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dnpasion: @jamebex and others thanks for your contributions but I think I have to tell you that the type of business my dad involve in didn't go the same way with my major. I intended studying computer sc. And my dad is a sales distributors of Mouka and Yinka Oba Foams and also deal in transportation business. I use to work as his secretary and I'm the one that help in recording his day to day transactions. So please kindly advise me how you think my major is related with I do for him. Thanks and God bless

Hmm. . . . Well tell them that working with computers in ur father's company has made u very interested in learning how a computer works and when ur thru ur planning on making ur father's company more IT inclined

dnpasion: Please my fellow Nairalanders, What is the difference between DS-160 Application ID and DS-160 Confirmation Number? The reason why i'm asking this is because i want to Schedule Appointment and i have not fill my DS-160. So please i need your response. thanks

You kidding right?? How wud u schedule without filling DS-160?

Mamacita007: I'm always on this thread cos' my two cousins are coming for Ms. Info. Tech and the other Intl business (Intl transfer student with a NIG bachelors) for Spring '13. They haven't even received their I-20 yet. I'm excited!!!

yes oo we are coming. iv cramm every word on this thread lol my spirit is not here again

Cousins. . . . I see

Yankdreamer: Hello Guys, i have been following this post quietly for sometime now and i'd hoped i'll come here today to give the good news but..Good knows best, below is how my interview went;

VO - Why do u wanna go to the US
Me - Im going for masters program in IS at ...
VO - Why MSIS
Me - Because it is an advanced degree that combines the technical foundation of compt science and key business concepts and information, as a grad of compt science and haven worked in the field for a while, it'll help me have a better understanding of the design, development & implementation of IS to enhance business process..cited an example that most organisations here dont have competent IS professional and thats why they always prefer to outsource IT departments...bla boa
VO - (was busy typing without looking at me) why the school
Me - The schools curriculum is focused on helping students understand the use to IS to enhance business operations, the curriculum is flexible and mostly research oriented and their faculties are well experienced professionals in the field.
VO - I see here you applied to ... uni last year as an undergrad
Me - Yes, i actually applied for a masters degree but the Admission officer adviced that i do undergrad first cos of my low grades and then transfer after a year..so that was the plan but the consular that interviewed me insist i can get schools that'll offer me a grad admission..and so here i am.
VO - Did you take any test
Me - No, i was admitted based on my undergrad n professional certs (i should've shown him something - first flop)
VO - What will u do after the program
Me - Come back to my place of work to apply the knowledge n experiences learnt in the states because my current job requires expertise in the field
VO - Who's paying
Me - My brother is sponsoring
VO - What does he do
Me - Realtor (i should have brought out the letter n statement but i didn't, waiting for him to ask but he didnt---2nd flop i think)
VO - Im sorry you do not qualify for bla bla bla at this time

I know i started off well but was relaxed later so i'm thinking of paying another application fee right away, i need advices. NB..they were generally brutal today, i have travelled before (not to US though) n he saw my visas tot that would help bt it wasnt a yard stick. I would have considered taking any of the test but i don't think that was why he refused me so and i dont want my sevis payment to go down the drain..i applied for Spring 2013 so i still have lotta time..

Thoughts!!!

Sorry bro!!!!

But that's the reason why he rejected u, u had low grades but u didn't beef up ur resume by doing gre. . . that doesn't paint u as a serious candidate

mr swagger: Hello guys, I intend applying for the visa lottery today. Pls I need your advise on whether I would hurt or affect my chances of getting a student visa next year. Because I intend applying for undergraduate studies this year and apply for visa b4 August 2013. What do you guys think. Should I proceed in applying for the visa lottery or I shud just forget about it..

You no dey serve nii? Apply for ur visa lottery and don't rush here

Anthonymighty: GUYS I CANT FIND A DATE O...THE ONLY DATE I SAW WAS 23RD OF OCTOBER WHICH IS 2MOZZ...OTHER DATES ARE SEALED. IS IT THAT THEY HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN THE DATE OR APPLICANTS DON BOOK THE WHOLE OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FINISH. I AM CONFUSED O.

So u came online to tell Nigerians about free dates without first booking urs. . . . Omo mehn, them done show u pepper

mr swagger: @Biofem 2000, Oga abeg no dey use style dey scope d gurl.. We no b small pickin for here.. U for ask for here number na... Lol

That's a madam + I know they love female Engineers here so she probably has some good to share with her

Mo creations: @kpolli, can u please help with those schools that give GA?

Check some pages back. . . . can't quite really remember and I have a programming assignment to submit this nite. . . so can't check now but I remember them being illinois unis

ferdiii: That GRE score is too poor. I know 300(300-800) of old rating is 138(130-170)of the new one. For new scale most schools accept from 153 and above for both Verbal & Quantitative and 4.5 Analytical. Anyway if am right, just redo the test.

Don't agree. . . . For Engineering, quantitative is most important and she scored 157 = 730 old score which is quite high, she has a good chance. . . . .

I beg to differ

preshuzpearl: I don't love him, at least not now. But he claims God spoke to him specifically about me and his testimony is quite convincing. pls should i go ahead with it or just leave it alone, i dont really feel anythin for him.wats ur advice. Matured christian views highly apreciated

God doesn't speak to u nii?

9ineGames: lets have fun...its poko baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21dCuLBqHhk&feature=player_embedded

nakita: which scam? U no well at all n moreover the person i want with this type of marriage should already be in Nigeria and living in Lagos so we wil met d same day he contact me so what is the scam there?pls if U ar not under the category i mentioned here jst dont disturb yourself

Nakita are u white urself?

Ravenwolf: Leave them Joor.... They do not want to help a Bruther in need...

Thanks alot.

Your welcome

ronald2g1: @lady month.... GA and fellowships are unconditional, whether good results or not, it all depends on the funds availabe with the school and how early you apply and also area of research interest, inf any professor is ready to employ you, the truth is, you either go there wiv lil u can, n u can get a goodjob on campus, or try to apply to @least 4 schools and u can get wah u need. 300 is ok, and wahs ur cgpa?

Reply by Blackberry. . . Mo = month. . . .

No good job on campus can pay skool fees except GA

Mo creations: Hello house, please I need your advice.
I wrote Gre november 2011, immediately after my nysc.
I was intending to start fall this year(2012).
My gre score(300) wasn't high enough as was hoping to get grants(in any form) to sponsor the program.
Well, I went ahead and applied. One school in usa and another in canada.
I got an offer of admission from the usa school (illinous institute of tech.), without grants.
I was told to send my financial statement to get my SEVIS I-20. But for the fact that
I didn't intend to sponsor myself I just waited. Months later I got a job with a research institute under
The federal govt. So, I deffered the admission till fall 2013.
Please house, what can I do to get financial help. Or should I write gre again? As I wish to go latest next year.
I'm a lady by the way in her early 20's.

Best ask a relative or retake the gre and apply to those skools the members here have said usually give GA. . . . Plus whats the break down of the 300??

Why would u compare a legend with a newbie. . . . Gosh

Haters never retire, i tot they claimed they had better devices

franklynx: Mine was written 'The student is not yet proficient'...tho their initial admission requirements excludes TOEFL dats y i didn't write/include the TOEFL then. Can The VO use dat reason 4 denial wat d u guys think.. tho am planning to take the TOEFL soon to mitigate that occurrence or as a proof of my English proficiency..

Your still asking, better enroll for TOEFL as soon as u see this

Omo Alata: That's disgusting anyway

sharrap

Logicboy03: Epic fail.

The point of the thread is to question why Britain that gave us christianity is dropping it.



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Pls re-read ur post, ur ? was if after collecting advise from a friend to buy mazda n we go to his house n see only benz (note u didn't say mazda n benz), would u ever take his advise. . .

Shows how stupid ur ? is cos u couldn't even express it how u wanted to. . . .

Am sure out of the 35 ppl that liked this OP's message, 25 have slept with more than 5 ppl. . . .

But I agree with the OP but more inclined on who u lose ur virginity to not just sex

So cos someone teaches u something, does that mean u can not be better than ur teacher??

This is the kind of topic an illiterate would raise

Didn't he know the kind of girl she was before proposing?? Why do couples now sound as if they were forced into marriage?

Sorry to say u didn't really know ur husband b4 u married him. . . .

emmanuelkim: Please you guys have been complaining that we are not posting, the reason i stop is that no one want to help again, just because some of you that have gotten your VISA, you have forgotten that you started like this, But that God for the likes of Imperioux, dr_dolittle, kpoli, king01,justwise, despite their study they still find the time to come and solve some problems, May God bless you all that have been trying to carry us along,


please this are the issue bothering me, Even if we are going to the part 4, i will need a 100% advice there too, please you guy should not fail to answer this question?

must read: In my first DS-160 Form that i filled,before the interview, instead of putting parent as sponsor, i put self and also i use my friend address, but when i called the embassy, they told me to fill a new DS-160 from, so i filled it and made those correction, could it be the reason the VO was just typing and typing and gave me the white slip


I will also be going soon, but in my last DS-160, I did not put that i have graduated o, it was during the interview that i told the VO That i have a first degree, Also in my last ds-160 i put not employed because i was working for my Dad, but if put it now, will it make any difference considering the fact that my dad do not pay me through but cheque, also i have a Non-registered business in Nigeria,should i put all this in my New DS-160 Form, why am asking all this question, i want to show a strong tie to Nigeria


Please what do you advice my on this bothering question
Abuja embassy is too cold, almost shaking inside, what should i do?
What if the VO ask me that You already have a first degree, why going for a first degree?

This question is failing most of us that have gone before to interview before
what if the VO said 'why do u want to change career?
When Did you finish high school?
What have you been doing?


Please should i add those changes in my new DS-160 Form

As yvete said, ur statement of purpose should help u on y ur going for another degree. . . Put ur working for ur dad, but not show about ur private biz since its unregistered and myt make it seem u formed it for the interview. . . . As long as ur statement of acct shows a certain cheque enters ur acct every month, its fine. . . . There r jobs like that here

emmanuelkim: I will also be going soon, but in my last DS-160, I did not put that i have graduated o, it was during the interview that i told the VO That i have a first degree, Also in my last ds-160 i put not employed because i was working for my Dad, but if put it now, will it make any difference considering the fact that my dad do not pay me through but cheque, also i have a Non-registered business in Nigeria,should i put all this in my New DS-160 Form, why am asking all this question, i want to show a strong tie to Nigeria


Please what do you advice my on this bothering question
Abuja embassy is too cold, almost shaking inside, what should i do?
What if the VO ask me that You already have a first degree, why going for a first degree?

This question is failing most of us that have gone before to interview before
what if the VO said 'why do u want to change career?
When Did you finish high school?
What have you been doing?

Please Imperioux, dr_dolittle, kpoli, king01,justwise i need a cogent solution to this questions, please read, digest and provide solution to it

Am also asking, y do u want another first degree??

hmm

Yvete: @poopppyLiillyy:

Just like Walex57 said, you need to be more convincing when you communicate with the VO. Its OK if the VO don't ask typical questions like, why US? Why XYZ University..... You have to state your case in the best way possible. Think of the question broadly, and link important info to them.

Most importantly, remember that you're considered a potential migrant so you need to establish strong ties with Nigeria (From the excerpts of your interview, I think you did that just fine). I think you need to practice in front of a mirror. Practice your answers to all the questions from part 1 of this thread using strong points to sell yourself.

I think Oct 22 is too soon. Please chill till mid/late- November to prepare. Even if your school waived standardized tests, you should have written TOEFL/IELTS. The VO wants to see your academic abilities and your preparedness on studies. Even though some people got their visa w/o test scores, opting out could be seen academically as lazy/unprepared *I think.

Bravo!

Euma: Thanks ferdiii,
Do you know of any centre here in lagos where one can register?

firstlogic in ikeja or VI

the scam has now been picked up by females