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Hello NL, please i need the thread for TOEFL. I am preparing for the exam soon

fairheart:
Service Fee: 125, 000; Reciprocity fee: 41, 000.

Yes, it could be a problem if you apply to one school. Consular wouldn't look at you as a serious students. However, this is not to say you cannot get your visa.

Does VO have a way of knowing if one got admits from other universities in the states

Please does VO has a way of knowing if one got admits to any other universities in the states.

House, between my Uncle and Elder sister, which one is cool that can stand as my sponsor.
My uncle we dont share same surname but my elder sister has same surname before she got married.
I need our candid advice

yes. I also have some savings too personally

Aside giving you the necessary documents, will she also give you the necessary money?[/quote]

House I have a question, is it possible for one's elder sister to stand as your sponsor. you share same surname before her marriage, now she use the surname of her husband. She promised to give me necessary documents to back it at the embassy. Is this decision okay?

The experience people in the house, I want to know what this question mean when filling DS160 form, "intended date of arrival". Is it the earliest time on my I-20 or the time one intend to travel to the state. Please I need our response.
Cc @fairheart, @lagosismyhome, @sharwama, @justwise

Emeritusseun:
University of Utah waived application fee, however, I can't say if it is all courses or some selected course.

The application fee was not waived for the course I want to go for. I expected to pay 65dollars application fee

solastar2:
What department is that because for my department, the deadline has passed.

MS occupational health

Ernestamy:
Hello House,
Is there anyone applying to University of Utah or a student there..please l need a little clarification from him or her...Please help a sister..

I also applied to the school for fall 2020, just to pay for my application fees.

rkarang:
A very good centre, I sat for my test there.

Well, tryna find a way to get to Eko Hotel from there you can board Tricycle to the centre (I paid N100 from there)

I wish you the very best on your test.

Thank you for the response

House can someone give direction on how to get to my GRE test center "dragnet prometric test center" at V.I. I will be coming from Oshodi or Ikeja.

Thank you

horlahsunbo225:
Yes u have to go with the details of those schools unless u dont want to utilise the four free score sending option

Good evening house, I want to ask that on the GRE exam day, must I go to the center with details of the school I want to send the score to since I saw on the thread that one is allowed to send test score to four universities. I will appreciate if this point can be buttress more

@walspring, and all the guys who put the discounted GRE offer together, thank you so much. God bless you guys real good. We appreciate what you guys are doing by given back to the community.

@fairheart, I need the GRE materials too.
juwonlogbon@yahoo.com. So grateful

Princekenuk:
@fairheart, please I need some GRE materials
princeuk8743@gmail.com

Thank you for your response, you just encouraged me cos work takes my mind. I sent a PM to you.

electromagnito:
it all depend on you, well everyone has different method of reading, for me; i always ready 2-3days before any exam i have... for you it might be different, yoruba will say ori yato si ori �����

Hello brother, are you saying one can still do well with a week preparation from your personal experience

electromagnito:
That bro asking about GRE... boss just prepare like your normal exam... i had just 1week to prepare for mine.. lol i no even read but i still blast am

Good morning family, I want to say that I have downloaded the materials for GRE from studyguide sent to my mail. I want to know that is that all I need cos I could see people talking about Magoosh here again.
Please help a brother by explaining more and even tips.

House Goodmorning, am OK with this general tips for the exam
General Tips
#Tip 1: Don’t rely on any one single book.

Each book has its strength and weakness. Combine them all for maximum impact.

#Tip 2: What books do I need?

1. Grubber 2015
2. Barron’s GRE
3. Nova GRE Math Bible
4. Kaplan
5. Princeton Review

#Tip 3: How can I get these books?

[b][color=#990000]UPDATE : January 2017:
As of this moment, the GRE materials have been deleted from both accounts by google due to Copyright violations. Nonetheless, these materials are widely available through a simple google search.

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If you can afford physical copies of these books – Sweet, go head and buy them all. But If you can’t afford any or you’re a ijebu madam like the lovely,intelligent MsNas or like myself, simply send a blank mail to selfstudy360@gmail.com or selfstudy.version2@gmail.com for soft copies (Pdf’s). #MoneyMustNotWaste

(a) selfstudy360@gmail.com contains:

• Barron's New GRE 19th Edition
• Cracking the GRE 2013
• Gruber's Complete GRE Guide 2012

While

(b) Selfstudy.version2@gmail.com (New*) contains:

• Gruber's Complete GRE Guide (2015)
• Mahanttan Prep - 5* lb. Book of GRE® Practice Problems (2013)
• Nova’s GRE Math Bible (2008)

#Tip 4: When should I take the GRE?

Take the exam at least 4 months before you plan to send your admission applications. That way, if you don’t meet your targeted score (not your portion…Oya say Amen!), you would still have enough time to retake the exam without duress. For example, if the deadline for admission application is September 15th, the ideal time for taking the GRE should be by May. The reason for this is simple: If you don’t meet ur target score, you can retake the GRE by June thereby providing ample time for sending your application. This is not a rule but a suggestion.


#Tip 5: How much time would it take to prepare for the GRE?

Minimum: 2months @ 4-5hours per day.
Note: The number of hours do not really matter, it’s the amount of problem solving skills learnt per unit time that counts. Some people learn quickly while for others, it might take longer to read and understand new concepts. So remember, 4-5hours are just recommendations, whether u spend more or less time – ultimately, it doesn’t matter. What matters is how much u learn and how fast you can correctly answer questions. If it takes u 4-5hours per day to achieve this goal, so be it. If it takes u less time, so be it. If it takes you more time, so be it. No one cares. Ultimately it’s your scores that matters.

#Tip 6: Can I prepare within a month?

Yes u can, but it’s not advisable. You need time to internalize and completely memorizes the GRE strategies.

And lastly,

#Tip 7: Don’t be deceived by your score on POWERPREP II.

You took the sample test on PowerPrep II, you had an average of 160-165, you feel good and cant wait to take the actual test. Truth is Powerprep II does not compare to the actual test. On a scale of one to ten, one being very easy and ten being very difficult, Powerprep is a 4.5 and the actual test is an 8.5. #OkBye

Now for the part you’ve been waiting for: My GRE Experience.

This is a summary of lesson learnt from my personal experience, please feel free to add your insights and contributions. Sharing is caring.

You probably know this already but just to refresh your memory - The GRE is made up of three parts: Analytical writing, Verbal and Quantitative.
1. Analytical Writing
2. Verbal
3. Quantitative

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCORES.

FOR ANALYTICAL WRITING:

Books and Resources needed for Analytical Writing:
Official GRE Topic List (30%) + Kaplan (60%) + Barron (10%).

(a) Official GRE Topic List: GRE maintains a list of every possible topic that you will find on the actual test date!!!!!! It’s totally legal and you can find the list here:
Pool of Argument Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool

Pool of Issue Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool

The list is quite exhaustive: 200 issue task topics and 200 argument task topics. Once you have the list, group the topics into categories and proceed to (b). I believe if u know the possible questions, your chances of success should be up 30%.

(b) Get a copy of Kaplan’s New GRE Premiere and head to the Analytical Writing Section. Read, digest and understand the essay development template for both the issue task and the argument task as discussed on chapter 15 – Chapter 21 (New GRE Premiere - Kaplan 2011-2012 edition. Newer editions should be better). Don’t bother reading anything else on Kaplan, the rest of the book is useless. With the Kaplan template, you can begin to draw up possible responses to each topic category from the GRE topic list that you obtained from the GRE website. That way, on the test day, coming up with responses won’t be all that difficult because you’ve seen it all – abi how una see am?

(c) Get a copy of Barron: While this may not be compulsory, it will help you in paragraph development. Read and understand the “Claim, Grounds and Warrants” development on chapter 6 (Barron’s New GRE 19th Edition).

The last and most important step is to PRACTISE, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. Practice using the available topics from the GRE list in a timed mode – your practice should mimic the real test. For the GRE, its 30minutes per writing task but for you, its 22 minutes. Why? It’s always better to practice with less time – It makes you stronger.

Practice with POWERPREP writing platform or Notepad to get a feel of the nature of the typing platform. Don’t practice with Microsoft Word.

One Again, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. It’s ultra-important you do so. You can only write well by constant practice.

My Experience: I didn’t practice enough. Truth be told I practiced only once and the end result was abysmal. I could only manage one sensible paragraph for the issue task – Big Poo. The way time flies when ur messing up is simply amazing. The argument task was much better, I wrote 4 sensible paragraphs –all within 23 minutes.
Score: Surprisingly,I scored a 3 on the writing section. since the total score is the average of both scores, I assume I made a 5 on argument and a 1 on issue…lol..just my opinion.

Generally, Argument tasks are easier than issue tasks – for Argument tasks, an essay or issue with faulty premises is given; your job is to identify and logically explain them while for the Issue writing Task, you have to develop your own argument from scratch. Finding faults is easy (argument task), writing from scratch is less easy (issue essay). But for you reading this right now, a minimum of 4.5/6 should be perfectly achievable. Why? Cos you know every possible topic, you have pre-planned responses and your “hand dey hot” due to constant writing practice.

One last tip: As soon as you are done with a particular section, whether you performed well or not, it’s best to completely ignore that section, it belongs to the past - it doesn’t matter anymore. Whether you did well or not, does not matter and if you believe you didn’t perform well, it still doesn’t matter. Focus completely on the next section – You have seven (7) more sections to deal with and you need a focused, optimistic mindset to proceed successfully. There’s no use crying over spilt milk. [/b]

FOR QUANTITATIVE

Books You Need for Quantitative:

Grubber (25%) + Barron’s (25%) + Nova GRE Math Bible (25%) + Mahanttan (25%).

Do you have to read them all from cover to cover? Not really. Each book has its strength and weakness’s. You want to be prepared for every possibility. Better you write the GRE once than write it twice. Think of the cash - $200. Think of the time spent on preparation – weeks, even months and finally, think of your Goals. So grab does books and study like mad. The end justify the means.

Lesson 1: Study each question category and solve the most difficult questions you can find on that category to re-enforce your understanding of that category.

For example, if you had prepared with Grubber like I did, you will find the data interpretation, graphical and statistical questions difficult. Why? Grubber does not really delve into these sections. Barron in addition with Manhattan and Nova does a better job. So read and understand the underlying principles and skim all books for difficult questions on all topics.
Likewise, if u ignore Grubber’s Data Comparison and algebra strategies, you might not do so well. But then, there are notable exceptions. Individuals with an engineering, mathematical and statistical background would generally do better in the Quantitative section – they’ve been doing these problems for years. Also those with an aptitude for numbers would better. Does that mean those with little mathematically backgrounds would end up with low scores? – Nope. Just read up and practice, you might end up doing better than the so called Math wizards.

The GRE Quantitative consists of two sections made up of 25 questions each. Each section runs for 40minutes – that’s an average of 96 seconds per question – which leads to lesson 2.

Lesson 2: When studying and solving quantitative questions, set a time limit of 50 seconds per question and stick to it. Like previously stated, practicing with less time makes you stronger and faster.

Lesson 3: Solve lots of Quanttitative questions.

Manhanttan and Nova Math Bible offer a huge collection of quality quantitative questions. Solve as much questions as you can on both books. Luckily, if you don’t know the answers, solutions and explanations are provided in both books.

My Experience: I studied solely with grubber. Algebra and data comparison were a walk in the park but “I hear “ween” for Data interpretation/Statistics, Combinations and Graphs. On the actual test, I saw 6 hefty graphical and data interpretation problems and some others I can’t recall @ the moment. Were they super hard? – Not really but “them hard small o”. To answer them, you need to understand the question (30secs), solve for solutions (30-40secs) and compare possible answers (10secs). If u get it wrong, u start all over again. But as you start over, remember Time dey go ooooo!
That’s why you need Lesson 4.


Lesson 4:Someone on this thread advised - if you find any question difficult, simply mark that question and move on to others.. You may return to that question later. Don’t waste time trying to solve one question for over 1 minute, skip and return later. This is so true!.

FOR VERBAL

Books you need: Grubber (90%) + Barron (10%).

Honestly, You can actually survive by using only grubber. The verbal section seems like the easiest section on the GRE but don’t be complacent o! This section is pretty tricky. I remember one particular essay with about seven (7) paragraphs. It was so dense that you could barely understand the content of a single paragraph; It also felt like it was written in another language. It was that difficult.

Also,the verbal section is made up of several subsections all mixed into one. You will find sentence completion (synonyms and antonyms) and essay comprehension all packed into one.
My Experience: I scored a 157/170 – Not bad @ all given that Grubber was the sole book I used. I won’t lie, am an avid reader – I guess that helped. However, if you study the Grubber Verbal Strategies: Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes; the Most Important/Frequently Used GRE Words and Reading Comprehension Strategies – You should have no problem with the Verbal section. Grubber does an excellent job by building ur vocabulary, teaching new words and providing some interesting strategies for essay comprehension.
There are other books like Princeton Review but since I didn’t use it, I can’t say much about it. This is where external input is advisable. Those who used Princeton, oya speak up.

Final Advice:
Unlike Jamb (wicked people) that provides a single opportunity to write the exam per year, the GRE gives you 5 chances per year to write the exam (better people). But because you can doesn’t mean you should. Prepare well and write it once. A score of 160 per section is totally achievable. Just read and solve a huge collection of difficult questions in a timed mode.

Oya it haff do, una bye bye, I don try.


UPDATE 1: If you had to choose one Book for Quantitative Analysis, Barron's should be it. That Book is the truth. The best GRE Quantitative prep book ever.

UPDATE 2: Added Kaplan New GRE to "selfstudy.version2@gmail.com". If you want a copy of the Kaplan GRE book, send a blank mail to selfstudy.version2@gmail.com" .

DOWNLOAD GRE BOOKS AND STUDY GUIDE HERE[/quote]

Thank you everyone for sharing your transcripts on this platform. I want to give back to the platform because I have been blessed by others, even though I was denied the two times.

Intended University- University of Central Missouri
Course- MS Occupational Safety Management
Undergraduate- Civil Engineering

First transcripts : Abuja Embassy (17/7) spring session

VO: welcome to the United States of America embassy, please pass me your I-20
Response: I did, he started typing for awhile and asked me the following questions
VO: why are you going to US
Response: Going for my masters in occupational safety management at UCM
VO: Have you traveled out of the country before
Response: No
VO: Do you have a sponsor
Response: yes, my Uncle
VO: has he ever sponsored you before
Response: yes, he sponsored me for my university education.
He printed out the green form for me that was for fall 2019 session.

Second transcripts: Lagos Embassy, window 6 (7/11) spring session

VO: pass me your I-20, which I did and greeted him with a smile and asked how he is doing
VO:why are you going to the US,
Response: I did
VO: how did I come across the course
Response: I developed interest in safety during my industrial training attachment, as such I discovered that there are few professionals in the few and the knowledge is not readily available.
VO: Do I have a sponsor
Response: My uncle
His response was I am not eligible for visa this time around.
Note- I used my uncle company account since he owns the company and I got a letter of sponsorship from him too.
I apologize for just dropping my transcripts. I will appreciate comments, recommendation and advice

kCatalyst:
I think you can also talk with the grad office of d univ. to confirm easiest way to pay stating your country, and how possible you can pay with mastercard “provided you have.”
I know of someone who recently paid for a particular grad fee directly with normal mastercard and at equal exchange rate without going through other route.....payment was fully acknowledged.

meanwhile i think western union is another route.

Thank you

solihp:
Open a naija PayPal account, link your mastercard to the PayPal account and pay the fees with paypal

Thank you Sir

House Good afternoon, please I want to know the cost for GRE exam. I plan to do the exam first week of February or last week of January. I will appreciate our response and where to register for the exam.

House Good afternoon to everyone, please I want to know how I can pay for USA graduate application fee of a university I applied to . Anyone with how I can go about paying the application fee will be appreciated

Please how do VO know that you have applied to Canada before. Do they have access to one's Data base to other countries?

Anybody at the university of Houston-clear lake or any intending applicants for next year should kindly let me know. I want to apply to the university next year fall. I need someone we can discuss the process of admission together. Good morning

House, please how long does it take for GRE results to be released and one can use it for masters admission

House, please how long does it take for GRE results to be released and one can use it for admission purpose for masters

Oddy16:
You can get all you need in this thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/1832477/how-achieve-high-scores-gre/523

Thank you

dhrogbar:
Good evening, I have old copies. Kindly dm me if you are interested.

Thank you

House Good evening, please I need materials for GRE. I want to start preparing for next year winter session. I will appreciate anyone that can send it to me and even tips too