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eucharia64: I am goin to orange county in california any female going to calif in d aws? Holla. Abeg only females ooooo. Lol

winbyforce: No Sir.From what I have gathered, if you have a co-signer who is a credit-worthy US citizen or permanent resident, you will get a loan even as an international student.

imperiouxx: Schools and DHS are much concerned about run-a-ways. For ages, transfer ain't crime but one's wish and another way int'l students don't join group of street urchin in the US.

imperiouxx: Do you think that starts today or all schools allow transfer without doing first semester with them? Do you think they (schools) don't know how people try hard to evade the tuition. If transfer is really pain to schools, how about those that abscond into thin air? About contract, my school among others won't bother to give you I-20 without paying some of your tuition..... Why?!



And what authority VOs have over paying tuition and transfer that that could be used against prospective students? You thought, VOs started looking up the thread today just because they just employed people in department that look up all websites using "US F1 visa interview" as search word? Check part one of this thread (2009 and 2010), where VOs will ask you "don't tell me what you've rehearsed on visa websites".



You guys thought this is just happening now because you just got idea of what's going on. For what reason you think those schools that ask for part tuition before issuing I-20 just like my school are doing so?

mandybaby2007: @TOCHIUM:
University of Minnesota(UMN) accept scanned docs, its an expensive school though(2nd tier ivy league school) but they give funding and student loans 2almost all their admits(that submit app on time)

log1: em.tsu.edu/registrar/gpacc.php

I found the above site helpful in converting any CGPA scale to 4 point scale. But i only see it as a rough estimate, not a true conversion. So your 3.7 CGPA is 2.93

pj5: Hello everyone. I am compelled to write about my visa experience due to the help I got from the experience of others on this thread. Hopefully, someone else in search of information will find this useful someday.

I had my interview on Wednesday, August 7th, just before the Muslim holidays. I was interviewed by the guy everyone dreaded who was denying people. I was actually praying not to be interviewed by him but lo and behold my number flashed at his counter. I simply imagined the VO was a difficult judge I had to convince about my case I was asked 3 short questions and here is how it went:
Me:Good morning
VO: Why do you want to go to the US?
Me: To attend------conference
VO: And where is that taking place
Me: Boston,Massachusetts

VO: What do you do?
Me: I work as a legal practitioner at -------, I also write for------ and run (VO cuts in)
VO: You are a really very busy young lady (to which i just laughed). I am approving your Visa.

And that was how it went. No question on where I have traveled to, no documents checked, nothing.

I have come to understand that confidence is key and God holds the key.
I wish future applicants all the best

FIZIK: I agree with this completely.
Just two days here and everything has been so different.
Texas is the leading obese state here.
I have an awkward feeling walking on the street off campus 'cos every other person drive Big big SUV with bass.
please, anybody here on college station campus could let me know.
I cant keep eating these funny foods at $10 a meal.
I got an apartment deal for $428, all utilities except furniture, is that ok?

imperiouxx: Abeg na which state be that oo? May be I fit find job or admission come there.

imperiouxx:

How are you doing sir?

imperiouxx: I be surulere boy nau. Festac and Amuwo Odofin na where we dey go play and do driving test those days.

imperiouxx: You dey mind that T-money?

Ms Nas: He think say we no know him logo Boya ko fe k'awa ba oun na owo yen ni. Akagum buruku

imperiouxx: I'm from Nigeria, only have my BS and I'd like to do my Ph.D in the US. I only have my undergrad's project and never attended any conference and I have no name on any article.

What am I suppose tell the US professors during my application.

Ms Nas: Gbogbo Oil money

conyema12: ... I guess the project must really be a huge one..lol Its not really been easy shaa, just combining job with application process.I am hardly at home....little pay offshore things... I should be through be next week. Surely, am positive for the Spring Admission.

imperiouxx: Big project.... Million dollar abi? Ok, I'll soon reach there too ooo.

imperiouxx: FAQ

What about someone like me without any of those research works, conference attendance like the case in Nigeria or name on any article?

conyema12: Longest time Ojap... you've been scarce.

obsy2020: In houston, thanks to emirate airline they are the best, kudos to bigfrancis, Ms Nas, Kunsoft, ojap, gboyega and NL members, i really appreciate u guys, thanks and keep it up.
emirate airline wan kill person will food, champagne and co, i really enjoyed my flight and i recommend emirate to prospective travellers.

nifty: ms NAS pay your skool so they can reply them via fedex or dhl...........pay them courier fee

imperiouxx: he's a business man

webstradamus: No sir I got the drift from a friend and thought most people here would find it beneficial so I decided to share.

De Tus: @Lentywilly, I-20 again? Jesus. Pls do not be sad. I think God didn't want you to go at this time. Your case is smiliar to mine. Though it was sponsorship inaccurancy. Was so blind that I couldn't detect it. Even my parents didn't detect it too. Was later revealed to us at the church that something nasty could have happened to me in the US. That the man who interviewed me really loved me. That he acted like a father as well as my God. LOL!

webstradamus: Just in case anyone is still looking for a cost-effective (or should I say cost-free ) way of transferring money from their GTB account to their US bank account, simply go to any Walmart and purchase a money order in your name using your GTB Naira Mastercard. You can then pay in the money order to your US bank account. You do not incur any charges from GTB (since it is a POS transaction) and the money order only costs $0.70 (70 cents). If you ask me I'd say this is the cheapest and fastest way to transfer funds to the US from Naija. However, maximum you can go on a single money order is $1000 so if you wanted to transfer say $5000, you would have to purchase 5 money orders (total cost will be $3.50). Imagine how much savings you would be making when compared to doing a wire transfer! Plus you get your money instantly!!

imperiouxx: I dispute this. My undergrad CGPA was 3.68/5.00 and after WES evaluation, it came out as 3.29/4.00

Reduced I guess.

OjaP: We have two variables...X and Y.

The only constant(K) is Naija 5.0 and US/WES 4.0 scales.

If varaible X falls within 2.4 - 2.7 , be sure that Y>X.

Where Y is the WES final CGPA. This is from experience with WES.

This doesn't also mean that Y will be greater than 4.0 if X = 1st Class.

webstradamus: Since you now agree that your assumption only holds true for a specific range (based on your past observations, I hereby rest my case

bigfrancis21: Yea. At times, final year and penultimate year CGPA is considered and if going to be used as CGPA admission criteria, its usually going to be stated on the department's webpage categorically. In that case, if SMJ's uncle actually did well in his final and penultimate years such that the cgpa of both years is between 2.7 to 3.0 or higher, then that's an added advantage for him. He'll then seek schools who use 3rd and 4th year GPA as CGPA requirement rather than overall GPA. That way he could get in more easily.

bigfrancis21: Yea. I modified my post. Check it out.

bigfrancis21: With a cgpa of 2.4/5.0 which is less than half of 5.0, I can put your uncle somewhere at around 2.2/4.0. Highest he could attain on the 4-point scale is 2.40/4.00. WES translation is actually the best as all our Ds and Es are converted to Cs on the US 4-point scale. Since he made 2.40, its very likely he'll have quite a lot of Ds and Es that pulled his cgpa down, thus favouring him on the WES translation. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes 2.50/4.00!