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Denuga91:
VISA APPROVED. Lagos. May 6, 2021
Here is my transcript

School: Illinois State University

No funding whatsoever
COA: $33894

For those who didn't put their other names while applying while setting their visa application profile, there is no cause for alarm. I made the same mistake and I was allowed to proceed with my interview.
After the biometrics we proceed into the main hall for the interview proper.

V.O: Where are you going to?

ME: I'm going to Illinois State University for my Masters degree in Hydrogeology ( My I-20 says Geological and EarthSciences but my program is Hydrogeology
While asking me this question, dude was busy typing but I made sure I fixate my eyes on him.
V.O: Why this program? (trying to read my major in my I-20) I quickly told him that's my major but my concentration is hydrogeology.

ME: My life experience influenced my decision to study Hydrogeology I lost my dad when I was 9 to cholera (Na so VO stop typing and looked straight into my eyes, in my mind I was like I don catch you�) I continued, ever since then I've always wanted to have a groundwater treatment plant so as to make clean water accessible and affordable to every average Nigerian.
VO: How many schools did you I apply to?
ME: I applied to 3 schools namely: Illinois state university, Ashland University at Ohio and University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
VO: Why Illinois state University?
ME: There are three reasons for this.
Firstly, the research work of Dr Peterson impressed me, he just finish working on radon concentration in groundwater and I strongly believe working with him would help me address the issue of groundwater contaminant ( I asked him "Do you know what radon is all about? He simply nodded.)
VO: Is your sponsor gonna pay for all your expenses?

ME: Yes

V.O: How much ?
ME: I was like you no see am for my I-20 ni) I replied $33,800+ (At this point I was expecting him to ask for his bank statement but dude just moved on to the next question. All these happened while he was typing).

VO: What will this course do for you
ME: (Wa gbayi omo iya mi). I want to have my own groundwater treatment plant where I can partner with botling company, I'm looking at partnering with Nigerian breweries and Coca-cola Nigeria as a consultant to help purify their water from radioactive contaminants.
I also want to partner with NGOs like the Safe Nigeria Group to sensitize the public about the dangers associated with ingesting Radon with groundwater, right now that's one of the leading causes of lung cancer and kidney failure in Nigeria
He typed for like 30 secs and said the golden words. He asked me to go to room 8 that a colleague of him will address me.
Na this EducationUSA people.

*Tips*
-Be confident
*Don't cram your answers*, just have a mental outline of what you're gonna say.
Success to everyone!

Ellamma1:
Have you been admitted?

Yes, I have. I was also given a 4K scholarship and was later recommended to apply for an assistantship position. I await the assistantship decision.

Ellamma1:
Please anyone that applied to wiu for masters in communication?

Yes, I did

Hi Eboni, I did!

EboniAd:
Pls is there anyone that applied for GA at university of Arkansas Little Rock, Let’s connect pls..

Congratulations!

Picricchem:
Embassy Location: Abuja

School name: Kennesaw State University, metro Atlanta Georgia.

Program: Ms. Chemistry.

UG Degree : Chemistry.

GRE & Toefl Scores if there is Any: 304 no toefl.

GPA : 3.07 Wes (2.2 gpa)

Status: Appoved

Financial Aid/Funding:
GTA : 32,300
Deficit = 14k +
COA = 47K
Sponsor: Uncle

I heard about Kennesaw state university from Brown2green. May God bless him.

I'm grateful to God Almighty that made today possible. Everything started in 2019.
I wrote GRE and applied to schools but they all rejected me then I ran to Nairaland to tender my case.

One angel saw my case on Nairaland and sent a mail to me. We call him Pepe �. I thank God for using Pepe for me. He told me to go and do WES so that I can get admission and funding. I told him it wasn't possible becos I didn't have that kind of money. He pressed on me until I did WES, then my story changed.

I am so happy right now. Only God could have done this.

I planned to have my interview at a later date but I just discovered that my passport will remain exactly 6 months tomorrow. God gave me today's date in short �

Interview
Vo: good morning
Me: good morning sir.
Vo: do you have up to six months on this passport.
Me: yes sir. It will remain six months tomorrow.
Vo: where are you going in the US?
Me: I'm going to kennesaw state university for my Master's degree in chemistry. I got this offer in 2020 but due to covid lockdown I couldn't secure an appointment.
Vo: oh, I see.
Me: yes sir. In fact my assistantship was kept for me.
Vo: nodding in agreement.
Vo : why do you want to have this degree?
Me: I planned to join a multinational company here in Nigeria as a research and development Chemist, and this degree will put me in the best position to achieve that.
I'm currently eyeing Nestlé, OLAM, and Unilever.
Vo: where are you working presently?
Me: I'm working with Nestlé Nigeria on contract. I joined them pending the beginning of my program as I can't take up any permanent appointment until I get my Master's.
Vo: nodding in agreement.
Vo: have you travelled out before?
Me: No sir.
Vo: who is your sponsor?
Me : named him.
Vo: what does he do?
Me: he holds the position of vice president at OLAM international. So he controls all their manufacturing activities in Nigeria.
Vo: didn't get OLAM so I spelt for him.
Vo: why does he want to sponsor you?
Me: he was the one that advised me to go for my Master's abroad to gain a better research knowledge and international exposure before I join their company as R& Chemist. He promised to render all the necessary support and he's doing just that. In fact he gave me the money last year before I realized I couldn't go.
Vo: the money is in your account?
Me: No sir. In his account.
Vo: do you have his statement?
Me: yes I do. Gave him.
While he collected it to check, I quickly added.. that's just his transactional account, not his salary account.
Me: the assistantship I have has covered full tuition and living expenses, he's just covering the miscellaneous expenses.
Vo: checked the i20 again, then drop the account statement and then he said something I didn't hear and gave me the white paper.
Me: still standing at his front like I was in another world.
Vo: you are free to go.

Hallelujah!
The security there said it was the longest interview.

I appreciate everyone on this thread. Thanks so much!

Spence, thanks so much for words of wisdom.

Pepe my brother, I love you so much.

Glory be to God!

Hi Tylerbaby, you have to transfer the payment of your old SEVIS ID to your new SEVIS ID. It takes less than 48 business working hours for it to get approved. When it is approved, go ahead to printing your new SEVIS confirmation payment slip. You can access it via this link==>
https://www.fmjfee.com/i901fee/index.html

Tylerbaby:
Someone, please, help!

Hi Victoria! Can I contact you, please? I am also going to UALR.

Victoriaog:
Guys please help me look into this transcript, Please i need your honest review

Me: Good morning
VO: Good morning, Can I have your passport and I-20
Me: (Passes them)

VO: Where are you going to in the USA?
Me: I am going to the US to study and acquire my masters degree in mass communication concentration in journalism at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

VO: why did you choose this university?
Me: Several things stood out for me in UALR. Firstly I discovered UALR is actually very high in terms of teaching quality. Additionally the course content of this program at UALR features a unique privilege of either choosing a research option or a professional option under which the research option would be emphasizing on ethis diversity requirement and law and policy requirements and also the professional option which I am most existed about emphasizes on pubic relations and journalism and I would be taking courses like seminar in journalism, public relation cases, news media writing and producing, news media and publishing. Also the school has a student university newspaper (The forum) as well as television and radio station whoose mission is to provide a window for the community to learn and enjoy myriad activities that takes place on the campus and most importantly provides practical learning opportunities for media students to gain experience in broadcast media production and management as this will equip me to become a more effective and trained journalist when I return to Nigeria because this is my root and where I want to make impact. So for me, it was about the right skills and competencies to advance my career when I return to my county

VO: Why this course/ what will it do for you?
Me: I am taking this course from a problem solving perspective, in my experience working at a media form. I spotted a problem in the media sector of Nigeria i.e news reporting in Nigeria does not show patriotism in the coverage of events in the rural areas. The bias of the reporters is in Favour of urban dwellers who are adjudged to be learned, enlightened and understand the meaning and importance of news. I intend to use this skills and knowledge gained from this course to build a solution around this. Additionally a masters of Art in mass communication will give me a competitive edge upon my return to Nigeria when working in the evolving world of media and communication.

VO: what’s your study plan
Me: I would be required to complete 33 credit hours of course work in 24 months inclusive of 6 credit hours of core requirement course, 3 credit hours of electives courses. A few of my courses include special problem in mass communication, media criticisms, news media publishing, special topics journalism.

VO: who’s your sponsor
Me: My uncle will be sponsoring me, first of all because my dad is retired now and he’s not as buoyant as he use to be. And my uncle who was trained by him is willing to pay back and he has always been a driving force for me to always advance in life and career.

VO: what does he do
Me: He used to work as a geology professor at Xoxo University and adjunct professor at xoxo before he went into the oil and gas industry.

VO: how did you know about UALR?
Me: I carried out extensive research using academic websites. I used usnews.com, gradschools.com and then google.com. I further streamlined my search to schools whose courses aligns with my area of interest

VO: how many admit and which
Me: 3 admit
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, university of Missouri, Kansas City, and Arkansas State university, Jonesboro.

VO: why USA and not Nigeria
Me: what is best about acquiring advance studies in the US is that the qualification i earn is globally recognized and on top of that the education system in the US has been known of its academic excellence. Additionally the Nigeria school curriculum focuses more on the theoretical aspect of learning and does not offer hands on the practical opportunities that gives detailed knowledge on my preferred course.

Thank you very much, I appreciate your response.

Flakkie1130:
Say you don’t have a sibling or family members in the US. All your ties are in Nigeria. Since you don’t know if your parents would be back before your interview, just fill ‘no’. Because if you fill yes that your parents are in the US this moment, and they returned before your interview, you will then tell the VO no, your reply won’t correlate with what you filled in your DS form. Just say you don’t have anyone in the US.

Good afternoon friends, I am literally confused on what to do.

My story goes thus:

My parents are currently in the USA on a B1/B2 visa and I am filling my DS 160 for my F1 visa interview which will take place in June. My parents are likely to be back before my interview, so I do not know if I should bother with filling in that section that my parents are in the US since they would be in Nigeria at that time of my interview.

Also, I was denied visa on January 06, 2021 and during this period, my brother got married to a US citizen in Nigeria and they were still in Nigeria when I filled my DS160, applied for visa and went for my interview. Now, he is currently in the US with his wife, I automatically now have a sibling in the US. How do I present this to the consular officer? Should I bother filling in my form that I have a sibling there or just leave it that I do not, so that it would correspond to what I filled previously in January?

I hopefully look forward to your opinions.

EncephalonPikin:
My Visa was approved today at the US embassy in Abuja around 8:30am. I'll post my transcript later

Congratulations!

9jamyHome:
Visa approved!
Transcript later, please

Congratulations!!

Universities offering free waiver

1. Michigan technological University

2. University of Missouri Saint Louis

3. West Texas A&M University

4. University of Pittsburgh (Code: H2P)

5. University of Dallas
Code: scholar2021


6. Netherland excellence scholarship
Deadline: January 31, 2021

7. University of Oregon (Request for it from the department and GC will nominate you)

8. New York Institute of Technology
Code: GRAD2021

9. University of British Columbia in Canada also waived App fee for Chemistry ppl sha�

https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/application-admission/apply-online


10. Morgan State University
Code: FREE20


11. University of Arkansas at little rock
Code: GRFREE6



12. Wayne State University - no app fee, deadline-early dec

13. University of Rochester - no app fee, Deadline-dec 15

14. Temple University - Can offer waiver

15.Michigan State Univ. - no app. fee, deadline - dec 15

16. Iowa State Univ. - no app fee, deadline jan 15

17. Georgia tech - no application fee

18. Georgetown Univ. - can offer waiver

19. Univ. of Emory - can offer waiver


20. Case western reserve university - no app fee,deadline- april 15

21. Caltech(can offer waiver)

22. Brigham young univ. - no app fee, deadline Jan 5

23. Carnegie mellon University - waived app fee for fall 2021 application

24. ulane University - no appl fee, deadline- april 4

25. Pennsylvania state Univ. - can offer waiver, deadline- dec 15


26. Univ. of Illinois chicago - waive app fee till dec 15


27. Utah state univ. - no app fee

28. George Washington uni- can offer waiver, deadline - feb 1





Schools that waived GRE and have full funding for PhD Chemical Engineering
1. Texas A&M University
2. University of Notre Dame
3. University of Colorado Boulder
4. University of Oklahoma
5. University of Maine
6. Iowa State University
7. Missouri University of Science & Technology.

TOEFL is also waived by all of them with the exception of University of Oklahoma. Send each of them a mail for fee waivers, from my experience some would definitely respond positively.

Princeton University application waiver!!

While applying to Princeton University, use this Waiver Code:
PUSUMMER20

Good luck with your applications

Also experienced same. Mine was postponed to January. This is so exhausting.

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Congratulations!!

Jaytee116:
Visa approved
US Consulate, Abuja
Dec 2nd 2020
8:30

No GRE/TOEFL etc nothing
MSC Computer Science
Financial Aid Covers 22k
Deficit 5k

The whole thing was so easy, no queues nothing, everybody was calm and friendly. I also noticed almost all the people who were there at the time i was, got their visa's approved.

Here goes
Me : Good morning
V.O: Good morning, how are you ?
Me: Good good... how are you ?
VO: Good thank you...
Me: *Slip my documents under the window*
VO: *starts typing and looking at his screen* (i think this was the time he made up his mind)
V.O: How did you find this school ?
Me: I googled for schools that fall into my spec...
V.O: Alright
V.O: *Types more....*
V.O: Who is funding ?
Me: Ill be funding the program myself
V.O: What do you do for a living ?
Me: I am a software engineer working remotely with XYZ company
VO: Did you apply to any other school ?
Me: Yup...
VO: Which ?
Me: Georgia Institute Of Technology
VO: Alright, i intend to approve your visa, goto booth 5 and pay your .....

The whole thing was so easy.... no other document was requested...all my statement of account etc were not requested...
I think Abuja Consulate is the real deal... this was my first attempt.... The environment was calm and relaxed... i definitely advise people to apply via abuja, from the horror stories i hear from lagos...

Anybody interested in applying to Northeastern University College of Engineering, there's application fee waiver code *applyneucoe2021*, valid till August 2021. Put it in the Admissions Office Communication field under the Applicant tab.

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https://www.fsbn.com.ng/applicants/cbt

Time and venue location are already online for the 2020/2021 BEA

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