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Hi everyone, Supposing I send emails to a couple graduate school faculty members whose research area seem to align with mine to request for an opportunity to be a member of their research team. Now, I wasn’t lucky enough to get anyone of them to provide any form of assistantship. What is the right thing to do. Should I send emails to other faculty members whose researches aren’t related to my area of interest or should I just look for a different school . I know this is a no-brainer but I just don’t want to assume the obvious in this case. |
dipomania070:Yeah i replied already. Thank you Bro. |
kidUrbane:@dipomania, They’ve received it and status shows: in progress. Thanks bro. |
dipomania070:Hi @dipomania, I sent the fax to them as you suggested yesterday and I’ve sent a couple today also. They haven’t acknowledged any as my dashboard still remains the same. Perhaps there’s something I’m doing wrong. I unticked the box that says send in high resolution and color. I got information from someone that they accept only copies that come in black. Can you please pm me with a screenshot of the fax you sent to them maybe I’ll be able to spot an error or two on the ones I’ve sent to them. You said they received it immediately and I suppose you were able to confirm that they’ve received it almost immediately on your dashboard. |
dipomania070:Thank you so much @dipomania and @Uzzy. @dipomania any update on your evaluation? |
@house, @dipomania I got an update on my WES evaluation today and it’s a little confusing. I sent my notification of result and WAEC scratch card in the same envelope and I believe they recieved it because they claim to have accepted the WAEC scratch card but not the notification of result. I would have thought they didn’t receive the package or maybe it was lost in transit if they didn’t acknowledge the receipt of the WAEC scratch card. My question is, is it that WES doesn’t accept notification of result and only accepts degree certificate and/or statement of result? My school only issued the notification of result at the time of graduation and we were told that our degree certificate isn’t ready for collection yet. I don’t know if the statement of result is available for collection. I would appreciate comments from people who have had similar experience.
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dipomania070:I will bro. No updates for now though. |
dipomania070:I really hope so. Thanks. Please keep me posted. |
dipomania070:Yeah Monday prolly. This is what I have on my dashboard.
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dipomania070:@dipomania It hasn’t o. The only new thing on my dashboard is that my status was last updated on2/8/2019 from the last time it was updated which was 2/1/2019. Status is still in progress and it says they are still reviewing my documents. That’s basically all there is to it for now so I’m still waiting. Have you received any status update? |
Dear House, I just want to share my experience on this admissions journey thus far with the hope that someone would have had similar experience and maybe proffer a solution. I applied to a masters program with the hope of securing funding. However, few weeks after I submitted my application, SOP, recommendation letter and resume inclusive, a professor in the department reached out to me to inform me that my application is still missing my transcript and that I need to submit it ASAP so that a decision can be reached. He also mentioned that assistantships are not automatic stressing that I would have to contact the faculty member I am interested in working with and that they (faculty member) are the ones that will recommend me for funding. I was shocked because I thought assistantship would be automatic since I met their admissions requirement. I have tried to reach out 3 faculty members and only one responded to my enquiry. He requested that I send the SOP and Resume I submitted to the graduate school to him. I did but I haven’t heard from him. My issue now is this, the SOP I submitted and by extension sent to him had the name of the faculty member I originally intended to work with and I didn’t want to alter anything in the SOP since he demanded for the same one I submitted to the graduate school because he might lay his hands on it later and discover that I had to alter it and he might just be disappointed and take me for a fraud. I also don’t think it is right to contact faculty members who we don’t share similar research interest just to land an assistantship. I would really appreciate ideas or suggestion on how to proceed with the hunt for funding. Thanks. |
dipomania070:Okay. Thanks Bro. |
@dipomania070 Wassup with your WES evaluation? Have you recieved the tracking number? I’ve received mine and it’s been delivered already. I think WES takes too long to evaluate documents though or I might just be overreacting. They last attended to my document (University transcript) on 1st of February and now that they’ve received the WAEC document only God knows when they’ll conclude the evaluation. I’m just trying to beat the deadline. |
dipomania070:Pleasure boss. The FEDEX lady I met told me to call her if I don’t get details of my tracking number after 3 weeks but I don’t think I’ll wait tillafter 3 weeks because I know they can be funny and I don’t want to take any chances. I’ll suggest you call the UPS lady if you have her phone number. If she didn’t give it to you directly you can check the back of the WAEC receipt she might have written it there. |
dipomania070:Hi I sent mine last week and the FEDEX lady told me the processing time is between 2-3 weeks. After 2-3 weeks WAEC will forward your result to the courier company you selected. When the courier company receives the document from WAEC, you will get a tracking number from the courier company representative you met when you applied for the result. Thereafter, you should expect that’ll be delivered to WES within 3-5 days. Please understand that the duration may vary with the different courier companies available. Expect that it’ll take at least 4weeks from the day you applied for the result before it gets to WES. From my experience with WES I think it takes about 2-3 working days before they acknowledge the receipt of any document. Have you received your tracking number form the courier company? If you have, just keep tracking online. |
bidemi1190:Same shoes o. I haven’t gotten any response either although I have been able to write to only one faculty memeber and this is because another faculty member suggested that I should give reasonable time between mailing faculty members for RA positions. It’s been up to 3 weeks now and there’s no response yet and I’m almost at the point of sending another email to a different faculty member. Experts in the house please help with tips that might help us. Thanks. |
@Lagosismyhome I really want to thank you for the helping hand you extended to the lady that needed assistance with completing her IELTS registration fees. You will never be stranded in Jesus Name. God bless you forever. |
kidUrbane: |
Hello Everyone, I sent my transcript to WES through FEDEX and on Monday I confirmed that it was delivered and signed for. However it’s been more than 24hours and my document hasn’t been received by WES. At least that is what it says when I try to use the WES track your document option. Has anybody had similar experience? Usually how long would it take before they acknowledge receipt of the transcript. Thank you for your response. |
lalahhh:Thank you so much. I’ll tell him to check it out. |
kidUrbane: |
Hello Everybody, Please who has information for graduate studies in geophysics. I want a school that offers assistantship plus stipends. Studied Physics for bachelors with a cgpa of 4.10/5. Currently in the process of registering for GRE. I’m asking for a close friend of mine. Please whoever has credible information on this subject should please help. Thank you. |
Walspring:Okay. Thank you so much for your response. I will do the needful. |
Hello, I’m in the process of registering for TOEFL. I want to know if the international passport is the only acceptable means of identification at the test venue. For some reasons my international passport isn’t available at the moment but I have my national ID card with the NIN number. Has anybody written the TOEFL test using any means of identification other than the international passport? And if you were able to write the exams hope you didn’t have issues with getting your test score or encountered any problem at all. Thank you. |
Sheq:Hello, I haven’t sent any document yet. I was in the process of completing my registration when I made the quoted enquiry. I implore our gurus in the house who have had experiences on this issue to please guide us through the WES process and please help us attend to the question above. Thank you. |
Hello gurus in the house, I recently applied for WES evaluation and I’m still in the process of submitting my documents to WES. I am applying to a masters program. However, among the documents to be submitted listed includes WAEC scratch card and the last examination result from my secondary school. What happens if I cannot provide the last examination result from my secondary school. I am not referring to WAEC result. I can provide the scratch card. I really do not understand why they require the secondary school result since I am applying to a masters program and not undergraduate. Please if you have done WES evaluation before please enlighten me on how you fulfilled this particular requirement (high school examination result). Thank you. |
Hello house, A very good morning to everyone. Happy last day of the year. I pray we all get pleasant surprises this new year. My question is, I recently changed the bar code on my profile on the appointment page. I understand it takes 72hrs before it’ll be updated. How can I print the appointment page with the updated DS-160 barcode. |
[quote author=kidUrbane post=73914307]Good morning House, I plan on pursuing my masters in the US. I intend applying to a program that is completely unrelated to my undergraduate program. Like from Agriculture to social sciences. Would this be a red-flag during my interview? Guys please help with answers to this question. |
Good morning House, I plan on pursuing my masters in the US. I intend applying to a program that is completely unrelated to my undergraduate program. Like from Agriculture to social sciences. Would this be a red-flag during my visa interview? Thank you. |
Hello House, I plan on pursuing my masters in the US. I intend applying to a program that is completely unrelated to my undergraduate program. Like from Agriculture to social sciences. Would this be a red-flag during my visa interview? Thank you. |
please anybody with relevant suggestion should help attend to my question. Thank you. Good morning House, I hope we all enjoyed our weekend, I pray this new week be filled with blessings for us. Please I would like to know if it is reasonable to apply for an F1 visa without NYSC certificate. I just graduated from the university and I’ve started processing my admissions as I do not intend to participate in the NYSC program. Would this be a red-flag during my interview? Another thing is, I am crossing to a new masters program that is not related to my undergraduate program. Please what are my chances? Thank yo |
Good morning House, I hope we all enjoyed our weekend, I pray this new week be filled with blessings for us. Please I would like to know if it is reasonable to apply for an F1 visa without NYSC certificate. I just graduated from the university and I’ve started processing my admissions as I do not intend to participate in the NYSC program. Would this be a red-flag during my interview? Another thing is, I am crossing to a new masters program that is not related to my undergraduate program. Please what are my chances? Thank you and God bless you. |