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Evans211:
With all due respect sir, his profile is seemingly perfect and AWA in most schools is the least of consideration for admission amidst other requirements like SOP, GPA and LOR etc.

Prettygud:
I have a magoosh premium account to share with anyone that is interested.

I wrote my GRE today.. Twas not as I expected. As a first time taker, I thought it was just some baby exam. I start prep August, so my prep was just approximately 2 months.

Some bad luck started following me from 6am today when I woke up, I stood straight to stretch, not knowing the fan was not really far up, I ended up cutting my right hand finger nails into two, blood everywhere. This happened because it's not my house, I didn't know the fan was low. I went to a near by chemist to treat my self. This weakened my confidence as I could nearly hold a pen. (don't stretch if u aren't familiar with the room on the day of ur test ..)
Anyways I got to the centre in abuja 8:40am, the whole check in process was carried out and we started.
I have long Bern praying for 3 quants but after the incident I pray for 3 verbal( which I wasn't good at).
I wrote the test with the pain. Typing wasn't easy. But I know I did well in the AWA, my topics were sweet, straight forward, already worked on similar topics from the ETS pool of essays. I should write about 700 words for each, could have written more if I could be faster.

The first verbal was difficult, then I hard I tough quants, then break, another equally tough verbal, now I knew the first should be the experimental as I didn't really do well. The next quants was lot tougher than most practice test I have taken. What surprise me was that my last verbal was equally tough as the previous ones, I assumed I did well in the previous verbal, probably that's
Why I got another difficult one. Little did I know that I was joking with myself, all fantasy.

I will be having a rewrite by early December, by then I should have solved the mystery of verbal.
And please I will appreciate tips on verbal because I employed all that I knew during the test.

I clicked reports score and there was my 55k staring at me on the screen..
If u register GRE for a cheap price and u are genuine, please send me ur contact.

V152Q164(316) ..

I beg coming test takers, forget the learning of big words, the GRE dosent have big words like that, its straight forward.. Learn few words, the common ones, forget advance words and Co.. U can use magoosh flashcard for.. My problem in verbal from practice yes has always been RCs which I sometime get 3 or 4 of 10, but TC and SE are good.

Stick to one material, the most important of all is the ETS materials, all the questions that fly around are not GRE like, some are extremely tougher without clues but GRE TC and SE gives u enough clues, just learn to find it in RCs too, that's my own issue for now..

For quants, ETS is also still the best.. Then u can use magoosh or Manhattan.
Princeton practice test is a very close predictor of your real score.

If u are interested in the magoosh premium account, dm via mail.

Evans211:
Just got back to my abode. Left Dragnet almost immediately after the exam. It’s being a long day and i wish I could say more.. anyways, not so impressed but a bit happy and confused how I managed to get 162Q and 156 in Verbal despite burning the midnight candle and putting more efforts in verbal. My profile goes thus;


Update-

GRE- 318 (Q162 V156 AWA 3.5) Official
Toefl- Undecided (not sure if it’s needed)
GPA- 3.28/4
Degree- Political Science

Schools (MA program)

1- Bowling Greene University
2- Cleveland State University
3- University of Kansas
4- George Washington University


This is an update from my last week exam. AWA gave me a devastating blow.. Perhaps, I saw it coming but this is a rude shock!

To the Gurus in the house, not sure if this is an okay score; including AWA, but am I good to go ?

Sherlock5577:
Haba, I believe you're good to go! Kudos on your scores! You do well! Applications must have begun for many schools. Please secure a potential supervisor with funding and apply early!

Yes y'all can #Fall '20

Pojomojo:
How did it go?

Jamso89:
Please how far on this? Wen was your date for the program? I got same invite.

mylove4God:
From what I saw online. The company is real. Google about the company.

youngsahito:
check the address on Google

Pojomojo:
Internship Position at Morison Industries Plc - Lagos

Internship Programme with Morison Industries Plc.
Degree/HND/Diplomas

Kindly send Cvs and application to : contact@morisonplc.ng

Charitoo:
"You are encouraged to apply for your nonimmigrant student visa as soon as you have your I-20. To ensure you get an early and timely date you may apply at anytime. However, a student visa may be issued no more than 120 days prior to the start date mentioned on your I-20."

Omolayo02:
I got my I-20 since february and I have booked my interview since then.....

Omolayo02:
Please am new on this platform and I have been following for two days now...I got admitted into University of Illinois Springfield for fall this year for my masters in public health and my interview is next month..I just want to know things that 're expected of me during the interview..am not working because am a fresh graduate....my major concern is that I have been denied twice while I was still an undergraduate for visiting and I hope this won't affect my interview..

OluDare01:
Since you’ve not resumed, you don’t have a sevis record yet. What you have is a sevis fee valid for a year. If you plan on going to another school within a year, you don’t have to pay another sevis fee. You will go to the sevis website and transfer your sevis fee payment to your new sevis number. Go to fmjfee.com, then to I-901 status, enter your current sevis ID and details and click request transfer, then enter your new sevis ID and that’s it.

sharwama:
Good people of the Nairaland family, I have come to you this day to seek your help in uploading my passport photograph while completing the DS-160.
My passport has been rejected on the basis of compressed artifacts and poor lighting.
I followed all the instructions, I even went to five star studio to snap it oo. I tried the scanned version, i tried the soft copy. Still no show.
Why is it doing me like this na���

OluDare01:
Your sevis ID is valid as long as you remain in status. Yes, it can be transferred to another school. Talk to your international student advisor. For most schools, you need a transfer request form from your new school to be completed by you and your international student advisor, then you initiate the transfer of your sevis record to your new school before you can request for a new I-20 from your new school.


Here is a link to the GRE thread
https://www.nairaland.com/1832477/how-achieve-high-scores-gre

snip09:
Please is there anyone in emu (eastern Michigan university).
Also, I'm trying to order the shipment for my i20, but can't pay through credit card here, please who can help me while I pay the naira equivalent. Its through study.eshipglobal.com
please help

AgreatMan:
1. Unfortunately, u already resigned from your job.

2. U also found this thread too late.

3. A health related degree in my opinion puts you at a better job advantage than political science.

4. U might need to write the GRE n TOEFL. But I don't think u can still make fall 2019. Prepare for fall 2020.

5. The fact that your uncle stays in LA doesn't mean u have to school in California. Except u r going to school from his house, there is really no need to stick with California which is the worst state in terms of living costs (I stand to be corrected).

6. There is no "magic" search engine. U have to search yourself on Google n check every single programs.

7. Search for schools with lower tuition fees in affordable states.

Ricoco:
I saw the blue paper coming but I kept cool since you said you have already booked interview.

Before you go back make sure you take the GRE.
Get some scholarship in a nice school.
National University is not as good as UI or even Uniben.
All those schools that share blocks with LovePeddler houses.

pragya2017:
I can see lack of home tie. Although, our guru can look at it if am wrong. Your uncle in California and you going to California too with no wife and children in Nigeria. I think that is why. your answer to the why National University is not bad.

Thank you

CuteRedd:
you are welcome sis! Stay beautiful

bracelum:
It seems you were warned about this school before you went for the visa interview, but it seems like you had already booked the interview before you knew it is in one of the "hard schools to get visa" group. Also, you did not take any of GRE or TOEFL showing that you wanted to take shortcuts in everything.

Anyways ...

I sincerely think you should have an idea of what you want to be in the future. I always encourage people to have this idea in mind. Telling people to select a course for you shows you have no idea of what you want to become. This is not a very good situation.

What do you want to be in 5 years from now?

The answer to this question will guide you to choose the course that leads you to that direction. Don't be scared of choosing a "non-marketable" course. People have gotten visas for it and you will - if you do the right thing. If people end up choosing a course and you start studying it in the US, it might get to a point where you will find a mismatch between your dream and your current course of study and then you will start looking for a career switch, which will end up wasting your time. So, it is best you know what you want to do and have a game plan ready.

But then, you need to start with taking the GRE and TOEFL before selecting a good school for you.

CuteRedd:
try CSU Chico

Predstan:
Why don’t you ask what went wrong in your transcript, tackle that first and if it comes out to be the school, gurus can suggest better schools to apply.

OluDare01:
You applied late.
Their fall deadline was February 1st.
What’s your profile? I can suggest schools you can apply to.

Olalekank:
Oga please calm down. I'd want you to know that people giving you advice have been here for years and want the best for you.

Nobody is saying God does not play his part in helping you but if a school is a red flag, it's a red flag.

That's how a guy came some months ago with California Mirama University which was a red flag. He was warned not to go for interview with the school but he was adamant, and in the end, he was denied.

Please follow Lagosismyhome advice and apply to another school, before going for your interview. Going for an interview with this school would only sour your chances of getting a visa next time. You have a high chance of being denied.