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cuteemperor:
Aiit, would keep you guys posted

Nice one. Really impressed at the POE transcripts i do see at the US thread. Very inspiring.

cuteemperor:
By POE, do you mean point of entry..

yes boss. atleast from the point u get to MMIA down to when to get to your destination. Atleast it will help some persons

gunther6:
Its been more than a fortnight since I got here while I do not have the experience of the gurus, but I have seen 9 states. I am going to take a more introspective or even pessimistic realistic view.
First your life will not automatically improve when you get here, I have found out self improvement, the desire to be better is a function of what you have on the inside (your self belief, determination), as it has been rightly said an ant in Sango will not turn to an elephant in San Francisco.
Two there are two different types of America that largely never mix and are vastly different in resources and experience. Blacks have a raw deal in America, I will not pontificate about it. Visit Randallstown and WhiteMarsh just a few miles from each other in Baltimore county and see the vast difference in life. Segregation is real, before it was enforced by law now it is just by Money(credit).
As an African not black, Whites will treat you well and defer to you because you are not 'African-American' while African-Americans long the basement boys of America will mock you. I find the treatment of whites condescending while I find that of blacks ignorant, I just want to be treated like everybody else (pipe dreams)
Let me drum it in your ears, you might spend 5yrs here or 500 but you are not American and you'll never be, trying will cost you heartache and lost dignity, This days Americans don't even know what America is, your kids might turn out all American but nigg*r you ain't sh*t (ebonics)
You will meet a lot of peeps here, some high flying students, many that dropped out or never attended school, many that got sucked in just because they gave the devil a Mouth Action ( they smoked crack) .
I have good roads now, I don't worry about light, I don't even do my ironings a week in advance in fact I do no ironings at all, laundry is cheap but make no mistake the road, electricity, fast internet is not free you pay through the nose. Not paying bills will see you quickly relegated to 3rd world standard of living in America.
I was complaining to a friend and he was like knowing all this, would you do it again? Yes, I would!!! I had the courage to leave , leave behind family and friends (painful) and seek a better life. I receive a lot of PM's before my account got shut with people saying how is it? , I got visa and no funding , I don't have school fees I want to leave Nigeria , what school? People ask, should I come??
I can tell you the following, where there is a will, there is a way, you will have more rights than you ever did in Nigeria but don't break laws and make your own damn decisions.




*sorry for the epistle its not for everyone

Am gonna challenge you; Gunther6, conquer America and come out great. You shall succeed.

OluDare01:
I'm a pastor
And I already have home ties o.
Rheenah where are you

Yeah I know...lolzzz. Conquer amelica boss. All d best

OluDare01:
Guy no be small thing o.
My travel na adventure o.
I passed through 7 states before I reach here.
I tour New York too
And I ate Amala in New York.
Ah dey tell u

hahaahahaha.. No be small adventure. Hope say u no look nyyaaasshh like sureb0y..lolzolzzzz

OluDare01:
I entered school today
My school is very small but mehn Wetin my eyes see no be small o.
My department for UI big ehn but the equipments are obsolete compared to what I saw here.
Infact, free journals and textbooks dey
Everything dey except time.
Those looking forward to my travel transcript, no vex o.
It drops by weekend latest

The big boss. My mannest man...I jst sent a pm to you.
cc: oludare01

Congrats to all those who have been granted visas. More good news await more persons. It will always end in praise. Congrats.
Please don't forget to give us your POE transcript incase you are going soon.

Bourne007:
Depends on what's on your CAS and how your Uni has assessed you. They might not even include your pgd on your CAS. Have you gotten you CAS yet?

Alright. No, not yet. Still counting the days of Elijah abiii 28days.

Bourne007:
The guidance says transcript or certificate of qualification anyways which I have a attached. This was last updated April 2016

Please do they accept letter of attestation by the school with a copy of transcript attached. I hv my bsc certificate, a scanned copy of my pgd transcript on my laptop and a letter of attestation indicating that the certificate isn't ready. Can they be used?

sureb0y:
I don show. I say make I wake up monitor one phone for ebay wey I wan buy. bidding closes in 1 hour 30 minutes. I hope I win, Yesterday was a super-packed day for me. I suffer no be small chei. well, all that glitters here is still gold sha!!! Still better than the nonsense in Nigeria :p where should I start from? These people no dey play with time o. when it's lunch/break, if you like beg and roll for floor, you go wait till them come back ni (old gist, but I experienced it first time yesterday). Yesterday was for orientation/registration. I waka for hot sun chai, from pillar to post. E be like say the sun for here hot pass una own o. emphasis on UNA. :p At least I don leave una for a while even if na 2 years or less, I still leave una!!! Eyin omo wobe. :p kidding o, don't take it p. Naija na still our una own.

I'm slowly getting used to their style here. Make una dey practise how to smile o. These ones sabi smile like mad, I smiled about 743 times in total yesterday. Thing is, when you're walking, the girls look at you. If your eyes meet, they smile - contagious smile. You're forced to smile back, in fact I blushed a few times because these girls are the shiiiiiiii. Another thing I noticed: Americans are generally nice people, they're going to kill you with kindness. Ask for help responsibly and they're willing to help. Una for naija too dey do nonsense. Stop person for road to show you way, lailai. when him mama don warn am about kidnappers, evil spirits, ritualists and co. Here, when you ask for help and it's something they can't do or know nothing about, they apologize for over 1 minute feeling bad that they're not able to help. They instantly direct you to where they feel you'd get help.

I visited the gym last night. HOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYYY MAAACCCAAAARRRRROOOONNNNNIIIIIII... it fcuukkkiinngggg blew my mind. First, it's free to use as long as you have a student ID card. Secondly, na only you waka come. If you like enter gym, kill yourself for there. nobody send you. Thirdly, na yesterday I know say I too like woman. I really have to learn how to stop. Come see YYYYAAAAANNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH! Girls wey don jog and do sit-ups + aerobics tire, come add squatting to am. Kai, one girl enter gym when I dey do bench press. I had to put the weight down and use style look around. she was about 5'9", you know when a girl is on top of you, about to ride you and she pauses to pack her hair? you know that style wey them dey always pack the hair? her hair was packed like that. this girl's nippuus were hard and showing, she go be like 34D, flat stomach and her hips were stunning. come see yansh wey she use finish am, her body was well defined and super-duper-hot-and-sexy. In summary, about 5'9", 34D-29-46. I'm not exaggerrating. This girl be like... kai, Nothing wey I no imagine for that period, I was carried away. God go bless that oyinbo wey grant my visa. I for dey Alimosho now, dey open dp of those nonsense pweetybarbielahposhtotiyaweyretipepewithoutknowing.

On my way back to the hostel with my roomie, na so so yansh we dey see. see some clean girls wey dey drive high-end rides, cardillac, mustang, benz. Make I stop to dey write before that girl enter my head again. Those people wey dey come here come marry fat and old people, na wa for them o. See as girls full everywhere, don't even tell me they're hard to get. Emi don gorgon, agba awo ton fi ase momi, omni-lickest ton la anything. Make I face my studies first, na me and these girls.

Sorry, this is a very irrelevant post lol. na just my experience I say make I share. As nobody dey ask me anything wey concern visa, nothing to write about am. If you like girls wey tall and get yansh, you should work extra hard for that visa. once you get it, I go give you number of one woman for igando, her agbo na gangsta. (na joke o). Peace out people.

Finally, MsNas and Walspring. I don't have info about the ss-card yet. I'm visiting the work-permit people today and I should have the information you want. why I wrote that was, they told me I'd get jobs once I'm done with orientation and registration and I've been given student ID card, social security card, etc. Make I come back for evening, I'll tell you what I find out. Is that okay?

] lololzzz see as I leave my better fufu with afang soup with enough cowleg and stockfish come dey refresh page just to c weda ur post don enter. Omor u dey scata my beards oooo. Lolollllzzz. I dey feel u. Abeg u fit pm me? I gat some info for u.
cc: sureb0y

OlowoB:
^^^ fizzle

You are very on point. This present government has failed so far but coming online and trying to give the impression that if the previous administration was still in power, things would not be bad is the biggest lie of the century. The exchange rates would have ben close to this (if not same) if the PHD holder was still president.

Nigeria has been on a time bomb since and the signs have been there for so long. Unfortunately, this present administration is not making things easier. They are trying to change naija over night and things don't work that way.

Ask them when PDP their party was in power for 16 years, what did they do? The first day i traveled out of Nigeria, i almost wept for Nigeria and this was when the PHD holder was in power.

See i don't want to talk too much about naija matter cos i always have headache when discussing about it

Please don't develop headache ooo. A friend landed in the US two days ago and he dropped his transcript on the US thread. This guy almost wept at Naija...he gave his experiences from the airport down to his hotel room down to when his course adviser called him that he will be in school by soo soo and soo time and will love to catch up with him when its convenient for the guy. here in naija, u go wait for lecturer tired..inshort he called them "cursed advisers". To crown it up, one of his lecturers invited him for dinner with his family from now till when school resumes fully. The problem we have here in naija is a structural issue and runs in the blood. i doubt if naija will ever get better judging by the crop of leaders we have presently.
When are we gonna see a new crop of politicians? rather we have same people in different parties. dont be surprised if by 2018, dos in the ruling party will decamp to the pdp or a different party. the quest for power has become so intensed that politicians no longer think of the people, rather they think of how much they can loot. as long as am concerned, don't expect somuch from this current administration cos it won't achieve anything tangible. its basically an administration on revenge mission.
lets forget the current issues in this country cos talking about it is annoying.
n/b: abeg if u have an opportunity to leave this country, please move on ooooo...work hard, and make the best outta whatever thing you do abroad. (legal and not illegal things plz)

MrsDaniels:
i am laughing in swahili......hahahaha fizzile oh. well at the other poster not everyone is aware the fees has skyrocked. buhari na real zombie...

Whatever they like they should do. No be their fault. I expected it anyway. God will help us. Not after this whole struggle to UK, d rate will come to 1naira to a pound. Eeeehhhh abeg ooo, inshort wen we get there make e reach 1000naira sef. Make man come back come sell give abok1..lolzzzzzz

muami:
If you look clearly, you'd find that I did not make any complain. I only explained the reason for the increase. So you are looking for where to vent your frustration, please take it elsewhere.

Easy guys, no need for that. Please I beg. So many factors contributed to the present state the Nation is. Afterall wen the country had somuch money,a section were busy looting and not saving for d rainy day.
cc: olowob and muami

OluDare01:
Baba na excursion I dey do for here o

excursion? U for do d excursion for naija naaaa...lolzzz

MrsDaniels:
Breaking news oh tuberulosis test is now skyrocked to 41,000naira not 26k again o. I just paid mine and booked for tomorow

Blood of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob..loolzZzzz. This is serious. Just imagine what dis man from daura has caused us.

Whatamidoinghere:
Still coming up or down?

What about if the rate goes high like a week, and later comes down in two weeks time. Will it affect the statement of account at the end of 28days?

Or we need to maintain the rate at a high price so it won't affect.

I also heard, they will make use of the rate the day I applied, which of the apply date. Is it school or Visa

Cc: justwise Claremont fizzile OlowoB

I will advice u to use 450 or 430 to calculate so that you will be on the safe side. They will use the rate on the day u apply for visa to calculate. As at today, it has moved from 415 to 417. For instance if you calculated with 400 and after the 28days the rate dropped to 390, and on the day u applied for visa it went up to to 410, they will use 410 to calculate. Hope you undstnd.

sureb0y:
Hi guys. lol. more positive reactions. See as my pms full hahaha, Una don use style turn me to motivational speaker. Abeg o, I'm just sharing my experience. It's been great for me. All of una wey wan come my school lol There are hundreds of better schools na, no be compulsory make una come here. I just dey happy say I gain admission into this one. No more long posts. Another thing I noticed. The lecturers here are NOT "lecturers". They are your buddies. Them dey burst my brain and I never even meet them. I'll show you two mails: First from my course adviser then from that lecturer wey I say I famz, wey help me get the application waiver when I dey Naija.

Good morning,

I hope your trip went well. I will be in my office this afternoon. So[b] if it is convenient for you[/b] we could set up a time to meet. We will need to do that before you can sign up for courses. My phone number is Bleep-Bleep-xxxx.

J

XXXXXXX,

First of all, welcome to the United States and to xxxxxxx! Second, I will be on campus shortly after lunch and will be there for most of the afternoon. I have a meeting at 1 PM (until about 1:30) but otherwise I would be available to meet you this afternoon. We can take a walk over to the Student Union and find a bus schedule (Bleep has its own bus system that goes all over xxxxxxx and is free for Bleep students). If you need help finding your way to the xxxxxx department (second floor of xxxx Hall), I can meet in you in the xx lobby.

Finally, I've just talked to my wife and we'd love to invite you over to dinner at our home tonight if you don't have other plans. In fact, until the semester gets underway and while you don't have things to keep you busy, you are welcome to spend free time with us. I'm not sure whether you have a phone for calling or texting, but here is my cell phone number: Bleep-Bleep-xxxx. My wife, xxxxx, wants me to give you her contact information as well. Her cell phone is Bleep-Bleep-xxxx and her e-mail address (cc'ed above) is Bleep@aol.com.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Sincerely.

These two mails may mean NOTHING to y'all but they mean everything to me. For the umpteenth time, it's my first time outside Nigeria, I only know about life in Unilag. See course adviser dey ask to meet me when e dey convenient for me. lmao, I remember my cursed adviser for unilag those years, you go wait tire for front of hin office and when him finally show. Him fit just tell you to come back later say him dey busy. Nothing wey you go do. Second email burst my brain. Na senior lecturer be that o. I told you there's no god to man sort of relationship here, lecturers dey do like person padi. The environment is just too relaxing. Again, I didn't get any Graduate Assistanships before leaving Naija but jobs dey here for campus. I'll write more about them when I have more info.

Finally, you can notice how excited I am and how I'm majorly focusing on the positives. It doesn't mean it's 100% smooth and rosy. It means I see my cup as half full instead of half empty. In life, you make your own luck. I have chosen to be happy, to enjoy life to the fullest and worry less about things, to try to fix things instead of remaining sad cos they're bad. You can PM others if you wanna read negative things about living in America, as for me. I am being optimistic and positive. God bless America! I have come here to succeed!

Sureb0y your posts dey scatter my beards oooo...abeg no go there go dey eye the man daughter or wife like u been dey eye dat receptionist for that hotel...else u go suddenly see how the man go turn to "cursed adviser".. abeg nack us more

Walspring:
Nah leg him dey use trek from New York to Tennessee

No be new thing naa. The guy dey trek from gidi to ogun state...lolzzz

OluDare01:
Fine thanks.
I dey enroute Tennessee

Chief Oludare01, this ur joni no be small. Abeg do fast reach so dat u go rest den nack us ur experiences. U toomuch

Sureb0y..u dey bam!!! Abeg nack us the final lap of ur experience. Omor ur head is validly valid. Idi toomuch.

Walspring:
No mind them, dem no get work to do..

Will seun pay them if they win

Na the SEuuuNN dey allow doz kind things,so what do u expect. Him no go find better tn do.

Whatamidoinghere:
MrsF fizzile dannyabba
The rate is at what price as at now?

As at today, its 415 to a pound.

Whatamidoinghere:
You are right fizzile, but what dannyabba is pointing out is okay to me. Cause the way things are going up these days, no one can tell.
Is like, I will go for the test now so as to make things more easier for me
Though UKEAS are good and they know what to do, put trust in them. They might find a better solution for you fizzile

How much for the IHS?

Yeah if u r close to Lagos and Abuja, u can go ahead and do the test. As for me, it wl be quite difficult. The roads are bad, flight ticket now no be small amount. So its better I just come at once and do it instead of coming over twice. As for the IHS, I heard its $301.5.

holysinner01:
Good morning, my school is going to resume in 2 weeks but i intend to travel first week in september. Do u think they can confirm resumption date? *just asking to be on a safer side*

Bros no vex? Is it Seminary school, abii Catering School, Driving school, or sunday school. So dat we go know how to help. Cos as it is now, here na for AMELICA!!!!!

soulhighman:
A very big thanks to all those behind the following monikers for your support during the times I made enquiries here
Lionlee216, slimmy2005, sirRiddy, essayHelp, jumybecks, gunther6.
You might not remember me again, but I was asking about getting a scholarship into USA and you all came with tips and advice.
I finay do not need to try USA for fall 2017 anymore as I have now won the commonwealth shared scholarship to study in the UK and I'm only awaiting the outcome of my UK visa application. Though I still have USA in mind for PhD in. 2018.
I want to say thanks for being helpful.
Soulhighman.

Now i have a UK brother..lololzz.. What school in the UK, bro?
cc: soulhighman

TatPat:
Visa fee, priority and using the centre, 399 or 394 dollars, I'll check and modify this reply.

Will appreciate your modification to the reply. Really need to know how much you paid for the priority and the steps taken.
cc: TatPat

dannyabba:
LOL! Just go and do it ASAP.
1. You don't need to have the 28 days complete before taking the test.
2. With CBN and FG's forex confusion, it's best to go for it before the amount for the test would skyrocket.
3. If you wait for too long, i.e. Till when you're ready for visa application, you might not be able to get a soon-enough date. That's what happened to me in 2014. I called in early July and the earliest date they could get for me for August 8th, more than 3 weeks away.

So in order to avoid delay and disappointment, kuku go for the test now and get the certificate. And know that all that's remaining is your financial statement.

Yeah you are right but the problem am having is that i stay far away from Lagos and Abuja. I stay in Calabar, and paying to take the test will kinda make me spend much, going twice. Am working with UKEAS and the lady promised that she will assist me when the time comes, instead of paying all the way to Lagos or Abuja to do the test then go back during the visa interview.
cc: dannyabba

dannyabba:
LMAO!!!! This guy! Don't put words in my 'mouth' abeg. I never made such inference. Just shared an occurrence in response to tobilistic7's request for candid opinions.

lololzzzz.. Oga dannyabba, me I need to know oooo. So dat I will know weda to go to Lagos or Abuja.

OluDare01:
Lol
Where my $2k

hahhahhaha something wey I don give u in form of prayer. U no know say that ur safe trip down to amelika na worth $10k but as my paddy,I come pray worth $2k for u.

OluDare01:
Kikikiki
I dey Casablanca chilling
17hrs layover has been fun

My man, I happy for u die. Abeg prepare better POE transcript for us ooooo