DreManuel:


Sadly, my school doesn't defer till Spring. The cohort is for fall only. But I would rather stay on my job for another year than go to a lower-raking school that admits for Spring, especially now that there is an offer that is ready to send you to even MIT. Most top schools don't admit fresh students for Spring semester but it also varies by departments.

femi312:
This is funny, just by typing KAUST in google would have shown you KAUST means King Abdullah University of Science & Technology. You need to be proactive.

hirschfelder:


You are quite right. It is a good platform for crossing over to the west. The visa processing is easy but these days, it can take a lot of time for your visa to be sent to you even after being admitted (months-years). This may derail your plans. For those planning to apply to Saudi or related Middle East countries, I would advise you to either make it your alternative option (because you may not be issued visa early) or apply very early, like in your final year or immediately you finish your BSc (there are usually two application cycles in a year). This is so that before you finish NYSC, everything will be ready.
For those with competitive GRE scores, you can try KAUST. It is a very nice (relatively) new school with excellent funding and top research facilities. But it is super hard for Africans to get in. Apply anyway, it's free and you might be the exception.
On a side note, the admissions committee really doesn't care whether you are Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Agnostic or whatever....I think

electronic:
POE EXPERIENCE!


I checked in EGYPT Air (TO JFK) online to make life easy for myself and choose my own Seat for the whole trip.
JFK to Destination (DELTA Airline). GTB Card.(pls take this card to US ohhh )

So i finally got the UBER ride after the third try!! trip to the airport was awesome and cool nice conversation with the UBER driver.
however when we got to MMIA departure, my guys were not allowed to com in i really felt bad.
Passed through their CBP officer/metal Detector/ Bag Scanner. omo those officers there no get chill abeg; i wish Our police officers were that tough.

When to the EGYPTAir Stand and weighed my Luggage. You guest right, they were dam heavy!! i had to buy ghana must go(to reduce the weight) and still tip the guy self to allow me.. (at the end of the day i should have just bought lighter and more flexible Bags with rollers)please don't buy boxes for Yanga OHH... just get something light that you can roll in the Airport.
lesson learnt: if you have alot of load, try to carry four bags 2Check in Bags, a carry on Bag and a School Bag, this combination would help you sort out and over weight issues.dont carry any thing like indomie (Onion;though they never checked it self), kilishi, cellotape,scissors or any perishable in carry On, put them in Check-in Bags (thank me later).

So filled some pointless card and went through Immigration.. they almost seized my KILISHI but i begged like a baby... lol
plus i gave out some cash just to offload m naira notes. but the CBP at the scanner don't smile ohh (don't try tipping self).

EgyptAir make Sense Abeg, nice experience, Decent food too. Egypt Air lodged us at Le Passage Hotel Cairo really cool place, Men plus two meal vouchers for Dinner and Breakfast. omo na buffet OHHHH!! chop and DIE chikena (fear come dey catch me sef). the hotel room fine sef.
EGYPTAIR rocks..my only issue was one spoilt black lady that sat near me spoilt kid.... SMH. and yeah on the 10:55 hrs flight from cairo to JFK you get two meals.... All in All USE EGYPT AIR Abeg if you are on a Budget....

DreManuel:


If you are looking at fall 2018, and you want to write in January, that means you may not meet the deadlines for top US schools. Some of them have December as their deadline and others January. So do your research.

I think the starting point is to get off the fear from your heart. GRE maths are basic maths and doesn't even have complex numbers of calculus. And the English can be surmounted too given adequate and right prepping.

I wrote the GRE when I was fully employed too so I understand your position but let me share some of the tips that worked for me.

1. Use only great GRE books. I suggest in the following order; ETS GRE official materials plus the Powerprep 2 b. Manhattan 5lb and the texbook (use if you have time and if necessary) 3. Magoosh GRE and Videos 4. NOVA GRE Math Bible.

2. Set a realistic time table and stick to it.

3. Begin preparation with a full diagnostic test. This will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses.Then face your weaknesses squarely. Ensure you learn strategies and not just keep practicing questions blindly.

4. Download Magoosh GRE flashcards. I used it on my phone everywhere I went to learn GRE words.

5. Read tedious and challenging articles from the NYT, The New Yorker, The Economist, Arts and Literatures Daily, rtf

6. Be patient with yourself. Sometimes you will feel you are getting nowhere but if you keep learning techniques and practicing, you will see your scores improve.

7. Take some time off to cool off.

8. When you solve practice questions, take the pain to review the answers both the correct and wrong ones. Sometimes you learn a faster trick from the solutions. And sometimes you would see that you were lucky in getting the answers.

9. Periodically take full length practice tests online from Manhattan, Magoosh or Crunchprep or the two Powerprep 2 tests. This will help you acclimatize with the real lengthy and gruelling GRE. I realized that Manhattan was the toughest of them all, so your real GRE score may be slightly higher. Note than none of the tests is closer to Powerprep 2 in terms of proximity to the actual GRE, so use the Powerprep judiciously. The only downside is it doesn't show solutions to the questions.



@ no 4 please how do i get the GRE FLASHCARDS thanks for your anticipated reply.

Scholastica16:


While having a 330 or + is impressive, it guaranteees you nothing;

On this thread, 3 people hit that mark with other aspects of their applications being equally stellar yet I would go out on a limb and say they "settled" for what was given to them.

On the other hand, someone with a 307/309 got accepted into Berkeley. Another with 315, into UCLA. In fact, 2 other great guys on here got into fully-funded MSc programs with a 314!

I am not shading anyone. The message I bring is, even as you aim to re-write, why don't you start doing your own personal research on the school you want and then reaching out to POIs?

In my honest opinion, getting a solid advisor on your side is one sure way of getting admitted and funded into any program. At least, it is definitely better than getting a 330.

Proving you can fund yourself (for Master's applicants and to some degree PhDs too) can go a long way. Don't be surprised to see for e.g that someone with a 319; average GPA and TOEFL; 0 publications got into UT Austin because she had an external scholarship (True story!!) Yet the BGS of her faculty with 4.86/5, 325 GRE, 113 TOEFL was bounced by the same school.

Another thing is the nature of one's previous degrees and schools (countries they trust or schools they easily recognize as well as the program you are applying for). And as far as I am concerned, you have that on lock.

Lastly, you already have a master's degree which would convince any Prof that you are really interested in the PhD (as against using it as a means to getting a master's and dumping the program right after). So you should have no reservations about contacting profs.

The reality is, any Prof. that is willing to accept you would do so regardless of the GRE score. So do not overstate the importance of the GRE as all applications are differen.

happyroyalty:



Please i will like to have the video, you can see it to princealiga@gmail.com THANKS.

okoope:
I think it's important to make distinction between magoosh video lessons and the video solutions. For preparation the video lessons in my opinion are better especially for those who are struggling with creating time for prep plus the video lessons are well structured and thus allow concentration on areas where one might be having difficulties.

That said, I observed that most links posted here stopped working after some time, so I don't know if I should post d link or the PM route is better. The video lessons is around 1.4GB COVERING all sections.

akandry:
Hello e-family I just arrived US couple of hours ago via Qatar airways my journey was smooth and Qatar airways is top notch with their service I got to point of entry which has been my biggest fear while planning my journey and imagine I did not use a min with the cbp office really cool my interview with him goes does:
Me: good morning (and I passed my passport and the form I filled on board)
Cbp: why are you here
Me: i'm here for schooling
Cbp:can I have your i20 and how long will you be staying
Me: (passed my i20) 3years
Cbp: what course will you be doing
Me: associate degree in engineering
And after that I did my bio capture....all this was less than a min tho and I got stamp and off to take my luggage.... I'm currently on a greyhound bus connecting to Maryland....
For people who will be traveling soon have no fear point of entry is not that serious just say what you are here for and you are good and carry plenty 9ja food ooo. I brought a full pack of indomi hungry man noodles and other food items....Good luck to me on my new journey

TooMuchSauce:

Sure. Send me a pm so I can send them to your mail

TooMuchSauce:


I'd suggest you start by watching Magoosh videos, then to the Manhattan 8 series, then pick up the Manhattan 5lb and solve from chapters 7-29. Magoosh videos helps with understanding and revising the basic concepts you may have forgotten, the Manhattan series gives lucid explanations on all the quant topics (and there are lots of questions to play around with), then the 5lb is just the icing on the cake; if u can solve and review all the quant questions coupled with taking some full-lenght practice tests,a perfect score shouldn't be a far cry. It's not as easy as it seems o, but u just have to keep going at it. All the best bro.
PS: Whatever you do, never forget that the ETS official guide i s the bible of the GRE (read it as many times as you deem fit).

DanjaNinja:
Listen all, i just found this incredible online resource for GRE materials. Its a facebook group but its by invitation only. So drop ur email addresses or send me a pm and i'll send you an invite to the group. Here's the group link, however it can only be accessed by members of the group:

https://www./newgremaster/

After joining the group, head to the file section and you will find every book and test questions there. #OneLove

Drocks:
Congrats bro

seeker88:
Finally, I want to specially thank everyone here who has contributed to this thread in one way or the other...i can't mention names cos they are innumerable. I appreciate your selfless services.
I want to specially thank texrem who helped in paying my sevis fee.

I wish those who are to get their visa all d best. Just go through the transcripts here n go grab ur visa with confidence.


congrats boss,were you offered any GA?
Congrats to those who also got their visas approved today, and to those who visas were delayed today, please fire back and get ur visa. Sorry for my loooooong story.

electronic:

Bro thanks for the Advice...I will carefully take heed
I am actually heading for a PhD....
I know the TA could be something else I just Pray I have an understanding Prof....
Please on that Internship thingy, how early should we be ?
I would have to to head to school in person to ask questions about TA/RA matters.
Thanks Boss..

Hisvoice:
As a token to contribute to this great forum. Pm me for 2017 edition of both Kaplan and Crack the GRE books (pdf) with at least 4 practice set. Enjoy

electronic:
Your Answer was Mechanical Bro you should have contacted guys here for Mock Interview!!

electronic:
But I keep seeing 250k to 370k ! Or am I in a dream? Anybody can help confirm what the rates look like?

electronic:
But I keep seeing 250k to 370k ! Or am I in a dream? Anybody can help confirm what the rates look like?

electronic:


Dear Silent Follower.
2.6 Should also give you Msc admission for the same course if you search well or speak to GRAD coordinators of schools that accept 2.6 GPA.

VOs don't like PGD wahala.
And no PGD is not even required for Most job offers.

Universities give you better job prospects at least for an international student. Plus VISA

The only challenge is you getting funding in your i20. But if you can raise at least fees your self then you would have no problem.
Try to give us a clue of your full profile ; GRE,TOEFL etc.

Jumping from chemistry Education to Environmental then Nursing is just pointless.

What do you really Want?!!
An MSC in environmental stuff would pay well too.

electronic:
On Point !!!

chimsimdindu:
WES will evaluate only WAEC from Nigeria

LagosismyHome:


Although no one can predict how the interview will go but not a good package. Most times they will ask you for proof of payment for the birth so if you cant show full payment then how can you prove you have money to be F1 for both couple. If i were you i would wait till the bill is paid off but that just me. You can take the risk and hope it won't be asked but if it is asked then that a major no no

Couple with the timing of Trump now where there is extra scrutiny at POE ..... best to clear the bill first

LagosismyHome:


khaz babiola897@gmail.com your attention is needed here ........ dont know if you still check NL

Hushee:
Oklahoma state university New Mexico state university University of Nebraska Lincoln, etc

omoluabiguy:


It amazes me how people still let others dictate to them how much rate and things. Its 2017 people. We already have dollar master cards being issued by our banks. Economy might be bad, but our banking system aint that bad. I just signed up with SkyeBank dollar card with $3000 monthly limit unlike my GT naira card $100/month limit.

It just baffles me reading on here when people need dollar or naira, i never knew nairaland is now some bureau de change giving rooms for potential scammers and scammees. Go and open a domiciliary/dollarcard account and you would make any payment from here rather than lobbying on Nairaland. Goshhh.

biikeys:


Better be 101% sure he will..especially if it's not a parent taking care of this. You also have living expenses.

LagosismyHome:


CALUMS is not a good ranked school and then if you want to do MBA which is a competitive field to enter the job market . I dont think CALUM is the way to go ,......... at all

Yes for now, the tuition might look cheaper than others but what the point spending your "hard earned " money on a degree from a school that will do little or nothing for your RESUME . I think you should re-think this school if its MBA

focus on applying to a proper university , not one of these one building school .