The objective of the scheme is to provide an opportunity for qualifying students from any state and the federal capital territory to acquire a Master’s Degree in courses that are relevant to the oil and gas industry, with specific focus on Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrography at renowned universities in the United Kingdom.
SNEPCo, in partnership with three universities, will award three (3) scholarships for one year M.Sc, studies for the academic year commencing September 2017.

Eligibility
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must:

Display intellectual ability and leadership potential
Meet the University’s English language requirements (usually at least 65 in IELTS, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element, or a minimum of C6 grade in English Language in SSCE (WAEC/NECO), or equivalent TOEFL, score valid for Sept 2017 admission)
Be aged below 28 years by 30/09/201 7
Possess a university degree equivalent to a UK Second Class Upper (Honours Degree) at a minimum Not hove studied previously in the UK or any other developed country
Be prepared to return and take up permanent residence in Nigeria after completion of the proposed programme of study

phdmscbsc:
My visa approved this morning after the first denial
Praise the Lord, thanks to nairalanders, thanks to Mr seun (BDG)

aamstih:
icool baba o o, congratulations... You have been Texined!
People where dey owe me flexing for that Texas don dey plenty small o o...

Walspring:

Nah big daddy she carry come so our guy come dey FF her

Abimmbolar:
Awww...@iCool.I was on blue shirt and pant. Were you the guy behind him,who I told that I didnt sign my i-20?

Vo - Good morning
Me - Good morning

Vo - How are you doing? (Me sef fear for the courtesy)
Me - Fine thank you, how are you Sir?

Vo - Fine too, [in my mind.... This will go very well…] why Tamuk?
Me - I applied to 5 schools and got admitted to all of them so it wasn't an easy decision to make. [In my mind.... Vo must hear this..]

Other schools have ongoing researches in Security and safety, healthcare.... [Vo cuts in... excuse me... switches off the mic... rolls his chair backwards to speak to someone...]

[He returns...]

Me - As I was saying, others schools have ongoing research options in safety and security, transportation and shipping, healthcare and manufacturing but Tamuk offers an Operations research option in Energy and Oil and Gas production which is the industry I currently work in.

Vo - What was your undergraduate degree in?
Me - [asks him to repeat and he did]
Me - Mechanical Engineering. [Vo excuses himself again... switches mic off... slides back to talk to someone again]

Vo - Tell me about your course.
Me - [Well prepared] Industrial Engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with the design, analysis, evaluation and optimization of large systems and processes taking into consideration their interaction with machines, materials, and manpower. (I mentioned 5 considerations... can't recall all..)

Vo - What courses would you be doing.
Me - [Well prepared] Lean manufacturing, Advanced problems in I.E, Six sigma n ISO standards, Reliability Theory, Linear Programming... I named like 8. [He cuts me off...]

Vo - What is this scholarship in? [I didn't understand the question, replied all the same cos I didn't want to ask him to repeat...]
Me - I got a tuition waiver which entitles me to an in-state tuition payment and also I got a $1k scholarship which covers some costs of books.

Oga Sir started circling pick up location and said you want to pick up at Port Harcourt?...

Me - Yes Sir

He handed me back my i20, said and I heard all - 'you will need this at the point of entry' as he was giving me the white paper. [Na so I envision myself touching down at JFK... Connecting flight to Texas waiting].

ecoleco:


I compiled all the Visa Transcript on this Part 11 up to this point (pages 0 - 331) to help me prepare for visa appointment.

Cheers.

Time2Smile:
I guess that is it from me for this application season.

I have been accepted to the Molecular and Cell Biology PhD program of The University of Texas at Dallas with a Graduate Tuition Scholarship that covers all tuition and fees. In addition, I will receive a very generous stipend through Graduate Teaching Assistantship.

#TeamFall2017 Yes we can.

NwaAmaikpe:
Where is this House of Maliq?? I want to rent a room there

FiveNaira:
Please, I need clarity on an issue... I'll be writing the GRE October, and this question has been on my mind: Should I be thinking of writing TOEFL, too?

Sleek004:
goodmornin beautiful pple..I would like to know if there's a link to reading transcript only

TWoods:


Try the Z3 visa.

opemide007:
The woman on 1st desk didn't gimme my int'l passport and she didn't say I'm approving your visa like @texrem did when conducting mock interview for me. She just gave me a white paper.

michael1385:
The guy wey interview me today don seize my passport say mak a go pick am for isolo after 3working days.

abujaniv:
If the student visa is issued, you may not enter the US on that visa more than 30 days before the start of classes.

Folsy:
Hello guyz, Pls how do I get DHL to pick up my i20 from a NewYork address and send it to Lagos.

dazzy2:
Hello guys my school sent my i20 to me...
I want to know the easiest means for him to send it to me he said Dhl is too expensive, Guys pls help

ferfer:



Sir/Ma.
What is the way forward?

Rasengan02:
Can we talk privately? Say via pm or whatsapp?

dicapino:


If there is funding @ U OF H go there!! My five cents

gaviria:
I went 3 times in less than a month, I wasn't going to relent because I'm not a quitter nor a dull guy although It's all the Grace of God. The 2 times I was denied, as I was leaving Walter carrington I went straight to a GTBank branch to pay the 64k again for the appointment.

princeGee23:
Hmmm..... This your package so close to mine. I applied to 5 schools all together and 3 of your school are there.... Like how long did it take auburn to respond.... Partially giving up on them. I got info that most time it takes them 6 weeks to evaluate

happyday:


I'd go for the bolded, if funding won't be an issue. Disclaimer: I'm affiliated with LSU.

But for real, Texas and Louisiana are key states for things industrial, especially down here in the South.

VISA APPROVED THIS MORNING:

VO: How did you get to know about this school and why this particular school?


VO: What did your friends tell you about this school?


VO: What is the curriculum structure and which courses will I be taking?

ME:I listed the courses..... vo cuts in* (Before I finished listing the courses, VO approved my visa)

femi321:
The choice still lies with you but If I were you, I will consider Uni of Houston,Auburn or Louisiana State University because of the Alunmi network,ranking and job prospect in the City. LSU and Houston are very good schools with company affiliations. Don't really know much about Auburn in Alabama Then again, If you get funding in any of the schools you listed and you didn't get from the others, I guess destiny has made the decision for you already. I will choose the school with funding, schooling here without funding is HELL if your dad is not one of the politicians back home.

LagosismyHome:


There is a school in Louisiana with a good on campus recruitment , although I think it the school in Lafayette and not Baton Rouge .. For me Louisiana will be high on which to accept , although I am just looking at oncampus recruiting prospect after graduation and not overall package

femi321:
When it comes to IVY league, that statement in bold doesn't apply. NOBODY says No to an IVY League, at least nobody with a thinking brain

LagosismyHome:


Everything UniV will offer you UPenn will offer and maybe much more especially when you have funding for both option.... but Pennstate ok that a different conversation

I might sound crazy but after 2 sleepless nights of thorough contemplation, I think I will have to resign the Penn State appointment. Yes, I have spent about 300k to send transcripts, ship I-20 and paid reservation on an apartment lease but it's really about what I want out of the PhD program. The stipend Virginia is offering is actually a little less than Penn but it's a GRA that is guaranteed till I finish my program so long as I maintain 3.0GPA, and the research fellowship covers all tuition fees and health insurance. On top of that, my POI guarantees funding for travel for conferences, and pushes his students to deliver poster presentations and publish papers every year. He seems to invest a lot of time in his students and I really like that. And in that department, there are 3 other Profs in the same research area. That encourages sharing of information and the students can always assist and encourage each other.

On the Other hand, Penn State offers a GTA for the first year and you are supposed to explore research areas within your first year and hopefully match a Prof that can offer you GRA. If that fails, then you are stuck with GTA till you find GRA or maybe till the end of your program. In my case, there is only 1 Prof in my research area. So the big question is ...what if she does not have funding? And I remember her telling me last 2 years when I was just exploring that she had no funding and that if I were to apply and be accepted, my only hope would be the departmental GTA which is what is happening now. I tried to contact her again during this application process but she never responded. So I don't know if situations have changed.

My main objective of studying for a PhD is build research skills and I want to start developing that from day 1. That will even facilitate an early completion of the program. I don't want to be stuck 'building communication skills' and at the end of the first year, I can't even set up a simple experiment and no headway on how to start my research. The other good thing about Virginia is that in my 3rd/4th year, I will be required to serve partly as a TA to build communication skills. That way, it's like getting the best of both worlds.

Whilst Carnegie Mellon rejected me, I was never going to go there because they are not strong in my research area. In fact, they don't even offer it. I know I might sound silly but I just wanted to test it because Nastydamus was going to apply there and he had my same GRE scores, LOL. The last school is UPitt, no news from that end at all and frankly, I can't be bothered.

No, I am not waiting for Ohio. I spent my money and time to apply and I want to know what they eventually decide. It's also a fully funded program through strictly GRAs.

In the end, Penn State is higher ranked than UVA but I don't think the difference is so significant. I don't want to join a program that I am not really happy with just because of a 'little bit more name' . And I really hope that I am making the right decision. It's the immensity of my contribution to knowledge that will give me Green Card (if Trump go gree) and a rewarding career in research.

Sorry for my long speech this hot Sunday afternoon!

femi321:
No right thinking individual will reject UniPenn for UniV, it has to be PenState and not UniPenn.