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chigozieduru:
Hi. Did you apply to other schools or only Tufts? If you applied to multiple schools and you got full scholarship from one of them then it makes truth is I have not been practicing my profession given the situation in the country (no job), I got into fashion and designing, from 2012 till date..choosing full ride over 80% tuition fee waiver. If latter then the choice lies between your financial capability. Can you and/or your sponsor cover the remaining 20% tuition fee and living expenses? Living in Massachusetts is not cheap just like majority of places in US recently unless you move down south. This should give you an idea of housing cost there -- https://offcampus.tufts.edu/housing

Tufts is a private university and you'd most likely get quality education there followed by surplus job prospect afterwards. Is this MS degree in Data Analytics?

Another piece of advice would be to inquire from your grad coordinator if there's option of getting full tuition fee waiver when you commence after a semester or so from impressive coursework results.

Favoredhighly:
Hello people, what is really happening? I've been applying for dates on the US portal for the past 3 months to no avail. My school resumes tommorow but I was given a month grace, is it because I have dependants with me? I'm tired of searching, I've used about 3 agents to no avail. I applied for emergency date, and it was denied. Nothing is wrong with my documents, I dont know why there are no dates available I'm sincerely frustrated. Please how can I be helped? My present agent has been searching since last week, to no avail.

Pauliben:
Hello everyone,

My visa was approved this morning.

GRE score: No GRE
Publications: 2
School: University of Florida
Assistantship: Fully funded
Date: August 18th, 2021.
Location: Abuja
Status: Approved

Me: Good morning
VO: ( Good morning) Hand me your documents.
Me: Here you go (gave him my I-20 and passport
VO: You're going to study for a doctoral degree?
Me: Yes
VO: What's your travel experience?
Me: I have travelled to France, Finland and Germany
VO: For what?
Me: I travelled to France and Finland for my msc. I also did internship at two companies in France and Germany.
VO: He nodded his head and showed his friend who seem impressed. What did you study for your msc?
Me: Plant breeding.
VO: Very good. It's related to Horticultural science.
VO: (types for a long while...)
VO: ( gave me a white paper) I am approving your Visa. Your passport will be ready in one week. Do not transit through.... Bla bla bla (I couldn't hear him very well).
Me: Thank you. Have a nice day.

To be honest, I have read every transcript on this platform and prepared very well. But the interview was easier than expected.

In all, na God do am ooo. His Mercies endures forever and ever. AMEN.

My sincere appreciation goes to everyone that has responded to my questions. God bless you all.

Favoredhighly:
Hello people, what is really happening? I've been applying for dates on the US portal for the past 3 months to no avail. My school resumes tommorow but I was given a month grace, is it because I have dependants with me? I'm tired of searching, I've used about 3 agents to no avail. I applied for emergency date, and it was denied. Nothing is wrong with my documents, I dont know why there are no dates available I'm sincerely frustrated. Please how can I be helped? My present agent has been searching since last week, to no avail.

NigPatriot:
Oh yeah Congratulations. All the best in your endeavors.

Helkayklassic:
What are the documents you submitted for the emergency appointment? If you pick Lagos try change to Abuja.

Malone122:
which type of lazy agents are you actually using
They were available dates from April may,june
Dates started getting scarce towards June ending so it’s probably your “agent “ who wasn’t serious to pick an earlier date .

Tomibob:
Status: Approved
Location: Abuja
COA: $39000+
Funding: Full ride(Including health insurance and very good stipend)
Deficit: Nil
GRE: Yes
TOEFL: R26S26L24W30 (Thanks to the nairalander that helped with the part payment)
Appreciation: A big thanks to God and to every nairalander who dropped their transcript here at one point or the other. Your contribution really helped. Sir Walspring even went extra mile to register me (around 12am) for TOEFL even before sending him my part. He also helped out with my SEVIS. I'm really grateful.

Schools that offer full funding (I'm only sure about Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Purdue University, Indiana
West Virginia University
University of Mississippi
University of Minnesota
University of Rhode Island
University of South Carolina.

Transcript

Vo - guy on white shirt

Vo: pass your documents
Me: I did
Vo: what do you currently do?
Me: I work as a Pharmacist at xxxxx
Vo: (goes through my I-20 for some seconds)
Vo: When did you start working at your current work place
Me: March 1st, 20**
Vo: (looks straight into my eyes) what were you doing prior to this current job?
Me: I did my mandatory internship prior
Vo: what's your qualification?
Me: Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Ibadan.
Vo: Do you have any relative in the US?
Me: do you mean immediate relative?
Vo:Yeah
Me: No, I don't.
Vo: how did you get to know about this program/school?
Me: I came across this school while going through some journals during my undergraduate research project and went further to research about the faculty with research interest in pharmacogenomics, where I'll be working on studying the link between our individual genetic makeup and the way we respond to medication
Vo: (He was nodding all through and reaches out for the white paper) I'll be approving your Visa... Blah blah blah... Transit through some countries blah blah...

The truth about transcript is that it doesn't convey emotions... I was kinda scared but tried to maintain eye contact.

Success to Fall 2022 applicants!...

Favoredhighly:
I started applying late june, that was when my i20 was approved, and since then none could get a date, after using at least 2 weeks each with it. I'm just tired

smithval:
That's the first step in obtaining your Wes evaluation.
Did you pay for the WES ICAP COURSE BY COURSE EVALUATION?

After obtaining your reference number,
1) print the transcript request form they'll send to you and proceed to your university/college/polytechnic/college of education.
NB: ensure all your documents to be sent to Wes has the reference number written on them

2) go to exams and records and request for transcript to be sent to Wes.
(this will depend on your school). You may have to pay for courier service, transcript request and all that.
Ask fellow alumni.

3) if you have obtained your degree certificate, kindly upload it on WES page.
You'll see a tab for required documents.
You can only upload degree certificate while your transcript must be sent to them physically.

4) after they receive your transcript and confirm, they'll send back to your school (now electronically) for secondary verification.
Depending on your school, you may pay. And time frame varies greatly too.

5) after secondary verification, your status will change to.

"We're are processing your final evaluation, estimated date of completion is blablabla".

Hope I tried to answer your question.

All the best

Funnyman:
Please for those that have applied to the University of Arkansas, little Rock, did u submit the letters of recommendation to the email provided by urself or ur referees submitted the letter directly to the provided email? Here is the mail I got.

AllureI:
Congrats on your Visa approval. Please how where you able to apply for an expedited appointment, even after your denial within 6 months? Because it is indicated that you can't request for EA if you were denied within 6 months. Secondly when filling your DS-160, did you indicate that you have been denied before? Please your response will go a long way for me. Thank you.

Pauliben:
Hello everyone,

My visa was approved this morning.

GRE score: No GRE
Publications: 2
School: University of Florida
Assistantship: Fully funded
Date: August 18th, 2021.
Location: Abuja
Status: Approved

Me: Good morning
VO: ( Good morning) Hand me your documents.
Me: Here you go (gave him my I-20 and passport
VO: You're going to study for a doctoral degree?
Me: Yes
VO: What's your travel experience?
Me: I have travelled to France, Finland and Germany
VO: For what?
Me: I travelled to France and Finland for my msc. I also did internship at two companies in France and Germany.
VO: He nodded his head and showed his friend who seem impressed. What did you study for your msc?
Me: Plant breeding.
VO: Very good. It's related to Horticultural science.
VO: (types for a long while...)
VO: ( gave me a white paper) I am approving your Visa. Your passport will be ready in one week. Do not transit through.... Bla bla bla (I couldn't hear him very well).
Me: Thank you. Have a nice day.

To be honest, I have read every transcript on this platform and prepared very well. But the interview was easier than expected.

In all, na God do am ooo. His Mercies endures forever and ever. AMEN.

My sincere appreciation goes to everyone that has responded to my questions. God bless you all.

Pauliben:
Hello everyone,

My visa was approved this morning.

GRE score: No GRE
Publications: 2
School: University of Florida
Assistantship: Fully funded
Date: August 18th, 2021.
Location: Abuja
Status: Approved

Me: Good morning
VO: ( Good morning) Hand me your documents.
Me: Here you go (gave him my I-20 and passport
VO: You're going to study for a doctoral degree?
Me: Yes
VO: What's your travel experience?
Me: I have travelled to France, Finland and Germany
VO: For what?
Me: I travelled to France and Finland for my msc. I also did internship at two companies in France and Germany.
VO: He nodded his head and showed his friend who seem impressed. What did you study for your msc?
Me: Plant breeding.
VO: Very good. It's related to Horticultural science.
VO: (types for a long while...)
VO: ( gave me a white paper) I am approving your Visa. Your passport will be ready in one week. Do not transit through.... Bla bla bla (I couldn't hear him very well).
Me: Thank you. Have a nice day.

To be honest, I have read every transcript on this platform and prepared very well. But the interview was easier than expected.

In all, na God do am ooo. His Mercies endures forever and ever. AMEN.

My sincere appreciation goes to everyone that has responded to my questions. God bless you all.

Pascalsmith:
Your travel experience made it simple bro, imagine going to France and Germany and decided to come back , it means you are not a potential immigrant, when my elder brother who spent his time on traveling visited US embassy …. They just opened his passport and close it back and hand him a white paper, they only question they asked him

What are you going to this country to do

Which airline will be using to US and my brother says Delta airline … that’s all

Favoredhighly:
Hello people, top of the morning to you, please I need to apply for an emergency date again, where do you think I can get a favorable date between Now and September 16th.
Lagos Embassy
Abuja Embassy

Which of these has a date that is favourable for a family of 3, before September 16th? Thank you.

dtone:
I actually got my visa approved yesterday in lagos after 2 previous denials and wld love to share my transcript.just that my case is slightly different and I dunno if it will benefit others.but I must say I learnt a thing or too here for which I'm very grateful

Duisburg:
@Boyofgrace. How far?

LarryMoss:
Guys,

VISA approved this morning!

Abuja Embassy

Transcript later....!

LFundz:
VISA APPROVED ✅

Lagos Consulate

11am - Tuesday 17th

Transcript loading...

LFundz:
TRANSCRIPT

VO: Good morning.

Me: Morning ma'am.

VO: Where're you going?

Me: I'm going to Rutgers University for my masters degree in economics with concentration in econometrics and quantitative economics.

VO: Tell me about econometrics and quantitative econometrics.

Me: Bla Bla Bla . . . I started lecturing her --- she cuts in

VO: What do you do?

Me: I work as a finance associate with a leading fintech company here in Nigeria, **Name of the company**

VO: You've got $118k (she saw that in I-20)

Me: Yes, my uncle is co-sponsoring me with my dad. However personal fund is stated on my I-20 because the money is readily available in my personal bank account. ***She looked straight into my eyeball, I smiled and confidently continued talking. . . What happened was that last year I got this admission and one other admission at the London School of Economics but I had to defer the two admissions due to covid-19, but I intentionally didn't inform my sponsors that I deferred until I got the complete estimated cost of the masters program. *She smiled and cut-in.

VO: You chose Rutgers over LSE??!!

Me: Yes, because I prefer the US over the UK. **she nodded.

VO: What does your dad do?

Me: He's a deputy director at the *** and my uncle is a ***.

She typed for about 1minute, smiled at me but I bone her smile, as I never know wetin wan zup. LOL

VO: I'll be approving your visa, **she handed me the white paper.

Me: Thanks ma'am.

She started talking all those covid-19 stuffs, I no even listen again... Lol

PRAY! PRAY!! & PRAY!!! it's just God's favor

Alhamdulillah.

Thanks to everyone here,

I learnt a lot from people's transcript here, I packaged mine and I pleaded to Allah to make it work out for me.

She no even check all the supporting documents I carry along.



Pls how long will it take to get my passport picked at the DHL Office in Muri Okunola (VI)?.