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greatolus:
Visa approved today at 7:00 am at lagos consulate, window 7
V o : good morning
Me : good morning
V o: why did you choose Georgia state university?
Me: of all the schools that I applied to only gsu offered me a GA position which comes with a tuition waiver and stipend.
Vo: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: 5
Vo: can you name them?
Me: etsu, uni of Arkansas at little rock, uni of san Francisco and Colorado school of mines
Vo: which school did you graduated from?
Me : unilag, akoka
Vo: what is your highest qualification?
Me: bsc chemistry
Vo: when did you finish nysc?
Me: I did not as my age is over service year.
Vo: what will you be doing after your program?
Me: come back to Nigeria to pick up a lecturing job in unilag
Vo: did you write any entrance exam?
Me:no, vo wants to look at me quickly told him I wrote gre
Vo: who is going to sponsor your trip?
Me: I have a tuition waiver and my dad would pay for the rest
Vo: you visa is approved, bla bla bla dhl isolo. Gave me white paper

Go ye forth and meet unilagalariwo, same dept in GSU. Ojah sef!

TWoods:
Life is what YOU make of it. I came here with exactly $2000 in my pocket... you can do it too, regardless of what you have in your pocket. Determination and the willingness to put in the effort is what makes the difference.

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briliantsak:
Was here sometimes ago.
Thanks to scholastica, ponpon and other contributors here

Had my GRE after less than a month serious prep...thanks to hints on this thread
Q 154
V 152
AWA 3.5 ( funniest thing is I prepared for AWA two days before the exam)

In short, my advice if you intend to write GRE...Take time to practice, practice and practice (say two months). Gonna rewrite later, buh definitely not now.

My Profile

Course : Construction Management
CGPA : 3.89/4.00 ( WES)
Publications: 5

I'm applying to University of Florida( PhD Construction mgt), but the acceptance rate is 38%...Nonetheless, I'm optimistic.

Min Qualifictn. for the Department
Verbal- 146
Quantitative- 148
TOEFL- 80

Average is
V = 150
Q = 159
CGPA = 3.6

I have a supervisor there already who is very willing to supervise my thesis....

I plan to write TOEFL by December hopefully...

Kindly help out with schools suggestion.

Having a faculty willing to serve as your advisor is a very big one for admission!. University of Florida is a good school, work on other parts of your application process and apply to more schools.

Chayce66:
Good evening, everyone. I've been reading this thread all morning and it has been very insightful. I'd like suggestions for best schools that'll be ideal to pursue an M.Sc in Corporate Finance or an MBA (I'm still undecided). Someone suggested University of California, Davis but I had a CGPA of 3.62 and I am yet to write either GRE or TOEFL so I can't tell my chances.

Search for more schools and add Nicholls State MBA to your list

Upandup:
Greetings good people. I've been able to pay my sevis fee thru some1 in the states but my I 20 would get to me by 1st December - someone is bringing it. I've also started filling the ds 160 and have signed up to book an appointment. Please is it advisable to go ahead and pay the visa application fee and book an appointment asap, given that slots are getting filled up pretty fast? Last I checked, the closest dates were 6 December and 27 December for Lagos and Abuja respectively ?

Cc Lagosismyhome, twoods, ponpon, biikeys, anybody?

If you're very sure it'll get to you, book. I collected by i20 a day to my interview at FEDEX office at ISOLO.

Gracee101:
someone please help answer me




Am a graduate with a low cgpa due to the forceful course program my parents made me to study.
I desire going back to my desired program in nursing maybe for undergraduate transfer or to start afresh to study.
what are my chances getting admitted also getting study visa.

Start with a clear and focused head you'll pull through. You can check my school's Nursing program, but nothing comes easy and the workload here is 100X of Naija's

Baton Rouge, New Orleans ,Thibodaux, Lafayette people, how are we celebrating Thanksgiving, Please I want to do owo epo.

harthy007:
@Scholastica16

I commend you for the selfless help you are offering here.

Please could you suggest school that would fund me for an Ms program in ECE( computer systems &networks specialization)?

Here is my profile
Gre : Q161/V150/ 3
Toefl: 100+ (expecting result in 12days)
GPA: 4.67/5
2yrs experience
No paper

Thanks

Get a good CV, write a compelling SOP and apply early.

DexxyAlebs:
the WhatsApp contact of brabit I reached out says there are no free lectures, please come clarify for me please.

1. Send me a mail 2. Find what works for you 3. They do free lecture 4. It's this period I am seeing everyone clamoring for "GRE LECTURE". 5. I feel you should build yourself because one important aspect of GRE is knowing your weakness and addressing it + developing methods that works for you!

learner007:
Guy, your head dey there abeg...I don't know what to say about BY MAFIT that will capture my description of them. I will advise anyone not to waste money on GRE. The lecturers at BY MAFIT are so detailed and on point!!! They have a way of manipulating you into racking up those great points above 300...I wrote my exam for the first time with them and I got 310...hassle-free. And I only paid 50k o, that came with free e books and free lectures. Omo o first think say na scam until I start d tin o...They are just a gift to all who desire to study abroad...God bless BY MAFIT!!!

Good point, but what works for you might not work for others sir/ma. Everyone have their own assimilation rate or method of learning. Same link I use 'brabit' gives free lectures, free magoosh online access et al. Because you've smashed Latino no mean sey Chinese babe no go make sense pass am

blessurance:
Good day people. please any Nigerian student at the Louisiana state university, chemistry department? Indicate please.

cc cutemorgan

Scholastica16:

I only hear about it, I never knew it was possible.

arTiculaTe01:
So much said... I'd be sitting for the GRE on the 24th of November (Friday, next week). My center, according to the info I garnered from the ETS website, is in Owerri. Registered through the B.Y. Mafit guys in hopes that they book a Port Harcourt center for me but this happened... I hope this is a valid center as i do not want to receive some disheartening mail from ETS months later. lol. Your thoughts please......

The poster above used "MACHINE"

CDCgirl:
Mercenary

Well, as scholastica16 has said. It'll be better for you to write another test asap for keeps because ETS have or would mail your school this update. Start reading asap, holla I'll give you magoosh for prep. Hope for the worst and pray for the best. Karma is a beautiful biatch

CDCgirl:
What are the consequences of both?

Lol, both. Which one is the koko, let men help you dissect it

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MasterforceII:
Akokites always represent. Great Akokites!

Great!!! After doing all the FSC's and GEG's, men just dey blast gre

MasterforceII:
Wow. Who's this silent reader that scored 170? He should "unsilent" himself and tell us how he did it. Lol. Some people are just naturally gifted tbh. They could score 170 with very minimal preparation.

I'm unsilent now!. Hahaha. I know two people now tho an akokite 326, 170 Q and one other guy who wanted to use his 170 Q to go to one otedola state University. I know another 169 Q and he's also an akokite.....

TheExclusive:
Hi guys

Thanks for making this thread awesome.

Pls...what are the chances of someone that intends to start preparations by mid December and write GRE by first week in January due to tight work schedules.

x< 305

IstandWitBuhari:
Please can I have his number or email address ?

Patrick.jimoh60atgmaildotcom

Time2Smile:
It has been interesting and a little challenging. PhD in the US, especially in the first year entails a careful balance of three major aspects; The core courses, Lab rotation and most likely Teaching assistantship (TA).

The core courses are quite demanding and you cover so much in a short space of time. Two courses of 4 credit hours each, and a seminar of just 1 credit hour. Lectures for each course are twice a week and early morning in my case. In two week(4 lectures) we covered more than a typical Nigerian semester. So if you don't review the lectures after the class, they pile up really fast. One thing I try to do is review the previous lecture before the next class. Also, we record the lectures and listen to it again, because so much information is passed across in limited time. American students even struggle to cope with the pace of some of the classes.

Another important thing to keep in mind is that C is a failing grade for a PhD student. That means the student has to retake the course and a number of students are actually retaking Molecular Biology. Full exams also are frequent, usually every four weeks but tend to only cover the lectures treated in the previous period. Therefore up to 4 exams in a little over 3 months period and then the average is used to determine the final grade. I think most people know that C in the US is not 50% but a lot higher and sometimes depend whether the Professor decides to "curve" the grade using the class average.

One of the thing that has helped me is forming a study group, where we discuss the lectures and bat around ideas. I also picked the brain of Senior PhD students about what to expect from each course and Professor( All courses have more than one Professor, with different style and exam). The good thing about it all is you learn a whole lot, the classroom experience is great, Professors are helpful and would gladly answer your question in class, through email or you can set up an appointment for an office visit.

In my program, a PhD student is expected to perform two laboratory rotations to determine which lab to pursue dissertation. So after your classes, you would usually go to your lab. While securing a lab before admission really helps the admission chances, it might be counterproductive in the long run. I say this because of what I have gleaned in my few months. Finding a good research fit is highly important as the student would be spending the better part of 5 years in that lab. This goes beyond performing a research that interests you, but also encompasses the temperament and mien of your potential PI. Some labs are notorious for being difficult, toxic and also some PIs are almost impossible to work with. In addition, you will want to find a lab that has funding, because then you will have more money and freedom to conduct your research and will not have to work as a TA beyond the first two years. Working as a Research Assistant means you can devote all your time to research.
Sadly, this information cannot be accessed until the student is fully on the ground. The good thing is thatmost labs actually need students and would gladly accept you as a rotation students.

The TA is where the stipend come from and you are expected to perform your duty as assigned. We don't get to teach in my department but I know other departments in UTD where PhD students teach courses. We assist in laboratory practicals mostly, grade scripts and proctor exams.
Officially you are expected to work 20hours per week but is less than that in practice (maybe between 8 to 10 hours per week). The Graduate advisor actually gave us the freedom to choose our TA assignment from the available pool. My advice is to never volunteer for a TA assignment others are unwilling to do as they are usually the most difficult and require more time commitment.

The general life in the US has been good, The weather in Dallas has been mild (although it is getting cold), food is relatively cheap in Texas and there are Nigerian stores in Dallas. A drawback is that one needs a car to get to most places as the public transport is not the best. I love UTD in this area because there are free buses that run to campus every ten or twenty minutes to students dominated housing areas(depending on where you stay). Most shopping options lie within the route to campus, so you can also use the bus for that. The school is located in a suburb so it is really safe and accessible.

The facilities are top notched as would expect from a US university, but it some simple, civilized touches that have impressed me the most. Like a kitchen with fridge and microwave attached to the lab, coffee and tea available in the lab. There are lab meetings fortnightly with good food ordered from restaurants. There are different kinds of sits all over campus with charging ports, there is always an event or small talk on campus. The staffs are always willing to held and I actually misplaced my relatively new phone on campus but had no doubt that it would be returned by whoever finds it and it was.

The aspect of the PI cannot be over emphasized!!!...

An endangered species!

Wash, I know someone who didn't cut off that got in, and he still boasted that he'll get in again, some people have their ways

TheGreat342:
A friend was asking if he can bring palm oil and groundnut oil to the US. Please, can one bring this kind of stuffs to US because me no carry anything enter here apart my clothes ooo

bring only naija things that can't be purchased outside Nigeria

briliantsak:
Hi,

My GRE is less than 10days to go... I did the first Powerprep today (as a result of job hunting coupled with research papers writing) Verbal: 149, Quant: 156. I'm targeting 160:160 in the real test as compared to this... Kindly help me out with suggestions

Books that I'm using

Quant : Barron, Manhattan, Grubber and ETS official

Verbal: Barron, Grubber, ETS official, Maghoosh word list

AW: Kaplan, Barron and ETS official

You can't score lower than 305 if you keep up with your level of prep but I'll say don't hope for too much. Run through magoosh questions or Manhattan 5lb, now's the time to practice, you might get an eye opener to some concepts. But timed practice tests don't lie, especially powerprep.

cassey14:
I think you should listen to that guy. TOEFL isn't up to that amount. B.Y MAFIT and myexamplanet.com charges 50k. I did mine for 45k at B.Y MAFIT cos they had a promo going on which was last month.

Use brabit it's 40k

JoshMedia:
Hello as anyone Registered using this guys?

Please anyone recommending them for TOEFL and how fast are they?

Yes sir

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PHEEEMMMY:
Hello Scholars,
Greetings to you all, It's great to be here.
I just finished my Master's in Europe. I'm back in Nigeria.
My next plan is to apply for PhD's. I'm into more of Agriculture/Agronomy/Plant pathology field.
I registered for GRE. I will sit for it in the next 3-weeks. (I NEED HINTS, ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PASS THIS TEST WELL).
Likewise, Can you share sites where PhD positions are listed?.

Thank you all, I celebrate you all....

As a PhD applicant, profs have a large impact in your admission and funding. Sir please start contacting them, check portals like Texas A&M wildlife and co for funding adverts

People that'll answer you are coming....

paulavon:
You just enter an important thread to make a childish and baseless comment.

Don't be angry sir