ponpon:
Battoyyeb September is good, depends on what you aim for, plus all your materials there's no single ets material there... You can get OG, the quant and the verbal..

DanjaNinja:

Shoot me a mail lets talk privately. This is a sensitive matter.

ponpon:
From page 1 to page 80, every post by DanjaNinja was a hit back to back to back. My exam is on Wednesday.... What are things to do and not to do now...

With practice tests, I noticed I often miss questions that are quite very easy, those with '' could'', '' if'', ''must'', or mixing up a plus and minus sign, dividing 16 by 2 to give me 7 the whole gist that GRE is super tough makes one even misread the questions... My practice tests scores have been in a range sort of, make baba God just top my score..

I have done all of Kaplan online, I did 3 Princeton, free Manhattan test and the power prep, the hype of the power prep made me fumble in it, I can say it's the easiest of all the tests, I over expected and since they say it's a reflection of your final score, the fear not to under perform sets in and I mixed up a lot of plus and minus, and the rest...

Danjaninja, sir riddy and the rest of the senior men on here, please help me through this last days ooooh, what and what do you advice a brother man do few days before the exam, I am even down with malaria sef... Naija life!

daejih:


Hi. I'm writing on Wednesday too. @JKK. I won't lie to you, I've got cold feet. All the same hoping for the best. So much materials and very little time. Didn't have a choice than to focus on few of the materials. Used Manhattan, 1014 Princeton Review, Magoosh & the Magoosh videos I got miraculously some few days back. I really hope this is enough as I cannot coman kee myself. One thing I will like to co-ask DanjaNinja, Sir Riddy and the rest who's been doing a great job here is how you can boost your confidence these final days?

DanjaNinja:


God bless you for this.

BOLAUWA:
Thanks everyone in the room. Please would like to know if using an admission consultancy firm will be helpful. Been in contact with examplanet agency, anyone heard of them? Pls I need ur advice and suggestions. Also for those taking the GRE, please download the following apps from appstore,they really helped me a lot ;
1)Magoosh vocabulary builder
2)Magoosh gre flashcards
3)Magoosh gmat flashcards.
Also strenghten your passage reading skills by reading articles from nytimes and aldaily.com. Lastly, manhattan gre practice questions - finish that material at least once bfor u attempt to attempt the exam. It will sharpen ur cognition. Dts my little contribution. NB ;PLS I NEED TOEFL MATERIALS.

daejih:

*Magoosh Premium Videos

BOLAUWA:
@ponpon believe, at d point u start noticing the "must", "could " positive and negative signs, then know that u have finally arrived at the point the GRE exam is driving at, which is ur ability to notice details and their implications. In order words, push a little harder, and ur gud to go. Also, if uv been maintaining a score range in ur practice test, then u will likely score higher than that on the actual test, cos same happened to me. No need to be nervous, nw is d tym u work on ur stamina and composure. Ur ability to stay focused and calm even if u feel ur doing badly. A section gone is gone. Let it go and do ur best in coming sections.

battoyyeb:


Pls how can I get the magoosh premium video and 1014 Princeton review?
I want to write GRE by September

daejih:


I've not had access to thr kinda Internet that'll enable me upload those videos. They are quite huge. Will find a way to upload and share after soon after my exam. You can send your mail so I can forward 1014.

sirRiddy:
So the journey that started on this platform about two years ago was consolidated with a visa approval at the Lagos consulate this morning, the 23rd of May.

sirRiddy:
thanks cutemorgan. I am grateful for all your support too.

sirRiddy:
So the journey that started on this platform about two years ago was consolidated with a visa approval at the Lagos consulate this morning, the 23rd of May. I would have dropped my transcript earlier but I could not since I am still serving a ban for adding people to the Facebook group justwise warned me against on several occasions. I sincerely apologize and accept responsibility for my actions which were not deliberate.


-sirRiddy

mrjojo:
Congrat @ sirriddy, well deserved.

godG:


Brother! Congratulations! Sorry I haven't called since I got your text, I have been busy. Again, congratulations, bro! Truth is: I have always known you would get it. You prepared for every stage of the process! May the journey be fruitful! And may this be the least of the greater things ahead! And reagards to Pman, too. Omo to se mu yangan!

sirRiddy:
So the journey that started on this platform about two years ago was consolidated with a visa approval at the Lagos consulate this morning, the 23rd of May. I would have dropped my transcript earlier but I could not since I am still serving a ban for adding people to the Facebook group justwise warned me against on several occasions. I sincerely apologize and accept responsibility for my actions which were not deliberate.

I left the hotel around 5AM with my dad after a brief shower. I had to leave that early for my appointment at 630AM because I did not bring the right specification of passport from home to the hotel the previous night. I got to the consulate and had to ‘shell out’ 1500 naira for a very terrible photo. After several checks, at least three, we were ushered into the building for the biometrics. The lady who took my data was so nasty and kept shouting instructions at people, myself included. I proceeded to join the queue, I was among the first ten people on the rather long queue. The consulate officers sounded quite convivial. A smart young man with think ‘Igbo’ accent going to the UM College Park for MS in Metallurgy was approved as well as a plumpy lady too. The College Park guy applied to just a school but still got his visa. Another woman with a walking defect who was going to see her son who has been in the US since 2006 was approved too.

It was my turn, window 4, some minutes to 8, white guy with some extra build.
VO: Good morning. Pass me your documents please.
Me: Morning, how you doing today? (With a slight smile)
VO: So tell me about your program
Me: I am going to Kansas State University to pursue a PhD degree in computer science.
VO: What will your course work involve?
Me: I will be taking advanced computer science courses in order to satisfy the breadth requirements that will qualify me to become a doctoral candidate in the first two semesters. I will also take a research preliminary exam to satisfy this condition.
VO: So tell me about your assistantship.
Me: This is one of the most compelling reasons for choosing K-State. I get to tutor undergraduate students a fundamental Computer course during teaching hours, grade scripts and proctor tests which will prepare me for a career in academics.
VO: I will be approving your visa.
He gave me a white paper, circled a location to pick it up and talked about the educationUSA orientation on the 26th of July and gave me a flyer to accompany it.

Profile…GPA: 3.28/4 or 3.64/5, GRE: 316 162Q 154V 4.5AWA TOEFL 107

Special appreciation to my brother and friend (goG), the delectable iya Ibadan (msNas), My big bros (mystiqme), the generous and big-hearted guy(slimmy2005), one of the funniest guy I have met (ojah), lovely guy (bigFrancis21), my amazing colleague (baodium), great guy (walspring) my lovely friends (gunther6, cutemorgan, fortissimo, kennyrony, OjaP, biikeys, gboyegaD, ttmacoy, danjaNinja, horayce, dicapino, ebdib, stolid), for all his humour and lovely jokes(warriboy21), for his efficient administration, though a little Kim Jung Un – like, lol (justwise)

To future applicants:
1. Listen to the gurus. But do your own findings please. If you are planning for next fall, start searching for schools now. Mail professors after you have read their journals and find anything interesting, mail grad students, be proactive and dedicated. Many will not reply you but you will learn a lot during the process.
2. Spread your risks. Ranked, moderate, safe schools. I applied to 8, three good ones and five safe. Be realistic with your ambitions. The expenses pile up real quick and you don’t want to do this thing twice.
3. Study hard for your standardized tests. If you are an engineering student, a 160 should be your target on the quant section of the GRE.
4. Have a LinkedIn account and edit your resume well. Let it suit your application for grad school. Nobody cares if you sold gala in front of Eko hotel. Accentuate your professional skills and experience.
5. Your SOP is the most important. Maybe I am exaggerating, but not too much. After GPA, SOP is the second most important material in my opinion. Let many people read it and critique it.
6. Apply early but do not rush them. I completed all my applications before the end of October last year. If you have 4.0/5.0 and GRE of 320 at least, apply to PhD programs. There is funding priority for students accepted into PhD programs.
7. Be hopeful. If you are religious, hold on to it and be hopeful.
-sirRiddy

bukunmmy:




Congrats Bro

ponpon:
Congrats sirRiddy, but sirRiddy the ojah you talking about, is it the ojah, I might know, I know a particular ojah that finished from unilag chemistry..pls if he is the one kindly relate... Tell him ejanla hollaz

ponpon:
Lol yeah, botany... What's his nairaland user name sirRiddy... We were in science together...

ponpon:
Lol yeah, botany... What's his nairaland user name sirRiddy... We were in science together...