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adoleval: Is It No GRE no admission n funding?

To a very great extent, YES because an average US school requires GRE.

dafemlions: To a very great extent, YES because an average US school requires GRE.

Thank you for the selfless service you're rendering here on NL.
Your post has provided answers to most of my burning questions.
I'm in final year now and will need your guidance much later, I'll send you a mail to keep in touch. May God bless and reward you abundantly.
~Valentine.

adoleval: Is It No GRE no admission n funding?

Yes, to an extent.

@dafemlions, thanks for your contributions. This is really good. I have tried to follow your advices. Most schools seems to offer funding after admission. I have checked few once offering my course, assistantship for them all seems to be after admission. I would I know if I can secure this funding in the long run if I accept offer and resume?

Really good thread, I have a Masters degree in chemistry but not that good. I want go for PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry , currently working BT wanna study in Either Canada, US, or South Africa. I need help

Mrval20: Thank you for the selfless service you're rendering here on NL.
Your post has provided answers to most of my burning questions.
I'm in final year now and will need your guidance much later, I'll send you a mail to keep in touch. May God bless and reward you abundantly.
~Valentine.

You are very welcome. I will expect your email.

naijamark: @dafemlions, thanks for your contributions. This is really good. I have tried to follow your advices. Most schools seems to offer funding after admission. I have checked few once offering my course, assistantship for them all seems to be after admission. I would I know if I can secure this funding in the long run if I accept offer and resume?

Hello Naijamark, That is how it is usually stated. The schools consider you for admission first before considering you for funding. However, the letter they usually send out will include the whole package (Admission and funding). In case you did not get funded at first, you might get funding on the longrun but I usually do not advice that you accept admission without funding cos schooling in the US or Canada without funding is usually very crazy for international students. So what I recommend is that you should apply to an average of 6 schools that only have masters program. use the search method I included in the FAQ's and you will be fine. If you do a quite extensive search and you do well in the GRE, and you also apply to at least 6 Universities that offer only masters in your field, you have a very high chance of getting admission and funding.

Mustghan: Really good thread, I have a Masters degree in chemistry but not that good. I want go for PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry , currently working BT wanna study in Either Canada, US, or South Africa. I need help

Send me an email at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com, stating what you have in your undergrad and Masters and I will be able to better advice you.

Hi... I have some questions:
someone said full tuition scholarship via gra
duate/research assistantship is only available for engineering students... pls clarify... As a social science is it difficult get a graduate assistantship?
Thanks

phatdon4u:
Hi... I have some questions:
someone said full tuition scholarship via gra
duate/research assistantship is only available for engineering students... pls clarify... As a social science is it difficult get a graduate assistantship?
Thanks

That is not true. Once you fulfill all the requirements and you indicate in your application that you want to be considered for funding, you will surely be considered for funding in terms of a graduate, research or teaching Assistantship which comes with full tuition waiver, health insurance and monthly stipend. The only area where funding is very very competitive is in public health and other medical related courses like nursing, medicine etc

dafemlions:
Hello Naijamark, That is how it is usually stated. The schools consider you for admission first before considering you for funding. However, the letter they usually send out will include the whole package (Admission and funding). In case you did not get funded at first, you might get funding on the longrun but I usually do not advice that you accept admission without funding cos schooling in the US or Canada without funding is usually very crazy for international students. So what I recommend is that you should apply to an average of 6 schools that only have masters program. use the search method I included in the FAQ's and you will be fine. If you do a quite extensive search and you do well in the GRE, and you also apply to at least 6 Universities that offer only masters in your field, you have a very high chance of getting admission and funding.

@Dafemlions, could you please explain the bolded further? You mean I should target colleges offering MS as highest postgrad programme?

@dameflions...The expository piece is highly resourceful, much appreciated. I am a civil engineering graduate with a core interest in structures but I have just been introduced to bridge inspection at my workplace. I intend to combine my present work experience and evolving interest to have a profound knowledge in a US or CANADIAN school as part of my statement of purpose for a research, all these coupled with the GRE and my academic transcripts. What chance do I stand if I may ask and what's your take on my planned moves? Thanks.

Amen

Mrval20:
Thank you for the selfless service you're rendering here on NL.
Your post has provided answers to most of my burning questions.
I'm in final year now and will need your guidance much later, I'll send you a mail to keep in touch. May God bless and reward you abundantly.
~Valentine.

naijamark:
@Dafemlions, could you please explain the bolded further? You mean I should target colleges offering MS as highest postgrad programme?

Hello naijamark,
I actually mean that you should target programs or colleges that offer MS as the highest postgrad programme

Raul08:
@dameflions...The expository piece is highly resourceful, much appreciated. I am a civil engineering graduate with a core interest in structures but I have just been introduced to bridge inspection at my workplace. I intend to combine my present work experience and evolving interest to have a profound knowledge in a US or CANADIAN school as part of my statement of purpose for a research, all these coupled with the GRE and my academic transcripts. What chance do I stand if I may ask and what's your take on my planned moves? Thanks.

I think that's a very good idea. I will suggest that you try your best in your GRE. I will suggest that you get the Manhattan GRE books for your preparation. It is a preparation packet of about 8 books which costs about 94 dollars on amazon. the link on amazon is http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Prep-GRE-Strategy-Guides/dp/1937707911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419461115&sr=8-1&keywords=Manhattan+GRE

People that have used the book for preparation have done so well in the exam. I wish you all the best. you can send me an email at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com if you have further questions

nice thread informative

@dameflion...I have the 8 series Manhattan gre practice text you recommended (soft copy) now. I will carry you along. I intend taking my time to prepare though.

Gozychuks:
nice thread informative

Thanks

Raul08:
@dameflion...I have the 8 series Manhattan gre practice text you recommended (soft copy) now. I will carry you along. I intend taking my time to prepare though.

Hello Raul08. could you please send me an email at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com?

@Dafemlions, sure i will

Raul08:
@dameflion...I have the 8 series Manhattan gre practice text you recommended (soft copy) now. I will carry you along. I intend taking my time to prepare though.

The problem with these soft copies is: no power, no study, so annoying.

Raul08:
@dameflion...I have the 8 series Manhattan gre practice text you recommended (soft copy) now. I will carry you along. I intend taking my time to prepare though.

Please, could u kindly share with me the soft copy of the 8 series manhattam gre practice text?
I sent you a PM.
Thanks

seeker88:
Please, could u kindly share with me the soft copy of the 8 series manhattam gre practice text?
I sent you a PM.
Thanks

@seeker88 you can also send gre.nigeria@yahoo.com an email to share some materials with you in addition to the Manhattan GRE. All these materials do complement each other.

Raul08:
@dameflion...I have the 8 series Manhattan gre practice text you recommended (soft copy) now. I will carry you along. I intend taking my time to prepare though.

raul please can you send me a soft copy of this book.my email is tommyhycinth@yahoo.com.

may God bless you in all your hustles.
thanks in advance.

Thank you for your timely advice. I've been having difficulty getting a supervisor for a research degree, I am therefore considering going for master by coursework. Does this affect my chances of a PhD later on?

naijamark:
Thank you for your timely advice. I've been having difficulty getting a supervisor for a research degree, I am therefore considering going for master by coursework. Does this affect my chances of a PhD later on?

Hello Naijamark, The US and Canadian system is very different from the UK system which Nigeria follows. You will always take classes whether you come in for Masters or you go directly for a Ph.D. However, there are programs where you can actually go directly from an undergraduate directly to a Ph.D. For example, you can do that if you are a Chemistry major. My best advice is that you go for a Masters and then a Ph.D because it is always good to adjust to the system before going for a Ph.D because coming in for a Ph.D might be very tedious because your first year is always very intensive and rigorous followed by a qualifying exam which if you fail after one or two attempts could make them kick you out of the program. So you are better positioned for the challenges you might face in the Ph.D program when you go through a masters program first.

I hope this helps

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Campuslink:
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@Campuslink, Why do you guys like to extort fellow Nigerians that are struggling by telling them to come for tutorials when they can study on their own. Even the website you posted the link is not up to date. For example your website still says GRE scores ranges from 200 to 800 which is basically for the old GRE.

Friends on this thread, please ignore posts from Campuslink. They are just hungry Nigerians trying to extort fellow struggling Nigerians. If you have gone through the thread and you have questions, send us an email at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com and we will answer all your questions to the best of our knowledge.

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The goal of GRE Nigeria is to help provide information for studying in North America (US and Canada) so that for those that want to work in academia could have access to world-class education and go back to help our struggling educational system.

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God bless you and God bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Nice piece of write-up! I'm currently studying Statistics for my Bsc and i intend to switch field in my Msc to Information tech, computer science so i'd love to know bout Indian universities and U.S universities that offer free scholarship and funding for my proposed course and how to prepare for the entrance test if there is any. THANK YOU

@Dafe good stuff must commend your efforts in getting out this information to the public. will make a great resource any day.
i am a recruitment officer for my firm how do i pm you?

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@campusconnect you can send me a message at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com
I can see on your website that you guys are doing this for money and that is not what I stand for. All I care about is to help Nigerian students who are willing to study in the US and Canada for the purpose of building the Nigerian Educational system.

campusconnect:
@Dafe good stuff must commend your efforts in getting out this information to the public. will make a great resource any day.
i am a recruitment officer for my firm how do i pm you?

Campus Connections is a recruitment agency for students wishing to study abroad linking them with opportunities across the world.
Our educational services include

* Application processing into institution in UK, USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, ASIA and DUBAI

* Visa Counseling and Guidance etc

for enquiries
email:lagos@campusconnections-edu.com
george.campusconnections@yahoo.com
tel: 08186775365
www.campusconnections-edu.com

Harry4cas:
Nice piece of write-up! I'm currently studying Statistics for my Bsc and i intend to switch field in my Msc to Information tech, computer science so i'd love to know bout Indian universities and U.S universities that offer free scholarship and funding for my proposed course and how to prepare for the entrance test if there is any. THANK YOU

Kindly go through the post all over and let me know if you have additional questions by sending me an email at gre.nigeria@yahoo.com
gre.nigeria will also send you materials to prepare for the exam if you wish.