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imperiouxx:
Fact check:

In as much you're trying to make a point, try get the fact right.

At this point in time, the highest success on this thread was recorded between May 2016 - Aug 2016, which is Part 9.

LagosismyHome:
Hummm it only in money matter that my attention is needed oooo, so are u sharing money .... hustle has not allowed me see road

Will try and check my emails tomorrow

Mitchely:
OK, thanks for your response, they have been delaying ticketing my booking for a while now, though I am in touch with them. Hoping for the best.

Walspring:
Oh you stay in Abuja

Folsy:
Lol... Y d sad face?

Folsy:
Maybe its d hols? Not sure. I'm sure u'll be sorted.
U've paid ryt?

imperiouxx:
Fact check:

In as much you're trying to make a point, try get the fact right.

At this point in time, the highest success on this thread was recorded between May 2016 - Aug 2016, which is Part 9.

LagosismyHome:
Hunmmn so many people have gained tremendously by the precious time taken by texrem and others to coach for interview.... not everyone wants to share their personal stuff here but are more open to discuss generic non personal questions

Why would u want to discourage this that has helped others....

imperiouxx:
I do.

It's the best school that makes applicants successfully get denied at the embassy.

Any more questions?

imperiouxx:
I do.

It's the best school that makes applicants successfully get denied at the embassy.

Any more questions?

Walspring:
Because I should have come for visa approved celebration party.

tunddy:
Good morning Nairalander I'm new on this thread....pls how do I apply to U.s.a schools for masters

cuspy:
Are you feeling fine?

OluDare01:
That was my set which included SirRiddy, Gunther, Cutemorgan, Calfavour, and others. I think what helped was the fact that we've been on this thread for a while

Mitchely:
That statement was not meant to claim more success presently, but to convey a desire to achieve more.....

Walspring:
my schedules are very tight and i wish i could have time for this even some people who sent me pm i haven't reply them


Like me, i have sent you like one million and one pm, but i understand the tightness of your schedule cuz @Texrem actually explained things to me .

Walspring:
Oh you stay in Abuja

Phelickz98:
Any one here going to Alcorn State University?

Observer25:
Have a cousin who goes there. Did you secure your visa?

shayhune:

I need mock interview for boarding the plane. Can you help out

olarich30:
good day Nairaland peeps i was denied my student visa on thursday 22nd of june in lagos by the guy in window 4 around 8 am , the guy was just giving out refusals like someone giving kids candy . i believe i answered all the questions asked by the VO properly but i was refused for reasons best known to him .

i got an admission to study master's in game design at full sail university in florida and it's a nationally accredited private university . i wrote TOEFL and i studied computer science for my bachelor's degree , i intend to apply again for an interview at the embassy .

my questions are do i stand a chance ? is the school credible enough for a student visa ?

i am 30 years old , single but i have ties to my country through work ( i work with Bet9ja and KC gaming networks ) and i have also traveled o
ut of the country on 4 different occasions , i even went to south Africa this February .

do i still stand a chance this time around ? i want people's candid opinion

monimoni101:
Please I need help... Does anyone know schools that DO NOT require GRE / GMAT / TOEFL for Masters program in the US?

saltylola20:
It's such a great job you guys are doing here. I just gained admission to Tarleton State University, Fortworth campus, Texas, for my masters in Communication Studies. My interview is scheduled for next week Wednesday, can someone please create time to help me with mock interview by this weekend. Thanks a lot.

ridsan4real:
1) You can register for gre as soon as you are ready and prepared to take the exam. Its done online at www.ets.org. You can also get all the information you need about the exam on the website. You will get adequate materials to prepare for the exam here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t9ot6d07hp1lkm7/AADL_dTihjEvNBRCBsmAcoXja?dl=0 . Proceed to this thread to learn from people's experience about the exam
https://www.nairaland.com/1832477/how-achieve-high-scores-
gre/44#39955826

Go to this link and download how you can ace the GRE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ii97JplpxMTVhRZGplOEhPaVE/view?usp=sharing

TOEFL is an English test required by some US universities. tho, some schools waive due to d fact that Nigeria is an Anglophone country but u can write it if you have d capability as it will increase your chances of getting assistantship.
For toefl, all you need are the speaking noteful videos, the ets toefl guide is enough to ace the exam for other sections. Just download the toefl ETS Guide from there website and the simulation test.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/45tvc3ifi8wh8sh/AACXR5j6l3nsWK8vZx5P28TVa?dl=0

2) Honestly, If I were you I will plan towards Fall, more opportunities open up in Fall because that's the main admission season in the US. However, you can still meet up with spring but everything will be at a rush which doesn't always help you to put in a good application.
3) Nobody knows how to write SOP until they start. It takes about 3weeks-4weeks to write a good worth graduate school SOP. The SOP is just as important as your gre score and CGPA.
4) In life it is always good to know how to fish than to always ask for fish from a fisherman, learn how to use google for some public knowledge questions. A quick google search would have given you the meaning of LOR. I am not discouraging you from asking questions but always try your best to research about your curiosity first, Infact no excuse for ignorance. LOR is letter of recommendation. Most times, you need 3 LORs from your undergraduate Lecturers.
5)In summary, go and prepare for gre to boost your chances of admit and funding. Few things in life are certain, admit and funding isn't one of them but you can only do your part and leave the rest to God.
The following link will help you in chasing your graduate school dream
http://graddecision.org/ ,
www.msinus.com , http://www.msinus.com/content/how-select-universities-ms-us-534/ www.4icu.org

credit: femi321

OluDare01:
Imperiouxx, Slimmy2005, OjaP, MsNas, Bigfrancis21lagosismyhome

Can Y'all share some job application tips I think it would go a long way as some of us would be rounding off our studies soon.
Thanks!

Okay bro. Will do that later tonight.

Edit: Let me do it now before my small oga wakes up.


1. Try and intern before you graduate! Even if it's an unpaid internship, please try and do one or two. My oga used to harp on the importance of internships and I thought he was just bothering me unnecessarily. I did one unpaid internship and after that, I got my first job straight off the bat. This past two months, I have had the opportunity to be on the other side of an interview table (as an interviewer) and that experience is one that will for sure help me during future interview process. I got to see things from an interviewer's prospective and one key factor that I realized after a couple of interviews is that interviewers loathe when you do not have any tangible work experience on your resume. When I mean tangible, I mean something that aligns with your major in college. I have actually had a manager (he was on the interview panel with me) say that he will be deselecting a candidate (She went to GA Tech and studied Biomedical and Molecular Engineering) because all her work experience was in her sorority and how can a person go to school for four years or five with no internship or job? Which means, she had everything handed to her on a platter of gold by her parents and might not know what the real world is nor have any work ethics! She hasn't even reached the parking lot before we deselected her! Oh well!!

2. Start applying ASAP! Once you're within 8 months of graduation, start sending in those applications. Trust me, it's not too early and many a company will ask you when you want to start working. It saves you the mad scramble of applying when you're 1 month to graduation or after graduation. The mistake many leave is to leave job applications till the last minute and then everything is crazy afterwards.

3. Work on your resume. Your resume is your selling point. Utilize it well! This is what gets you an interview and it has to be informative enough to catch the attention of a recruiter before you get the actual interview. Google resume samples online and tailor it to meet your own information. Trust me, there's nothing that gives a recruiter or an interviewer more joy than a professionally written and informative resume. Drop the unnecessary crap and stick to the most important aspects in your resume. Your header should be your name and the following line should be your email address, phone number and your resident city and state. Dump all other irrelevant info. Don't use any fancy fonts for your resume. Stick to Times New Roman, Calibri or some other clean, no frills fonts.

4. Apply to as many places as possible. I think I mentioned it sometime ago that I applied to as many as 200 places. No kidding! I swear. How I kept track of them all? I had an excel sheet where I logged all my job applications. I keep documentation of the job title, the job description, company, the link to the application and the resume I used. If i get a reject, I highlight with red. If I get an interview, I highlight in green. It made it easy for me to track, cos i don't want to be confused about what company is inviting me for and interview or what position I applied to in the company. So, apply to as many places as possible, because if you apply that way, you're bound to get as many interviews of which 1 or 2 will result into a job.

5. While you're applying to numerous places, please spice up your resume. Tailor your resume to meet what the job you're applying to is looking for. I don't know how many versions of my resume I have but I'm sure its more than 10. I have the generic resume I use but I also adjust my resume to fit whatever job I was applying to. Don't submit the same resume over and over to different companies. Tailor your resume to align properly with what whatever job you're applying to needs. Sell yourself well, give them a reason to be interested in you and eager to call you in for an interview.

6. Learn the act of interviewing! See, nothing pisses me off more than a person who messes up their interview. There was this guy I interviewed. Before he got into the room, I was already in love with his profile. Went to Cal Poly SLO, studied Ag. Business, 3.88GPA, had Ag. related work experience and was bilingual. He pissed me off so bad in his interview that we deselected him on the spot. His offense? He was not articulate!! We could barely understand or hear what he was saying. We would ask him a question, he will reply with a question. Gosh! There was another one from GA Tech, black kid with an engineering degree. Top of his class. He was so nervous and gave very short answers. I was trying to engage him and get him to talk more and deeper cos I know that was what they were looking for, but this guy did not take the bait. to make matters worse, he said his ultimate goal in 5 years was to get a PhD and teach afterwards. As God will have it, the recruiter was present in the interviews and after he stepped out of the room, she deselected him because according to her, no need hiring him because our company was not a long term goal for him. I felt so dissapointed because the population of black skilled workers here is about 1-2%. And we have a workforce of at least 1000 people on site.

This guy was flown in from Georgia as a second round of interviews, put in the best hotel in town for four days, given a rental and all that. The interview was just a formality and was supposed to be a slam dunk for him and he messed it up. On the contrary, he had a classmate who also interviewed and boy! This girl can talk! She captivated us, sold herself to the T. She got recommended right after and she got the job. A lot of the people we interviewed did not even know anything about the company when asked. Like seriously?? Just google the shit out of the company before your interview. Out of the around 120 people we interviewed, only 8 made the cut. Sadly.

7. Be professional. Never badmouth your ex-employers, your ex-coworkers to ex-colleagues during an interview. I interviewed a guy who put all the blame on his professor for a bad grade he got (a D) because according to him, the professor was not good a teacher. Yet he went to a Community College to retake the class and still got a C. This is to show that the problem is you and not your teachers. He kept badmouthing a former group member as well and we just concluded he's not a team player and will always find someone to blame for his failures like Donald Trump. Lol

8. Be articulate. Yes we get it, you have an accent, we all do. But please, speak as concisely and as clearly as possible. You don't want your interviewer to keep telling you to repeat what you said neither do you want them to space out cos they don't understand you. Speak very clearly and loud enough for everybody to hear. Be convincing with the way you express yourself.

9. Study your resume and your transcript very well before the interview. Most of the questions they're gonna ask you is on that resume. Nothing screams unprepared more than the candidate that constantly has to consult his/her resume constantly during an interview so he can be reminded of what is on there (jobs, certifications and whatnot) You might get stuck with a crazy interviewer who will dissect your resume back to back before you interview and go off tangent during the interview proper and starts throwing questions at you left, right and center based on what he saw on your resume. One of my team members is notorious for that and he did it to the girl I mentioned earlier from GA Tech. This girl handled herself beautifully and was able to parry all his questions well.

10. Dress the part. I know Nigerians won't slack in this aspect because we love dressing well, but just thought to put this out there as well. One interview while I was in college, this girl...my classmate actually showed up in jeans and sneakers and as God will help her, the interview was at the career center. The employees were the ones who sent her back and told her to go dress up more appropriately. SMH. Even if it's just a plain dress shirt and pants, make sure it's ironed, hair tamed, shoes not scuffed and you're not smelling musty. Greet everybody as you enter the room, be polite and let you body language put everybody at ease.

11. Don't be discouraged. When you apply, rejections will abound. I was getting as much as 3-6 rejection emails per day sometimes and while it can be depressing, don't sink into the depression. Apply more and there will be light at the end of the tunnel, and you'll definitely get that interview and subsequently that job you desire.

Sorry for the long ass essay. Una bye bye oo. Small oga is awake, before him scatter all I don type.