OjaP:


Okay, but just so you know; if you plan a PhD in the U.S after your UK masters, your undergrad GPA would also be looked at too.

Good luck.

Well,if its so,what's the difference? Been spending money on app fee,sending documents here and there and still got denied.. Funny enof it seems dey don't recognize pgd. So what's the need spending money. I don't think your totally right. Most schools in the US accept ur masters degree for a PhD program. Not necessarily tendering ur undergraduate result.

aadeyi:


Q1. To be able to access the funds in your account, open a dorm acct and sign up for online banking, that way u can easily transfer money from your normal acct to your dorm acct or money can be paid directly into your dorm acct by anyone.

Q2. A domiciliary acct is an acct that is denominated with a foreign currency. A Nigerian dorm acct can be denominated either by $, £, or €. So in your case as regards UK, u will need a £ dorm acct. The dorm acct allows unlimited withdrawal from anywhere in d world. There might be charges though, depends on your bank.

As a student your funds from home can be made into this acct and the rate will be the CBN rate. Also you can transfer into this acct from an international bank acct and vise versa.

Hope this helps.

Just an addition to this... You can only deposit funds into your dorm account only with the currency operated on the account. You can't take naira to the bank for them to deposit into your dorm account of Pounds using CBN rate. Like wise when you want to withdraw, it can only be done in pounds. In essence, you source for your FX take it to the bank and deposit into your account or you make a trsf from an account of same currency ie pounds into it...

fizzile:
Well,if its so,what's the difference? Been spending money on app fee,sending documents here and there and still got denied.. Funny enof it seems dey don't recognize pgd. So what's the need spending money. I don't think your totally right. Most schools in the US accept ur masters degree for a PhD program. Not necessarily tendering ur undergraduate result.

There is a difference. It is easier to continue your studies after MS if your school is a PhD granting institution. You would have already build a relationship with your professors and that will help you a lot during the application process. Even if you don't meet the requirements, they can over look your BS GPA and "patch" you in.

And I am not saying that you would be inadmissible, I am only saying that getting a UK degree doesn't mean that your undergrad would be overlooked. I am not sure any school would ask for only your masters result without looking at your undergrad. As a matter of fact, it is usually the other way round. BS-PhD without masters.

You applied to the wrong schools bro. All the schools you applied to clearly spelled it out that they need a 3.0, the least was 2.8. You shouldn't have applied to those schools in the first place and you would have saved yourself the money you "spent". The key is to look for a school that accepts your GPA and apply to them.

Good luck.

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Pls how long does it take for one to get i-20 sent through regular mail?

OjaP:


There is a difference. It is easier to continue your studies after MS if your school is a PhD granting institution. You would have already build a relationship with your professors and that will help you a lot during the application process. Even if you don't meet the requirements, they can over look your BS GPA and "patch" you in.

And I am not saying that you would be inadmissible, I am only saying that getting a UK degree doesn't mean that your undergrad would be overlooked. I am not sure any school would ask for only your masters result without looking at your undergrad. As a matter of fact, it is usually the other way round. BS-PhD without masters.

You applied to the wrong schools bro. All the schools you applied to clearly spelled it out that they need a 3.0, the least was 2.8. You shouldn't have applied to those schools in the first place and you would have saved yourself the money you "spent". The key is to look for a school that accepts your GPA and apply to them.

Good luck.

yeah I had a low gpa, and I went as far as doing a pgd and had a gud gpa,whc was actually 3.87. The issue I also faced was I applied for msc in environmental science and since I did a pgd in geography and environmental science,they assessed the course module and realized it was more of geography. That's where most Universities in Nigeria get somethings wrong with respect to their modules. So its not like they wouldn't hv taken me. Just that a few factors contributed. I applied to schools dat accept 2.5 but same issues came up. The psychological effect was just unbearable my brother. Talking about BS-PhD,I still disagree with you. Have actually a couple of schools that accept Msc-PhD,even a UK Msc. If it gets to that level, I wouldn't mind tendering both my BSc,PGD and MSc. But for the Msc in d US,its crystal clear what the outcomes are. A couple of guys here have also agreed with the circumstances and advised on alternatives.
Oya Bless me!! U know say u b baba. Bless me just like bigfrancis and Mekurexx did. Waiting.

fizzile:
Well,if its so,what's the difference? Been spending money on app fee,sending documents here and there and still got denied.. Funny enof it seems dey don't recognize pgd. So what's the need spending money. I don't think your totally right. Most schools in the US accept ur masters degree for a PhD program. Not necessarily tendering ur undergraduate result.

I wish I could tell you you're right, but sadly.... you're wrong. So wrong. All your transcripts will be looked at from undergraduate to masters when you're applying to a PhD program in the US. The only exception is if you're going the undergrad-PhD route straight. This is first hand experience and not hearsay. Like the other poster said, they might grant you an exception based on your US masters but will be hard with foreign credentials.

You applied to the wrong schools bro. I know countless of schools that will accept you with your credentials, you were looking at the wrong places.

MsNas:

I wish I could tell you you're right, but sadly.... you're wrong. So wrong. All your transcripts will be looked at from undergraduate to masters when you're applying to a PhD program in the US. The only exception is if you're going the undergrad-PhD route straight. This is first hand experience and not hearsay. Like the other poster said, they might grant you an exception based on your US masters but will be hard with foreign credentials.

You applied to the wrong schools bro. I know countless of schools that will accept you with your credentials, you were looking at the wrong places.

just sent u a pm

I thank God almighty for my visa approval today. I'm also grateful to all posters on here for their contributions, and to rhemmie91 who took out time to always respond to my emails.

Appointment time: 9.00am
Time of arrival : 8:58 am
visa approval: 11......something (checking my watch was my least concern at that point)

Interview transcript
Me: Hi goodmorning (hands him my passport)
VO: Hi goodmorning, how are you?
Me: good
VO:Please hand me your 1-20 and sevis receipt
Me: hands him the requested documents
VO: tell me about your plans
me: I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology. I will be working on bat ecology.
VO: looks at me as if he's expecting me to continue
Me:Returns the look with my mouth shut
VO: biotechnology you say?
Me: nope! Bat ecology
VO: ok are there many bats in nigeria?
me: yeah. At the last IUCN count, abt 80+ but from our recent research, we've been able to discover about 10 new records. so we are currently updating the list.
VO: What genus are bats under?
Me: (hesitates) Did you mean order? because there are lots of genus under bats. (Gave him a basic lecture on binomial nomenclature). You understand?
vo: uhmmm yeah, I just wanted you to correct me
Me: Oh okay
VO: is there a name people studying bats are called?
Me: Nah! we just call ourselves bat biologist
VOgives me lecture about the right time to enter the US)

PS: sometimes applicants run into problems when they talk too much. I think its better to just keep your answers short, drive the discussion by subtly introducing a catchy word that would steer the interview to the path you feel comfortable talking about. In my case, I could have just stopped at 'I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology' but that'll blow the interview wide open. He could then ask you anything under the sun. To forestall that, I gently introduced him to bats (which I love talking about) and he took the bait.

When you talk too much, you unknowingly dish out too many "catchy" words, and may God help you if he/she chooses the one you are not comfortable talking about. A good example was this guy before me. Dude was reeling out words, and mentioned that he was going to the US to learn some innovative technologies in medical science. VO jumped at that part and asked him what kind of innovative technology. Dude was thrown off-balance. He stuttered and said 'autoclave'. that was when I knew he'd be denied. VO said, 'but autoclave has been around for decades'.... the rest is history.

Final shot: don't forget to pray before you go for your interview. All the best to everyone to to the white house soon.

BigBenoski:
I thank God almighty for my visa approval today. I'm also grateful to all posters on here for their contributions, and to rhemmie91 who took out time to always respond to my emails.

Appointment time: 9.00am
Time of arrival : 8:58 am
visa approval: 11......something (checking my watch was my least concern at that point)

Interview transcript
Me: Hi goodmorning (hands him my passport)
VO: Hi goodmorning, how are you?
Me: good
VO:Please hand me your 1-20 and sevis receipt
Me: hands him the requested documents
VO: tell me about your plans
me: I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology. I will be working on bat ecology.
VO: looks at me as if he's expecting me to continue
Me:Returns the look with my mouth shut
VO: biotechnology you say?
Me: nope! Bat ecology
VO: ok are there many bats in nigeria?
me: yeah. At the last IUCN count, abt 80+ but from our recent research, we've been able to discover about 10 new records. so we are currently updating the list.
VO: What genus are bats under?
Me: (hesitates) Did you mean order? because there are lots of genus under bats. (Gave him a basic lecture on binomial nomenclature). You understand?
vo: uhmmm yeah, I just wanted you to correct me
Me: Oh okay
VO: is there a name people studying bats are called?
Me: Nah! we just call ourselves bat biologist
VOgives me lecture about the right time to enter the US)

PS: sometimes applicants run into problems when they talk too much. I think its better to just keep your answers short, drive the discussion by subtly introducing a catchy word that would steer the interview to the path you feel comfortable talking about. In my case, I could have just stopped at 'I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology' but that'll blow the interview wide open. He could then ask you anything under the sun. To forestall that, I gently introduced him to bats (which I love talking about) and he took the bait.

When you talk too much, you unknowingly dish out too many "catchy" words, and may God help you if he/she chooses the one you are not comfortable talking about. A good example was this guy before me. Dude was reeling out words, and mentioned that he was going to the US to learn some innovative technologies in medical science. VO jumped at that part and asked him what kind of innovative technology. Dude was thrown off-balance. He stuttered and said 'autoclave'. that was when I knew he'd be denied. VO said, 'but autoclave has been around for decades'.... the rest is history.

Final shot: don't forget to pray before you go for your interview. All the best to everyone to to the white house soon.

Nice one. Congrats.

fizzile:
yeah I had a low gpa, and I went as far as doing a pgd and had a gud gpa,whc was actually 3.87. The issue I also faced was I applied for msc in environmental science and since I did a pgd in geography and environmental science,they assessed the course module and realized it was more of geography. That's where most Universities in Nigeria get somethings wrong with respect to their modules. So its not like they wouldn't hv taken me. Just that a few factors contributed. I applied to schools dat accept 2.5 but same issues came up. The psychological effect was just unbearable my brother. Talking about BS-PhD,I still disagree with you. Have actually a couple of schools that accept Msc-PhD,even a UK Msc. If it gets to that level, I wouldn't mind tendering both my BSc,PGD and MSc. But for the Msc in d US,its crystal clear what the outcomes are. A couple of guys here have also agreed with the circumstances and advised on alternatives.
Oya Bless me!! U know say u b baba. Bless me just like bigfrancis and Mekurexx did. Waiting.

Forget modules in America bro. If you had a good GPA and GRE scores, they will accept you. In America, you can have your under grad in business and go for a graduate degree in geology. You only have to take some undergrad classes to make up for it. If the schools you applied to wanted a 2.5, that means your GPA was way below that for them not to accept you. I want to believe you presented your "unevaluated" transcript like that to the schools. If these schools evaluated the transcripts themselves, I can bet it with you, your final GPA would probably be around 1.3 or 1.5 and no school would accept that. More reason why I told you earlier to evaluate your transcript before applying to any schools at all.

But since you want me to agree with you and bless you; Fizzile, bless you.

OjaP:


Forget modules in America bro. If you had a good GPA and GRE scores, they will accept you. In America, you can have your under grad in business and go for a graduate degree in geology. You only have to take some undergrad classes to make up for it. If the schools you applied to wanted a 2.5, that means your GPA was way below that for them not to accept you. I want to believe you presented your "unevaluated" transcript like that to the schools. If these schools evaluated the transcripts themselves, I can bet it with you, your final GPA would probably be around 1.3 or 1.5 and no school would accept that. More reason why I told you earlier to evaluate your transcript before applying to any schools at all.

But since you want me to agree with you and bless you; Fizzile, bless you.

Sent u a pm,so it could be clearer.

Tods:
Ejo o nitori olorun, how long does it take a school to process form i20. Someone is getting fed up here.

keep calling, email them everyday. they have tons of people they deal with. some school have lackadaisical attitude towards admission process . I know troy university is number 1 on that list lol

warriboy21:
any1 who gets his/her visa tru information from this thread and later unwilling to share their transcript to help others... hmm..karma is waiting for u ere in d US ....anytime u run into nytrouble pls dnt come asking for help here o... ...because if u do...karma will make sure.nobody answer u.. if u like go to dos india forums sef o..karma will also inform dem not to answer u, den u will bcom confuse , den u wil try to comit crime and illegal stuff, den de will deport u( and i will ask karma to make sure de use dana airline to deport u )....den u will com bk naija to start this thread afresh, den u will start typing nonsense again with anger, den juswise will ban you....den den den. u will end up in somali........ ....

olopa ewo n tepe. This curse too much ke. warri boy will not kill person.

so you guys don hear o. if warri man curse you, just know you are done.

fizzile:
yeah I had a low gpa, and I went as far as doing a pgd and had a gud gpa,whc was actually 3.87. The issue I also faced was I applied for msc in environmental science and since I did a pgd in geography and environmental science,they assessed the course module and realized it was more of geography. That's where most Universities in Nigeria get somethings wrong with respect to their modules. So its not like they wouldn't hv taken me. Just that a few factors contributed. I applied to schools dat accept 2.5 but same issues came up. The psychological effect was just unbearable my brother. Talking about BS-PhD,I still disagree with you. Have actually a couple of schools that accept Msc-PhD,even a UK Msc. If it gets to that level, I wouldn't mind tendering both my BSc,PGD and MSc. But for the Msc in d US,its crystal clear what the outcomes are. A couple of guys here have also agreed with the circumstances and advised on alternatives.
Oya Bless me!! U know say u b baba. Bless me just like bigfrancis and Mekurexx did. Waiting.

Nothing is crystal clear here...like I mentioned earlier when you posted the idea of UK, your GPA won't stop you from coming over. You just need to know where to apply and how to package your application. BTW UK Masters .....well everybody knows how that goes..
It's your choice though!

mevisbleek:



Good Morning Mr. Gunthers6,
Hope you having a nice day. I hardly comment on matters that do not concern me. Lets cut the dude in question some slack. Some people's interview might be short (Like my wife's) while others might have a relatively long interview. Please, lets stop tackling people with short interviews. For me, I do not like reading fluff e.g. How I enter bus from cele, tyre come burst, How them dey deny people wey dey my queue, I come change lane, come run go toilet make the VO no for interview me, come dey for toilet dey pray for God to intervene. USA interviews are pretty straight forward and I feel the transcripts should be concise.

I mean no disrespect to you or anyone on this platform. Your transcripts really helped me.
Thanks guys.

Lol, abeg make I laugh

fizzile:
yeah I had a low gpa, and I went as far as doing a pgd and had a gud gpa,whc was actually 3.87.

Uk masters forget about it.... absolutely waste of money and you wont get anything back from it. You are better off reapplying to other schools in d us

I am surprised anyone would still think of doing a masters in the uk especially at d current exchange rate . Not good value at all

DareFadi:


Uk masters forget about it.... absolutely waste of money and you wont get anything back from it. You are better off reapplying to other schools in d us

I am surprised anyone would still think of doing a masters in the uk especially at d current exchange rate . Not good value at all

Ya'll should leave the guy alone,it's his life and he made his decision.Just because most of us found it easy getting admissions with good BSC GPAs and great test scores does not mean it's easy for some other people. There's nothing wrong with a masters in the United Kingdom or Europe. I also have a degree from one of the best business schools in Berlin. Nobody's destiny lies in the United States,most people will even get there and be blessed with favor before a year and do better than those who will graduate. The states is all about goodluck and meeting the right people. Moreover,we are not paying his tuition fees. Follow your dreams and aspirations fizzile.

@ BigBenoski
Congratulations
That's a good one
Best of luck

Anybody that gets he's Visa with Information gotten on this thread and decides not to share he's Transcript here,The Visa will be revoked..Aseeeeee..

Christian129:
congratulations bro.... Please I'm also want to study the same course. Please can we chat privately?

Ask questions it's a public forum. We can always discourse in open here so others can learn and I corrected when I make mistakes on advice.

Congrats

BigBenoski:
I thank God almighty for my visa approval today. I'm also grateful to all posters on here for their contributions, and to rhemmie91 who took out time to always respond to my emails.

Appointment time: 9.00am
Time of arrival : 8:58 am
visa approval: 11......something (checking my watch was my least concern at that point)

Interview transcript
Me: Hi goodmorning (hands him my passport)
VO: Hi goodmorning, how are you?
Me: good
VO:Please hand me your 1-20 and sevis receipt
Me: hands him the requested documents
VO: tell me about your plans
me: I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology. I will be working on bat ecology.
VO: looks at me as if he's expecting me to continue
Me:Returns the look with my mouth shut
VO: biotechnology you say?
Me: nope! Bat ecology
VO: ok are there many bats in nigeria?
me: yeah. At the last IUCN count, abt 80+ but from our recent research, we've been able to discover about 10 new records. so we are currently updating the list.
VO: What genus are bats under?
Me: (hesitates) Did you mean order? because there are lots of genus under bats. (Gave him a basic lecture on binomial nomenclature). You understand?
vo: uhmmm yeah, I just wanted you to correct me
Me: Oh okay
VO: is there a name people studying bats are called?
Me: Nah! we just call ourselves bat biologist
VOgives me lecture about the right time to enter the US)

PS: sometimes applicants run into problems when they talk too much. I think its better to just keep your answers short, drive the discussion by subtly introducing a catchy word that would steer the interview to the path you feel comfortable talking about. In my case, I could have just stopped at 'I'm going to bla d bla university to study for a PhD in biology' but that'll blow the interview wide open. He could then ask you anything under the sun. To forestall that, I gently introduced him to bats (which I love talking about) and he took the bait.

When you talk too much, you unknowingly dish out too many "catchy" words, and may God help you if he/she chooses the one you are not comfortable talking about. A good example was this guy before me. Dude was reeling out words, and mentioned that he was going to the US to learn some innovative technologies in medical science. VO jumped at that part and asked him what kind of innovative technology. Dude was thrown off-balance. He stuttered and said 'autoclave'. that was when I knew he'd be denied. VO said, 'but autoclave has been around for decades'.... the rest is history.

Final shot: don't forget to pray before you go for your interview. All the best to everyone to to the white house soon.

BigBenoski congrats. You'd be a good lecturer

zeezahbee:
keep calling, email them everyday. they have tons of people they deal with. some school have lackadaisical attitude towards admission process . I know troy university is number 1 on that list lol

I have called and called, its been going to voicemail. Emailed and emailed no reply. Hoping to get something this week sha

oloyeadeniyi:


Ask questions it's a public forum. We can always discourse in open here so others can learn and I corrected when I make mistakes on advice.

OK, did you do GRE or TOEFL to support your application?

Tods:


I have called and called, its been going to voicemail. Emailed and emailed no reply. Hoping to get something this week sha

well you shouldn't have put your eggs in one basket. it has always been advised her to apply to more than one school. just hope they reply you before end of this month , if not you can defer till spring 17

Good morning all and a happy new month. May this month usher in good news of visa approval to us all. pls I'm trying to schedule an interview but each time I enter my details it keeps telling me my details are same as that on my dad's profile because at a point earlier in d yr I applied for a visiting visa (group application where my dad mentioned me and my brother as accomplice for his trip) pls how do u proceed as i need to schedule ds interview as soon as possible. thanks

Congratulation Don4ye ****Visa Approved This Morning

warriboy21:
any1 who gets his/her visa tru information from this thread and later unwilling to share their transcript to help others... hmm..karma is waiting for u ere in d US ....anytime u run into nytrouble pls dnt come asking for help here o... ...because if u do...karma will make sure.nobody answer u.. if u like go to dos india forums sef o..karma will also inform dem not to answer u, den u will bcom confuse , den u wil try to comit crime and illegal stuff, den de will deport u( and i will ask karma to make sure de use dana airline to deport u )....den u will com bk naija to start this thread afresh, den u will start typing nonsense again with anger, den juswise will ban you....den den den. u will end up in somali........ ....

Haha. Funny man. Are u an oracle?

fizzile:
Nice one. Congrats.

Thanks

What a way to usher in the new month! Congrats to Don4ye on his visa approval. I'm so happy for you bro. Welcome to June

Holudarey01:
BigBenoski congrats.
You'd be a good lecturer

Haha thanks. I don't know about being a good lecturer but I taught once (NYSC ) ,and I think I had fun. That said, I love field work... Being in the field is the best part of my career.