I'll advise you call them instead. They might be too busy to reply e-mails on time. Look for their number and call them!

All the best.

XTIANmaha:
Good morning everyone, pls who knows d German embassy main mail that they reply fast? I have sent them reminder mail with a mail n no reply for 3days now... Pls time is running out my enrolment starts coming Monday. Pls help

victz:
Leadway is cheaper and better than IGI but most people don't know.
IGI will issue u a black and white copy of travel/health insurance the only thing that will signify that is original is just the stamp. But u need to see Leadways Assurance travel/health issurance @ the rate of NGN12,040. Leadway is located between Costain and Alaka But/stop Surulere.

Simply put Leadway is cheaper but u can't conclude it's beta than IGI, the purpose of insurance is not the certificate but in the insurance cover. In as much as, IGI gave me a colored copy, I'm sure the cover on the certificate meets the requirements of the embassy just as much as Leadway or any other.

Obiwannn:
Ermmm, I know this is an often disliked path, as nobody wants anything to deduct indiscriminately from that very highly cherished blocked account, but I see myself taking it, and I have been developing some cool points why I should do so...
Anyways, I'd cut to the chase and throw the debate open at this point.
GETTING A SMARTPNONE ON CONTRACT VS GETTING IT OUTRIGHT.
What's your take?
(back points with reasons please).
Oya leggo.

no do am, get a small phone,lycamobile SIM card and call,when needed abi you wan finish your money?

No visa approval yet this week...God forbid!!! What is happening na

RoyalPurple:
No visa approval yet this week...God forbid!!! What is happening na

Don't be too sure.

I just got a call some minutes ago about an approval.

The wait can be frustrating though but it will definitely happen!

Cheers...

Reporting live from Düsseldorf thanks to Kayus boss for d hospitality d guy waited for more than 2 hours @ d airport n also kunlelikeme really appreciate bro (baba no sleeping on d bicycle)

My experience with Naija immigration no funny plz just try and provide all your document starting from secondary school if possible primary school leaving certificate because they will surely ask n hold some cash (1k) they delayed me more than 50 minute asking unnecessary questions don't try to prove stubbornness just calm because hmmmmm ( na Wetin dem do me n one innocent gurl like dat )

I flew etihad u av grace of 40kg baggage and 7 kg hand luggage though they will only tell you 30kg (na format Jor)

Eke40seven:
if there are a lot of PMs, information will be lost here for most people in the same race presently and those coming behind.. May be they should just stick to the admission details and interview dates. They may not need to write the day of collection since that is where the crux of the matter lies and just write only the date of approval... I. E. Don't reveal the day you will be going to pick up your visa but the day of approval would not pose any security risk, would it? Since no one will know the day of your pick up.
But the drawback of this is that, when one uses another's chronology to evaluate against ones, one is likely to put oneself under unnecessary tension especially when events are unfolding a bit more slowly.

By the way, QS, one of the three main recognized international universities ranking bodies sent me a publication of their latest rankings 2015/2016 yesterday ..(I registered for for their publications free).. It should be on their site too

From the latest rankings, in Germany.
1. TUM
2. University of Heidelberg
3. LMU
4. KIT
5. FU Berlin
6. HU Berlin
7. University of Freiburg
8. RWTH Aachen
9. University of Gottingen
10. University of Tübingen
The top 4 are within the top 100 in the world.
On their site you can filter your search to check how the various faculties fair against each school apart from the general rankings.

Don't get carried away by rankings, Germans are really not interested in such. A graduate of TUM is treated the same way a graduate of FAU in job Interviews. And mind you, the prestigious feeling of attending the highest ranked school is just for you and you alone. Germans don't brag about that, instead they discuss about the beautiful environment in which they studied. How they were able to spend less, go on road trips because their study city was cheap.

There are lots of factors one need to consider when choosing a school, if you have the luxury of such. And I tell you ranking is the least among them.

To the very glory of God and the blessing of mankind I happily announce to the house that I have received the mother of mails. To come to the embassy with travel health insurance. It could have only been God.
I appreciate all the men and women of goodwill on this forum that have tirelessly offered priceless advises. You guys are the bomb!
#Winter indeed is here!

kennyoguns0509:
Reporting live from Düsseldorf thanks to Kayus boss for d hospitality d guy waited for more than 2 hours @ d airport n also kunlelikeme really appreciate bro (baba no sleeping on d bicycle)

My experience with Naija immigration no funny plz just try and provide all your document starting from secondary school if possible primary school leaving certificate because they will surely ask n hold some cash (1k) they delayed me more than 50 minute asking unnecessary questions don't try to prove stubbornness just calm because hmmmmm ( na Wetin dem do me n one innocent gurl like dat )

I flew etihad u av grace of 40kg baggage and 7 kg hand luggage though they will only tell you 30kg (na format Jor)

Thank God for a safe trip

willy2000:


Don't get carried away by ra kings, Germans are really not interested in such A graduate of TUM is treated the same way a graduate of FAU in job Interviews. And mind you, the prestigious feeling of attending the highest ranked school is just for you and you alone. Germans don't brag about that, instead they discuss about the beautiful environment in which they studied. How they were able to spend less, go on road trips because their study city was cheap.

There are lots of factors one need to consider when choosing a school, if you have the luxury of such. And I tell you ranking is the least among them.

The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio. Why the ranking should be the least factor to be considered when selecting a university is beyond me. The ranking should be one of the most important factors.

oligee:
To the very glory of God and the blessing of mankind I happily announce to the house that I have received the mother of mails. To come to the embassy with travel health insurance. It could have only been God.
I appreciate all the men and women of goodwill on this forum that have tirelessly offered priceless advises. You guys are the bomb!
#Winter indeed is here!

Congrats man... Enjoy

oligee:
To the very glory of God and the blessing of mankind I happily announce to the house that I have received the mother of mails. To come to the embassy with travel health insurance. It could have only been God.
I appreciate all the men and women of goodwill on this forum that have tirelessly offered priceless advises. You guys are the bomb!
#Winter indeed is here!

Big Congrats Bro...I tap into your testimony.

kennyoguns0509:
Reporting live from Düsseldorf thanks

I flew etihad u av grace of 40kg baggage and 7 kg hand luggage though they will only tell you 30kg (na format Jor)

Thank God for journey mercies... Enjoy

number13:


The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio. Why the ranking should be the least factor to be considered when selecting a university is beyond me. The ranking should be one of the most important factors.

I perfectly understand willy2000 's point ... What is the effect of rankings in German universities .. That one will have upper hand?..
These things just feed ones esteem that's all..

RoyalPurple:
Sponsorship letter applicants...it's another day of waiting o. I know the good news is coming on our way and every other applicants. Has any one who used a sponsorship letter gotten a visa yet...lets know the time difference although it may differ sha. Good luck.

@RoyalPurple I suggest you get in touch with the alien's office. Those of us (Sponsorship Letter Applicants) who have contacted them were made to understand that our documents have not been delivered to the alien's office.

What makes you think that IGI's insurance cover is much more than that of Leadway? You ought to have examined critically and compared the insurance cover of both Insurance companies and also the track record of how effective they have been able to manage/handle insurance cover/claims of their clients.

Oye50:

Simply put Leadway is cheaper but u can't conclude it's beta than IGI, the purpose of insurance is not the certificate but in the insurance cover. In as much as, IGI gave me a colored copy, I'm sure the cover on the certificate meets the requirements of the embassy just as much as Leadway or any other.

twinkle1:


I perfectly understand willy2000 's point ... What is the effect rankings of universities in Germany.. That one will have upper hand?..
These things just feed ones esteem that's all..

Not quite. Academic rankings aren't vanity rankings. They're based on set criteria, and these criteria are in turn, based on factual data. The difference between rankings are how the data are processed into ranks. Universities that are higher up the QS generally carry out better work and produce better graduates (based on reputation among academics), and generally carry out more influential researches than the universities lower down the ranking.

number13:


Not quite. Academic rankings aren't vanity rankings. They're based on set criteria, and these criteria are in turn, based on factual data. The difference between rankings are how the data are processed into ranks. Universities that are higher up the QS generally carry out better work and produce better graduates (based on reputation among academics), and generally carry out more influential researches than the universities lower down the ranking.

Bro you are right.. It's indicative.. But when people start throwing lame arguments all because a school is few 10s or 50s steps higher than another because of a controversial ranking just irritates..

For example no german school has ever entered top 20 not even 30.. Will one now say all those top 30 schools are better than the top 10 German schools that the rankings arrange ??

Those rankings breed lame arguments.. So I really don't take them that seriously.. Though they can be indicative..


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oligee:
To the very glory of God and the blessing of mankind I happily announce to the house that I have received the mother of mails. To come to the embassy with travel health insurance. It could have only been God.
I appreciate all the men and women of goodwill on this forum that have tirelessly offered priceless advises. You guys are the bomb!
#Winter indeed is here!

A BIG CONGRATS TO YOU!

victz:
What makes you think that IGI's insurance cover is much more than that of Leadway? You ought to have examined critically and compared the insurance cover of both Insurance companies and also the track record of how effective they have been able to manage/handle insurance cover/claims of their clients.

Don't get me wrong bro. I was just trying to point to the fact that you can't say one is beta than another just cos of a little price difference and how the certificate looks like. I didn't even say anyone is beta but it's worthy of note that one is cheaper.

willy2000:


Don't get carried away by rankings, Germans are really not interested in such. A graduate of TUM is treated the same way a graduate of FAU in job Interviews. And mind you, the prestigious feeling of attending the highest ranked school is just for you and you alone. Germans don't brag about that, instead they discuss about the beautiful environment in which they studied. How they were able to spend less, go on road trips because their study city was cheap.

There are lots of factors one need to consider when choosing a school, if you have the luxury of such. And I tell you ranking is the least among them.

I totally agree with you on this bro. Infact from the little I searched I was able to know that even if School A rank more than school B, it doesn't translate that all the courses offered by school A ranks above that of school B. In some cases, some schools are best in Germany for a particular course even if such a school ranks 750 in the world. So let's try and check well and consider the view in whole. Thanks

twinkle1:


Bro you are right.. It's indicative.. But when people start throwing lame arguments all because a school is few 10s or 50s steps higher than another because of a controversial ranking just irritates..

For example no german school has ever entered top 20 not even 30.. Will one now say all those top 30 schools are better than the top 10 German schools that the rankings arrange ??

Those rankings breed lame arguments.. So I really don't take them that seriously.. Though they can be indicative..

Yeah, as you said the rankings are indices of certain criteria. Since there's no 'perfect' way to process the criteria into rankings, that's why I said that the higher-ranked schools are generally better, and not - as you rightly pointed out - all better, or that they're definitely better for that matter. I was just disagreeing with the dismissal of the ranking as something unimportant.

number13:


Yeah, as you said the rankings are indices of certain criteria. Since there's no 'perfect' way to process the criteria into rankings, that's why I said that the higher-ranked schools are generally better, and not - as you rightly pointed out - all better, or that they're definitely better for that matter. I was just disagreeing with the dismissal of the ranking as something unimportant.

Nailed it..

number13:


Yeah, as you said the rankings are indices of certain criteria. Since there's no 'perfect' way to process the criteria into rankings, that's why I said that the higher-ranked schools are generally better, and not - as you rightly pointed out - all better, or that they're definitely better for that matter. I was just disagreeing with the dismissal of the ranking as something unimportant.

So higher ranked schools are better but you still chose to study in a country where the most highly ranked school is not among top 30 in the world. What an irony

Like I said earlier and will continue to say it, ranking is not and should not be a major deciding factor for choosing a Uni in Germany, in America or UK it may be but not here in Germany.

oligee:
To the very glory of God and the blessing of mankind I happily announce to the house that I have received the mother of mails. To come to the embassy with travel health insurance. It could have only been God.
I appreciate all the men and women of goodwill on this forum that have tirelessly offered priceless advises. You guys are the bomb!
#Winter indeed is here!

kingsleymike:
Visa Approved in 17days.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my success in one way or the other. You know yourselves, so lemme not mention names cos the list is endless. Finally, he has won.
God Bless all of you.
#Team Bremen

Congrats mates! Big things ahead...

willy2000:



So higher ranked sch ols are better but you still chose to study in a country where the most highly ranked school is not among top 30 in the world. What an irony

Like I said earlier and will continue to say it, ranking is not and should not be a major deciding factor for choosing a Uni in Germany, in America or UK it may be but not here in Germany.

Choices are restricted by constraints. As Mourinho once said, 'I love the Eiffel Tower but I can’t have the Eiffel Tower in my garden.' With due respect to Germany, you think I would've gone to Germany if I could go to MIT, Cambridge, or ETH? In my case, the constraints were finance and competition, not irony. Even within Germany, I applied to just one school - TUM. Reason? Their ranking in my preferred field. The 'reputation' referred to by the QS, THE, and Shanghai rankings is as perceived by academics. I don't believe you're an academic, so the ranking isn't a representative of your opinion, and it's only natural that you may not agree with it.

Visa Approved in 17days.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my success in one way or the other. You know yourselves, so lemme not mention names cos the list is endless. Finally, he has won.
God Bless all of you.
#Team Bremen

You see why I hate these ranking topics..


It's not today.... People Always have different views about it everytime. Hence arguments.......

Observing in 3D sha....

Please let's stop this ranking of a thing. What benefit is it to us.

kingsleymike:
Visa Approved in 17days.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my success in one way or the other. You know yourselves, so lemme not mention names cos the list is endless. Finally, he has won.
God Bless all of you.
#Team Bremen

Congratulations ... All These Bremen people ..

twinkle1:


Congratulations ... All These Bremen people ..

congrats Oooo... #teamwinter!!!