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lets wait and see if anyone here has used them. abi is everyone using ETS?

jagaban17:
Yes Bro. Am I safe ? Can you answer my questions ?

Please who just registered recently, seems there are cheaper places to register ooo. One centre i called this morning, said $250 @440. Na wa ooo. i no even wan calculate, i just bone them.

I never get courage pay 205 @395 no be small something, wen i never decide date. Thats GTB card rate

cuspy:
Ok.
Please update us on how much it costs abeg. Your going to use PayPal right?

Hello, i just saw that online. gregmattoefl nigeria abi.

jagaban17:
I want to register to GRE asap, working towards November test date . What's the best way to get registered ?

1. By Myself on GRE/ETS site.
2. Test center offering to get me reg for 50k + free study materials in Ikeja (looks attractive and cheaper).


What are the pros and cons of these options. Thanks.

Thanks cuspy. Dates for US plenty, doesnt fill up that fast like in Naija. My only issue is if i now wait and dont get to travel to the US in Nov, meaning i have to write it here. So make i work wt the one that is sure.

cuspy:
I don't think you'd be allowed to take the exam in the US after picking a center in Naija. I'm not sure. The experts in the house would weigh in on that.

Except your stay there would be very very brief or you're trying to meet a deadline for an application or something, I advice you just wait till you're in the US, pick a date, a close by center, register and write over there. I don't think dates would be filling up as fast it is in Naija.

Or better still, just wait till you're back. The rigors and cost of reschedulling a date if things doesn't go as planned would be painful.

Remember #MoneyMustNotWaste

pls who registered recently. am on ETS.ORG

i dont want to make mistake, i want Saturday date sef

have you paid? How did you do it pls?
I wan register today.

nellytoxy:
Please guys I need advice I want to take the GRE by November can you add me to the Facebook group and also I need a study mate we can share ideas preferably some one good in verbal please add me to the group please

Good morning people, pls i need guidance.

Am about registering for the GRE, to write in Lagos, early November. The issue is that i might travel to the US for a brief meeting that same week. Am waiting to get the confirmation if i will be attending or not, i will be notified October ending. And i dont want to wait till Oct ending to register for GRE because the dates are filling up pretty fast!

Now can i go ahead and register on ETS today and select Nov, den if i will be in the US dat Nov, will they allow me to write in the US? Is this even possible? Please make una epp me.

Good day guys, una welldone ooo.

Please how do you do this cgpa calculation for US scale.

For 3.72 on 5.0 NIG system, what will that be in 4.0 scale US

i havent been able to download any of the videos from the links posted.

Someone please help!!!!!!!

Wowww, please can you send me some of the materials, am about starting serious prep

lachicaonline@yahoo.com

cuspy:
Hi Guys,


My GRE prep. is going fine. Four - five hours daily for at least 3 months I think should be sufficient for adequate preparation (I intend to go 5-6 months tho.)



I intend to give you guys a heads up on my progress and not to sound ostentatious. 


I've read/studied the Official Guide (a compulsory starting point) and 2 of the 8 Manhattan Strategy guide series.



Each Morning (6am - 7am) before the 4 hours session, I practice the comprehension questions on the 5lb. Manhattan GRE guide. There are almost 100 passages (if not more) and about 180 comprehension questions in total in this book. I take an average of 10 questions (equivalent to about 4-5 passages) in 20 minutes two times each morning. 



I stick to 20 minutes because on the real test I intend to use about 10 minutes to answer the sentence equivalence and text completion questions then the remaining 20 minutes to face the Comprehension questions. (If there's a flaw in my thinking, please kindly mention).



I use about 40 minutes since I go 2 rounds. Afterwards I use about 30 minutes to learn GRE words (average of 10 - 15 words) using the ubiquitous 400 wordlist on NOVA. 



Then for the 4 hours session I alternate daily between quantitative (presently on the 3rd Manhattan strategy) and verbal (Using Gruber at the moment). 



I've gone like this daily for about 2 weeks. I intend to take one test on the Official Guide and one on Powerprep after finishing the 8 Manhattan series and Gruber. Then the second test on both mediums after going through all the prep materials I've got; Barron, NOVA math bible, Magoosh wordlist and videos, Princeton, Kaplan - for Analytical Writing-, the 5lb. Manhattan and Gruber (other things being equal).



For those of us preparing for the test, keep reading! You're not alone. Also don't forget to keep encouraging others too.



God would crown our efforts with success. Amen.


Cheers.

lachicaonline@yahoo.com

Cuspy please send

cuspy:
I only sent the Official Guide o. Drop your email if you need it too.

Good evening all.

I just joined this thread. I guess i haven't prepared enough. I have been studying Barron, now i know i need more materials- Kaplan and co.

I hope to learn more here

askari01, longest time bro You know that budget part is always tricky. Someone mentioned they dont ask for account balance again.

So what can she do now...do another budget on a white paper? or work with what she has submitted, and do the addition right, 785+500= 1285. this brings it closer to 1520

askari01:
Ogreen... how u dey nah? Longest time... well, why is the margin between the cost personally and total amount for the trip so much? The Living expenses is even too much, if she's staying with a friend, 200-300 will be fine. Your calculation is not even right, check well.... £785+£500= £ 1285... Thats much bro. Make sure her friend sends her prove of accommodation oo. Seems Money don make u forget so many things. Lol

Good morning everyone. I missed you all oooo. Justwise, FrontpageLawyer, Iblaw, worry359, Una go say I don go underG.
I still dey, work/activities just plenty for me.

I have a friend planning on visiting the UK in Nov, for hols. To stay with a friend. She has sent in her application and will be going for Biometrics in a week`s time. I asked her to show me her form so we can scrutinize it here, I don't want her to dash the embassy money like that ooo.

She is 27, single, working in a financial institution for 3 years plus. Earns about 220k a month after tax. No travel history. Her passport expires June 2017 (hope the period is ok). Her budget for 2 weeks is:
Cost to you personally - £1010
Total amount you have for the trip - £1520
Cost of aeroplane - £785
Cost of accommodation - 0
Cost of living expenses- £500
Is staying with a friend the main reason for visiting UK. She ticked YES.

My opinion, it think the last question should say NO, main purpose to be Tourism which is why she is going there ( Does this even matter?). Also the account balance is not strong enough. Oanda as at Jul 5 is 371. Dats abt N564k. Flight and living expenses will chop more than 80% of her money. I noticed the summation for the cost of trip doesn't match.

Please what do you guys think? What can be corrected using the extra sheet?

let me go and the prev pages

worry359:
First work on very strong proof that you will return home.
Then work on healthy funds and bank balance and statements.

Hope you have gotten to the airport and hv your boarding pass now.

Safe trip!!!

BABAOYIN:
Hello good people....

Please, my Flight (Iberia) schedule to take off exactly 11:25p.m in the night, please which time will you advice me to be in Air-port (Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos ) ?

Thanks

At the POE in Heathrow, the ECO asked to see my hotel reservations, she looked thru it and wrote down the address somewhr. So I don't knw if it's possible for u to get past the POE without showing evidence of hotel reservation. Remember in ur application, u said u will be lodging in a hotel.

In my case, I did 3 hotel reservations sha, she saw the 3 reservations and jus wrote down the address of the hotel I will be staying the first night. Yea, I later cancelled other bookings but still booked other hotels later.

funlover1:
Thanks for the info. I actually chose Crytsal Lodge for the purpose of the application because the rate is cheap (566 for 13 nights for a double room). I am cancelling the booking today. I will actually stay with friends in london and manchester. I will book another hotel where i will stay for probably one or two days before moving over to my friends' places

Hi, I have lodged for one night in Crystal Lodge, it's clean and quiet. Nothing fantastic The neighbourhood is kinda dry and the place is far from Central London.

You could have chosen a place that is closer or maybe you have other reasons for choosing Thornton Heath as your camp base.

funlover1:
I submitted at Ikeja on 6th October, got an sms that decision has been taken last friday (16th october). My wife's income is 100k. She wrote 75k as her living expense (with an explanation that she takes care of domestic expenses at home while i save towards capital project other things). She wrote zero (0) as expenses on dependants. Total budgeted expenses for both of us is 1998GBP. Accomodation 566GBP (13 nights at crystal lodge hotel,thorton heath), flight 858 GBP (about 260k for both of us; but flight is more expensive now). The rest is living expenses.

sha beware of MONEY LODGEMENT

prince1930:
Tanks 4 ur contribution gud people of d house,i have lost all d refusal letters,but i hav d sumary of all d letters,but d major reason 4 d refusals was low balance,i apply wit d folowin balance respectivily,500ktwice,400k,300k,350k,now i want 2 plan of how i can get uk visa 4 my wife, wil[b] 1.5m balance[/b] of acc b gud to sponsor my wife? ur reply wil b of great apreciate

seems to me that the guy hasn't been straight forward.

@Prince1930, be honest with yourself, DID YOU MANIPULATE ANY INFORMATION IN YOUR PAST VISA APPLICATIONS? 5 refusals no be joke, wetin you do? If u were denied due to low account balance, why then did you re-apply many times over and over again with poor account balance Hian!

FrontPageLawyer:
Sincerely we don't know what to believe. You stated you'd work as a civil servant for 12 years, now it's oil company manager turned communication guru. You have built your foundation on lies. I hope you're not on a 10 years ban. Like I said you'll keep dashing free money to Her Majesty Queen if you won't listen to people here.

Give a comprehensive details of your previous refusals. This will help.

Its not strange!!!! Sometimes they don't put the refusal stamp

spiceymma:
Is this strange, I was refused visa Bt I av gone through the pages of my passport. I cnt see any stamp or writing.
Pls assist clarify.

Free your mind, please. If your passport has a refusal stamp, there is nothing you can do about it. Some people dont get stamp, some get. Lets take it that some VOs just feel like stamping the thing

Yes, address the refusal points and re-apply. The stamp doesn't stop you from getting your visa.

Goddey1975:
@lawyer yes,but if i reapply an adress d refusal reasons, [/b]i hope dey wont say i clean d stamp[b]

No be small something (cold).

You hv been MIA tho

iblaw:
By October ending/first week November, thats the beginning of the cold wey fit dry person blood

Yep. If u don't see anythn cheaper, I will send you their contact

Seems like I mistakenly modified my prev msg, instead of quoting it.

FrontPageLawyer:
Direct Flight to London? Will check it out. Thanks Boss

I jus saw Virgin Atlantic for N175k

FrontPageLawyer:
@Ogreene, any cheap ticket for October ending or first week of Nov? LOL

When you get to Law school (Ozumba Mbadiwe), jus ask for Church Gate, that's where the VAC is.

From Apapa-CMS-Law School B/stop

teana4040:
Pls house, how do I get to UK visa app centre in VI, am only use to d one in Ikeja...I am coming from Apapa..pls I need directions on how to get there... Thanks

Good morning all, sorry am digressing.

Has anyone used MYUS for shipment, are they reliable?...Make my money no loss. I want to buy something from d US.

O*****

I saw ur Pm, will reply today. A lil ish wt my mailbox

£910 per month? Too much oooo

Bet why...

APFM:
I have already paid for accomodation 910pounds per month

I have a receipt for all payment made into the school account.


Thank you

You have good home ties, good pay, ur account bal? Hmmm..... The Consular will wonder what u will fall back on when u return from ur trip + u hv family responsibilities. I don't knw abt ur travel history.

If the application is not urgent, build ur account.

If ur bro is taking care of ur accommodation and feeding, wetin u wan spend 350k ontop . Even tho you might, try to be as prudent as possible in the budget section, N180k/200k for flight and N80k/N100k for T-Fare and miscellaneous + Shopping. That's N280k.

poca4real:
Am on net salary of 350k,I have been working more than 5 years,I have almost 450k in the account due to projects undergo,less than 350k,am staying for two weeks ,my bro will cater for accommodation and feeding, am married with a kid.

Thanks for your response.

I hardly see ppl refused US visa based on financial strength unlike what we know is common wt UK visas, most UK refusals re tied to finances.

#MyOwnObservationsOvertime

poca4real:
Is there any amount you must have in your account?coz one of my friend got USA visa with amount lesser than what I have,and he on 70k salary per month.

Clarify.