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folmus:
Why don't you give your reasons here may be there are people that can help you. It sounds like a ref stuff but make i dey look sha.

Lmao, funny you. Yea, it's a ref stuff so are you gonna epp me now? I need it to open a Form A.

align360:
I do have a GTBank current... what do you need it for?

Sent you a PM. Do check pls

Please, is there anybody here who has a Current Account with GTB? I need the assistance of that person abeg o

Walspring:
You enter any naija bank and request for the form A but make sure you have an account with the bank

I did that with First Bank, but the guy said the $180 I want to pay is too small for Form A that I must open a domiciliary account.

neurosci:
Please, how can I get a Form A in any Nigerian bank?

So no one has an answer to this question? Okay, those of you in the US; how have you been paying your fees from Nigeria apart from using a domicialiary account?

Please, how can I get a Form A in any Nigerian bank?

sirRiddy:
Lol, on top student visa?
O ga o

I just weak as I dey read that thing. People pray more than that and still get denied. If he'd follow that route, I'd rather he asks for direction from God whilst amending loopholes.

Bobority:
This one strong oooo...but pls while praying dey take side eye prepare for VO questions o especially what has changed since ur last denial...lol

Exactly. That level of prayer is what makes people become atheists if another denial ever happens (I pray it doesn't).

Airich01:
To be honest with you I only crashed with my uncle that night because I went to a radio station around Okota.... I'm back home now.... But since it's your 5th you'd be going for, brother I advise you to fast and pray. There's nothing anybody here can help you with other than advice. The power is all God's. So it's Him you should talk to. Just lock yourself in 1 room, keep aside any distraction... Phone, food and just concentrate on Him. Call him, pray, pray read your Bible... Use your Bible to pray. His promises are there and He won't go against His word. Just pray and believe, God will surely manifest in His glory. Good luck.

Why not just figure out what your weaknesses are and make amends; perhaps the school you're applying to, or the program you are going for. Or maybe age or something. I'd rather you concentrate the most of your energy on all of those possible loopholes and return with full confidence of appropriate measures taken.

And if you're gonna ask him to dwell all of his energy on fasting and praying for a student visa, how about he focuses on asking for God's guidance or betterstill pray to God to help him become a very successful person in Nigeria such that the US would be begging him to take their visa? Because getting a US student visa is not a solution to any problem, it's just the beginning of another challenging phase of life.

phawwaz:
yeah

Yes, you can do that, though I'm afraid it will be one hell of a workload to combine med school prereqs with Nursing sch prereqs. Just search out schools that offer Nursing and Pre-med like University of St Thomas, Houston, and you may email them about your goals.

phawwaz:
u see that my point notice i said a fall back plan, so if i dont get to medical school will i start teaching yoruba or what

Oops, I'm sorry. I now totally understand you. Nursing is your backup plan, in case you don't go to med school.

phawwaz:
yh my parent are okay,my waec result aint out but i used my gce, i had maths a1,physics b3,chemistry b3,biology c6,agric b3,english b3

My long term goal is to be a medical doctor so the first step now is nursing, i did not go for the normal pre-med as it is not a good fall back plan what will i do with biology if i dont eventually get in med school? That all i thought of

I dont really care about the city,as long as my dreams can come true there so fine by me

Yh i have one uncle like that (but i was told in counselling dah i should say i dont have)

The professor chose langston because it aint far from is own university so he can look after me.

Who told you that the first step to becoming a doctor in the US is Nursing? And Biology does not have to be your major to get into medical school. You can study any course you like, even Yoruba, and still go to medical school; just make sure you follow the pre-med track by taking the premed prerequisites. So, it's always advisable that you study the major you find very easy if you want to get into medical school, because a high GPA is necessary.

Bahddo:
I'm surprised you are asking that kind of question. Musicians usually brag about the wealth they don't have, and you might not know how broke they are until they fall sick and start soliciting public donations.

I'm pretty sure Davido doesn't have up to a billion naira. The ones who do would not even sing about it.

No single Nigerian musician has up to 1 billion naira. The business is showbiz, hence they are meant to flaunt things they don't have. Was it not 60 million naira that D'banj was owing the other day and couldn't pay? I just pity the gullible youths who have been so deceived. When Linda Ikeji exposed Wizkid for packing out of a rented apartment he lied to have bought the other day, the same youths were supporting him for lying to them.

24 hours ago, CEO of Apple Inc., Tim Cook, delivered an a very inspiring speech at MIT's 2017 commencement ceremony. His speech focused on how technology can better serve humanity and the power students have to changed the world for the better. The part that caught me most in the speech was where Pope Francis was quoted to have said, "never has humanity had such power [of technology] over itself, yet nothing ensures it will be used wisely."

His speech came barely two weeks after Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg delivered the commencement speech at Harvard University's 2017 commencement ceremony.

Read below the transcript of Tim Cook's inspiring commencement speech at world's greatest university for tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Hello, MIT!

Thank you. Congratulations class of ’17. I especially want to thank Chairman Millard, President Reif, distinguished faculty, trustees, and the members of the class of 1967. It is a privilege to be here today with your families and your friends on such on amazing and important day.

MIT and Apple share so much. We both love hard problems. We love the search for new ideas, and we especially love finding those ideas, the really big ones, the ones that can change the world. I know MIT has a proud tradition of pranks or as you would call them, hacks. And you have have pulled off some pretty great ones over the years. I’ll never figure out how MIT students sent that Mars rover to the Kresge Oval, or put a propeller beanie on the great dome, or how you’ve obviously taken over the president’s Twitter account. I can tell college students are behind because most of the Tweets happen at 3:00 a.m.

I’m really happy to be here. Today is about celebration. And you have so much to be proud of. As you leave here to start the next leg of your journey in life, there will be days where you ask yourself, ‘Where is this all going?’ ‘What is the purpose?’ ‘What is my purpose?’ I will be honest, I asked myself that same question and it took nearly 15 years to answer it. Maybe by talking about my journey today, I can save you some time.

The struggle for me started early on. In high school, I thought I discovered my life’s purpose when I could answer that age-old question, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Nope. In college I thought I’d discover it when I could answer, ‘What’s your major?’ Not quite. I thought that maybe I’d discovered it when I found a good job. Then I thought I just needed to get a few promotions. That didn’t work either.

I kept convincing myself that it was just over the horizon, around the next corner. Nothing worked. And it was really tearing me apart. Part of me kept pushing ahead to the next achievement. And the other part kept asking, ‘Is this all there is?’ I went to grad school at Duke looking for the answer. I tried meditation. I sought guidance in religion. I read great philosophers and authors. And in a moment of youthful indiscretion, I might even have experimented with a Windows PC, and obviously that didn’t work.

After countless twists and turns, at last, 20 years ago, my search brought me to Apple. At the time, the company was struggling to survive. Steve Jobs had just returned to Apple, and had launched the ‘Think Different’ campaign. He wanted to empower the crazy ones—the misfits, the rebels and the troublemakers, the round pegs, and the square holes—to do the best work. If we could just do that, Steve knew we could really change the world.

Before that moment, I had never met a leader with such passion or encountered a company with such a clear and compelling purpose: to serve humanity. It was just that simple. Serve humanity. And it was in that moment, after 15 years of searching, something clicked. I finally felt aligned. Aligned with a company that brought together challenging, cutting edge work with a higher purpose. Aligned with a leader who believed that technology which didn’t exist yet could reinvent tomorrow’s world. Aligned with myself and my own deep need to serve something greater.

Of course, at that moment I don’t know all of that. I was just grateful to have psychological burden lifted. But with the help of hindsight, my breakthrough makes a lot more sense. I was never going to find my purpose working some place without a clear sense of purpose of its own. Steve and Apple freed me to throw my whole self into my work, to embrace their mission and make it my own. How can I serve humanity? This is life’s biggest and most important question. When you work towards something greater than yourself, you find meaning, you find purpose. So the question I hope you will carry forward from here is how will you serve humanity?

The good news is since you are here today you are on a great track. At MIT you have learned how much power that science and technology have to change the world for the better. Thanks to discoveries made right here, billions of people are leading healthier, more productive and more fulfilling lives. And if we’re ever going to solve some of the hardest problems facing the world today, everything from cancer to climate change to educational inequality, then technology will help us to do it. But technology alone isn’t the solution. And sometimes it’s even part of the problem.

Last year I had the chance to meet with Pope Francis. It was the most incredible meeting of my life. This is a man who has spent more time comforting the inflicted in slums than with heads of state. This may surprise you, but he knew an unbelievable amount about technology. It was obvious to me that he had thought deeply about it. Its opportunity. Its risks. Its morality. What he said to me at that meeting, what he preached, really, was on a topic that we care a lot about at Apple. But he expressed a shared concern in a powerful new way: Never has humanity had such power over itself, yet nothing ensures it will be used wisely, he has said.

Technology today is integral to almost all aspects of our lives and most of the time it’s a force for good. And yet the potential adverse consequences are spreading faster and cutting deeper. The threats to security, threats to privacy, fake news, and social media that becomes antisocial. Sometimes the very technology that is meant to connect us divides us. Technology is capable of doing great things. But it doesn’t want to do great things. It doesn’t want anything. That part takes all of us. It takes our values and our commitment to our families and our neighbors and our communities, our love of beauty and belief that all of our faiths are interconnected, our decency, our kindness.

I’m not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans. I’m more concerned about people thinking like computers without values or compassion, without concern for consequences. That is what we need you to help us guard against. Because if science is a search in the darkness, then the humanities are a candle that shows us where we’ve been and the danger that lies ahead.
As Steve once said, technology alone is not enough. It is technology married with the liberal arts married with the humanities that make our hearts sing. When you keep people at the center of what you do, it can have an enormous impact. It means an iPhone that allows the blind person to run a marathon. It means an Apple Watch that catches a heart condition before it becomes a heart attack. It means an iPad that helps a child with autism connect with his or her world. In short, it means technology infused with your values, making progress possible for everyone.
Whatever you do in your life, and whatever we do at Apple, we must infuse it with the humanity that each of us is born with. That responsibility is immense, but so is the opportunity. I’m optimistic because I believe in your generation, your passion, your journey to serve humanity. We are all counting on you. There is so much out there conspiring to make you cynical. The internet has enabled so much and empowered so many, but it can also be a place where basic rules of decency are suspended and pettiness and negativity thrive.

Don’t let that noise knock you off course. Don’t get caught up in the trivial aspects of life. Don’t listen to trolls and for God’s sake don’t become one. Measure your impact in humanity not in the likes, but the lives you touch; not in popularity, but in the people you serve. I found that my life got bigger when I stopped carrying about what other people thought about me. You will find yours will too. Stay focused on what really matters. There will be times when your resolve to serve humanity will be tested. Be prepared. People will try to convince you that you should keep your empathy out of your career. Don’t accept this false premise.

At a shareholders meeting a few years back, someone questioned Apple’s investment and focus on the environment. He asked me to pledge that Apple would only invest in green initiatives that could be justified with a return on investment. I tried to be diplomatic. I pointed out that Apple does many things, like accessibility features for those with disabilities that don’t rely on an ROI. We do the things because they are the right thing to d, and protecting the environment is a critical example. He wouldn’t let it go and I got my blood up. So I told him, “If you can’t accept our position, you shouldn’t own Apple stock.”

When you are convinced that your cause is right, have the courage to take a stand. If you see a problem or an injustice, recognize that no one will fix it but you. As you go forward today, use your minds and hands and your hearts to build something bigger than yourselves. Always remember there is no idea bigger than this. As Dr. Martin Luther King said, “All life is interrelated. We are all bound together into a single garment of destiny.” If you keep that idea at the forefront of all that you do, if you choose to live your lives at that intersection between technology and the people it serves, if you strive to create the best, give the best, do the best for everyone, not just for some, then today all of humanity has good cause for hope.

Thank you very much and congratulations class of 2017!

https://qz.com/1002570/watch-live-apple-ceo-tim-cook-delivers-mits-2017-commencement-speech/

CC: lalasticlacla , seun

LagosismyHome:
lol ..... what value does been famous on Nairaland add.....

It adds a lot of values. You have blessed a lot of people on this thread that you don't even know about. We live in a very small world- don't be surprised in a few years to come when some people start repaying you for your good deeds on this thread- at a time you may have completely forgotten. That is when you will know that it has a lot of values. I admire you!

God's blessings to your family!

segunojo866:
Scholarship available for undergraduate student with waec gp of 3.0/4.0 scale

My eyes caught this. Are you serious or just kidding in the usual manner? Give more details if you are serious.

And who knows how to calculate WASSCE GPA?

oluwadunxy:
Good day all pls does anyone know of any low tuition school in Arkansas that doesn't require proficiency test pls hint me or mail anthoniamodupe60@gmail.com. thanks

Low tuition in the range of how much?

SuperBlack:
Yes!

Ask Rev Fathers,

Ask Arsene Wenger

Ask Rev Sisters

There are so many things that makes Life worth living apart from Getting married and Bearing Children.

Wenger was married to former basketball player Annie Brosterhous, with whom he has one daughter, Léa (born 1997), and lives in Totteridge, London. Wenger and Brosterhous separated in 2015.

And you took his picture without his permission and brought it to the internet Very unethical!

ark4sunshine:
I just did

Nice one! Bless you!

ark4sunshine:
ark4sunshine:
Have been a silent follower on nairaland for a long time and i must say that it has really helped me in getting my F1 visa approval last month. I am glad to be on a thread like this. My question goes thus:

(1) i will be resuming school mid august at a CC in Michigan and i plan leaving probably the first week of august, i checked for flights going to MI is a bit expensive so i got a 1-way ticket on Royal Air Maroc to JFK and would be taking a bus from NY to MI via Greyhound. I hope this doesnt bring any redflag at the POE or do i need yo fly direct to MI and what are the likely questions one could be asked at the Point of entry. NOTE: I got a 1-way ticket because its a 2years course and ticket would have lapsed by the time am completing the course.

(2) can i get my PTA from Gtbank or any bank now during this month of May or wait till around July to get it. Just thinking bank might not want to sell out till its time for me to leave.

To all gurus in the house.
Your suggestions and advice is needed.

This means you got your visa approved for a community college. Why not share your transcript?

Hi guys, I have a question:

If you got admitted into a university in the US, and you got a private scholarhip from an organisation in Nigeria; is it advisable to contact your school in the US to inform them about the scholarship and request that they put it in your i20 for visa interview advantage?

Seems it is better to go for the visa interview very early (between 6am and 7am), because the VOs won't be tired yet and everywhere would be cool. In the afternoon, the VOs would have been exhausted, their heads would have been very hot, so they may just be dashing blue slips anyhow.

LagosismyHome:
Hummm headlines are very misleading. You sent me a link but the story never said anything about been rejected to a school based on multiple applications. People just gave "assumptions " on what might be the reason

Also side chick as an example for real life multiple job / school application.... Seriously. . multiple applications that the standard in america hence why Vo ask what other schools did you apply to. If not for application fee nobody should apply to one school , what does it have to do with side chick talk.

I can't believe my comment sounds as if I am encouraging anyone to apply to only one school.

LagosismyHome:
Hunmmn well. Does any school really believe an applicant only applies to one school. ..... i think that naija thinking oooo

Jobs, schools etc its standard practise to apply to how many you see fit and at the end make a decision that best suits you..... Even schools have waiting list because they know that some candidates they have offered will go with other . It normal behaviour to apply to mutliple , backup plan in every areas in life is essential . Its actually a good thing .

In the news recently have been some naija who got offers to all the IVY leagues schools. ... power to them,but na so e suppose be

That was exactly what I meant by what I put in bracket. Expectedly, everyone knows that he must have applied to other schools, however you are not meant to put this to the face of any school you applied to. As I stated, it is my opinion, but I also have some experiences that made me give him that piece of advice. Yes, the school knows you have other schools in view, but you should not put it to them, as this may be an insult to them and can stand against you, especially if those other schools are more prestigious. Let's look at this scenerio, for example; as a guy, you may have a girlfriend and many "side chics". You girlfriend may be aware of this and may still stick to you due to certain reasons. You may equally know that your girlfriend is aware of your cheating habits, however you will still continue to hide it even though it's an "open secret". Telling her will have grave consequences even though she already knows.

So, while you have a backup plan which is good, you must appear to each school you applied to as though they are your only plan, and in the worst case, you must express pessimism in your backup plan, by showing that you will only sadly choose them if this particular school rejects you. No school wants to be seen as a Plan B to any student, even though they all know that they are Plan Bs. #my opinion.

Now, let's take a look at the case of this person who got accepted to Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, but got rejected at the University of Kansas that has a 93% acceptance rate. Read some of the pieces of advice offered in the comments section, and you will see that many are of the opinion that Kansas rejected him as a result of his application to other schools which they (Uni of Kansas) know about.

https://www.quora.com/I-got-accepted-by-Harvard-MIT-and-Stanford-but-was-rejected-by-University-of-Kansas-how-do-I-get-over-it

kallowdean:
Above

@omoluabiguy
I understand you. What I mean is that I Mistakenly ordered two official copies to the University. The two copies are in transit now and I've been debited.
WES has refused to redirect the shipment.
That's why I'm thinking of telling the University to re-direct the second copy to another University.

In my opinion and from my experience, it is NEVER advisable to contact your first-choice school to send your stuff to another school. In fact, DO NOT do it. When applying to a school, you should not put it to their face that you have a back-up plan (even though you should have, expectedly). You should appear as though you are for that school only. This is one of the reasons why people don't like applying through Common Application on Collegeboard.

Walspring:
Are you serious that there is no first bank branch in the whole oyo state ?

Lol, I didn't mean that, Sir. Sevis fee cannot be paid in every First Bank branch, it can only be paid in Western Union designated First Bank branches (the ones with Quick Pay service). There is none is Oyo State, but there are a few in Ogun State, many in Lagos, some in Osun, etc.

Godbelove:
Good evening wonderful people! I read it here last week that one can make SEVIS payment through Western union Quickpay. I went to one first bank here in Ibadan western union section that I want to make SEVIS payment via Quickpay but seems the guy doesn't know anything about quick pay. Please who has paid for SEVIS via Western union or who can help out? Thanks in advance.

There is no branch in Oyo State; there are branches in Ogun, Lagos, Osun, etc.

Please o, what happens if your school decides to email your i20 to you instead of shipping it? Any consequence/effect?

OGreene:
Masters. Johns Hopkins

That school with funding issue. Hope you got great funding, bro?

ibrocoast:
F1, F2, B1 B2... Any non immigrant visa category
F1, F2, B1 B2... Any visiting visa category
F1, F2, B1 B2... Any non immigrant visa category

Chai!!!

ibrocoast:
Intended applicant. Visa fee is now 64000. And these fee will expire on the 11 of this month and there is possibility that it will increase again

What visa? F1 or B2?