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RETIREDMUMU:
like success and richness engulf adeleke's families.

Adeleke family are in politics, they are in Arts, they own Educational institute, they are just in every where.

i have even dream my son must marry if not davido's imade, he must marry any one in Adeleke family

so shall it be

Yildiz:
Just got my AWA 4
Complete profile
Q 163
V 159
A 4

LazyFolk:
Geography and regional planning , How are your study plans?

biikeys:
What do you intend to do with your degree when you graduate?

Ladson:
I have checked the school. you have indeed made my day. I appreciate your response.

Scholastica16:
Yours is this month right? I have been meaning to ask how your prep's been going.

Scholastica16:
This is exactly why this thread was created. Unfortunately, many just use it to gain information and then they leave wlithout giving anything back.

femi312:
My reply might not be what you are expecting to read but it is what it. Running away from GRE makes you sound like an unserious student. [/b]Do you know the number of Indian students applying for computer science in the US with mind blowing GRE score each admission cycle?[b] Now imagine you with no GRE, do you stand a chance? Even if you stand a chance at admission, can you afford the tuition? because you definetly dont stand a chance at funding except you go to all those one building school which in my opinion is not worth anybody's time. You don't want to experience thinking about how to pay tuition and at the same time turning in your homeworks, and keeping up with your courses. Its hell on earth. So go write GRE and aim for fall. You don't have to do the process in a hurry. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. The decision is yours to make.

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DreManuel:
For you to hit Q 162 in Manhattan, it means you could get up to 166 in real GRE, ceteris paribus. Manhattan's quant is a bit tougher than actual GRE and I recommend it for practice. But, Manhattan's Verbal doesn't mimic the actual GRE too well. Yes, they use a lot of fancy words but their RC are not as complex as that of the GRE. That doesn't mean you should abandon Manhattan, you should just know its limitations.

So I recommend using ETS official guide to GRE Verbal and ETS Revised GRE guide. You will see questions of different difficulty levels and are actual past GRE questions. You will learn a lot of strategies from Magoosh guide and Videos too.

You would have to be patient with yourself. GRE is testing skills they expect you to have learned from primary school up till now and not just from last two months. Sadly, we don't learn much of those skills from our schooling especially those of us from Science background. So, identify your weakness in Verbal first - for most people it's the RC, so focus more on practicing that part. Learn how to read very fast without losing meaning. Learn reading by "chunking". Learn to read actively. When you read, take notes - yes! there will be time for it and it helps you read actively. With practice you will get better. These are just General tips I can give now. If you have specific concerns you can ask.

I think @gokuu can also come to your aid; he scored 162 in Verbal.

DreManuel:
My thoughts are not organized now cos of JOY. I will be back tomorrow to give you my two cents.

jaybiz007:
Glad to have you back scholastica16. I t got into a fully-funded MSc. program program at Auburn university. I hope your contingency plans come through in this admission cycle. It will be a huge plus to the black race to have you in a good PhD program in the US.

I would be glad if you could link me up with your pal that got into Auburn's PhD program.

Mr Topiipii, long time no email. Colorado no get joy at all.

Fatezee:
Pls who can help me with magoosh videos??

I need materials for GRE verbal reasoning I m kinda scared of it....... I am very certain n well prepared for quantitative Analysis..

Pasblack:
A journey I was forced to take..... about 3yrs ago, my who was so keen about me coming over to the usa forced to apply to the same school who got admitted to and I obliged. Since it was not my own plan, I paid application fee and did not send my transcript till a year later after which I wrote the school to waive TOEFL for me because in addition to my first decree, I have obtained a professional diploma but the school rejected by saying I had finished the program over 2years and as such my proficiency in English needs to be proved (as if I don forget how to speak the language over time).
I enrolled for TOEFL then on the day of the exams, I was not allowed to write the exams because I had an expired International passport. I was so pained and frustrated (at this time, I already developed interest in schooling abroad). I decided I was going to renew my passport then re-enrolled. I however wrote the school requesting them to tick transcript as received on my account checklist on their site. that was wen another person responded to my mail and told me he has received the transcript and having gone through it he has decided to push for TOEFL waiver for me....which he did (first miracle).
I was admitted by the school and I booked appointment at the embassy (21/7/2017). I discovered after booking that my current place of work(as filled in DS-160 does not really relate to the program I'm going for and that gave me a lot of fear. So I started praying about it.
prepared the best I can then I went for the interview yesterday at 6:30

Went through all the checks but I think there was an issue with my ds-160 because after the biometrics, others were told to keep all other docs expect their passport and I-20 but in my case I was told to hold on to it as other checks I have passed thru have been looking at the same form for too long than necessary. Eventually assigned to window 2, 'a black american'. She approved only one person before me (trust me, over 12 people were ahead of me) I was so nervous and scared........

VO: good morning
me: good morning ma, (passing her my passport and form I-20 before she asked)
VO: after scanning my passport, please pass me your ds 160
Me: gave it to her (and she scanned too)
VO: I see you are going for ur masters in Geographic information science and cartography at Eastern Illinois University
Me: yes ma
VO: tell me the process of application
Me: I saw the programme I was interested in, Paid application fee, sent in my official transcript and then wrote my statement of purpose(trust me I was not that eloquent because of fear)
VO: how many exams did you write?
Me: None, they were all waived for me
VO: you mean you didnt write either GRE or TOEFL?
Me: waived
VO: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: just one, though I considered University of Maryland, Baltimore but I eventually applied to just EIU.
VO: how many unit course is required for your graduation
Me: 32
VO: can u mention some of the core courses?
Me: remote sensing, introduction to GIS, landscape ecology, accounting (den I wen blank) so I said and some other courses I cant remember right now
VO: how does your current work relate to your study and how will it help you
Me: (knowing so well that they do not relate at all, I had to cook something up) I was employed for a project in this company. we were to develop a map showing all telecomms mast managed by my company in the country, noting their distances to each other, the peculiarity of each of the sites etc. then after the project, I was en grafted into the system as 'diesel logistics' (which by the way is exactly what I do)
VO: what do you intend doing after this programme?
Me: I intend setting up a consultancy firm....because where I worked before, we contract some jobs because we couldnt handle them but with my first decree background in urban and regional planning and a professional science masters in GIS, I will be well grounded in getting required data analysed then used for planning purpose
VO: who is your sponsor
Me: my cousin and my sister (was expecting her to say where does she work but she didnt ask)
VO: hands over my form I-20....keep this very well as you will be needing it at POE then asked, u want to pick your passport up at ISOLO
Me; yes....thanks



no document was checked.....I see the hand of God in this......wishing others best of grace.

towbaynah:
Not very reliable, to be honest. I had to keep calling them again and again to remind them to check on the transcript office at my alma mater. It took about a month before my transcript got to its final destination.

towbaynah:
I used ETX dot ng. Cost me 20k.

fredoricko:
Got it.

You can take out your email address.

fredoricko:
Sure. But I'm having issues with my NL email.
Check my profile and use my gmail

fredoricko:
Congratulations iekene.
The magoosh premium account you gave us access to was instrumental to my success. Thanks once again and enjoy your studies.

texrem:
Do MS geography if you want at TS, GA & GTA.

LagosismyHome:
Responding because i am quoted

I stopped been a student over a decade ago so specific about schools. GA and some stuff i am very rusty and not current so i leave this for others to respond