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If you wanna last six rounds in this Buhari economy

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This year made it 7 years I graduated, still no real job only hustle. Without connection you won't get any meaningful job. Unless you are Fulani though.

JAPA oo

Adexgentle005:
Exactly what I’m talking about. Thank God I’m not doing salary job, I wonder what would have become of me. All the things I’ve acquired so far like land and all that I got them when I was still a bachelor. Imagine buying land now when I’m married. It’s not just easy at all.

I bought my land and car when I got married

HaleemahYinusa:
It was a white woman that interviewed me. It was the last window by the right (can't remember the window number)inside one small office like place sha.

VO: oh you're going to school in Louisiana

Me: Yes

VO: How are you going to afford this( something like that I can'treally remember)?

Me: My dad is sponsoring me. He is a senior manager at .... bank

VO: Your dad is a banker?

Me: Yes

VO: How long as he been working there?

Me: Over 15 years now.

VO: So why did you choose this school in Louisiana.

Me: I chose ULM because I loved the fact that they held virtual information sessions where-

She cut me off

VO: Did you get accepted by other schools?

Me: Yes. 3 other schools

VO: Name them?

Me: The university of Michigan Flint, Norwich University and William Patterson University of new Jersey.

VO: Okay so you chose this because because you liked that they held information sessions?

Me: Yes. I was able to enquire more about scholarships, school of nursing etc.

VO- Oh okay. Do you have siblings?

Me: Yes I do. My older sister is-

VO:How many?

ME: 3 siblings.

VO: Your said your older sister is where? Here in Nigeria?

Me: No. She's currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Texas.

Vo: Oh North Texas.

Me: Yes. She's currently in her 2nd year.

VO: Okay. Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No I have not.

VO: Okay. Give me a minute.

Then she started typing.

Then she said Congratulations I'm going to be granting your Visa. Itll be ready in the next 5 days. Always keep your I20 with you.

Omo I wanted to scream and start jumping.

Then she picked the white paper and joined it with my I 20.
Then she said Oh you know you can't travel more than 30 days before your expedited date.

I told her yes yes I know that.

Congratulations! Grace found you.

Lagos or Abuja??

Anonymoususher:
Losing that job could be answers to the prayers you went for. Sometimes salary blinds you from the numerous opportunities that abounds around you.

Imagine yourself staying tied in one building 8-5 everyday and you don't grow neither do you know what's happening around.

Most office workers don't even have any business idea that's why they are the first to fall for ponzi schemes because they don't have time for themselves so they easily fall for anything that will make money work for them.

Let me tell you a bit about myself.

After graduation, I worked as a teacher earning 47k monthly. My family and everyone depended on that money. Infact my life was on it, I was so scared of losing my job.

After two years earning was increased to just 61k. I couldn't live outside the salary but something happened.

In 2020 during covid lockdown, you know teachers were affected most. I stayed at home doing online lesson and salary dropped from 60k to 40k to 30k to 10k until the school decided that they can no longer pay salaries.

My fears had come to pass. No salary, how do I survive? How will my mom and siblings survive? With lack of salary my eyes opened to opportunities and I started marketing people's goods.

I would go-to markets, take pictures and market, sellers give their price and I will add my price and market. I marketed anything sellable online, from phones, to fridge, to TV etc.
Gradually I began to make little sales with profit of 4k, 5k, 10k etc. Gradually I began making my salary.

Fast forward to when covid madness was over, they called us back but I told my family to buckle up that I was about to drop a resignation letter. If I could survive those months without salary then it wasn't the salary that has been sustaining me.

My mom and siblings everyone adjusted and i went out to continue with my hustle.

Fast forward to today, my colleagues that I left in that school are still earning 75k but that amount sometimes I make that profit in a day, many atimes in a week (though there are bad weeks and months sha).

I have three cars out there for e-hailing with people driving and giving remittance of 25k weekly each, I have two POS stands, I have two plots of lands and I have been able to rent a good house for myself and left mama's house for good.

I tell people this story so they can open their eyes and see sack letters as a blessing in disguise.

If your job is not paying you enough to make you live large then you shouldn't die cos of a sack letter.

I keep saying it, this life your destiny is in your hand. Thanks for the write up.
I had my major breakthrough since 2020 when I stopped working for anyone.

itoski:
They pull up your application and if you send a complete package you should be getting a decision.

Admission is given on a first come first serve policy and you can't jump the process except if it has been months without a decision and you just have to send a message for follow-up.

Don't go and bomb them before they take your mail to the spam box.

I pity anyone that take this advice. You think you're only one that has competitive profile. Alot of people are competing with your prof's inbox.
Even my GC do tell me to remind them at so so time for more update about internal happenings.
Don't just over do it

taiwogabriel:
I guess for them, the thinking is that you already have an offer somewhere else but probably waiting for their decision to select which offers to choose from. Like you said, it's best to wait for their decision and more often than not, when a school is delaying a bit much than is expected it might be the case that you are a potential and might want to wait for others who would reject their admission, where slots are already filled, before they consider you. So best for you to wait their decision. Don't be too anxious.

This is not always true, at times other candidates are bombarding the inbox of the graduate coordinator, they won't even have your own time. So the more you send an email (follow up) the better.

Anyone admitted to Apsu here?

emmybobo1:
I don’t understand this issue. I completed my interview on Tuesday and was successful. Today I received a message to pick up my passport at dhl. But while trying to schedule appointment with dhl the system says that my passport number doesn’t match their records, that I should make sure my DOB is correct. But everything is correct

You can share your transcript for others coming behind to learn from your experience, also remember you benefitted immensely from the information others gave out here.
No one knows it all.
Congrats

Senator27:
Hello everyone,

I have been hearing about unavailability of date and I just bought my MRV, can I go ahead to create appointment and be of look out for date without filling my DS 160?

ASAP

toluene23:
Bro
It’s the second time the school assisted me in my deferred letter all coz of getting date and they adjusted my the resumption day upfront so that I will be able to get a date. My first letter was November last year and this second time the date on the letter was moved to March 13 to 20 and now I can’t find date and my emergency date was not approved again.

What should I do now?
Or is it possible to still be considered for deferment again the second time ?

Or it’s the end of the road?
And channel my energy on getting another admission again?

Pay a new mrv fee you'll get something fresh

Nikkygold4life:
Good morning gurus in the house. May God reward the great work you're doing here. I just got issued my 1-20 form after gaining admision to study Masters in the US for August fall 2023. Please, I need help with this:
1. Do I fill my D 160 application now to book for interview? Is there a specific time lag to do this?
2. Is payment of SEVIS applicabe for all students to study in the US? And us there a particular time to make the payment?
Thanks

1. You can book your interview without filling ds- form, please take your time to fill your ds form as any information you put can be used against you in the front of VO. Pay your Visa fee for now and look for closer day for your interview as date is getting scarce now.

2. Yes, it's compulsory you must pay. You need to pay it at most 72 hours to your interview day.

Don't forget to do mock interview to gain confidence.

Good luck.

Dreamsss:
Amen. Honestly, it's that embassy that scares me. Coupled with the fact say I get two handbags

I might reprioritize my priorities sha

Don't be scared

Mickeywilliams:
Transcript.

ABUJA

MARCH 7th

Came in past 7am, joined several queues. Appointment 7:30am

Interview time :9:20am


VO: Pass me your i20
Me: Alright here it is
VO: Scans through I20, nods head, and says "So University of Florida PhD" I said yes.

Have you travelled before?

Me: No I have not had a reason to

My PhD in in internet of things , and connected systems, and ...

VO interrupts me and says what do you plan to do when you return?

Me: I will take up a senior role. My company is expanding its R and D footprint as we service clients in Oil and gas and Energy systems.....

VO: Cuts in again.. What do you do right now

Me: iam an engineering project consultant.

VO: Nods head and smiles a bit while

I continue to talk about
t how I want to come back and take up a senior role, and conduct research with my alma mater.

VO: Interrupts and says take this paper and follow the instructions on how to pick your visa.

Me: Thanks you

Total interview time : 3 mins

Followed this thread for three years. Too much invaluable information. Thank you all.

Meanwhile , Anyone in Florida for the summer?

Congratulation dear scholar, you fought and won. US is a place to be, the struggle really worth it.

Dreamsss:
Are you?

Funding will come, and if it doesn't, you get a bank statement and head to the embassy, when you get on campus you look for graduate assistantship in other departments. God no go shame us.

I need a foreign upwork account. Sent me a pm.

Dreamsss:
So many teases in this my journey ..if I was not a strong woman...kaiii

Rest

Omoawoke:
You said u were 32 just some days ago

Which one should we believe

Don't mind him

boiz2men:
Life is puzzling.

Sometimes I wonder why our politicians steal so much. By God's grace, I became rich and graced to see hundreds of million. A few contracts here and there and a great career. But here comes a new problem. This doesn't excite me anymore. The next 10 million is not going to make my life any better. Promotion at work, increase in income, nothing excites me anymore and worse is that I am not materialistic at all, so acquiring gadgets, toys, or building mansions could never make me excited. I live a very simple life, wear basic quality fashion items, and drive simple cars. This is just my personality and not an act of humility.

Despite all the many good things that have happened in my life and all the things that I could potentially acquire. I am at a stage where I am really confused about myself.
Sometimes I buy unnecessary things I don't need just to feel like I am spending money. Other times, I am quick to assist deserving friends.

If you are not materialistic and yet, rich. How did you overcome this problem? This problem has left me in a state where I am neither happy nor sad.

Bro life is empty, the richer you get the meaningless life is.

Joining you guys this year. Can't wait to leave Buhari nation and experience American life abeg ... haahaa

I should be in one of these great cities this year: Indiana , New Jersey, Georgia, New Mexico, or Tennessee

Raphael007:
Good day house, I have never liked the idea of traveling and facing the unknown in my life don’t get me wrong we all could do with a bit of fresh air in this country, but I also know that this country is A goldmine. I am a family man with two kids and I want to invest the money with me into something lucrative that can sustain me and I will keep building on it. I know 4 million isn’t such a big money in Nigeria today but I am ready to build on it and grow it little by little I do not pay rent as I live in my own house so please if you have really good business idea please share it with me note I am not investing in any online business thanks you all.

Op is a clown

moseslarry:
Well, yours is still a sweet experience, lost my job since last year, having being trying everyday to get job and until now, nothing yet. Life has been immensely hard.

Fast forward to this year, I realized, we were still better in last year compared to now. My people, I swear down, we have no food to eat, myself, wife and my one year old son, we’ve been surviving on a cup and half of gari daily. All cos, I’m broke inside out, no one is out there to help or support you. In fact, at this point where we get gari on credit, if I would like to respect myself, we are not suppose to go there for credit this week. So apparently, I have no hope on how we will survive this week. I believe in God sha.

Bro you're not alone in this suffering, me too, my current situation is cose to this right now. Things will be alright one day. Men is alone when it comes to suffering no one has sympathy for men.

Most of us has location preference especially when it comes to getting a US Visa. Wich of the location do you prefer and what is your reason?

If I use my job as a home ties, is it necessary I go with my work ID?

Your opinion please. Thanks

petertunde:
Hello house, please hope dependents (spouse and children) I-20 request along with PhD applicant will not affect approval of visa

No it won't, just table your story properly

Oh God I need your favor at this point of my life. I have 5 Msc admissions already but waiting for assistantship from my various departments.

I can't imagine being in Nigeria for another 1 year just because of unable to get assistantship. God knows depression will set in if I can't make anything out of the 5 schools that admitted me, after all the effort.

I will wait for my schools to decide but if they didn't give I will still find way and move.

I have booked my visa appointment for May already.
Account statement intact.

I'm using this post as a point of reference, and I'll quote it when I get an offer to thank God.

Assistantship will come, I believe in God's miracle

Agbeni33:
Olawrites, did you pay for university of Delaware application fee? I applied with their waiver code but no response from them yet

Yes with waiver code, guess the competition was intense this year

infosoftlife:
@bolded I can't say because even an Ivy league will give you an offer with your GPA.
Apply to GSU.
Also, rework your Statement of Purpose. I hope you trust the person you used to help you with a recommendation letter.

Georgia state University?
Or
Georgia Southern University?

EBUBECHISOM:
The school that sent me love letter has its acceptance rate to be 97%. I think there's something wrong somewhere..
As regards the requirements, I met them all easily..
No English test needed
Unofficial transcript submitted
No Gre needed...
They needed 2.7/4.0 . I have 3.4/4.0
So I meet all...

Kindly assist on what could be the cause

Which schools rejected you?

Well, have faith in yourself, evaluate your transcript if you can, change your sop and apply to many schools