University of Cincinnati has a tradition of offering partial scholarship to most of their accepted graduate students, so that's ok. You can also try Texas A&M, College Station. They generally have low tuition compared to the quality of education you get. Moreover, most graduate students that apply on time receive funding, although to a lesser extent in your field compared to engineering. Keep it in mind anyway that these assistantships are becoming more competitive these days.

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Heyy Guys

Took the GRE today. Finished about 15 minutes ago.... Met Bukahands at the centre tho he finished before I did & left earlier (How did you do bro?).

Essays were alright, Argument task was easier.

First verbal & Quant sections were quite lovely.

2nd Verbal & Quants sections were far less lovely...almost crazy.lol

3rd Verbal (the unscored section I guess) was in between.

At the end of it all.....

Verbal -160
Quantitative 157.



my undergrad cgpa is 3.47

Can anyone please suggest schools that lay more emphasis on GRE than CGPA in giving assistantships, scholarships(maybe) e.t.c.
Intended major -Public health/Env. Health & related areas sha.

I chose Indiana Uni Bloomington, Uni of Cincinnati, Northern Illinois Uni & Kent state Uni.

Thanks guys. Tho those studying for the GRE, keep studying & practicing, forcus on your weak areas. You'll do very well.

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Visa - we never reach there

Mine was a success story yesterday. I was interviewed by a young white lady @ counter 7 in Abj. Big thanks to nairaland. This forum proved very helpful in my build –up 2 yesterday. U guyz r wonderful.

It went this way…

Me: Good morning
Vo: Good morning, can I have ur papers?
Me: #gave her#
Vo: Why did u choose Univ of , ?
Me: I chose the school because….;My dad actually recommended the school den I carried out some online research and discovered that its graduate program in civil engineering is highly regarded. Not just that anyway, also discovered that the school is particularly good in my area of interest which is transportation. (no be say im recommend amoo. jst told him abt d skool n he had no qualms abt it. i put am dis way cos i kno say d ansa fit favour me).
Vo: Why would your father recommend a school for u?
Me: Because he’s equally a highway n transportation engineer and travels out for seminars, conferences and programs; therefore, he’s equally knowledgeable in good civil engineering schools. (im neva too travel like dat oo)
Vo: Have u travelled out with him before ?
Me: No
Vo: Or u tried but was refused visa?
Me: I’v neva tried before
Vo: Wot’s the full meaning of UGS on your i-20?
Me: It’s university graduate scholarship
Vo: Why did the school give you that?
Me: My admission letter says it’s because of my xcellent application materials
Vo: Can I see ur transcript and gre score report?(My gre scores no too strong, transcript try sha)
Me: #Searched and gave them to her#
Vo: #Flipped tru my transcript and gave me back#
Vo: #Pointed @ the schools on my gre report and asked# Which other did u try?
Me: Purdue University
Vo: Who is sponsoring u?
Me: My father

Vo: hmm…your dad should be able 2 get u a job after studies?
Me: yea, hopefully. He works in……
Vo: #Didn’t allow me to finish my response# you would have 2 pickup ur visa on Monday at blablabla
I no hear anything again…………, lol

Prepare adequately; make sure ur answers are convincing enough.try 2 place any strength u mite have in ur application @ d forefront. Can u imagine a girl was asked wot she knew about d skool she wanted to attend. All she said was “I don’t really know much about the school” very funny indeed. Also try 2 suppress tension n maintain eye contact as much as possible. Above all, trust in God!!! Na im give me US visa.

Congrats usbound. Chidalu get ready.xpectin ur success story

Chi-Dalu:

Wow, that's great! Who is the member?, Let him come & share his visa interview experience with us. Seems like visa testimonies have started rolling it.

I wish all those going fr theirs this week God's favour

@ Gentlezik, just sent u an email.

chidalu, r u on bb? or lemme hav ur facebk profile name so we can talk beta

Chi-Dalu:

Yes, u are correct. it's nice meeting someone headed same way. Have u recieved your i-20 yet?, have u booked for your interview?, let's keep in touch. Wats your e-mail addy?, let's talk offline

yea,it's really nice. hv received my i-20 n bookd 4 interview. gentlezik@yahoo.com, dats my email addy

Gentlezik:

wow!!!i'm new here. like we got admitted into the same school for the same program.

u wrote it down on gre test topic. cincinnati, m.eng rite?? it's cool

Chi-Dalu:

Hello Guys,

I just booked my visa interview for 4th August in Lagos Consulate (that was the earliest date i got) but i really would love a July date.

Can anybody pls let me know when any free date pops up in July??

Would really appreciate it.

PS: Been following this thread. U guys are really doing a nice job here

wow!!!i'm new here. like we got admitted into the same school for the same program.