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seyewest:
LOS-JFK N275K

New York - Denver N57K

N332K

Thank you

Please can I pm you to get the break down

seyewest:
Who told you Expedia is cheap? Give me a date to play with and is it one way?

Aug 9 ..one way 2 baggages

Thank you

Hi guys,

I will be leaving for Denver in August on F1.
Is it safe to book via Expedia? I am on a very tight budget.

Any suggestions is highly appreciated.

Thank you

kagari:
Then you compromise on your departure

How

kagari:
5th : 517,000 qatar

9th: 498,000 qatar

13th: 525,000 emirate

this fares are subject to change sir

Wow! These are expensive ..

kagari:
some airlines have their own policy in lifting one way passengers, so asides having a student visa or study permit you have to be sure it qualifies you to fly one way. unfortunately even airline offices most times might not be able to give you an answer before your flight. but if you are buying from an agent make sure the agent tells you that you could fly one way, or you give me the itinary and type of visa with your study duration and i confirm for you

Thanks

kagari:
goodmorning sir, what exactly should i expatiate on? your travel is it one way?

Your second paragraph in my firstion where you said we should ensure our airline would lift us.

kagari:
If you are on a student visa, and your study duration is 2 years and above

You are safe to buy a one way ticket, but always advice your travel agents to insure that the airline would lift you

Normally you should be able to go with one way but sometimes airlines tweaks , their policies too

Could you pls expatiate more?



Thank you

kagari:
talking about travel agents, we have got to read lots of negative stories about using Travel agents and doing it yourself, but the truth in reality is if you intend travelling for example from point A to point B and you already have a prefered airline and you dont have the intention of playing around with your ticket during the cause of your trip i would advice you buy direct from the airlines direct.

but if you are a frequent traveller, you would know most times airlines dont always publish those 2 to 3 to 4 connections we always want to do to maximize our travel and cost so therefore we most times dont have a choice but to use a travel agent

before i continue i would want to make somethings clear, do not purchase your tickets from Online Travel Agents ( OTA ). A few examples are www.kiwi.com, www.expedia.com, www.skyscanner.com. this online most times combine 2 different airlines that dont partner in real life and give to you as a single ticket, and you get into trouble at transits or stopovers.

to be continued

Life saver

freudianslip:
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/automatic-termination-optional-practical-training-f-1-students-if-they-transfer-different-school-or-begin-study-another-educational-level

Thanks

freudianslip:
Automatic Termination of Optional Practical Training for F-1 Students If They Transfer to a Different School or Begin Study at Another Educational Level

USCIS reminds F-1 students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) that transferring to another school or beginning study at another educational level (for example, beginning a master’s program after completing a bachelor’s degree) automatically terminates their OPT as well as their corresponding employment authorization document (EAD).

Although authorization to engage in OPT ends upon transferring to a different school or changing educational level, students in F-1 status will not be otherwise affected as long as they comply with all requirements for maintaining their student status. These requirements include not working with a terminated EAD, because termination means that students are no longer authorized to work in the United States. Working in the United States without authorization has serious immigration consequences, including removal from the country and bars on reentry. Furthermore, remaining in the United States in violation of lawful nonimmigrant status could lead to an accrual of unlawful presence which includes another set of penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Currently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) informs USCIS of the termination date, and the OPT termination is automatic under current regulations. USCIS has updated its systems and will begin to enter the EAD termination date into these systems after being notified by SEVP. USCIS will notify affected students and provide them with an opportunity to correct any errors in the record via their designated school official (DSO). This process is intended to strengthen the integrity of the F-1 and OPT programs, to ensure consistency between SEVP and USCIS systems, and to inform students of possible consequences of working with a terminated EAD.

Source

Thanks to all those who have contributed here. I am a silent follower of this thread.

Visa approved today at the Lagos Embassy. Time: 6:30a.

Young lady in her late 2Os or early 30s. I was her first interviewee and her mood was cheerful.

VO: Good morning, How are you?
Me:I am Fine, Good Morning
VO: Pass me your I20 and Passport
Me: I did as instructed
VO: Which state are you going to ?
Me:
Colorado, Boulder. My program is at the University of Colorado, Boulder
VO: How did you find out about this school?
Me: it was recommended to me by my industry mentor who is a senior manager at Cisco. He emphasize...V.O cuts in....
VO: Did you apply to any other university?
Me: Yes, I did. I applied to Cornell University, New York, University of California, Berkeley (made a mistake..just flowed and didnt correct myself), University of Maryland College Park.. V.O seems impressed by schools ..started typing
VO: nice, so what will this program do for you
VO: I currently work in the IT industry as a Network Engineer. A masters at this point would equip me with the technical and business skills to design plan and build secure and scalable network systems. It will give me the requisite exposure and experience to advance my career forward as Network Architect
VO: who is paying for your studies?
Me: I was awarded a merit based scholarship and I have a loan and my family support to cover my shortfall.
At this point brings out white paper..
VO: By family support,do you mean your parent or who?
Me: Oh! My uncle, my dad is late.
VO: What does he do
Me: He is a Senior manager in the government parastatal **** in charge of ***
VO: Have relatives there?
Me : No sir
VO: What will you do after your program ?
Me: There are many lucrative job opportunities in my field here in Nigeria. I will return to take up jobs at top ICT multinationals such as Cisco, HP and Microsoft
VO: circled something on white paper and said) Congrats, your visa has been approved, pick up your visa at .....(me:not listening)... Have a nice day
Me: Thank you .. have a great day!

Do mocks if possible .. do not cram, get use to formulating reply based on ur application intent, sop... No need to be tensed

Scholastica16:
The best way to describe my experience thus far is to say our education in Nigeria is a huge scam. A friend of mine said someone told her that all the VCs in Nigeria should return the tuitions of all the Nigerian students from year 1 to final year and I could not agree more. Just take it that you probably wasted your university years in terms of actual school work. What Nigeria did for us however was to train us on how to cope with stress.

I am still adjusting to the cold, cultural difference and palpable lack of awareness research-wise. All that "I have XX years of research" we used to say, does not measure up. In fact, when you come in, you would realise you were probably only admitted (and funded for those who were) because they wanted diversity. Even the high GPA thing feels like another inflated exercise but let me speak for me alone.

I have no doubt that I would click into gear very soon. For ChE guys, take Hirschfelder's posts like a page from the bible. Everything he has said about the core ChE courses being intermediate Maths-heavy and the research aspect being Chemistry-laden are spot on. I am there now and I can say he is absolutely correct.

Good thing is, you are being set-up here to succeed unlike your country. Lecturers will take time to answer questions and make texts readily available for advanced reading. Internet/Wi-Fi sometimes at 300MBPs on hand to aide the learning/research process. You have no excuse to falsify, fabricate or plagiarize any data or material. They take grand exceptions to this and it could get you rusticated in a flash.

I have just added some boring Analytical Chemistry course (Analytical Separations) because my major professor thinks it will help with the impending research we would do together. I hope he is right because the first few classes were in Aramaic and no, I do not speak nor comprehend the ancient language. But I have to learn it which ever way and also Ace it for the sake of the people who think I can.


And Yes, I can.

The end for now.

Congratulations Scholastica!

Many thanks for taking your time to speak exhaustively about your entire journey so far.
I wish you the best

Scholastica16:
Georgia State University
Uni of Texas Dallas
North Eastern
UTArlington

Your GPA is very competitive but still there is no guarantee. You should really be looking out for schools that have your area of interest first and foremost then you can prune your list down to what seems realistic considering your profile.

Thanks

@Scholastica16

I commend you for the selfless help you are offering here.

Please could you suggest school that would fund me for an Ms program in ECE( computer systems &networks specialization)?

Here is my profile
Gre : Q161/V150/ 3
Toefl: 100+ (expecting result in 12days)
GPA: 4.67/5
2yrs experience
No paper

Thanks

anybody with accenture past questions should please send it to my mail.. harthyblue@gmail.com. thanks

anybody with accenture past questions should please send it to my mail.. harthyblue@gmail.com. thanks

He was my Project Supervisor and Friend..

He was very nice, stress free and peaceful.
I don't know why they come for the good ones....

RIP Prof Paul Otasowie

superjain89:
Hi RexCheeng,

That's a great initiative.

I think there are already a couple of websites which are already providing such information. I think we should all look at global admits and rejects as we are competing on the global level and not just in Nigeria. We should look at competition from all of these students too.

We will need to make sure that we take all these factors in. I came across a few of these websites:
https://www./msinusfall2017, https://yocket.in/discussions/home, http://www.stupidsid.com/knowledge-hub/ms-in-us/total-expenditure-ms-in-us, edulix.com, taisha.com, gradcafe.

Admins please help in adding more links if you know about this. It will help this community to grow and we will be able to more access to education abroad.

In as much as this platforms are good. It would be nice to have our own indigenous platform. Some platforms you listed above are highly dominated by indians,some are more inclusive of all students.
Some more platforms are springing up. Let support Rex_cheng to build this platform/sheet so that we can easily refer to people who have been admitted in some schools to get info..It wouldn't hurt to have a place where we seek advice from our own "seniors"..like the Indians do.

Hello Engineers,

My Samsung Note 4 keeps booting up every 5s without getting to the home screen. I am fed up..I tried taking off the battery, memory card andefixing it but the problem still persist. The battery is well charged at 100%..

Kindly assist.

justi4jesu:
No feedback means don't buy.

Ok thanks

Can you help me get a good buy for a used laptop with the below specs

Core i7 quad core 32gb ram (minimum 1Tb + 128 ssd)

Preferred model
Asus, HP, Lenovo

justi4jesu:
No feedback

Meaning?

I am new to buying on Amazon

justi4jesu:
The used one or new ?

Used

Please help me verify the seller i fear he is a bogus one

Hi justi4jesu,

How much does it cost to buy and cheap to Nigeria

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01CIK5PLI/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

pls can someone share me the WhatsApp group link for life science

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