mrchemist:
Gudpm I m A Graduate of Chemistry 2-2 But Currently. Have my PGDE 4.1/5.0 With Teaching Experience in Lagos State Edu Chemistry Teacher (over 7yrs). What is the probability of Getting admission with Full Scholarship for 2020 in Etsu ....Thanks

I don't think US universities accept PGD transcripts for masters, I may be wrong though.

What career are you pursuing exactly in the masters level?, chemistry as a science? Or education?


If as science, with GRE score of 300+, you may be lucky for partial funding because its a STEM program. I use the word partial because with your 2-2, you are competing with others with 4.9/5 first class applicants.

If you are pursuing education chemistry at master's level. You have a very low or almost impossible chance for funding because

1. Education courses are poorly funded in the US unlike the STEM counterparts.

2. Since the program is poorly funded, you will be competing with other first-class students for the little available funding.

Fatimahil25:
Dear Us Student visa trend,

Trust this email meets you well.

My name is seyi i am new on this space but really need your advice and impute with regards to masters and opportunity in the united states. I agree that this takes process, patience and prayers but while at it, i would appreciate your experience/ other people's experience on studying in the Us.

I graduated with a cgpa 0f 2.6 from the department Of Estate Management, University of Lagos. i have 2 years of working experience in the Real estate industry but do not mind diversifying into another field lucrative in the united states. In addition i am in the process of attaining a Project management certification to add to my qualification. i have written no standardized test nor English test. but i am willing to if necessary although i rather not.

i am afraid with the little research i have carried out, i have limited chances with my low cgpa.

my questions are ?
1.what career paths can i easily diversify into that's lucrative in the United states?
2.what do i need to increase my chances of admission?
3. What schools should i be targeting ?

Many thanks as i look forward to your response in this regard.

kind regards,

1. Only you and you alone knows what you want in your life. If I told you nursing is lucrative and you had passion for business management, will you abandon your bus admin dream because of what I said?

2. Put your profiles together, write standardise test, evaluate your cgpa to US standard using Wes, write letter of purpose if your school requires it.

3. There are several school that offers conditional admissions from 2.0/4.0 and regular admissions from 2.5/4.0. Your result from Wes evaluation will tell you where you stand.


Engage Google in serious search. You will always find schools that your profile matches with.

Let me give you a little hope. I have a friend in alcorn state University, he graduated with 3rd class from Nigeria University, his cgpa was 2.27/4.0. Very low.

But luckily for him, he got a conditional admission from alcorn because alcorn offers conditional admission from 2.25/4 to 2.5/4.0. He had amazing scores in GRE to boost his chance anyways.




Just put your profiles together and engage in rigorous search with the data you have, you will find a match

adurajoseph:
Hello everyone, Please I would appreciate your opinions on my query.

I plan on doing my master’s in Business Analytics in America or Canada next year and I need some advice on schools or advice in general.

I have not been so good at school as I came out with a second class lower in economics, Statistics is not really a problem for me and I have some passion for programming as I am self-taught in python and JavaScript which is why I looked towards data science majorly because of the machine learning and some attractive things that are taught with the program that I am personally interested in.

I also do not have a lot of working experience, after graduation, I have just done my NYSC and currently working on my business, I would need some advice on some schools to look at, what I should have before applying and the rest. Please be brutally honest with your replies.

I have done some searching on my own and, I have found a moderate school (M.S. in Business Analytics at Oklahoma State University) their requirements are not too high and based on their courses, its something I am very interested in learning.
funding isn't really a problem although anything around 10-15k a year would be good. Thank you

cc sheke01, bracelum, BigFrancis21, shayhune, lagosismyhome, fairheart, and any other person that has insides into this. Thank you.

Your own case is better. I had second class lower in chemistry from naija, no social management courses at all at the undergraduate level and here I am in a business school, doing well in accounting. In fact, financial accounting has been my best course this semester.

Learning here is easy as long as you are dedicated and committed. And as a naija boy wey you be, that cramming culture of ours will see you through although you might not need to do that here, lol.


As for the second part of your enquiry, take time to do research about what you want. Take time to research on funding as well, and lastly, don't give up on your dreams.

Abeg, any fellow muleriders or intending students here?, I can't seem to find any SAUMAG student on this forum

Nesma01:
Good morning. Plz wen school say a Bachelors degree with GPA of 3.0 as requirements for Masters degree. Does that mean anything less than that should not bother applying at all..
Another question, For Texas A&M, wen applying via Texas apply for graduate program, i noticed that my course(biochemistry) was tagged non seeking degree. Plz what does that mean. I've emailed my department but no reply yet for days now.
Plz guys, abeg help me o

Most schools have conditional and unconditional admissions.
You can doublecheck if the 3.0 is for unconditional admission, if yes, you may be considered for conditional if you have good GRE score and other parameters.

As for the non degree part, the school should be in the best position to clarify

Preciousdd7:
Hello , I'm new here and i will like the guros to answer this few important questions.
1 What are the basic requirements i need to be able to get admission from any university in Usa.
2. Pls i need list of universities that are not expensive for a master student

Thank you so much for your help. God bless you plenty

1. All schools varies in cgpa, pre-exams, the best way to know is to engage Google and the school websites to know what you are required of. Basic requirements are cgpa of 2.5/4 and above, recommendation letters, LOP, exams like SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL

2. there are over 5,000 accredited universities in the US, I am not sure anyone will be willing to start listing schools for you. Why not make your work easier?, just apply same principle as 1 above. Engage Google and search "cheapest out of state university in texas", when you are done, edit texas and replace michigan, ohio, Chicago, mississippi, arkansas, indiana, atlanta,

Continue your search like that state by state until you see your desired.

Now when you have list of options, go to usnews.com and compare the rankings as well as reviews.

akilugarba77:
Hello house,been doing my research for a second degree i saw virginia international university for Bus admin @ 5064 dollars/semester, to me thats on a cheap side,anyone who knows better offer lower than this probably, looking forward to comments

1. VIU is a small building private school

2. It's business program isn't accredited by AACSB or AABSP, Hence you will suffer for job after graduation

3.the school is unranked on major ranking sites like usnews

4. Its business program is unranked as well.

5. 5,064 per semester for tuition alone is still on high side. There are many state universities (tier 2) who has cheaper tutuitions. Schools like Alcorn State uni, Morgan state, and so on, do your research. My school (Southern arkansas University) offers 1,150 per 3units for out of state and international students. Doing 3 courses for masters per semester, you won't even pay up to 5k for tuition. And it's a state university, tier 2 with a ranked and accredited business school.

Just do your research, VIU doesn't worth it.

Congratulations to everyone who has gotten their visas. And to applicant on the queue, I wish you best of luck.

A quick one to admitted applicants without funding. US is good and sweet oooo, but na money kill am. Its one thing to be determined and focused on getting a degree in the US, its another thing to be financially backed up.

To those of us who obtained financial documents from Uncle's and aunties to obtain the visa, please before you leave Nigeria, call that uncle or aunty to a seat and ask sincere questions like "hunku alani or hanty alake, are you really certain of coughing out millions of naira for me every four months (semester) for my education?. It may sound funny but it's the reality. Most of those aunties or Uncle's are just supporting with the documents alone, just few are willing to support with the cash.

Within the few duration here, I have seen few Nigeria students whose Uncle's from home has abandoned, I have seen few who don't know where the next semester fee is going to come from after struggling to pay for fall 2019, I have seen few who couldn't make it up with their monthly payment installments and they have to pay additional fines and risking dropping of courses because of finances.

Local man is paying over $4k alone for just 3 courses in 4 months (a semester) housing and feeding alone is likely to cost 3-4k as well. That's approximately $8k. (that's about 2.9 million naira every four months, that's about N730,000 every month.)

The thoughts of where to get the money alone will affect you psychologically and might end up affecting your learning attitudes and performances. Dropping out of school is even worse because you will end up been out of status and hence illegal immigrant.

If you hope on getting an on campus jobs of $10/hr for 20 hours a week. That's $800/month, except you want to starve yourself to death, look dirty, don't buy textbooks and the likes, it will be difficult to depend or sustain your studies+housing+feeding on that stipends,

You might even be unlucky to get the job sef,


Back to the basis, coming here is good. But please, make sure you have funding/scholarships. Incase you don't have any which isn't a crime, make sure you have your own personal funds that will sustain you for Atleast a year without struggle. Incase you don't have that, please I beg of you, make sure that uncle of yours that promised to send you 3million naira average in every 4months is truly capable, responsible and dependable so that you won't end up been stranded..


A small joke, I am always used to add "sorry" as a prefix before asking my instructors and fellow students questions. Something like "sorry, what is the time? " or "sorry, how do I get the revenues on the income statement? ",
My financial accounting instructor couldn't bear it anymore and she was like "why is it that most African students, especially Nigerians are always fond of begging and apolgizing in advance before asking questions?, do we get beaten or punished for asking questions if we haven't added 'sorry' to the questions". I just laughed and was like "this woman won't understand"