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NigPatriot:
Put your sponsor details.

NigPatriot:
You need help with bank statement? Bro please don't put yourself in a situation where you'll be placed in a 10 year ban. Don't be desperate!!!

If you need a bank statement. Dont you have relatives? If not. Seek a loan from fintechs like mpower, prodigy finance etc. But please don't seek agents in getting a BS. If you get a ban you'll be so sorry for yourself.

My two cents.

Duisburg:
Thanks, man.

I finally got from a relative.

And yes, what do the school look at? Is it the total transaction done over 6 months or the current balance. The account statement I got has about #53m transaction over the last 6 months but the current balance is #26,000.

Many thanks.

Jesunikanloba:
Please I want to ask from the persons that have visited the Abuja embassy for visa interview if there's any space provided for one to keep or drop stuffs like mobile fones and co since they are not allowed in the interview room. Or one should just keep it at home? Thank you!

crystalsoul:
crystalsoul: 3:34pm

I do advise you to keep your personal belongings at home or your hotel.There are people who do volunteer to keep that for people outside but I don't think it is advisable

fairheart:
You noticed I didn't like being corrected? And that I am imposing? How have I imposed my views on anyone? This is a public forum, with individual having right to agree or ignore! Y'all are just looking for fault where there's none! I am supposed to have my own opinion, just as the people who have written against my posts. Express your opinion and move on; nobody has monopoly on things, but every single person here has the right to defend their views. So, defending what I believe is correct is not being teachable to you?

I am a huge lover of learning, but if you want to teach me, teach me well and teach me in a superior way. I have learnt many things from Nairaland, including from people who are here to learn as well. Teachability is not about taking just anything from just anyone, simply because you want to be seen as a learner, otherwise you'd lose true knowledge; being teachable is about able to receive and learn what is necessary for personal edification. And you don't even know me enough to erroneously assume that I am not teachable. So, if I have an opinion and another person say it is wrong, I should do away with that opinion and accept what that person is saying? Is that what you call being teachable? Sorry, this is not how I was educated!

An intellectual defends what he knows against silly opinions. That is why debates and thesis and journals and research are the bedrock of academic evolution. I am willing to learn, but not from someone that cannot even coherently put their thought together, let alone clearly point my errors to me.

Go to the post below the one you quoted and see if he has anything reasonable there. He said people need mentorship on how to do their research and wonder if I will be able to do that for my students if I am a faculty. So, I should have said "Yes, sir, I cannot do that for my students, you are correct"? Read the post and see if it was not mentoring enough. The post he quoted and supposedly objected was carefully written, to guide people how to look for schools and funding. Take your time to read it and tell me how that post wrong. An intellectual without a defense of what he knows is not an intellectual.

When you learn something and you have truly learnt it, you can let someone who doesn't know what he was saying to tell you that you don't know it. Then let go what you invested time and effort to learn, simply because you want to appear "teachable."
if you want to teach me, teach me in a way that I will unlearn and relearn what I think I know, not finding fault where there's none.

By the way, I am not here to compete with any of you. If anyone is against what I write, they can avoid me.

Malone122:
it’s okay send it to em

Unlimitedurch:
@duisburg you should differ the admission now. Contact your school.

fairheart:
There are people on this thread with negative opinion on things they do not understand, and I feel if they see things from another angle, it will help their journey.

On revealing school or not, nobody was forced at gun point to do it. I only advise those who are in touch with me and they see sense in that advise. We have seen 0ver 1000 approved f-1 transcripts from this thread as they continue to grow. One thing is certainly not useful to any student on these transcripts: the school name. Instead, picking up schools from transcripts here is part of the reasons some of you are not getting your visa and that you will still not get it until you change and do your home work.


It has been nice being here.
All the best!

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fairheart:
Your naira bank account bank statement of course. You are required to submit 6 months statement, showing balance that is equivalent or above your deficit.

However, open a dom for your personal use in the U.S and get a card for the account before you travel. It will help you a lot.

NigPatriot:
@fairheart you need to relax. You're being too defensive recently. Why most people are challenging you is because of your impetus. You might be doing a great job with your "clientele" but then still realize that everyone is teachable. I noticed, you don't like being corrected or called to your faults. Don't feel you're superior to anyone or you know it all.
We all are a work in progress, no one is superior to another, from the comments and replies from people it's obvious you're the one who started with this "hiding school" trend.

Don't impose your opinion on anyone, people here are adults, if you feel the need to give advice then do. But I noticed you're imposing with your ordeals.

Let people decide on what they want to do!!!!

Duisburg:
Thanks, man.

I finally got from a relative.

And yes, what do the school look at? Is it the total transaction done over 6 months or the current balance. The account statement I got has about #53m transaction over the last 6 months but the current balance is #26,000.

Many thanks.

fairheart:
There are people on this thread with negative opinion on things they do not understand, and I feel if they see things from another angle, it will help their journey.

On revealing school or not, nobody was forced at gun point to do it. I only advise those who are in touch with me and they see sense in that advise. We have seen 0ver 1000 approved f-1 transcripts from this thread as they continue to grow. One thing is certainly not useful to any student on these transcripts: the school name. Instead, picking up schools from transcripts here is part of the reasons some of you are not getting your visa and that you will still not get it until you change and do your home work.

WHEN YOU COPY SCHOOL
When you copy school and only rely on transcripts for this purpose, you CHEAT YOURSELF of potential opportunity for your own school and perhaps, good scholarship and funding. I am of the opinion that if your Dad is not so rich that he could pay about $30K cost of attendance X 2, you ought to take the path of strength and self-sufficiency: getting good scholarship or assistantship. I understand that there are people on this thread with intention to merely use the F-1 visa to migrate. My advise are for those who actually wanted to study and secure a better future for themselves. These are the people that are required to do their homework--as part of the price for future success. It is not suffering!

When you copy schools from here, you deny yourself the opportunity to find schools that can offer you better opportunities. There are hundreds of schools for your program and that will fund you if you have a good profile and you apply early. All you have to do is explore those schools! But when you copy school from here, chances is high they will exhaust their funding due to high volume application and stop funding subsequent admission. WIU was used as a case study. They may give you admission, but always remember that every school has number of international students they wish to take, and every department has number of GA, scholarship, fellowship they award to admitted students. Bombing a school someone got admitted into always cheat you of opportunity to get something better if you had applied to a school that is not like a pure water on Nairaland.

The better your financial opportunity and unique your profile, the higher your chances of approval. Your friend might have done it and easily get their visa, but it doesn't mean it will work for you that way. This thing is case by case.

I have shared ideas on doing the work in the past. Sometimes, people assume because I am experienced on F-1 application that I know all the school that funds and easily give admission. And when I tell them I have no idea, they assume I am selfish or doesn't want to help them. The truth is that, I don't have schools in my head, except the ones students on and off here recently got approved with, and it is a matter of time before you forget them. Because of this, I feel those who did not understand should be made to understand.

There's nothing hard is finding your own school, and it is not a crime to keep it only to a small circle of friends. It doesn't mean selfishness or greed. By keeping it away, you give others the opportunity to work and find a school that works for them. But if anyone feels they want Nairaland to know their school, I have nothing against it. Who am I to be against such?

HOW TO SEARCH AND FIND GOOD SCHOOLS FOR YOUR PROFILE.

1 Google is the first place to start. And cost of attendance and profile of the school should be on your mind as you begin. First, you want to go to a school your sponsor can afford. Secondly, you want to be considered for funding that will come with monthly stipend to offset living expenses, so that you will not worry how to survive (especially if you can't get adequate support from home while in the U.S). Thirdly, you want to study at a school that offers courses that will equip and prepare you for the next phase of your career. You need specialty, broad knowledge, internship opportunity, etc. Remember, I am talking to students who genuinely want to study in the United States and are willing to do the work. Now, the three points should be in mind before you begin your school search.

1a, Be creative about it. Use search strings that is worded with your wants, i.e affordability, funding, good course., etc. Let me give you a list:
AFFORDABLE UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S FOR MASTER'S IN CHEMISTRY (For blog posts and sites that catalogue affordable schools for chemistry).
BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S FOR MASTER'S IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (For top ranking, research-driven universities for the mentioned course)
UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S WITH ASSISTANTSHIP FOR MASTER'S IN MATHEMATICS (For schools offering assistantship for mathematics).

As you would see, search string contains what you want Google to show you, and that is what you will see. The more creative you're, the better. Your search result will bring up blog posts and sites that discuss and list universities for what you want. Then, you visit site by site, and from there, make a list of the schools you see, and keep away. When you are done, visit those schools one by one. You could make a list of 20 schools, or as much as you want.

1b, Get your schools by choice of U.S States. If you were to go to the U.S which state would you like to study? California? Texas? New York? Tennessee? Etc! Select best 3 states of your choice or that you have a family member or friends.
Go to Google and type, for example, ALL UNIVERSITIES IN TEXAS. Google will bring up sites and blog posts with list of these schools. I advise you look for Wikipedia page for all the schools on the list. As a study-abroad consultant, Wikipedia [/b]page for all schools in each U.S state seems the most resourcesful. There, private and public schools in the state you search is catalogued, so you get to see list of public and private schools in that state. You see their acceptance rate as well. All you do is open those schools in new tab, then read about it and get the school website directly from them. It is simple, except you are not computer literate.

[b]2, CHECKING FOR ASSISTANTSHIP: When you open the school webiste, go straight to academic and you will see undergraduate and graduate programs. It is always under academic. Click the one that applies. Check list of programs offered and pick the program (s) you are interested in. Check program courses, and look for assistantship/scholarship. Every program page has information for assistantship/scholarship. If your master's program department offers assistantship, you will see the information there. Read it and understand condition for selection. If that school is okay, make a list on a paper and keep. You can do for as many as you want.

2a, Immediately you review your program webpage, look for the "Graduate Coordinator" or "Program Director". These are the faculty members with information on funding. Your duty is to contact each school before you even apply to them. I always advise my students to contact their program coordinator before they apply. Get the email and name of this person. Take your time to write a 3-5 paragram message detailing your course, undergraduate GPA, that you are interested in the program for so, so admission term, and that "what is the chances of being selected for a graduate assistantship or departmental scholarship if admitted into the program."

ALWAYS CONTACT YOUR POTENTIAL SCHOOL BEFORE YOU APPLY THERE.

2b, If you compose your message well, your program coordinator will be compelled to tell you what is obtainable according to your profile, GPA, experience, etc. They always tell you what is obtainable. You can then use this information to decide if you will apply or not. In December last year, a student followed these step and the two schools he contacted promised --right in their response to her message--that based on his profile, if he apply, he will be considered for admission and assistantship. He did, and both schools admitted him and offered him assistantship. He got his visa last month with deficit of $1K.

If the response from the person in charge of department seems favourable, go ahead and apply right away. The earlier, the better for you.

2c, Don't underestimate your potential of getting into top schools. Explore those too. Make a budget on how many schools you plan to apply to. Be principled about it. Be creative. Use initiative and push yourself and do your thing.


RESOURCES YOU NEED.
A LAPTOP--You need a laptop to do these search well and for better result.
DATA FOR INTERNET-- plan how you will always have data for this task.
TIME--Decide which day of the week you will use to explore schools (put off things that won't add value to you for this task).

It is funny that some of you who complain that people are hiding their schools and so you couldn't apply their and get the same opportunity carry expensive smart phone but don't have a computer, and you say you're a student in 21st century? What exactly do you want to sacrifice to study abroad? As a youth, I was fortunate to start using computer at 17. By the time I was 21, I own a brand new laptop as a gift. I didn't ask for shoes, no jeans, but a laptop. I was hungry for knowledge. Even when I clock 30 and I needed a new laptop, I deny myself a smart phone and used the money to get a UK-USED laptop. I was using a Nokia analogue phone for 15 months, using laptop for Whatsapp, email works, and others. A silly person would say "O, you must have suffered." This is not suffering! This is sacrifice for a better life and a glorious future!

Some of you have rich parents but you never asked them for things that will help you advance your career. It is either expensive wig, phones or shoes. What happen to asking for laptop, books, and things that the beautiful future you want required?

Going to America to study is a worthwhile dream. It is a dream that both young people from the grassroots and the upper class can achieve. Last week, a student from this thread called me that he got an internship of $10000 per month. He sacrificed a lot to get his visa. Look at him today? Sacrifice paid off! I have seen young people that sold their stuffs to make these dreams a reality. Today, they are richer and more successful their their peers with rich parents.

You must gift yourself what your future demands! Get a laptop, keep money for data and make this task of getting a good school for you a priority. Enough of Netflix that add no academic value! Enough of using social media to waste quality time. If going abroad to study is your dream and you have no rich parents, listen to me and you will remember this message 10 years to come. If you really want to study abroad and become your best, get yourself a laptop, create time for the work involved. You have no business carrying iPhone 12 if you don't have a personal computer you can go to, to do the things that are better done on laptop.

The school search I just shared here needs a working laptop.

I know some of you already hate to see the name Fairheart , but well, I know my people and my people know me. Those who needs the message I preach will take it and use it. And for that, I am blessed!

It has been nice being here.
All the best!

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fairheart:
You noticed I didn't like being corrected? And that I am imposing? How have I imposed my views on anyone? This is a public forum, with individual having right to agree or ignore! Y'all are just looking for fault where there's none! I am supposed to have my own opinion, just as the people who have written against my posts. Express your opinion and move on; nobody has monopoly on things, but every single person here has the right to defend their views. So, defending what I believe is correct is not being teachable to you?

I am a huge lover of learning, but if you want to teach me, teach me well and teach me in a superior way. I have learnt many things from Nairaland, including from people who are here to learn as well. Teachability is not about taking just anything from just anyone, simply because you want to be seen as a learner, otherwise you'd lose true knowledge; being teachable is about able to receive and learn what is necessary for personal edification. And you don't even know me enough to erroneously assume that I am not teachable. So, if I have an opinion and another person say it is wrong, I should do away with that opinion and accept what that person is saying? Is that what you call being teachable? Sorry, this is not how I was educated!

An intellectual defends what he knows against silly opinions. That is why debates and thesis and journals and research are the bedrock of academic evolution. I am willing to learn, but not from someone that cannot even coherently put their thought together, let alone clearly point my errors to me.

Go to the post below the one you quoted and see if he has anything reasonable there. He said people need mentorship on how to do their research and wonder if I will be able to do that for my students if I am a faculty. So, I should have said "Yes, sir, I cannot do that for my students, you are correct"? Read the post and see if it was not mentoring enough. The post he quoted and supposedly objected was carefully written, to guide people how to look for schools and funding. Take your time to read it and tell me how that post wrong. An intellectual without a defense of what he knows is not an intellectual.

When you learn something and you have truly learnt it, you can let someone who doesn't know what he was saying to tell you that you don't know it. Then let go what you invested time and effort to learn, simply because you want to appear "teachable."
if you want to teach me, teach me in a way that I will unlearn and relearn what I think I know, not finding fault where there's none.

By the way, I am not here to compete with any of you. If anyone is against what I write, they can avoid me.

fairheart:
You noticed I didn't like being corrected? And that I am imposing? How have I imposed my views on anyone? This is a public forum, with individual having right to agree or ignore! Y'all are just looking for fault where there's none! I am supposed to have my own opinion, just as the people who have written against my posts. Express your opinion and move on; nobody has monopoly on things, but every single person here has the right to defend their views. So, defending what I believe is correct is not being teachable to you?

I am a huge lover of learning, but if you want to teach me, teach me well and teach me in a superior way. I have learnt many things from Nairaland, including from people who are here to learn as well. Teachability is not about taking just anything from just anyone, simply because you want to be seen as a learner, otherwise you'd lose true knowledge; being teachable is about able to receive and learn what is necessary for personal edification. And you don't even know me enough to erroneously assume that I am not teachable. So, if I have an opinion and another person say it is wrong, I should do away with that opinion and accept what that person is saying? Is that what you call being teachable? Sorry, this is not how I was educated!

An intellectual defends what he knows against silly opinions. That is why debates and thesis and journals and research are the bedrock of academic evolution. I am willing to learn, but not from someone that cannot even coherently put their thought together, let alone clearly point my errors to me.

Go to the post below the one you quoted and see if he has anything reasonable there. He said people need mentorship on how to do their research and wonder if I will be able to do that for my students if I am a faculty. So, I should have said "Yes, sir, I cannot do that for my students, you are correct"? Read the post and see if it was not mentoring enough. The post he quoted and supposedly objected was carefully written, to guide people how to look for schools and funding. Take your time to read it and tell me how that post wrong. An intellectual without a defense of what he knows is not an intellectual.

When you learn something and you have truly learnt it, you can let someone who doesn't know what he was saying to tell you that you don't know it. Then let go what you invested time and effort to learn, simply because you want to appear "teachable."
if you want to teach me, teach me in a way that I will unlearn and relearn what I think I know, not finding fault where there's none.

By the way, I am not here to compete with any of you. If anyone is against what I write, they can avoid me.

NigPatriot:
The school checked the transaction history and the closing balance.

Prexy1999:
Try to jettison your sense of entitlement man! I am done with my PhD now bro! We don’t even know which school you are in USA. It will be nice if you can even tell us bro which I am sure you will never even mention. If you are an alumni of my school you will never open your dirty brain by talking to me like that.

I don’t argue with an asinine person bro. Take care

Prexy1999:
If truly Mentor Fairheart is in ANY school in USA or been a graduate and doing his OPT/working , he won’t be devoted of been in this forum everyday as not his undying love for people reach that level rather than been an agent who used to obtain docs from those who consult him and edit it for his clients. You can’t be in grad school and still get time of answering or becoming lord of nairaland .

If he can prove his credibility that he is in school then I will rest my case, just tell me which school you are and if you can’t tell me here there is a chance of you telling me by DM me I give you that opportunity’s

Ifygreatt:
Hello bro! How were you able to finish your Phd in USA within two years OR less? I came across this your post in 2019

fairheart:
So, let me play with you a little, and at the same time be earnest with you. This is the 6th time you are using "been" in the place of "being" and you are blindly confident enough to question my education and credibility? And I am wondering how you went through a graduate school? You said you just completed your PhD. A Doctorate degree holder that cannot differentiate between been and being? How I’ did you write your thesis?

You are just giving me more popularity here. You should rest! I am a mountain that cannot be moved or broken by things without weight. People wey sabi book pass you don try am, they got tired. You are a small boy in the school of thought I belong. You're a dog challenging a lion! I personally love stimulating conversation with people of high education. I will NEVER reply you again.

olomne:
The guy doesn't understand how internet search works....

If he does, he wouldn't encourage people censoring the name of their school.

What does it sounds like putting up a search and posts on Nairaland pops up?

Do you think if the keywords included in the search strings weren't there or censored, (like you encouraged), would the search come up?

The entire purpose of the group will be defeated if this culture is encouraged.

Twitter folks understand the power of nairaland....want to know more about anything, Nairaland has been undefeated.

The guy would even encourage people to go the traditional way of reading Books rather than information being accessed through the internet.

When folks picks interest in a school because they saw it from somewhere and apply....Tell me, will everyone fit into the requirements of the school?

If they eventually fit in, does it ends at when they're offered admission? They'll definitely still pass through the interview process and the failure to actually do the necessity would be discovered in the process.

So, the best you could do is just to keep encouraging people to do their own research and not to encourage folks to hide the name of their schools.

So once again.....I'll tell you to drink water, relax and REST!

Prexy1999:


See Fairheart fellow lol. Already hadMy MSc degree before in UK bro with my wife too and I graduated from Umich Chemical Engineering Dept last month. if you need a lot/tons of info about me and my wife chat me up I will even do a zoom video for you okay

Ifygreatt:
Okay. I don’t need your personal infos bro. I was just curious about how you finished up Phd within 2yrs because I came across your transcript as well and I would not support you lieing to drive out your points

Ifygreatt:
Okay. I don’t need your personal infos bro. I was just curious about how you finished up Phd within 2yrs because I came across your transcript as well.