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Ctemi:
thanks walspring.

@Coobboy pls ur help is needed biko

Walspring:
I will advise you to be careful of what you are changing when fill your ds160 because that could add more insult to the injury. There are ways you could add to your changing but do not over hype your changes because those VO can think both positive and negative as well.

Just pray for God's Favour, Grade and Mercy and you will surely get it in your next interview only if you believe.

YES I BELIEVE. Thanks sir

Here are all my transcripts. I posted the first one already. The greetings was same

2nd attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: This is your second visit here. What’s new you came with?
Me: Sir I came with an official letter from my current employers requesting me to come back after my studies.
VO: (Gets the letter and looks at it for over 5minutes. Then gives it back to me). What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: How much do you earn?
Me: tells him
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: Yes…
VO: mention….(and I did)
VO: How did you find this school?
Me: Sir, I used google search plus I have a lecturer who schooled there and recommended the schhol.
VO: Who’ll pay for your trip?
Me: My maternal Uncle
VO: What does he do?....(He owns a contruction company and factories)
VO: I’m sorry your visa cannot be……
Me: Sir, can you please tell me the reason?
VO: (Looks at me for some minutes). You really want to know why?
Me: yes sir
VO: Its very unusual for your employers to promise you a job when you’ve not worked with them for a long time and its also unusual for an uncle to pay that much for you…
Me: but sir….
VO: Next applicant window….



3rd Attempt
Abuja Embassy

This is the worst VO I ever met. Looks advanced in age, very hostile. Rejected all 6 people he interviewed before me
VO: you mean you’ve been rejected 2times in the last 60days. Anyway. Let me see if theres any change…(looks at the screen) What new thing did you come with?
Me: sir, there’s no limit to the effort I can put in to achieve my dreams. My uncle gave me a letter stating his ability and willingness to pay.
VO: I am not looking at those letters cos it might have been put up by anyone. You Nigerians are very corrupt.
(gave me a rejection letter instantly)
Me: (pissed off cos he didn’t give me any time nor ask any question concerning my travelling plans) sir, please can you tell me why my application was denied?
VO: Looks at me and says…this is a very corrupt country,..said so many bad things…and conclude by saying….if youre really passionate about getting your higher degree, look out for other countries…next applicant window….
Me: (felt very angry and sad)…still waited till the next person came…then I left



4th attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: what’s new?
Me: I am more clear and confident now than I have always been,also, I have been awarded a partial scholarship by….and I have a reference letter from my uncle who is a renowned catholic Bishop along with the data page of his passport
VO: How much scholarship do you have?
Me: mentions…
VO: How did you get the scholarship?
Me: its an annual scholarship given by….body to indigenes of our community who wishes to further their education.
VO: (Types for a very long time) Do you have any document to prove?
Me: No sir. Its in a text message.
VO: How did you win the scholarship?
Me: we all wrote an exam and those who were successful were invited to the award ceremonies
VO: who’s paying for your trip?
Me: my maternal uncle but my uncle who’s a renowned catholic Bishop decided to stand in as my guarantor to attest to my maternal uncle’s willingness and abilityto pay.
VO: DO YOU HAVE HIS STATEMENT?
Me: yes….gave it to him…a dollar bank account statement with $110,337 balance
VO: (Types for a very long time again). What do you do?
Me: told him
VO: what is the nature of your job? how much do you earn?
Me: told him….
Did you apply to other schools? Me: yes,..mentioned
VO: SO why did school?
Me: sir, this school offers the course of my interest. Small but diverse school with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1, I am passionate about the designs of green energy systems …….
VO: okay but I’m sorry your visa cannot be processed……
Me: sir, maybe you should have a look at the letter I came with
VO: No,…next applicant window….



5th attempt
LAGOS EMBASSY

I regretted why I never went to lagos from the first application. I just loved the Lagos setting. MEANWHILE, I changed my status to married. I had a marriage certificate I had prepared with stamp and everything.

VO: Where are you going to?
Me: University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
VO: For?
Me: my masters degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: What did you study in your undergrad?
Me: Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: So I’ve seen here that your school gave you an academic merit award of $3,000. Why?
Me: because I had good grades in my undergraduate results
VO: So why did you come here? Why not Abuja?
Me: I wanted going there but the dates available in Abuja was too close to the resumption date so I had to schedule it here
VO: I can see here too that you’ve changed your sponsors to your parents. Why didn’t they sponsor you at first?
Me: I have a scholarship so my parents are capable to pay the rest of the expenses
VO: what does your parent do?
Me: my dad is a professor of music, he lectures in the university, while my mum is a lecturer in physics department in the same university
VO: So do you have the prove of the scholarship?
Me: yes ma..(gave her a printed mail from the scholarship body plus a scanned letter from them…the letter even stated that I have 3months to send the account details of the school I need the money to be paid to)
VO: What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: yes….named
VO: so why this school?
Me: this school offers the particular course I want to major in
VO: which is?
ME: Green energy systems
VO: How did you find the school?
Me: I used google search and applied to all the four schools I found.
VO: Sorry your visa cannot be…..
Me: leaves immediately


What can you suggest I do in my next application as I’ve deferred to spring? I really need to get back to school to further. Will having the money in my account atleast one month before the interview cause any positive effect? Cos from their rejections, it seems they have a serious doubt about my capability to fund my education but that’s the least problem to me cos the money is there, though not in my account or my parents’. What can you advise guys? God bless y’all

osahons9:
Why Bridgeport? This is a low ranked school with little or no effort to get in. They even tempt you by saying they will give you half tuition. I used to live in New Haven, Connecticut. There are far better and cheaper schools than a low ranked university in Connecticut and the USA at Large.

Really? Truth is, that's the first school google showed me and i applied to it. I checked if it was accredited and saw that it was. I had someone who applied to the same school and had her visa approved, she has just resumed. I'm not sure if its school issue. I think its about what i fill in my DS 160 and my responses at the interview and that's what i need to work on. That's where i need help. Can you recommend another school for me that is still accepting student for the spring semester? i'll appreciate that too. my intended course is M.Sc in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

God bless you

Ctemi:
@Coobboy pls ur help is needed biko

I replied

chiMoni37:
Can one with a GPA of 3.2 from a Nigerian University apply for graduate school in any us University ?

Yes ooooo

Ctemi:
thanks walspring.

Let's give the thanks to God

Dominicumoh:
Okay. I will post all my transcript here,...A change could mean having more money right? Yes I have made more money to fund my studies, another change could be that i'm now applying to resume in the spring session. In the 5th interview i even had to change my marital status to Married, still it didnt work for me,...the lady didnt even mention that...and now i'm faced with the confusion of whether to maintain my status as married or to return to my normal single state in my next application....Definitely a tough time for me cos this School has got everything i want and i fell in love with it a long time ago,....to reconfigure my mind to accept another school or another country other than the US could be vain.

So, you mean without the US, your future is in jeopardy? Don't talk like that.

Also, I can see that you are somewhat desperate which VOs had noticed.

PM me later. I would like to talk to you if you are sincere.

Dominicumoh:
Here are all my transcripts. I posted the first one already. The greetings was same

2nd attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: This is your second visit here. What’s new you came with?
Me: Sir I came with an official letter from my current employers requesting me to come back after my studies.
VO: (Gets the letter and looks at it for over 5minutes. Then gives it back to me). What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: How much do you earn?
Me: tells him
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: Yes…
VO: mention….(and I did)
VO: How did you find this school?
Me: Sir, I used google search plus I have a lecturer who schooled there and recommended the schhol.
VO: Who’ll pay for your trip?
Me: My maternal Uncle
VO: What does he do?....(He owns a contruction company and factories)
VO: I’m sorry your visa cannot be……
Me: Sir, can you please tell me the reason?
VO: (Looks at me for some minutes). You really want to know why?
Me: yes sir
VO: Its very unusual for your employers to promise you a job when you’ve not worked with them for a long time and its also unusual for an uncle to pay that much for you…
Me: but sir….
VO: Next applicant window….



3rd Attempt
Abuja Embassy

This is the worst VO I ever met. Looks advanced in age, very hostile. Rejected all 6 people he interviewed before me
VO: you mean you’ve been rejected 2times in the last 60days. Anyway. Let me see if theres any change…(looks at the screen) What new thing did you come with?
Me: sir, there’s no limit to the effort I can put in to achieve my dreams. My uncle gave me a letter stating his ability and willingness to pay.
VO: I am not looking at those letters cos it might have been put up by anyone. You Nigerians are very corrupt.
(gave me a rejection letter instantly)
Me: (pissed off cos he didn’t give me any time nor ask any question concerning my travelling plans) sir, please can you tell me why my application was denied?
VO: Looks at me and says…this is a very corrupt country,..said so many bad things…and conclude by saying….if youre really passionate about getting your higher degree, look out for other countries…next applicant window….
Me: (felt very angry and sad)…still waited till the next person came…then I left



4th attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: what’s new?
Me: I am more clear and confident now than I have always been,also, I have been awarded a partial scholarship by….and I have a reference letter from my uncle who is a renowned catholic Bishop along with the data page of his passport
VO: How much scholarship do you have?
Me: mentions…
VO: How did you get the scholarship?
Me: its an annual scholarship given by….body to indigenes of our community who wishes to further their education.
VO: (Types for a very long time) Do you have any document to prove?
Me: No sir. Its in a text message.
VO: How did you win the scholarship?
Me: we all wrote an exam and those who were successful were invited to the award ceremonies
VO: who’s paying for your trip?
Me: my maternal uncle but my uncle who’s a renowned catholic Bishop decided to stand in as my guarantor to attest to my maternal uncle’s willingness and abilityto pay.
VO: DO YOU HAVE HIS STATEMENT?
Me: yes….gave it to him…a dollar bank account statement with $110,337 balance
VO: (Types for a very long time again). What do you do?
Me: told him
VO: what is the nature of your job? how much do you earn?
Me: told him….
Did you apply to other schools? Me: yes,..mentioned
VO: SO why did school?
Me: sir, this school offers the course of my interest. Small but diverse school with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1, I am passionate about the designs of green energy systems …….
VO: okay but I’m sorry your visa cannot be processed……
Me: sir, maybe you should have a look at the letter I came with
VO: No,…next applicant window….



5th attempt
LAGOS EMBASSY

I regretted why I never went to lagos from the first application. I just loved the Lagos setting. MEANWHILE, I changed my status to married. I had a marriage certificate I had prepared with stamp and everything.

VO: Where are you going to?
Me: University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
VO: For?
Me: my masters degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: What did you study in your undergrad?
Me: Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: So I’ve seen here that your school gave you an academic merit award of $3,000. Why?
Me: because I had good grades in my undergraduate results
VO: So why did you come here? Why not Abuja?
Me: I wanted going there but the dates available in Abuja was too close to the resumption date so I had to schedule it here
VO: I can see here too that you’ve changed your sponsors to your parents. Why didn’t they sponsor you at first?
Me: I have a scholarship so my parents are capable to pay the rest of the expenses
VO: what does your parent do?
Me: my dad is a professor of music, he lectures in the university, while my mum is a lecturer in physics department in the same university
VO: So do you have the prove of the scholarship?
Me: yes ma..(gave her a printed mail from the scholarship body plus a scanned letter from them…the letter even stated that I have 3months to send the account details of the school I need the money to be paid to)
VO: What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: yes….named
VO: so why this school?
Me: this school offers the particular course I want to major in
VO: which is?
ME: Green energy systems
VO: How did you find the school?
Me: I used google search and applied to all the four schools I found.
VO: Sorry your visa cannot be…..
Me: leaves immediately


What can you suggest I do in my next application as I’ve deferred to spring? I really need to get back to school to further. Will having the money in my account atleast one month before the interview cause any positive effect? Cos from their rejections, it seems they have a serious doubt about my capability to fund my education but that’s the least problem to me cos the money is there, though not in my account or my parents’. What can you advise guys? God bless y’all

Sorry about your delay and you have work to do and don't give up because if you work on your lapses you will end up getting the visa..

My own opinion

I wish you can defer you admission of possible till fall 2017 (I guess it's hard for you to do) and work on your lapses.

It is obvious that with your delayed transcripts you gave similar and simple answers to why the school, why the course, how do you know about the school, what do you do and how you got your scholarship from the school and other source.

Also all your answers are of the same pattern, the way you talk about how you got your scholarship both from the school and other source it's not well organized or stated at and you need to restructure them all because you are apply for a master degree and the level of your response must be unique in your next interview from all the previous interview..

In additional the way you are trying to give or present all those documents to VO also add to it because when VO didn't ask for documents and you trying to show and use it to prove to them usually tagged applicant in another way of enticing them in order to get the visa or in for of desperation.

Dominicumoh:
YES I BELIEVE. Thanks sir

It is well and let's give the thanks to God

Ctemi:
@Coo bboy pls ur help is needed biko

Hi dear.longest time

How u ?/


Bless

House while booking a flight do I need to book a return ticket or one way.

seek4yemi1:
House while booking a flight do I need to book a return ticket or one way.

if its a 2years course..one way is fine

Dominicumoh:
Here are all my transcripts. I posted the first one already. The greetings was same

God bless y’all

I guess..... your answers lies the main issue, your 5th attempt the answer of why that school falls very short. U need to go into more detail and sound intelligent in other to catch the Vo attention..... ... so for now , you need to relax , take all the feedback given and work on it and be properly ready

Also u are beginning to change your ds160 story too much from sponsorship to martial status , all that will smell desperation and brings additional scrutiny ....... just take a deep breath. Chill first and work on your answers. Also please and triple please no more changes to your ds 160 ....the change lies in your response

Dominicumoh:
Okay. I will post all my transcript here,...A change could mean having more money right? Yes I have made more money to fund my studies, another change could be that i'm now applying to resume in the spring session. In the 5th interview i even had to change my marital status to Married, still it didnt work for me,...the lady didnt even mention that...and now i'm faced with the confusion of whether to maintain my status as married or to return to my normal single state in my next application....Definitely a tough time for me cos this School has got everything i want and i fell in love with it a long time ago,....to reconfigure my mind to accept another school or another country other than the US could be vain.

After many denials, the VOs' eyes would be more on what has changed in your application since your previous interviews. Unfortunately, what has changed is something that can cause you another visa opportunity..... Inconsistencies can kill.

dicapino:
hello guys how can i rent or get used books. Abeg work don start.

Capeng.. Go to chegg.com

5 attempts, but I believe sir that you'll come out successful at the end. I posted that of an Indian with 5 attempts you can read up his experience and change things significantly

Dominicumoh:
Here are all my transcripts. I posted the first one already. The greetings was same

2nd attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: This is your second visit here. What’s new you came with?
Me: Sir I came with an official letter from my current employers requesting me to come back after my studies.
VO: (Gets the letter and looks at it for over 5minutes. Then gives it back to me). What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: How much do you earn?
Me: tells him
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: Yes…
VO: mention….(and I did)
VO: How did you find this school?
Me: Sir, I used google search plus I have a lecturer who schooled there and recommended the schhol.
VO: Who’ll pay for your trip?
Me: My maternal Uncle
VO: What does he do?....(He owns a contruction company and factories)
VO: I’m sorry your visa cannot be……
Me: Sir, can you please tell me the reason?
VO: (Looks at me for some minutes). You really want to know why?
Me: yes sir
VO: Its very unusual for your employers to promise you a job when you’ve not worked with them for a long time and its also unusual for an uncle to pay that much for you…
Me: but sir….
VO: Next applicant window….



3rd Attempt
Abuja Embassy

This is the worst VO I ever met. Looks advanced in age, very hostile. Rejected all 6 people he interviewed before me
VO: you mean you’ve been rejected 2times in the last 60days. Anyway. Let me see if theres any change…(looks at the screen) What new thing did you come with?
Me: sir, there’s no limit to the effort I can put in to achieve my dreams. My uncle gave me a letter stating his ability and willingness to pay.
VO: I am not looking at those letters cos it might have been put up by anyone. You Nigerians are very corrupt.
(gave me a rejection letter instantly)
Me: (pissed off cos he didn’t give me any time nor ask any question concerning my travelling plans) sir, please can you tell me why my application was denied?
VO: Looks at me and says…this is a very corrupt country,..said so many bad things…and conclude by saying….if youre really passionate about getting your higher degree, look out for other countries…next applicant window….
Me: (felt very angry and sad)…still waited till the next person came…then I left



4th attempt
Abuja Embassy

VO: what’s new?
Me: I am more clear and confident now than I have always been,also, I have been awarded a partial scholarship by….and I have a reference letter from my uncle who is a renowned catholic Bishop along with the data page of his passport
VO: How much scholarship do you have?
Me: mentions…
VO: How did you get the scholarship?
Me: its an annual scholarship given by….body to indigenes of our community who wishes to further their education.
VO: (Types for a very long time) Do you have any document to prove?
Me: No sir. Its in a text message.
VO: How did you win the scholarship?
Me: we all wrote an exam and those who were successful were invited to the award ceremonies
VO: who’s paying for your trip?
Me: my maternal uncle but my uncle who’s a renowned catholic Bishop decided to stand in as my guarantor to attest to my maternal uncle’s willingness and abilityto pay.
VO: DO YOU HAVE HIS STATEMENT?
Me: yes….gave it to him…a dollar bank account statement with $110,337 balance
VO: (Types for a very long time again). What do you do?
Me: told him
VO: what is the nature of your job? how much do you earn?
Me: told him….
Did you apply to other schools? Me: yes,..mentioned
VO: SO why did school?
Me: sir, this school offers the course of my interest. Small but diverse school with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1, I am passionate about the designs of green energy systems …….
VO: okay but I’m sorry your visa cannot be processed……
Me: sir, maybe you should have a look at the letter I came with
VO: No,…next applicant window….



5th attempt
LAGOS EMBASSY

I regretted why I never went to lagos from the first application. I just loved the Lagos setting. MEANWHILE, I changed my status to married. I had a marriage certificate I had prepared with stamp and everything.

VO: Where are you going to?
Me: University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
VO: For?
Me: my masters degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: What did you study in your undergrad?
Me: Electrical/Electronics Engineering
VO: So I’ve seen here that your school gave you an academic merit award of $3,000. Why?
Me: because I had good grades in my undergraduate results
VO: So why did you come here? Why not Abuja?
Me: I wanted going there but the dates available in Abuja was too close to the resumption date so I had to schedule it here
VO: I can see here too that you’ve changed your sponsors to your parents. Why didn’t they sponsor you at first?
Me: I have a scholarship so my parents are capable to pay the rest of the expenses
VO: what does your parent do?
Me: my dad is a professor of music, he lectures in the university, while my mum is a lecturer in physics department in the same university
VO: So do you have the prove of the scholarship?
Me: yes ma..(gave her a printed mail from the scholarship body plus a scanned letter from them…the letter even stated that I have 3months to send the account details of the school I need the money to be paid to)
VO: What do you do?
Me: I work in a ….
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: yes….named
VO: so why this school?
Me: this school offers the particular course I want to major in
VO: which is?
ME: Green energy systems
VO: How did you find the school?
Me: I used google search and applied to all the four schools I found.
VO: Sorry your visa cannot be…..
Me: leaves immediately


What can you suggest I do in my next application as I’ve deferred to spring? I really need to get back to school to further. Will having the money in my account atleast one month before the interview cause any positive effect? Cos from their rejections, it seems they have a serious doubt about my capability to fund my education but that’s the least problem to me cos the money is there, though not in my account or my parents’. What can you advise guys? God bless y’all

Bro sorry for ur denials , what I noticed from ur transcripts is Dat first impression last longer and dose vos have capitalize on it like ur second transcript Dat vo said VO: Its very unusual for your employers to promise you a job when you’ve not worked with them for a long time and its also unusual for an uncle to pay that much for you…yes I can say d vo was right bcus dose vos are psychologist it's very unusual especially in Nigeria wia everything has turn upside-down and wia corruption is prevailing, Dia are some things u have to be careful with wen changing ur profile like issue of who is sponsoring u, dey knw Dat it's not very easy like Dat within just 60days to have another sponsorer..... Do never tink it's impossible it doesn't matter wia u com from all d Matters is wia u are going to [singing in d voice of lilkeshi] pls work harder on ur who is sponsoring and re fire, I knw and I belief with God on ur inside u are going places

@ dominicumor do not present any documents unless u v been ask to because u will give the vo the opportunity to know how desperate u are I agree with walspring on this issue also u said u won a scholarship and u want to show it to the vo via text message.it is not done anywhere.concrete evidence like printing out of the scholarship with a genuine letter headed would have been okay.ur answer to how did u find d school through GOOGLE is not part of it at all.find another answer to that

I have plans of moving to the U.S in about 2 years time.. I honestly want to know all their is to it and more, .. Which visa would i be advised to apply for and what am i up against?

somehowpenis:
I have plans of moving to the U.S in about 2 years time.. I honestly want to know all their is to it and more, .. Which visa would i be advised to apply for and what am i up against?

Read back in this section, then go and find part 9 and read that
Then you will have learnt much about USA visits and visa.

Also go to the US visa site and read everything there.

good day my people please is there anyone who can help me with SAT study packs? thank you

thacokeboy:
good day my people please is there anyone who can help me with SAT study packs? thank you

You can go to college board website and download or you buy the material at yaba or Ojuelegba in Lagos

[quote author=imperiouxx post=48738543]If you ask me I would say for me SAT should be fine but don't forget those schools required that anyone that English is not his first language must show a prove of proficient in English language. This is why it's advisable to do the TOEFL, most especially the undergrads.

However, you can always write your choice schools for a waiver, you might have a strong point.[/quote
Tanks a million...]

Hello guys, Pls anybody studying at the university of maine or you know someone studying there .pls let's connect on campus.

Ctemi:
Hi, pls is there anybody or someone that know somebody schooling in Collin College Plano Dallas or it environ? my cousin(boy) needs share apartment.

Coobboy goes to Collin College, I'm not sure which campus

Walspring:
Amen

Amen ooo boss. Finally! Finally!! My school has responded to them, so I guess work should commence over there...

Venek:
Save you from them? I'd don't get, you mean wes?

Yea. Though was due to strike. My school was on strike when wes sent back my doc for verification. Close to 2months I guess. Buh they responded few days ago.

Nothing to worry about bro, Jah is our strength...

Walspring:
You can go to college board website and download or you buy the material at yaba or Ojuelegba in Lagos

thanks sir

Walspring:
You can go to college board website and download or you buy the material at yaba or Ojuelegba in Lagos

. and like how much does it cost in ojuelegba

MrRoYCe:
Coobboy goes to Collin College, I'm not sure which campus

cc

Ctemi

Pm Coobboy and MrRoYCe for any info about Collins college

thacokeboy:
. and like how much does it cost in ojuelegba

Dunno but budget like 7k downward dor Barron official guide for SAT

Someone bought it 4K last year or so..