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tsmack: I truly fear for this nation!

Despite the amount of time some people spend on the internet, they still spew their ignorance (with pride) all over the place. And these are supposed to be the leaders of tomorrow?

You should at least do yourself the justice of googling up Harvard before embarrassing your family and country on the social media.

In case you don’t know, Harvard is not about money. It is about ability!

You need to prove BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT that you belong to the top strata of achievers - irrespective of your race and age - before you are accepted into the school. Besides, most people use STUDENT LOANS to fund their studies. It is almost automatic.

Harvard is NEVER about money!

Ngozi's children should be celebrated because gaining admission into such a school is an achievement on its own. Why do you think some Companies only employ graduates from Harvard?

Or have you ever heard of an Harvard graduate being “unwillingly” jobless? I don’t think it’s possible!

Invest in your life by spending time reading about value adding stuff. You don’t have to play the internet idiot; leave that to the others.

God bless Nigeria!

Yes it takes ability to make it into harvard. But this shouldn't be story worthy from a public servant. . You won't see anyone celebrating David Camerons children going to harvard because great britian has equally capable schools in oxford and cambridge. You won't see anyone celebrating the obama kids going to oxford or cambridge when you have the worlds best schools in the US, or as a US leader you are expected to evoke that sentiment. Ngozi Okonji Iweala, as with so many Nigerian leaders who pay lip service to change, are all hypocrites in my opinion.

^^Yeah this would be the perfect time to sit for the exams, if u have a little time on ur hands 2wks to a month should be enough to prepare for the gre. I don't know of anyone in nigeria who has gained admission while still in school. u may need to wait till your final semester results are out before sending in your transcipts. My guess is u can start the application process by writing the gre exams and sending ur scores to ur prospective schools. U have a solid cgpa, also focus on closing out strong. what programs are u looking at for ur postgrad?

Find Out!:
Do you have Grubers GRE? If not, send an empty message to selfstudy360@gmail.com. You'll get an instant reply containing GRE materials and Grubers is one of them. The Grubers is quite helpful for Verbal, especially the vocabulary aspect. Above all, keep studying examples and taking sample tests. I wish you all the best.

Cheers.

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jars of Clay - Unforgetful you

scofield33: Noted!
Jst hope ASUU strike will last upto 100 dayz. ''Schl iz out of ma mind now.

Just drop out already, those 100 days could add up to 1000

L u c i d:
Damn I'd miss NBA, NCAA and the likes. I no longer consider football as a real sport cos of the NBA. Now that The Heat have decided to zone in on a third consecutive title now this. Online streaming is too expensive, ESPN must be back!

If ur in lagos try cobranet, they have a plan that allows u browse free between 12am and 6am, and they were quite reliable when i used them last year. I practically watched the entire 2011/2012 finals without any glitch from them. I'm no more in lagos and this development would suck big time when playoffs start.

SimonAndal: Who cares? It's not like they broadcast sports appealing to the ordinary African (football). Bye bye!

NBA, Sportscentre, Pardon the interruption with Mike wilbon, Around the horn with Tony reali, PressPass with Tommy smith, those nonsensical yet enjoyable "this is sportscenter" commercials, are a few of the reasons I tune to ESPN and i'm an ordinary african and yes i also watch my football on supersport; and don't forget it was ESPN who used to bring us champions league football on tuesday and wednesday nights before the south african channel did their thing...

meh...46 isnt that old, she obviously didnt age well, bodywise

Where were u all dese months, sold it for cheap, 30 k with 5 CDS,

it's sort of the saddest day cos u know u'll never be that happy again

moodswing: Fantastic comment from a fantastic nairalander. Mr. Soyinka has lost every respect I have for him. Instead of attacking issues like a literate mind, he took side and ended up spuwing things that calls his reputation into question.

OBJ went Senile and Wole has followed him.

No. He never had ur respect if he lost it simply becos of some silly mundane issue... Intellectuals are humans too. And are actually more interesting when they are wrong than right

boron10: GEJ plus Ruben Abati can't stand Soyinka in a high profile debate let alone Nigerian first ever illiterate first lady.

I'm not so sure. Ruben is much younger and holds his own quite well too...

GboyegaD: Nice one. I think another challenge I have is that some people are lazy. I have spoken to a number of people I know who are done with service year and all I keep hearing is that they don't have the right connections. One even told me that all he is interested in was how I would fix him up and I was like do I own a company of my own?

However, in my opinion, the best way to go about it is believing that you would get a job and drop your resumes to as many firms as you can both physically and electronically.

Drop ur resumes were..lol? This economy isn't even churning nearly a fraction of the jobs its young hardworking graduates need. If every graduate in the market simply took ur advice only 5% would still be recruited. That's why people are leaving in droves to explore other options. The point u make about people being lazy is tru to a point, but it's not always true. Ok lets say i have a first class degree in statistics and the only places for me to get a job is secondary schools. im entitled to being discouraged and even venting my frustration, does that make me lazy, i dont think so; if im smart i'd do great eventually, but in a society were things work i'll be spoilt with options right out of college...

readin this in 2013, are there any experienced engineers in the house willing to throw in more helpful info on what an upcoming engineer can do to improve himself. Iv a mech engr degree. bn out of school a few years, didnt do anything engineeering, worked in finance and went down the liberal arts route; but with the job market in tatters im tinking of retooling my self and becoming an engineer once again. i hate the physical aspects(machines, design, rigs etc) of engineerin but im adept at the soft aspects( programming, software, quant etc) . im thinking of enrolling for an msc in reservoir engr but id like to hear folks who are in other areas of engineering such as industrial and biomedical..thanks in advance

try69: Instead of wasting your time watching people sitting, standing, gisting, cooking, fcnkuig, sleeping , snoring and all that Bs all day, I'd advice you do som else with your life bro..no pun intended..

I can see from ur profile that you're quite young..take this as an advice from a big brother

and i just went thru ur profile, ur obviously over 53, and u've invested ur time wisely writing way over 10000 cliched and irrelevant political posts; obviously a better way to spend time

yemaldo: See how bba make nigerians come together,very sweet,all nigerian(regardless of ur tribe)fighting for one man.i wish we cont like this after bba

no it wont cos the same bias we show wen we vote along regional lines is the same bias that poisons everything else bck hm...can the best man win regardless of where he is from for a change?

fork adict: Oh Geeeeeez. Just love dis dude. No homo.

I still imagine what would have come of the chase had maguy not been evicted that first week. SAD

he is that good. ur one of the few peeps who saw it then wen most people say only saw his quirky side. africa's loss

Flygerian.:
Ogbeni, NOTHING dey dier jare! Na only shiit full inside.

And am talking about the curvy gals o, NOT those flatass behind.

;succinct summary of my worldview

mykali: I hope Biggie won't surprise us with another eviction

todays show needs that in my warped view

waxdude: like seriously? Wat r u sayin?

u dat dense to figure

THE AMAKA: Who is this one sef?

BBACHASEFAN

lighternote: selly n natasha!!!

yh most boring eviction ever, wudnt hav minded melvin out though, ensuing drama would hav bn tastier to watch..

ItsModella: The show has started.

no it hasn't it starts with IK

Policewoman: A single lady that can't stay without sex for just 3 months is nothing but a NYMPH.

and a man who cant hold himself for 3 months nko? in ur small minded view of tins abi? ok just keep that re-ttard-ed e-opinion to urself. if for a woman, ur to dense to tell the double standard ur comment reeks of, there' no hope for u!

StateOfMind: You guys can pass across your point without the assumption that people criticising beverly do worse in real life. If you do so, put it down in writing, but don't go saying people who have been criticising her do worse. We all are not perfect, agreed, but each individual has limits. There is nothing real in what she did last night, it was simply lack of self-control. Is she the first female to grace the show? This is not even about some other county mocking us, its about the disgrace she could have brought upon herself knowing the kind of society she comes from. If as a fan, she could put me through that, I can imagine her parents\siblings\friends watching that. Let's call a spade a spade, what she did yesterday was bad. She could have had unprotected sexx with that dude last night, someone you can't confirm his health status. The reason I want her home is for her own good, not particularly for the country's image. I want her home before it gets worse cos I really do still like her.

@spade, please could you tone down the insultive words you use on beverly? I know you have never liked her but those words hurt me as an ex-fan, biko.

Honestly if we really cared about the extremes to which people go to at parties we'd all be dead by now. so leave matter. ok ur a woman, i get the whole african society rap. But the problem isn't beverly per say, the problem is a society that is so full of hypocricy and self righteousness and would condemn anyone ( women, moreso than men) for the slightest shift from what is considered morally acceptable. Common! Beverly was well within her rights to do what she did yesterday. She and Ang had some good old fun b4 bassey ruined it If she were my sister i'd still stand by what i'm saying. She's an adult for chrissakes, she did not violate any moral code of hers (at least so far she hasn't had any remorse over what happened last night), so why do u think u must foist urs on her?

lola.luv:
In fact the Beverley case is really giving me concern. Yes, we have all made mistakes. Some small, some big. But getting fingered on national TV? Come on!

She simply does not know what to say per time. She is just running around like the world is her oyster and she rules it. At 21, she has experienced stuff that some people don't even sniff in a lifetime.

BS. do urself a favor and watch TBN, all day all week; Beverly rocks no matter wat u or i say, she's put herself up on national tv for our viewing pleasure, yet u now want to ridicule everytin she's done just because she chose to have some fun as any normal adult is allowed to..

Am i dead, is this what death feels like...whew, maybe not

Nairaland is one website that opens sharp sharp on my slow mtn induced browser and that's why i come here first every day. I rather meet girls the old school way