LagosismyHome:


gunther6 i greet u back ooo.... i see you having a full rounded experience . Enjoy ......

E seun ma, a ma ri yin ba...

okesammie:
Please advise, I sent 200USD via moneygram to a friend in US for SEVIS payment but he said the bank said they have not been able to pay SEVIS with western union for almost 2 weeks. Please is there any payment option one can consider. Thanks. Texrem and Lagosismyhome. Please help so justice to this. Thanks

'Bank can't pay SEVIS with Western Union for 2 weeks'. This makes no sense really, I would be really worried about this friend, first you sent MG to him which he can collect at any Walmart or Shoppers or liquor store sef, cross to the other side of the road look for a WU shop, do quickpay for $209.99 , you'll get the confirmation in 5 mins. Sir your friend is lying.

ecaaychukwu:
Finally, my visa was approved this morning. it's been a rough one for me but God has been faithful. I got three denials mid this year for Fall session and it was like I wasn't gonna make it thru again. But I thank God, that I ade it thru this last attempt.

Here goes my transcript:

VO: How are you doing?
ME: I'm great sir and you?

VO: Can you tell me your study plans?
ME: I'm going to Valparaiso University to study a Master's degree in International Commerce and Policy for the period of 18month. I will be taking up courses like International Trade, International Business, Economics, New Venture Creation and International Relations. These courses will equip me with the right skill set to be able understand the application of Business with Trade, Economics, International Relations and Public Policy. *VO cuts*

VO: Tell me about the programme
Me: Like I earlier said, the course is for a period of 18 months and I will be taking the aforementioned courses and at graduation, I must meet up to 3.0cgpa and must have completed 25 credit hours. *VO cuts*

VO: How many schools did you choose?
ME: 2 and the other is George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

VO: Why did you choose Valparaiso University?
ME: During my research on the course, I found out that Valpo happens to be one of the few skls around the globe that offers such course with robust combinations of course from 4 areas such as Trade, Economics, International Relations and Public Policy. And I am *VO cuts*

VO: What did you study in your UG?
ME: Business Administration.

VO: from what skl?
ME: Lagos State University, Lagos.

VO: Why do you like Unilag?
ME: * I became confused here and told him to repeat the question*

VO: Why do you like Unilag?
ME: You mean Unilag? *VO replied YES* I didn't attend unilag, I attended Lagos State University which is also called LASU. It's LASU not Unilag

VO: okay okay.

VO: Valparaiso University and George Mason University are top schools in the US, why didn't you choose them then instead going for University of Bridgeport?
ME: *The Question confuse me small but I just started saying anything* After the denials I got, I just realized a course that perfectly suits my interest and that is International Commerce and Policy(ICP) and the course has to do with the connection of business with economics, trade, international relations and public policy. More so, ICP is more of a concentration of MBA and So I just had to make the switch. And after the completion of my programme, I will return back home to work with the Bank of Industry and see to how I can formulate strategies to help startups, SMEs grow in Nigeria.

VO: *nodding his head. Bringing out the white paper* okay okay. Just keep your i-20 safe because you will be needing it at POE.
ME: *with so much excitement* thank you very much sir and God bless you.

Thanks to DeeTus and texrem and other gurus in the house for their contributions. God bless you all.

You are the real MVP, you defended the choice of Valparaiso over GMU( a conservative bastion and ideological lightning rod of small government economics and they have Nobel laureates to prove it). Enjoy your stay in the US

OluDare01:

This guy will not kill me with laugh.
It's been crazy down here too. I need to touch base with you.

Make exam finish we go yarn well...

I greet everybody o, how every The cold has been brutal, exam, oral defenses on top of the CFA I'm writing barely a week from now but God dey... Mekurexx, Fortissimo, Oludare I sight una. plauses, calfavour, cutemorgan and Riddy y'all owe me mails. I greet imperiouxx and Darefadi(London is my home).
And as for prospective students, this is the year of Trump which will make US policy fluid and in a state of flux at least for the next 4 yrs. There is at least going to be a potential crackdown on H-1B visas for encroaching on 'American jobs'. This has become a really clannish place.
Again build yourself, toughen up before coming here. A lizard in Nigeria will not turn to an alligator in North Dakota and you will not start pissing rosewater when you get here. If you are coming in for economics and you have no solid quantitative background be prepared to work thrice as hard or boy you are in for one hell of a ride.
I It has been up and down here, I have been robbed, I have been towed in front of a NLders apartment (cost me $300 give a few dollars the week a few bills were due) and I have been in an accident (20th Nov) which was ruled by my insurance company as a 50/50 even though I was hit from the back, I'm getting a lawyer and disputing that verdict and going for therapy as I have been unable to walk since the accident.

OluDare01:
Gunther6, I hail o

I dey vex for you a swear

ridsan4real:
Hello folks. looking for fully funded/research assistantship in animal science for Phd.
Bsc= 4.16/5.00
Msc=5.4/7.00
list of schools I have catalogued and enquiried about include:
1. university of Missouri
2. university of Florida
3. university of Georgia
4. university of Kentucky
what's your take on this?

Reasonable for your profile... Now go and write GRE and TOEFL... You should get in seamlessly

AusterHeights:
Gurus in the house, please help me assess my profile for guidance:

CGPA: 2.87 / 4.0
Toefl: 102
GRE :300
Interested in MA/MS ECONOMICS

I'm desperate for funding and specifically looking for schools that accept WES evaluation.

Here's my tentative list of schools, please advise:

Illinois state university
Eastern Illinois university
SUNY University at Buffalo
SUNY Buffalo state college
Missouri state university
Central Michigan university

Thanks
Cc:
@texrem
@walspring
@oludare01
@lagosismyhome

Your GPA is not good, you GRE is not particularly awesome, I won't knock your hustle but unless you can craft one hell of a SOP, your funding is a long shot... That been said forget Illinois State University they might not even admit you not to talk of funding, I trust Professor Mohammadi ... EIU is the only school on that list where you have a minor shot if any at all for funding... You want honest... I just gave you honest

Bleep*ng comedians, see goal
" My mission is to create 36 billionaires in five years and one millionaire each from the 777 local government areas in the country in the next one year".

No one not Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg set out to be a Billionaire, they just set out to make the world a more open and connected place and the billions was inevitable. This programs like several other ill-considered(conceived) programs of the FGN will soon port to the graveyard or wherever Nigerian projects go

calfavour:
Sincere apologies. Not like I decided not to be here anymore. MSc in US has been hectic. With lots of things to read and do. Greetings to all Fall 2016 . I guess everyone is cool .

@guther6. @dickoflife, @monsieur @meekandholy, @Oludare01, @Ashbammy and .... how is it going

Favour I swear you don offend me but you know what to do, I no longer have your number but I'll touch base

Any NL'der in Philly or Delaware county in Pennsylvania should holla, I will be driving into Philly today for a short visit and it will be nice to catch up and share war stories with any NL'der. Lunch is on me...

Abeg make I drop in greet all my big bosses here, I hail o na this mountain no allow us see that mountain. BTW my respect for imperiouxx just quadrupled for managing to come in here all this years while juggling GA and academics, I hail Lagosismyhome and Oludare(Na wa for you BTW). This one wey all Nigerian banks don almost end $$$ transaction wetin be the way out and how do we get money from home? MG & WU exists only on paper right now.

Congrats to all those who got their Visas, coming here does not automatically solve your problems infact it creates new ones but they are problemsyou will rather have.

aadeyi:


Thought I was on a preference list for this offer....

Lmao

Baba long time now

I promised to give out a free GRE( It has been received by Adazlolly/Priceless200 a travelander) and subsidize 2-3 peoples TOEFL/GRE. The remaining 30% subsidy was booked by some NL'DERS but I keep hearing I need it next month, next year... We do not know what next month or year holds neither are my co-facilitators comfortable with hogging of opportunities, so I am throwing it open, It is strictly on a first come basis and I will not be keeping nor reserving a slot for anyone. I will be contributing to plauses subsidy scheme at the end of the month by Gods grace

cutemorgan:

How are you doing boss? It has been a while sir.

Oga mi, I don collect your number again from Oludare, I go buzz you later in the day make I finish this assignment...

Teekay2408:
it's 60 k if u are interested mail me on familusitokunbo@Gmail.com

At the risk of sounding rather arrogant, I am offering the help, you should send me the PM and I'll be sure to reply.

OluDare01:

Pm djmakson.
He is a nice guy

djMakson is perhaps the nicest person I have ever interacted with here. If you're reading this bro I no longer have your number, cutemorgan too

texrem:



I dey watch you...now u don talk....i jejeli dey look you I whatsapp you, u no reply...na why i dey look u

Baba my naija no for WhatsApp don lost .oya make I PM you the Yankee own

I sight you fizzile but really e no good o walahi, you just abandon your guy

electronic:

No wahala make I call Mercedes cancel order!!!

Why evils now

electronic:


I Can already see you guys driving the 2020 Mercedes benz 4matic edition after graduation two years before its official release.....

Baba I will prefer I hectare of land at Agbara or Okokomaiko


Meanwhile @texrem na waa for you I no even see your breaklight , I keep in touch with most Fall 16 guys , oya normalize this thing now.

Priceless200:

Yeahhhhh!!! It's true... Still can't believe it's real, good people still exists, and a Nigerian at that.
Baba Gunther thank you so so very much.. I am grateful.
May God continue to bless you, and reward you in thousand folds.
Remain blessed

Adaz just score 320 and get here fast. America is not perfect, the gap between the haves and the haves not is astounding but it remains finely poised to help SERIOUS Nigerians achieve their dreams.

OluDare01:

I can guess

Baba pls don't guess I take God beg you, don't you have school today?

OK... The free GRE went to Adazlolly when I finally roll of my bed I'm going to do it, I will also subsidize 2/3 other peoples GRE/TOEFL by 30% or so percent by registering it at #250 to $1. My whole budget for this thing is $400-$450 . between paying bills and some serious flexing here it doesn't leave much extra.

So I am going to stick to guys who mailed me first. Ipledge, chinewon88 and Venek . as a special concession to lagoismyhome (I'll see what I can do about teekay) . I am not paying for this alone I am been supported by a female NL'der also studying here that has chosen to remain anonymous and also another friend from UMBC . pls remember us in your prayers

plauses:
Good people, it's been quite hectic so I've not been here so often. From the End of September I might be able to register GRE for some intending candidates At discounted rates. Just 2 or 3 only.
My guy @gunther6 is keeping it real here. I thought I could as well help out. Kudos brother!!

Baba I no get your number again since dem thief my phone. Just drop am for my mail. How every now?/ hope to hear from you

dickoflife:
well the ick issue is left for you to decide.. anyway hope school life is treating you well? Hillsong is my inspiration let me get back to them... besides you will have to get across to boys the old school way asking for forgiveness.

Dude you should be asking my forgiveness really but then I can't say I don't understand you.

Revenant , ipledge, Venek, ponpon....

femoalaofin abeg pm me, my naija phone/whatsapp is gone, profojah and Walspring too