Mystiqme:
My understanding of GRE percentiles, though, is that 135 would land him in the 5th percentile (using your example), meaning he did better than only 5% of the students. That is the interpretation of a percentile. Where does the 40 come from?

Now that's why I thought you were using percentages. On the percentile scale, I agree with you, his score is not good.

I am confused. Just know that 130 is the zero point. If you score 130 over 170 it means you scored zero. Hence, 170 will be 40 (170 minus 130). So, 135 is just 5 out of possible 40. Thats where my 5 over 40 is coming from.

ebdib:

If he doesn't ask, don't show him
If he does mention it , say you were tense on test day and it affected your performance and that your grades in school shows you're a good student.
Shikena

Bros that na highway to very polite denial cos if he says he was tensed, he could be asked to go and write it again before visiting the embassy.

oghenegano:
Thanks brov....so wut do u advice me on the cos aspect....Geology and goin for Computer information science and takin a major in Geographic Information Science

I have read about the GIS. You are on track. If asked why you changed course just smile and tell the VO that you didn't change course per say. Your major in computer sci will be GIS which relates to your undergraduate as well as your present work. Also use the work experience in GIS as the reason why you were exempted from GRE. You are good to go. Best of luck

Mystiqme:
10/80? I don't understand. I thought the GRE was out of 340, so 270/340 is 79%.Could do better but not as terrible as you paint it.

You clearly do not understand GRE scores.
FYI, Thats not how GRE percentile works. The minimum on each GRE section is 130/170 which could mean 0/40. Assuming for his 270 he got 135 on each section, 135/170 means he got 5/40. 5/40 plus another 5/40 on the other section is 10/80.

Note: 320/340 on GRE is 83 percentile. Its not the same as the percentage you are calculating.

babyoriss: [b]Hello house,

I'm a silent observer Nairalander I would like you to help me look thru this pre interview transcript I package for myself, my interview is on 23rd Wednesday July. Please help me go thru it and correct me if needed....Thanks

me: good morning sir/ma
vo: good morning..
vo: why are you going to the states?
me: am going the united states for my bachelor degree in business, management, marketing and resources management at Faulkner University Alabama.
vo: why and how did you know about Faulkner university?
me: Actually my mom was the very first person to tell me about Faulkner university because she did her masters degree there she also told me about the quality education the school has to offer, I also went further by making more research about the school and I found out that Faulkner university is rated among the best university in Alabama and also it is rated among the best south eastern region by Princeton review 2010. And one unique advantage about Faulkner is that you are allowed to double major as it's in my case Business,Marketing,Management and Resources Management (These courses are being offer compound as Business Administration)
vo: How many school did you apply for?
me: 3, Wake Forest University, NC, Saint Leo University, FL and Faulkner University, AL
vo: how many admitted you ?
me: 2 Faulkner and Wake Forest and Saint Leo University put me on the wait list
vo: what do u know about Alabama?
me: Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States. The incumbent Governor of Alabama is Robert J. Bentley and its capital is Montgomery.
vo: Why that course?
me: Ever since my childhood I have always had the passion to study business admin because I was born into a business oriented family, my father is a successful business man likewise my mom. I believe that by he time I graduated from this course I should be able to add something special to contribute to their businesses and also set a goal for my younger ones who might also want to study business admin.
vo: when did you graduated from high school?
me: 2008
vo: what have you been doing since then?
me: After my high school, I enroll for 1 year computer course at ........ in desktop publishing and basin networking, when I finished my computer study I got admission into Laspotech Ikorodu in 2010 for a 2 years course in accounting which I graduated with an upper credit in 2012 after then I went for a 1 year IT in Keystone Bank which ended march 2014, ever since then I have been voluntarily at my mum store at the sales attendant and accounting officer.
vo: do u have any relative in the us?
me: NO.
vo: okay... who is sponsoring ur education?
me: my lovely dad
vo: what does he do?
me : he is a successful business man, he is the CEO of .........., they are into the importation of industrial sewing machine, industrial weaving machines , industrial molding machines and industrial drilling machines.
vo: do u have his financial documents with you?
me: yes
vo: okay.. what do u plan on doing after you graduate?
me: am coming back to Nigeria for my compulsory NYSC program and I plan on working with my parent or start up my own business.



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1. Everything looks good but leave your younger ones out of this. I personally think that line is not necessary.
2. Starting up a business should not be your major reason for taking this degree. Be more professional about it. You can talk about returning to work in a business management/marketing firm or even setting up your own.

oghenegano:
My cos is Computer Information Science and i have a good Toef buh my GRE is the issue here

Please do not present that GRE score. If your school didn't require GRE, simply tell the VO that you were exempted because of your work experience. You can even try to get a written statement from your school to that effect.

phemix:

Easy bro! we counsel and encourage pple here, he has fears already, dnt escalate them. jes say wats expedient...

And you expect me to encourage and counsel him without pointing out the flaws in his profile? Why is he here? The fact that he has fears does not mean we should tell him to go to the embassy unprepared. All I have done so far is point out the areas he needs to work on. I am not telling him USA is not for him. FYI, a GRE score of 270 is just 10/80. So you think telling him to present this score is the best advice simply because he has fears. He is not paying me for the counselling and I am not forcing him to take my advice either (Just my 5 Kobo).

oghenegano: Am a 2.1 graduate and am presently workin as a survey...moreso am takin a major in GIS.

Hmmm. Does GIS have anything to do with computer information Science? If No, I think its a red flag for someone with undergrad degree in Geology and work experience in Survey to be going for masters in Computer Science. That aside, no need to go to the embassy with that GRE result. It doesn't tell well of a 2.1 graduate. Its either you seat for the exam again or find an excuse why you were exempted.

oghenegano: Hello nairalander....my GRE score is 270 and i was offerred admission study Computer Information Science at masters level buh i have a good bsc in Geology...buh am scared if d VO will make a comment on dat....can someone advice me pls

Before you worry about GRE, do you have a good reason for switching from Geology to Comp Sci? That should be your major concern now as VOs must ask about it. Again, how did you get admission for masters into a course unrelated to your undergraduate course and with a low GRE? What exactly did the school see in your profile if its not a red flag school? No need to hide any information from us if you actually need help. Let us know your full profile so that you can be properly guided.

ebdib:

No email. Just did

In that case, check your spam/junk folder. I just sent another email now.

domex007:

You can get a little paper gum.. Just a little, so it can be removed easily..

You don't have to gum it. Just go there and submit them separately. They will do everything correctly for you. I stapled mine but they pulled it off.

ebdib:

Hello I replied your pm

I replied too but you haven't replied. Let me send the email again. Check pls.

If you are on this thread and your visa is denied, you need to be flogged. The visa approval rate for members of this thread has never been this high. Quote me wrong if you can. Congrats to you all. Slimmy05, Walspring, go and pick up your visas.

johnnypaul927: my interview tomorrow morning at Lagos 6:30am who is going with me to get his/her visa? need your prayers house and i want to ask, i have in my i-20 form Psychology, general what should i fill in my ds-160? only psychology or PSYCHOLOGY, GENERAL? IF are in my batch of those will will get theirs tomorrow want to see you say ITS GRANTED!!!

PSYCHOLOGY is okay but if you included the General, no problem as well.

Congrat Mjseun and goldenchic.

goldenchic, I am really interested in your transcript. So happy for you.

publicenemy:

Exactly thats why you should break up wth him and if he truly cares about you he will understand.
infact she should be the one to break things up.

So what remains of the guy? Do you think he will ever find a wife if the only person that understands the situation dumps him? I really feel for him on that note.

Amerinancy: Visa granted this morning my transcripts coming soon

Congrats.. bring the transcript sharp sharp.

obongtunji: I watched a man at Shiloh testified of how his damaged kidney was replaced with a new well functioning kidney. Another lady that has been on wheelchair for six years miraculously got off the wheelchair and started walking and running all over the auditorium. What I'm saying here is that there is nothing too difficult for GOD to do. GOD is able to heal him, I have a strong believe his manhood will be functional again

Forget those fictions you see on TV. They are planned work. Have you ever seen anybody you know that benefited from those miracles?

ULSHERLAN: The guy tried for your cousin if not her life may have been miserable without him but still sexual satisfaction is part of the gains in a healthy relationship talkless marriage. Maybe they should go to other places for consultation. Marriage is a life time commitment and whatever decision she makes now maybe the one she will have to live with

Honestly, does the sacrifice of seeing a girl through undergraduate measure up in anyway to the sacrifice of living the rest of your life without s.ex or even children of your own?

dahmie2013: OP haba naaaa! Have u 4gotten dere is God? Afterall d sacrifices he made 4 her, dis is d time 2 test her love 4 him. I'll say she shud marry him, what if dis happened after d wedding, she'll be thinking of divorcing him ba? There is nothing God cannot do, a guy dat did what ur parents cudnt do 4 u, don't u no he equally took a risk? Dis is d time 2 pray&not 2 be thinking of leaving. Ppl sha....Nywys, may God help dem.

Haba, she has not dumped him na. Its a tough decision to make thats why she needs advice.

MadCow1:


So whats responsible for the loss of signal to his dickoder?

Is it the accident?

Were they knacking before the accident?

Of cos they've been nacking. Just said he disvirgin her b4 now.

prologue: without or "temporarily out of service". What about if u were not able to conceive would he had thought of same about you? When a man spends his resources, which is a part of his life, fixing a gal, esp those from this part of the world, he is surely fetching water with a basket, in a snake infested pond. Not only will he not get water, but might not survive d bite.

I think that one is quite different. At least a woman who cannot conceive can still bleep. This one own na double wahala.

vizkiz: Op are you trying to tell us that no one else has been furcking her for those years before the incident?

In all honesty, she is a good girl. The guy even boasts with her cos he met her a virgin. But that's not the issue at hand now.

Please Mod help me move this to Front Page. We really need so many contributions.

Hi Nlanders, I really don't know if I am posting this in the right section. I need help for a female cousin of mine (she is more like a best friend to me as she finds it easy to confide in me). She has been in this relationship with her boyfriend for 6 years now. They are both in love and head over heels for each other. The guy was fully responsible for financing her undergraduate as her parents are not all that well to do. She is presently serving the nation (NYSC) and will be done later this year. They got engaged December last year and are supposed to be getting married November this year (After her service year). Tragedy struck by January this year when the guy was on a road trip to PortHarcourt. He got involved in a terrible auto crash and was hospitalized for months. All we knew then was that the accident affected his waist line and he was responding to treatment. He got discharged from the hospital over 2 months ago and we were all happy he is fine again. But early this month, I noticed that my cousin has changed, always moody and depressed. She even lost visible weight drastically. One day I caught her crying secretly in her room and she couldn't help but burst out in more tears in my arms.

To cut it short, she confided in me that her fiancé is impotent from all indications. They've tried pre-intimacy several times since last 2 months and the guy's joystick doesn't even lift a muscle (e nor dey rise again). She is really confused. She still loves him but afraid the situation will remain like that forever. The doctors are not even helping matters as they are only speculating that it may come up later. She has barely 3 months to make wedding preparations. She really doesn't want to make a mistake she will regret for the rest of her life. I am also confused and do not know what to tell her cos the guy is a close friend of the family due to their relationship. We already see them as man and wife. She really needs advice on what to do.

Ladies: Please for the sake of advice, put yourself in the girl's shoes and tell me what your decision will be (Dump him or marry him no matter the situation)

Gentlemen: Please for the sake of advice, put yourself in the man's shoes and tell me what your reaction will be if she doesn't go ahead with the wedding plans.

sweetchoicemk: Sweetchoice;

My 2yrs old daughter got invitation from a hospital in usa for treatment though my fiance is there (my daughter's father) what are the likely question consular will ask me.

Although this is not the thread for you. Be prepared for questions on her health condition and why she can't take the treatment here. Also show proof that you can fund the treatment over there. Consider home ties as well since you have to prove that you will both return after the treatment.

iluvmybishop: Transcript @ us embassy last Tuesday,6:30am appointment
she: gud mornin
Vo:y AR u goin to us
she:to do my postgraduate program
Vo:y dis skool
she:becos studying dere curriculum I discovered it has in depth method of teaching and research based on there standard tutors who are leader in their respective fields around d world bla bla bla..........
Vo cuts in :who is sponsoring u
she:my sister,she is working in d us army and she resides in us
Vo:when did u graduate.
she:2012
Vo:wot Av u bin doin,becos I can see u AR not employed
she:yes but I tutor in a private primary school after my nysc.
Vo:AR u married?
she:not yet but engaged.
Vo:Am sorry miss.......says d usual things and handed over d terrible paper.
pls houser lets talk about dis.....to d gurus in d house.

Are you sure a US Army has enough finance to sponsor you?

Mjseun: Please can I take my bag along with me to the embassy? Is there any service by some people that can help to keepit till one is out of the consulate and they get paid? Planning to check out of the hotel when I'm set for interview and I don't want to go back to the hotel to pick my bag.

Thanks

If you are for 6:30 am, you can make it back to your hotel before 12 if that is your fear.

MsNas:
Figures. So if they're not required to write a thesis of any kind, what do they do to earn their degree at the end of the day? Internship of some sort? or just the coursework they've taken over the course of their program is enough? My room-mate's Japanese friend just graduated in the same department as her. Although, i don't know if he wrote a thesis, I know he told me he's taking a kind of comprehensive exam that covers all the courses he took over the 4 semesters of this masters. Does that sound like M.Eng?

Exactly. They take a comprehensive exam. In some schools, the exam could be oral just like oral defence of thesis.

MsNas:
Really? M.Eng degree holders can't do PhD? Never knew. Do you know why please?

MEng is more professional and its usually course based. No intensive research. They don't do thesis.

domex007:

Bro, thanks for your input but I don't mean I am gonna arrive in the US 30days before resumption lemmi give a better example.
Just assuming I Applied to TSU for fall and they resume 25th aug and got my visa for TSU 2 week of July, got to the US first week of aug(which is normal) stay @ a friend's place.
Defer my admission with TSU just to buy time to apply to another school (HCC).
When TSU issue my new i-20 for spring 2015 without the knowledge that I am already in the US I can send my friend to go pick the i-20 for me and also help me in picking up the i-20 for HCC too.
Can I now go to TSU to request for transfer to HCC??
I hope you understand my question now?

I doubt if you can arrive US and defer admission. I guess your school will be alerted as soon as you are cleared at POE.

domex007:

How about doing it this way?
Get admission from one particular school, get visa with the school, defer your admission with that school and enter the US with your valid visa, apply to another school and once they accept the student you can request for transfer from the initial school..
Is this method legal and hope this method is also safe?

If you defer, your school must prepare another I-20 bearing the new resumption date. Arriving in the US before 30 days to that new resumption date is illegal and will definitely put you in trouble. The best bet is to defer and remain in Nigeria until you get the new updated I-20 from the old school as well as admission confirmation from the new school.