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LagosismyHome:
abeg I hope you have eaten now oooo. ...... Ambode please fix proper drainer . . Back to subject

Congrats oooo.. God bless your new journey .

yomcy2016:
please gurus in the house, I kinda need your help and clarification badly.

My issue is, I once complained about the fact that my DS-160 has some missing question such as departure date from US, TRAVEL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, LANGUAGES.... I was able to find out that this were missing in my own cos a friend of mine who we are both going to same school has those question in his own.

Walspring adviced i use another browser or prolly fill another DS 160 form since I havent submitted. So after much attempt i filled another DS-160 form but still same issue and eventually i submitted like that. It was afterwards I knew i was suppose to pay my visa fees before filling the DS 160 form.

Please my question is can it be because I didnt pay my visa fees initially before filling the DS-160 form was the reason for those missing questions? Now that I have submitted, I know i cannot do anythig about it again. However can the gurus in the house please advise me on the next step I can take to remedy the mistake. I am thinking of making payment tomorrow. Please can I be advised accordingly?

Thanks in anticipation of your response

drhopeful:
Abeg my knowledgeable people, help me scrutinize my list of food items that I plan to take to obodo oyibo. Please forgive my ignorance. I have not travelled with food items before.

Brown beans
Dried Fish
Ground crayfish
Garri
Dried Ukazi
Dried Uziza
Knorr Cubes (not the chicken flavored)

Any contrabands?

coolcatty:
I will say the truth and shame the devil...


This new girl is hawt for days ooo....she looks jovial,playful and has A1 seeexxx game....clean skin....lovely smile and personality compared to uche and her masculine voice,stubborn face and akpu yam legs....TBH uche has nothing on her.

fairheart:
Hey! Nice question. I am happy you asked for this. The issue of age and getting the student visa is a very important one. What you should know is that, the consular who will be interviewing you might be interested in your marital status, or might not. But if she/he ask, tell him you're engaged, and you can put on an engagement ring and plan for your wedding after your MS program. I am not sure this is the best answer for you, as the one of the students I participated in her admission had to use this style of showing home-ties. It worked and she is in Texas now.
More so, saying you're engage is perhaps another way of showing that you have something waiting for you back home after your education. But let's hope whoever will interview you will not dive into your personal life or relationship status. Just prepare in case VO is interested in your status. Think about the engagement stuff if it is okay for you.

joeluv:
Hope you realize masters and PHD are two different things. It's easier to get a fully funded masters program with a low GRE score but I don't think that applies to PHD. Don't be too obsessed over ranking. I just gave an example of someone that studied engineering in an Unranked school. This person could not even secure GA from Nigeria , had a 2.2 in Nigeria but at the end secured a very good job in the US after school, got H1-B and and also a fully funded PHD program in duke. So allow people to go to what ever school they have opportunity to go do (especially whn funded). There it's never black and white, what works for A might not work for B. So enough of this.

234ng44uk:
I can't remember posting my GRE score here but you got it, it was a 310 and it's embarrassing to me. I've secured unfunded PhD admission since then to a competitive school despite applying several months outside admission window. Look, a great GPA is not good enough, that's my point. I will rewrite my GRE because 310 can't fly. My sister, not everyone wants to study at Kean University or a Morgan state something. No disrespect to those studying there.

Ephysy12:
Gud afternoon, pls i will lyk to know if a bank's statement of account of abt 2 months ago can stil be used for interview at the embassy or it must be d most recent one cos my sponsor is nt presently around fr me to get d recent SOA. Thanks.

rattlesnake:
Nope two month is not recent

pray well they may not even ask you for bank statement

people here say they are usuing GRACE and Olowogbogborogbo to get VISA

I believe!!!!!!!!!!

AusterHeights:
Hello house,
I applied to 5 schools for Fall 2017 and got denied by 3 of them, i had to send email to the remaining two schools to defer my application till Spring 2018 to enable me repackage my application(maybe rewrite GRE);

My Profile:
Course: MA Economics
CGPA: 2.5/5
GRE: V154/Q146(300)
TOEFL: 102

Status:

Illinois State University - denied
Cleveland State University - denied
Eastern Illinois State Uni - denied

SUNY - Buffalo State College - deferred application till Spring 2018
ST. Cloud State Uni - deferred application till Spring 2018

I don't know if i applied to the wrong schools or if the fact that i had extra year in the uni affected my application. I have since applied for WES evaluation. Please if anyone has info about schools that would accept me based on my profile, I'm interested. Hoping to hear from you guys please.

sshola:
I was denied today at Walter Carrington but I am so ashamed writing this now. I applied for two different programmes in CSU. MED curriculum (for summer but I didn't go) and Msc mathematics (deferred from spring to fall as I couldn't go) for fall which I really want to do. The school sent me both I20 at different times though but since I didn't go I requested for a new one for maths, fall... I got my I20 with the admission letter clipped to it stating the maths programme. So I got all docs ready and applied. I was just about to sign my I20 today Wen I discovered the major on the I20 was education, Not mathematics. This was where I lost my senses. I was torn between weda to go on with the interview or cancel it. This has never happened to anyone on NL before. I decided to put some points together to defend the education programme hoping to get the correct I20 when I resume

VO : documents pls
Me: did

Vo: what is taking you the US
Me: To Pursue My masters degree in education and curriculum studies with a concentration in maths

Vo: are you a teacher
Me :yes, I work with that school

Vo: what's the age Range of your studentS
Me :9-10

Vo : do you need a masters degree to teach that age
Me: my aspiration is beyond this though, and my new degree will only further advance my career as a mathemticiaN

Vo: how many schools did you apply
Me:3

Vo: name them
Me: UBC CANADA, CSU OHIO and I went blank.. ..totally Bowie disappeared

VO: it's okay and gave me blue


Everything I said was right but my prep was purely based on mathenatics major and all my responses were just new. I wish I never applied to two courses. How I didn't see the Mistake in my I20 is still a shame till now. I am pained

frankie2K:
please house help a brother evaluate dis:

profile:

Bsc: environmental management

gpa:3.22/5

No standardized exam written nor required but tend to write in August or September if possible.

schools:
university of Alabama

university of Pennsylvania

Minnesota state university

university of Maryland university college

university of Idaho

southern Illinois university edwardsville

west Texas A&M university canyon.

please ur comments are highly needed including addition and subtraction of schools.
cc:Oludare,Twood,Happyday,texrem,lagismyhome,femi 321, others.

Biggy911:
GURUS:

If my Brother in Saudi Arabia pays the SEVIS Fees for me on the 2nd of July (via Western Union Quick Pay) and my Visa Interview date is July 5th.

will i be able to print my SEVIS receipt before interview date

Please advice me, i don't know how the Western Union Quick pay works...

texrem:
Go and update it on you visa appl profile and reprint.

adey2014:
greetings everyone. pls I keep hearing people say safe schools. pls which schools are termed safe schools and why are referred to as such.

Goldenboy007:
$49,850 excluding fees for GWU, and thats just a ranked school.another ranked school NYU, M.A in economics would cost roughly $60k for 32. Credit points without fees. This budget excludes all other cost like boarding , textbooks, transport , feeding etc. NYU estimated all that at $34,304 - now let me be modest ...i will cut that to $25000, add that to $50k tuition- You are looking at a cost $75k for your program.

Most foreign student under estimate the cost of coming to US to study. It goes back to my explanation - You need to be sure that after spending all that money, you would be able to secure a job without Visa discrimination.

The visa policy is changing fast - so before jumping into the expenses - Make sure you have adequate planning.

Some people will tell themselves...all I need is to get into the US then I will find my way - this notion has accounted for so many stranded students in US who ended up becoming illegal - US you cannot stay, Nigeria you cannot go back to. Hustling used to be fine but under this new dispensation - laws are becoming vsry strict.

So before you jump into the plane with your family - Do your calculation well.

Hint - there is a popular believe here that if you do Masters in Science and not MBA - you are gearing up in the educational career - so also evaluate your career prospect.

Thanks

OGreene:
I thought about that, but are you sure the t-fare wont add up to equal the D.C housing price monthly

tensazangetsu20:
MBAS are run with the conception that you need money to make money. An MBA at Harvard cost 200000 dollars. There is hardly any funding for MBAs because they are professional degrees. Congratulations on the admission to George Washington University, it's a very good university and way better than what most Nigerians go to. I was wondering if I could know your profile. Am looking at postgraduate education in a few years time and I just graduated with a 2.92 on a 4.0 I know my grades will be a huge albatross around my neck and am looking for ways to overcome them.

OGreene:
How you take do housing matter? For D.C

oveestreet:
Yes i think so.. Was actually asking for a friend. Im sure he would like to connect with you. Pls PM your phone num if you dont mind. Thanks so much.