₦airaland Forum

Olayinka15:
I wanna try understand u ooo... Do you mean one can pay school fees in US, with exchange rate of #375 per dollar and not changing money by all this bureau d'change, before coming here.

That's what cbn said

CBN Pegs Dollar Rate For School Fees, PTA At N375/$

In line with its determination to boost dollar supply in the economy as well as to bridge the wide gap between the interbank foreign exchange (FX) market and the parallel market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday pegged the Naira exchange rate for payment of school fees (strictly universities) abroad and Personal Travel Allowance (PTA) at N375 to the dollar.

The central bank disclosed this in a closed-door meeting it held with all chief executive officers of commercial banks as well as other authorised FX dealers in attendance. The meeting took place in Lagos....

iCool:
Mine has 3 in same state, I care less.

I'll handle it, I have always known it might flag.

Yours in same region isn't much of a problem.

I was actually joking about mine sir.

Scholastica16:
Congrats iCool. I hope all your schools were not Texas-centric sha. People say it raises red flags to the VOs.

now I'm scared because most of the schools I applied to are close to the Pacific Ocean and they are coastal... Is this a red flag too?

Congrats icool

wealth360:
I want to appreciate the likes of Walspring and other Altruist in the house for the discounted GRE test payment. am a beneficiary.
I just want to make a point on the GRE exam. Please if you are planning to write please do your research very well on where to write it. initially i was planning to take the test with BY MAFIT with just 50K until I was selected by walspring and he paid for me under ETS and am so glad I did. Why did i say so? If you check the BY MAFIT site you wont see the main venues for the different date posted on the site until you register with them and I check very well on ETS and discovered they have venues allotted for the different date.

PLEASE NOTE: the remaining test date on ETS for this month is FEB 12 and 13th. and mind you on the 12th is in Lagos here while on the 13th is in cotonou. and again throughout the month of march, all the test date and venues for GRE is not in lagos or Nigeria but in COTONOU.

Please if you are registering under BY MAFIT please call them to be sure of the date and venues very well before you register with them.

Thanks to Walspring and His team. God bless una so much.........Numbers 6 vs 23-27 for you guys
paid 47000naira instead of $205

Grateful

baba ets updates centers timely in different countries... The date and venue is a germane point you raised and an issue with them, but other things are good to go

maestrojay:
Hello guys, i love the great work y'all are doing here..
Pls i need some words of advice, i have a CGPA of 3.35 out of 5points, and im gonna be writing GRE next month. If i make a good GRE score, where can i be looking at for scholarships, im going for Masters in international relations.. Thanks alot in advance

I hope you've started tidying other app materials and as par Nigerians you have to lick your professors for reference

Some things are short lived. Nobody holy pass, tables turn. Let's take it easy at throwing stones to the market, all these shots might not stop these '' migrants'' but somebody dear to you. Everybody with his/her own race.. #nobodyholypass

GRE is 50k with BY mafit, Toefl 45k. On the gre thread someone does toefl for 40k.

Scholastica16:
Use msinus.com to see the GRE classification that is attributed to OkSU. If my memory serves me well I believe they were in the 309-314 region but please don't take my word for it.

As for the sample essay. I think Google will help.

you're doing a wonderful job sir, very wonderful. God bless you bros. But these gre classifications sef get as he be, when one would see 310-315 entering Boston, UC Berkley and the rest.. Above all you can ask for gre requirements from grad coordinator or average of the last admitted class and all.. We fear too much and some we lose some good chances...

This waiting period be like season film, it should just bring good news... That's the major key

Scholastica16:
There would always be outliers with certain aspects of their applications that only the admission committee will know for example, having a very strong financial statement or undergoing the first degree over there. The point I was making to him is, the school is too notorious for not accepting international students. Some Indians with stellar GREs, 4.0GPAs and 2 years of cognate research experience were still reporting rejections on grad cafe. In such situations, I always advice people to steer clear. UCB to me, has just about the same reputation.

That's very true sir. But some people die trying tho. The person that got admitted had a 311 gre.

Scholastica16:
Will respond to my mentions in a wee bit.

Just saw your post and thought to chime in.



Emory has a history of not accepting international students. If I had known you were applying there I would have told you point blank not to waste your time. I guess the application fee waiver was an incentive.

If it would act as a form of consolation for you, most applicants on grad cafe forum for Emory University are reporting rejections and the consensus is that Emory generally has a reputation for preferring American citizens never mind the low acceptance rate. In other words, it is not your AWA or SOPs and so on that limited you.

I know someone on here who got into a health related field there here on nairaland.

OluDare01:
Amen

I just remembered that zintellect you gave me sir. I have one admit now sha but no funding and their tuition is on the high. LSU

OluDare01:
lol. I can relate.
You will just be checking your email like every minute, check gradcafe to see the admission results from schools, check your application portal, come top am with prayer

exactly what I do. I check thegradcafe.com regularly to know which schools are deciding and when. I believe sey God do do am

OluDare01:
You've come a long way bro. I wish you all the best

Thanks Boss, this waiting period tho...

Congrats Cecemat I tap into your anointing. This part 11, we must share good news oooh...

Answer jare... I just dey laugh..... Well nobody holy pass

Jessestunch:
See as him battery low, I guess he never see light for him area for months now.... Low battery, Low brain

take a deep breathe and figure out who has a low brain

It's actually good to be open and just share, people can gain a lot from that.

I wasn't happy with my scores as well because my practice test scores were higher but I neglected the easy things.

Data interpretation sets dealt with me, I missed everything, lost balance during the test. Many people have learnt from my mistake and even my not too good score has given me one admission.

You have a recent idea of the test, it would be better if you could just guide someone or make people see the test the way you now see it. Won't that give you joy?

Just keep it that simple, if it were you that owned that magoosh account and you didn't have a food score like now, I'm sure you won't give it out. And it's not your story that would make or Mar some people's success.

kokoboy4life:
Thanks for response have contacted WES about the challenge am encountering but they still gives me same method of payment that's on their web page am pleading to anyone in the states to help me make the payment over there if someone I will really appreciate such gesture, I will pay the cash back to the person in naira currency here in Nigeria

find someone who has a USSD card here, it's pretty straight forward

wealth360:
This. Country eehhehe. God will help us. Please house I want to pay an application fee. @ Illinois state university. Please anyone here who can help me. It's $50. I will revert the equivalent of d money in naira. E sanu mi ejooo.

@walspring please sir I need the GRE materials too. Writing Feb 2nd.
Olayinkacomfort07@gmail.com
Thanks in advance

get a Gt bank or access card it's around 328 per $ now... Check the gre thread I posted a link for some materials on page 170

Renewable0216:
Sorry I'm quoting a very old msg but I need to make reference to this!
This was some 3-4 months ago and this advice has really helped.

I appreciate you Skinny and everyone that has helped me reach this stage! God bless you richly!

I'm back this time and I think I have some good news this time.

I got a mail from one of the schools you advised that I applied to that I've been accepted for a PhD Electrical Engineering. Super excited about it.

The only ish now is I was asked to send financial document before issuing I-20. Truth is I don't have such financial muscle


Anyways, I trust the Elders in the house to guide this "toddler" in the right direction

I must appreciate the indefatigable efforts of @Electronic aka my tutor He's been very helpful and instrumental all through the application stages. He's also given valuable advice on how to proceed which I hope to act on from Monday but I'm open to more guidance; the more the merrier,right?!

I totally will love full funding or something very close.

PS: I've been in talks with the grad coord for a while and she's been of help too though most times pithy and not discussing things at length. Ive never discussed funding with her up till now because I felt it was sort of sensitive but now that the admissions' given, how do I proceed from here?

Also, I once mailed the particular Prof whose research aligns with mine before submitting my application but he never replied.


Should I mail him again, or reach out to even more outside my area of interest?

What should I do differently in the mail this time?


The school is U o Kansas, if that might help

Looking forward to your much esteemed guidance folks!


cc: Electronic, Slimmy2005, Sir Riddy, Lagosismyhome, Gunther6, just wise and everyone who can be of help

Congrats bro, i tap into your anointing. In my opinion i feel not only one professor decides admission and for you to be accepted for a long tern study like PhD, probably there's a match for you or someone got interested in you. PhD's are mostly funded, they are sure you would be contributing your quota of research to the school.

Contact the Grad coord sir. I'm optimistic that there's funding for you

Congrats once again.

Before or during your grad school application, search for opportunities, using this keyword MS and PHD assistantship in *your field* using google, yahoo, bing etc is a great step ahead in getting a good match and getting funded. They have associations and forums they post these vacancies

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Scholastica16:
Thanks to everyone who kept asking and showing concern. My TOEFL was released today.

(R 29 L 29 S 26 W 28) composite: 112

Nothing earth-shattering. The highlight of my score is my speaking of 26 (which I didn't expect as I had informed the house earlier that I barely ever finished explaining myself when the time elapsed. One other time I meant to say 'dilemma' (someone was stuck between choices) and I ended up saying 'debacle'. Quickly changed it to predicament which is a good synonym for dilemma. I felt it would come-out imprecise to whoever was scoring me sha but it is whatever. Lowlight will be the writing joor. I expected a full 30 as I constantly compared myself to the Indians and Russians online that got 115-118 with perfect Writing scores.

I want to accuse ETS of malfeasance and demographic bias in scoring but I don't have empirical evidence.

I know this is a GRE thread but if anyone is preparing for TOEFL especially the speaking aspect do not panic if you are talking and you see the seconds ticking away. The evidence shows that one's overall score is not affected by this. Do not also panic if you finish talking way before the time. I don't think it hurts one's overall score as well. Try to pronounce your words slowly (many don't know this but Nigerians are accused of talking too fast).

Cheers.

El grand classico, la perfect profile now... Shoot for the stars sir

Team Lagos.......

justwise:
Well.. i think they do grasp his points..just that its not what they want to hear and he doesn't mention God enough even if he is lying.

are you a rapper sir?

noblealuu:
@all,

Please can someone who studied B.Ed in Education and English Language in a Nigerian institution get tuition waver and other benefits upon acing GRE or the opportunities are only limited to STEM.

The persons CGPA is 3.89 over 5 and intends going for Master degree in any country where scholarship opportunities could be easily assessed, preferably US.

Please house pieces of advice needed. @lagosismyhome and other gurus biko, your inputs are highly welcomed. Oblige the inquiries am making on behalf of a sister.

search education on the nl search box, I think one female education unilag graduate got one, I know I read it here. And your GPA is good too, check school requirements too. There's no static bar for getting funded.

Princess4ng:
No... I know ponpon

LOL, so you catch the gist. Good sense of humor ma'am. But on a serious note I'm looking for my friend adamu in borno, he works with Iwoulddmyou or something.