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kfrosh:
You can try to call your school while waiting at the same time. No harm in doing this since your case is really urgent.

Ubah1:
It's better to write to your school and explain why you didn't come for fall 2018 and politely ask to be deferred for spring 2019 even if the deadline has passed. Going to USA with another school i20 will pose a problem for you at POE as that's not the school on your visa.

freshStarz:
Hmm.... Ur advice is good, but what if they put her on ap and want to verify things.....and they find no money on d bank account..... that might lead to a ban now...
If I were her, I will go with my uncles bank statement too and call him my "step-dad"

ijaola:
Another question is can I leave my bag behind for the interview. Or will I get a place at the embassy I can put my bag so I can take off after the interview?

Thanks

B.Sc Computer Science 3.93 (2014)
M.Sc Computer Science 4.9|98% (My school uses cgpa and weighted average (2018)).
No Scholarship, no GA, no GRE. Although i wrote PTE-A in 2016 scored 83/90. I doubt if people really knw PTE-A sef.
Had my interview on thursday, 16/08 @ d lagos embassy for 6:45am. That was my first time at any embassy, I neva travel before. After all the serenren, i got on the interview queue, the crowd was frightening I immediately felt like running to the toilet, the urge was so strong but i just forced myself to keep my cool cos i didnt wanna start the queue again. I dont knw why I was so nervous, my job description involves me talking to a lot of people convincing them to use our services. I just kept on praying that i should be directed to someone who would approve my visa, i dont care if he or she is nice or not. I was directed to a white guy at window 9, he approved the guy before me, he was deaf so he came with a translator, I just kept praying he should still be in the approving mood.
Vo: Good morning
Me: good morning
Vo: how are you today
Me: I'm fine and you?
Vo: passport please.
I passed it with my i-20 and sevis receipt.
Vo: why are you going to the united states?
Me: i'm going for a masters in computer information systems at boston university.
Vo: why do you wanna study this course?
Me: *i had reply i had been rehearsing but i heard myself saying something else* I want to be a Lecturer and I believe i can't give what I dont have. Apart from them having courses that are inline with my research field, there are also courses that I would love to teach. For example during my ug degree, we just scratched the surface of data mining, by my masters degree when we did it, it was mixed with machine learning and web mining. But i just realised that although they are related, they are different concepts.
Vo: what did you research on for your thesis.
Me: a personalized computer assisted language(yoruba) learning platform using machine learning techniques.
Vo: how does it work.
Me: at registration time, the users would fill a form with attributes like age, occupation, likes, dislikes. This data would be used to train the system on what learning content the user would want. The types of learning content are text, audio, graphics and video.
Vo: can u define data mining and machine learning?
Me: i did
Vo: where those the only two concepts u mentioned?
Me: no, i also talked about web mining (defined it)
Vo: can data mining work on a small data set, say 100 records
Me: *i was already thinking, d data mining questions neva do? Who sent me to talk about it now?* it would work sir.
Vo: *chuckles* are you sure?
Me: yes sir.
Vo: is data mining designed for large or small data sets?
Me: mainly for large data sets, but it can work with small data sets.
Vo: how did you hear about boston?
Me i researched online and my immediate boss studied computer science there too, but with a concentration in project management.
Vo: did you apply to other schools
Me:*finally, no more data mining lecture* yes, SNHU
Vo: where u admitted
Me: yes
Vo: so why boston
Me: because its an R1 institution, that is dey av high research activity which would be helpful to me as i would still do my phd in the nearest future.
Vo: who is sponsoring you
Me: my uncle
Vo: are you married or single
Me: single
Vo: do u av children
Me: no
* now this is the tricky part, ive always heard that people go deaf after hearing ill be approving your visa, so i focused on his lips and opened my ear well so dat least if im deaf, i wont b blind, ill read his lips. But i didnt hear anything oo, not even the i have approved your visa part. the next thing i just saw was white paper and my i-20, it took me like some secs to realize i had been approved, said thank you collected my documents and left the place, by dat time all the urge to go to toilet don disappear. It was just God, I wasnt asked for any document.*
I hope my epistle isnt too long.

Solecontroller:
For candidates scheduled for the AC next week. The presentation questions have been changed! You're given three to pick one out of which are;

1. If you had no education, what career path would you have chosen and why?
2. Someone in your team is not contributing to the entire teams effort and dragging you all back. What steps would you use in solving this issue with the non contributing team mate?
3. What quality do humans need more of these days and why?

Plus don't take it too seriously y'all. I met some of the most eloquent and precise people during my AC and still they were unsuccessful. Just do your thing the best way u can. Either way its an experience, live it.

Concerning the group task. Its a puzzle.
"A barrister owns a shop and has five regular customers that come in like clockwork. These customers order the same items everyday for breakfast. Your job is to find out what time they arrive, including what drink and food they ordered".
You have two sets of clues. Public and Private ones. You are not supposed to show your private clues (mine was 4) to a team mate and only read to em out. The public clues consist of three cards... one contains five time stamps 8:10 to 8:30, the second contains five sets of drinks and the third contains snack types that go along with the drink and items that the customers buy. All five each.
Now the issue is I don't know what KPMG looks for here but its funny that someone that actually placed her private clues on the table for all to see got a success mail. So basically screw em and do what u want.
For panel interview. They'll bombard you from anywhere. Asking scenario based questions about teamwork, best decision you've ever made? when has your integrity been compromised? where do you see yourself in five years? undergraduate project? link between your course of study and audit.. All that stuff. Plus don't mention passion for audit please.
Good luck in your KPMG endeavors brethren. Peace.

agroronnie:
At this point... everyone on this thread owes sisichels their first salaries whether or not they get the position. Thank you. I have all my documents scanned and ready to email. I will call them to enquire by 9am this morning

wuwu2:
@isichel, Can someone pls send me the Kpmg gmat past questions. My email address is tessy_onyi@yahoo.com. Thanks. It's urgent pls

Experienx:
Is it true most recruiters dont accept NECO certificates? i have WAEC but i didn't make d papers. But i made the NECO. Is the WAEC just for sight?

I heard even KPMG and Access bank discriminate against NECO. Does that mean those with NECO should not apply at all?

Missysmart:
Just got an invite for FRM's assessment day 7 months after writing the aptitude test...nice

vaspire:
@ mhizdee, I was meant to write same 9th April but rescheduled it due to some reasons. What was the exam like and what type of questions should one be expecting.
You can reply via
vivianegwu@gmail.com

sisichels:
it's she not he, this would be like the third time I am correcting this. sisi obviously tends to the feminine side. the next time someone addresses me as a he or bro, I will just ignore the entire message. and I have sent the pack.

sisichels:
first know the core values of kpmg, try n match your responses to their core values. it's kind of like scenario based questions. if you are in so n so situation, what would u do. there are usually no right or wrong answers but then they do 've what they 're searching for in mind, so try to tailor your answers to the core values.

donnameks:
Got the mail too.

sisichels:
so u passed to the next stage right? congrats dear.

Davo93:
I used a computer. You may have problem using phone to register due to the structure of that registration portal.

Davo93:
You can all try it now with a new e-mail address. I just did mine successfully.

Ozugbo:
Den log in with d email n password

bnnsz384:
please i need help when i try to register it say my email has already been taken. but I was not sent any mail. I changed computer with a new email same thing happened. i created another email the same still please does anyone have a solution to this problem please

kennytidistar:
this was because you have tried using your phone, what is the speed of the internet? 4G/LTE the cafe may have a weak internet service get another email and make sure you give an interval of 6hours by which your new email must have been properly setup before you use it, use a more faster internet service but make sure you use laptop or computer this time around. goodluck + Jonathan

kennytidistar:
just goto cyber cafe and use internet explorer simple. don't use tablet or phone, use laptop or desktop.

kennytidistar:
just goto cyber cafe and use internet explorer simple. don't use tablet or phone, use laptop or desktop.

shasoremyluv:
.from were in lag

mimiy05:
are u going with cross country?

MzCheena:
@mhizdee...the cross country website doesn't have bayelsa listed in the schedule search. This their website get as e be. I'd just call them. @mimiy05 don't forget ur box o. Hope it will b possible to carry it on the bike. See u guys in camp.

mimiy05:
ok..heard their buses r cool..i'd leave on monday probably...their park at iyana ipaja is closer to where i stay

mimiy05:
tnks for d link