into a fast-moving train; I hear there are high-speed trains in New Jersey, uh...you should know that by now.

lol ... Take a Chill pill man, .... If you must, Do not attack the messenger, the message is of utmost importance. Everything Twoods says about us Nigerians is truth, the truth hurts, but it's still the truth ... Life na jeje

tizentos:
H guys, please what does it mean if a prof replies with this message in the image below. Is it a green light or what? my head is not booting at all.

can we see a screenshot of what you sent to him

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Ollybee1234:
hi everyone am need here i want to ask a question on behave of my brother he was denied 4 times now. please is there a probability that they can give him

did he use an agent?
what class of degree is he going for?
what type of school(s) earned him this denial?
any fake document submitted to the embassy ?
how old is your brother?

vikturaikay:
Please guys I applied to just one school and I was admitted. So I didn't bother checking out other schools. Will it be a problem?

Not at all Bro, so far its not a for profit one building accreditation "jangolover" school.

Lastruct:
Hello House, Its been a while here. I sincerely need your advice on my issue, not minding any criticism. After much researching and taking advice from a brother (femi321). I have taken GRE amidst all difficulties and little or no time to study harder. I need to know if I have a chance of getting admission with funding (and possible suggested schools), though already preparing to send mails to grad coord. of some schools using schools list on msinus.com with the low GRE scores, I just need some advice considering the short time I have to start applications. Meanwhile, I do not intend to write another GRE, as the chance of being able to fully prepare for GRE again is too slim. My Profile below;

GRE Score: 297 (Q147, V150) as seen on the screen after the exam, waiting for AWA
MSc Civil & Environmental (Structures, Unilag): 4.48/5.00
BTech Civil Engr'g : 4.16/5.00
TOEFL: writing on 16th December
7 years work experience
Have 2 Kids (LOL)

I intend going for a PhD in Civil Engineering (Structures)
I will appeciate any kind suggestions here my people, will also like to know if there is hope or I just forget about it since I dont intend to re-write GRE.

cc: femi312, imperviouxx, LagosismyHome, Walspring, Gokuu, TWoods, EZEIGBO1OFIMO, folmus, biikeys, justwise

Thanks for your anticipated frank responses guys.

Sorry about the score sir, Life truly isn't easy. To be Honest, very few schools will be willing to overlook your poor GRE score, and excellent GPA. Your GPA is Super OK, I'm assuming you have at least one publishable/published thesis from your MSc. , so the missing piece here is the GRE. If it wouldn't be too much to ask, I suugest you write another GRE, this time with at least a 6 month Gap, and look towards fall 2019. Between Now and fall 2019, waka go http://libgen.io and begin to scour through civil engineering journals free of charge (its not legal, but hey you're in Nigeria), find papers that interest you, read them and mail the professors back stating interest in their work (please let the mail be individual specific, do not mass mail). You can begin building rapport with the few professors who are kind enough to reply and inform them of your plans to come under their supervision for a PhD. If you can hit at least >305 in your next GRE, coupled with an assured Professor of interest in mid tier schools, there's a high chance of cruising to a fully funded PhD.
EDIT: I'll implore scholastica16 to come give GRE score boosting advice.
EDIT2: if you insist very much on not rewriting the GRE, then you can turn the sail of your ship towards Europe, since you already have a masters, though funding is a big problem in Europe.
Finally, if and only if you have at least two published papers in good journals, there are some schools willing to push aside GRE, although they may not be very great ones.

adesegun14:
Hello great NL.
I have an interview this week, I heard that there are cheap hotels in obalende (I don't live in lagos). Can someone please tell me a cheap hotel in obalende and the description. Thank you

http://hotels.ng is a fantastic way to solve your problems

TWoods:
Send me a private message on here. I can read through tonight and send you my comments privately... if that is your wish.

and it is written, that in the end times when the son of man is to come, twoods will start receiving mock interview PM's

akinjis:
My people,I have a question I just concluded my NYSC these year and Am going for visa interviews by 10th December for my masters!!does it require that the student must be working already ? is it compulsory?
I finished Nysc June up till now is it's compulsory I should be working.I will be expecting a reply thank you for your time.

june-december is only a meagre 5 months, most standard multinational recruitment take a teeny weeny bit longer than this; so, no wahala for you sir.

HonNellymike12:
Is it best to answer the VO like this, tht the standardised test was waived for me as a result of my impressive essay but I also did a language standardised test which is toefl or ielts? Am going for MSC criminal justice, hope the answer is convincing enough. Tanks in advance

bros bros!!!.. the Admission committee does not have the right too waive any standardized test for anybody; and trust me, unless it's doctoral candidates or some ivies , adcoms are not exactly very thrilled to review applications and read through the grandiose delusion called admissions essay . so the story of impressive essay might set off another bomb in the VO's head, because
1. The essay might have been awesome to you, but theres no way of knowing if it was awesome to the adcom, knowing fully well that the only message you get from the school is an admission decision and not a nobel prize review of your essay .
2. Admission requirements are clearly stated and varies from school to school, and some schools do not require standardized tests for admission evaluation.

josiahese:
Kids


VO don't like it when they hear you know about a school online.
Tell them something personal.
You answers are not convincing at all.
Research more and give them something real.. You will be approved.

eerm Baa'mi how else do you expect majority of people to find out about the school, or do you assume that we must have all heard of school xyz from their alumni in Nigeria. there is nothing absolutely wrong in hearing about your school and doing extensive research online, that is the chief reason why serious schools make intense efforts to ensure that every single detail you need is right there in their web space; and contact details, if you just happen to want to dig deeper. In fact, it is when you do intensive research online that you come across better schools that may not be popular. On a last note, searching online is not restricted to google, usnews and their ranking counterparts; simply reading an open access journal and picking interest in the author of a paper you liked and following up with an email to the concerned faculty is another powerful way of doing online research.
EDIT: i just want to say this again, the sole reason why you have paid 64000NGN is not to tell the VO what they like, or give them brain orgasms , it is to affirm your DS160 , and access your eligibility for an F-1.

When will these people admit that all this ruckus is simply about the proposed gelegele seaport, and that they are only interested In who go chop pass. Old fools!!

justwise, please kindly rid this thread of phone numbers.

ifyalways:
Not really. I'm just pissed with their petty scam.

Imagine thus scenario:
You saw and ordered say a TV (75K) and a carton of malt(3k), delivery fee of 3K all because of the so called 5K off. These morrafvckers will first deliver the malt and collect delivery fee then next you will see is an email from them saying they can't deliver the TV because the earth has suddenly become square.

So, you end up buying a carton of malt(that you actually don't need) for 6K . I ready for them this time

Damn!!!.... That's really really terrible; something tells me our brothers are rerouting the vouchers big time

ifyalways:
I believe I typed in English language abi I wasn't clear enough? I had no problem whatsoever with ordering. I had no problem with using the voucher/code

The problem is : what I ordered for using the 5K discount code has not been updated nor made any headway or progress since I ordered it. Three days after placing the order using the 5K discount code, I placed more orders this time used no voucher code. Now, Jumia is ready to deliver those items while the single item I ordered using voucher code is just there, no update, nothing. Next thing I will hear is that it's out of stock.

Jumia thinks it's smart abi? If una no deliver that item I ordered using that 5K promo code, I'mma place more orders and reject them all on delivery day(s)

Evil!!!

The idiot called king was running a ponzi scheme and shouting hedge fund up and down like a deranged fool, now the house of cards have fallen. I only pity people who believed that he was running a hedge fund , and yet didn't ask to see his positions and holdings in the "imaginary" futures he was trading.

abeeolars:
I noticed some mistakes that some people made that i will like to address; when you get to the embassy, dont go about making new friends, gisting and hanging around, it may cause you some distraction, just focus on the mission at hand, also dress sense is also important as your appearance counts alot, for the Men, try to get a clean haircut and a clean shave, remove all those beards, dress in a manner that the VO will be convinced that you are a responsible fellow, dont come wearing some canvas and looking hipy, or some random outfit, for the ladies too dress like someone who is going to a higher institution for professional studies.

Red herring!!!.. this is very untrue; the US embassy encourages applicants to dress comfortably, well within the limits of sanity, and the whole purpose of the visa is to determine your eligibility for the visa and the authenticity of your claims which you have submitted to Homeland, and not to size you up. what would you say of my Muslim brethren who have to keep beards as is required by their religion, or Sikh men whose beards are enough to make santa jealous; while we Nigerians look at unnecessary things like this, the embassies and VO's understand that cultural differences exist, hence your eligibility for the visa and the authenticity of your claims are the only reason you come to Walter carrington. cc abujaNIV

Cephas0009:
..... said thank you Sir and walked out of the hall crying �...

did you really cry .. congratulations !!!!

aamstih:
Hi guys, I have got the following enquiries:

1.Please is there a any eatery one can eat around JKK building (word has it that eating before the exams is almost as important as your intensity of practice)?

2.How can I get to JKK building from iyana ipaja?

3.Should sleep forsake me on the eve to my exams, should I rehearse vocabs or watch game of thrones to whet my critical reasoning acumen?

Thanks

Scholastica88 you're doing a good job here

if you can shell 2k, just take UBER or taxify

LagosismyHome:
Is this statement based on Nigeria facts or another country?

bl**wjobs got his J1 years back when things were good, Now most designated agencies by Us Embassy require minimum of $10,000 to cover cost, and the embassy insists you must go through them and only one of the agencies accepts applications from Nigeria, the rest don't bother.

k199192:
Ezeigbo1ofimo you have come again.. if i ask you question now you will say check my signature. my interview is next two weeks... give tips thanks

lol, my signature has casted . getting an F-1 seems to be getting harder these days.

Honestly, if you believe in God, and thinks he sits down somewhere and does Tum-bum Tum-bum analysis on who gets a visa and who gets rejected, then your height of delusion is through the roof.

cassey14:
Remember the saying "anything that's worth doing is worth doing well ". I don't know about others but it's all part of the testimony,knowing u succeeded where others failed, knowing that God's favour singled u out above some people. In my case there were three people infront of me,a guy going for his masters in the US,a woman in her forties claiming she was going for a wedding and a family of five going for holidays. Everything checked out. They had travel experience to fill two passports,bank statements and they were really jovial with the VO,the student was grilled and even presented a bank statement. These three were denied and i wasn't. If I'm giving a testimony of God's favour without mentioning that he favored me above the people who went before me then what sort of testimony would that be?? I hope you understand. I speak for myself alone not others. BTW who's also going to ETSU for spring 2018?

Lol.... Classic Case of Hero Bias and Retrospective psychology; So you're so special that God decided to bless you first with an F-1 visa ... Twoods come and see your protégés ooh

Hotzone:
Is that a question or display of f**lishness? What's hidden or code of conduct? In case u don't know, DSS are attached to VIP's and Gov's and president but discreet job are meant for everybody but at selected location. U can't be sent on such mission if u are not meant for it or trained for intelligence gathering.

you just ended up displaying your own infinite foolishness. You could not give a sane reply to his concerns... how many times do you CIA operatives posting their per wedding ops on Social media ewu nama
cc Hiddenshadow

Olufemiopa:
Good afternoon to you All. I was denied visa this morning at Lagos Consulate. I was previously denied B1/B2 twice in 2013 and since then, I have just applied again this year. Please, I need your advice on what went wrong. Below is the transcript

Me: Good morning ma'am
VO: Good morning, your passport
Me: I passed it..
VO: Oh! I don't know it's student application, your i-20
Me: I passed it to her
VO: Have you applied for US visa before?
Me: Yes
VO: She said you are applying on a different category?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your highest qualification?
Me: Master Degree in Managerial Psychology
VO: How did you know about the school?
Me: After I have concluded to study in the US, I did my personal intensive search through gradschools.com, USnews, Gradtrek for the graduate program that is a match for my career and narrowed it... She was nodding...
VO: Are you employed or self employed?
Me: I have been self employed for over 14 years
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Do you have children?
Me: Yes, I have 3 children
VO: Are they going with you to the US?
Me: No, they are not
VO: Is your wife working?
Me: Yes
VO: What is she into?
Me: Broadcast Marketing with .....
VO: What is Organizational Leadership going to do for you?
Me: It would equip me with current world class practice on management of employees and would also be helpful in personal development and my business expansion
VO: Sorry... bla... bla.... and she gave me a blue paper.

My school would resume on 15th January, Orientation is on 8th January, 2018. My F1 and SEVIS are still valid, what do you suggest I do?

Thanks.

What is the name of the school..

For future sake, things we fūcking don't want to hear from your transcripts.
Everybody before me was denied - why the fūck does everyone say this nonsense, yes we know you have now become a visa guru, but please keep this BS to your self

biikeys:
Yup, H1-B in under a lot of scrutiny now..and this is someone with a great profile; If you now go and study some random course , you're on your own big time...

and yet some people on this thread, in their infinite wisdom will go to tier 7 colleges for dead rated MBA's and Humanity degrees ...