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paul100:
I am from ubulu okiti but know very little about our culture.PopsI no dey help.Abeg why do we answer both Benin and Igbo names.Some of blood relatives answer Igbo name while some answer Benin name.Why is it like that? and from my research Aniocha is made up of 90%igbos.Imagine someone telling me that I am not igbo because of my name(Ose....)while my blood cousin with Igbo name is Igbo.How is that possible?
I no longer say I am Igbo to avoid argument.
Princedapace Odidigboigbo iykoto86 Forumobserver12

One word: migration.

If you trace the origin of your forefathers, there's a high chance that they came from Igbo land and settled in Ubulu Okiti and inter married in the process. Hence the Edo and Igbo names.

obailala:
If there was any functional cell in your brain, you would have realised from reading fee sentences in this thread that the man is from Agbor in Delta state, and not from Edo. You need urgent mental help.

Forumobserver12:
I hate it when people speak about what they have little or no knowledge about, I'm from Anioma,Igbuzo to be precise and I'm a proud Igboman..So who are you to determine for us who we are?

Wenem.

Greetings from Ubulu uku

Kingrefreshed:
Walk down to Edo and ask them if they're Igbo's since your brain no dey work

Elunonye is ibo. If you don't know, learn

almeida3:
Great Physicist! Check gradschoolshopper.com
Every information you need is tabulated there!
Thank me now

Do.you know any of such website for Statistics?

almeida3:
Nairaland is breaking the link. I have attached it here

Thans

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Act first, think sensibly later.

4gunners:
I eventually wrote the 'almighty' Gre at Galaxy Uniprep today. Got to the venue around 9 :00am , after every, every which took about an hour. I and other test takers were ushered in.

The AWS popped up on the screen like play. I tot I was hallucinating when I read the essay prompt. Na wetin I don practice before. It really calmed my nerves, without having to think much I got over it. The argument essay also popped up, na wetin I don practice too. Down within me, I got excited. These were propitious sign.

To keep my long story short, for the real thing, na VQVQV. At the end of the day, got 313. Verbal-159 Quant.-154. I was surprised cos maths na where my strength lies. I hope it will not ciously affect my applicationsince I'm from Engineering background. My first quant section was bad, had to struggle with some question. I noticed the second quant was quite easy, I already knew it will be difficult to reach 160.
As regard the verbal part, I knew the meaning of almost the words I encountered, some of the RC were even familiar. It was as if I've seen them before.

My advice for future test takers is for them to practice, practice, practice and practice.

Really want to appreciate everyone on this thread. Bosses in the house, Quoran, Ponpon et al. I sent my scores to Tamuc, University of Arizona, Washington and Arkansas. Am I on the right track??

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4gunners:
Verba Prep.

I read almost all the available text books for the verbal prep. I started with Barron moved to Kaplan, Manhattan, Princeton and concluded with ETS textbook. Magoosh also helped with some strategy. Using this variant sources allowed me to get used to the way SC and TC are asked. Understanding the shifting in the sentences became natural after practicing so many question. For example, a sentence which begins with 'Though' tells you that the second part of the sentence is opposite to the first part. You can't build this intuition overnight, it takes practice, practice and practice. Besides, I practiced lot of questions, came across tons of words. During the review of any practice questions I did, my phone was always handy to check the meaning of words. I also made u of magoosh vocabulary app. I became so accustomed with sc and TC that they became my friends. Building ur vocabulary is very Important. Almost all the words I saw on my test were the ones av come across one way or the other.

For the RC, understanding the strategy in Kaplan and Princeton is key. For example, avoiding extreme answers. GRE loves to use that as bait in their answer choices. Pls, practice, practice and practice. The RC are most times abstruse. However, by the time you practice a lot, you become accustomed to the RC.
On the test day, just like my Oga's have said. I think it was Quoran. I quickly attacked the TC and SC part. Because Av gotten so used to them, it took me 10 min even less than to answer all. This gave me ample time to answer the the RC.

The importance of PRACTICE cannot be overemphasized. I used princeton online, Kaplan, magoosh, powerprep for my simulation test.

For the AWs, practice the essay prompt on the ETS website. As many as u could. Who knows, you can be as lucky as me on your test day to be given the essays you've practiced before.

Abeg, pardon my errors

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4gunners:
You can use magoosh vocabulary app.

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elevatedmind:
check this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SVhX85DKS_kY2IHkD2W9v5BXAUwRFcCr, one of the egbons here uploaded a dope book. The book has got outstanding SOPs... Read and get inspiration/ideas of what to write... please, don't copy any of them o... admission officers have access to this kind of stuff.

Cheers!!!

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elevatedmind:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B256jJ8PAXfHVUNxdTVHN2dJZjA

Notefull videos + doc.... A gold-mine... Also look for the softwares. There is a TOEFL trend here that has links to the softwares.... Just search for it.

Cheers!!!

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almeida3:
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4gunners:
I practiced the pool of essays on the ETS website.

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quadoctane:
I had something comprehensive I was going to post before but I'd try summarise.

QUANT
The bulk of my preparation was for the quant section and I found the materials I used relevant.
Official ETS Guide
Manhattan 5lb
Manhattan GRE Blog (the comments section has some gold nuggets)
Barrons
Online videos to help with problem areas

VERBAL
Verbal preparation was scant, got familiar with the kind of questions; not sure I learned up to 50 new words (should have prepared better for my verbal).
ETS
Kaplan
Barrons

AWA
Got familiar with the type of questions...no special preparation.

PRACTICE TEST SCORES
First ETS 157Q 154V
Second ETS 155Q 159V
Other full practice tests averaged 158Q 155V

TEST DAY
QVQVQ - First quant section was hellish (left 4 questions unanswered), second was easiest and third was okay. The verbal sections were okay and I think I did better on the AWA issue response than on the essay.

Any special tips?
Get familiar with the difficult quant questions
Time management is key
Practice the verbal with Barrons (harder than what's on actual test day but relevant)

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pennstate:
No online resources other than google.
Try this on google 'Graduate Assistantships in Environmental Engineering'. You can also use RA OR TA.

This is how your get those TA/GA positions?

pennstate:
Depends on what is stated in the department/grad Sch admission requirement. If they say prospective student could be admitted to phd with with BS then you could give it a try. But remember you have to have a very strong credentials ( SOP, LOR, GPA, GRE). You can dust up your BS thesis and maybe write a paper out of it and publish in one of the local journals. Or you may want to write something new just to bolster your application. Writing paper is fun.

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pennstate:
Well it was basically from individual faculty members who are interested in recruiting MS/PhD Student for a specific projects. I personally think talking to faculty members prior to application is the best way to go.
It is just like the faculty member sending your documents to grad school.

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pennstate:
If you have the money and four hours daily. You can visit mangoosh.com to register for a month plan.

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This is sad.

tensazangetsu20:
Are they legit?

Yep

I would wait to hear both sides before I comment.

This thing don tire everybody sef

Tunjasko:
I want to pursue Master's program in Chemical Engineering. I made use of Manhattan 1-6, 5lb, Magoosh Videos, and practice questions

Your chances of funding depends on the availability of funding, the strength of your application and the pool of applicants in general.


You can research schools using msinus.com, do well to mail GC and POI to know about the availability of funding.

tensazangetsu20:
Please how can one register for the GRE without being scammed?

Cc ponpon, Walspring