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successflow:
and also VO: what will this program do for you or why this course Information Technology in BD
ME: this course will designed me the analytic and theoretical knowledge in my feed of networking and software program which i will be able to build, designed, implement complex systems utilizing current and evolving technology and the confident to have a good leadership role in developing new systems in the future in business, education,gaming,industry when i come back to my country.

teetea06:
Heavy downpour today @the Lagos US embassy,was drenched but I no mind because I know God has a special package for me..I got to the embassy around 5am and my schedule time was 6:30am..Had to stay somewhere with the umbrella borrowed from my cabman..At about 6am,the queue started and I joined the queue with my wet self and my filled envelope..was told by the queue instructor that why am I coming with junks that the document with me should just be 5,I was helped by a lady behind me and when I got to the scan Centre I was told my sevis fee receipt wasn't there,was sent back gain to print a copy for 1k.. after my biometrics, I joined the queue for the interview proper and when it almost got to me,the guy before me told me to go to the woman facing me which I did but the instructor was like he didn't tell me to but I told him make he no vex..now the interview proper.. me:Good morning ma with a fake smile..... vo:Morning...Pass me your passport and I20 which I gave out..Vo:Why Agricultural science: I said i opted agricultural science because it was the surest way of having food on your table(everyother thing I have rehearsed for weeks were already gone)..Vo: Why this school (Arkansas state university)...Me: I chose the school cos of its rank as one of the top best university in field of agricultural science..Vo:How many schools :3 and I name them and also told her I got admitted to 2 while 1 was pending cos she asked..Vo: your sponsors..Me:My dad and my step mom..Vo asked my dad's occupation..Me:Commercial livestock farmer..Me:Have you traveled before?..Me:No I have not..She also asked how I got to know about the school,replied with I did proper research on the internet..That was all..she wasn't looking at me and I was staring@the white paper too..She gave it to me and I didn't hear other thing cos while replied her I was shaking but God made it possible for me..I am a silent reader here but the forum was helpful..Thanks to Mr Texrem,I dunno him but he took his time to call me and help me with mock,he corrected and even told me what to say which I did..God bless you brought and to every Visa hopeful,God of E.A Adeboye will grant you your desires..I am happy.when should I go for pick up?

ElDeeVee:
I was at Lagos Consulate this morning. I was slated time was 6:30am so, I had to leave home very early. I got to the Consulate around 5:45am.
Security checks lasted like forever but alas, I got into the interview hall.
Initially, white papers were flying left, right and center but, this changed later as blue papers were also coming out.
My interview was quite short and the VO (in his late 40’s) was pleasant and nice.

Transcript below;
VO: Hello, good morning
Me: Good morning Sir

VO: Pass me your passport, I-20 and SEVIS payment confirmation page
Me: **Passed it**

VO: What are you going to study in the US?
Me: I am going for MS study in Math

VO: Why did you choose this particular school over others?
Me: I am going to the school for 3 major reasons. First, the school offered me a full GTA with tuition waiver and monthly stipends. (*** VO cuts in)

VO: How did you get the assistantship?
Me: The members of the committee in charge of selection for assistantship were quite impressed with my profile and previous academic and professional achievement.

VO: Which other schools did you apply to?
Me: 3 other schools – UNI, BGSU and UL Lafayette (Stated all in full with their respective cities and states)

VO: Tell me about the MS program.
Me: The MS program is a flexible program that focuses on key math areas like Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Applied Math and Operations Research.

**VO typed for some seconds and then gave me the white paper.
**Me smiled and left the hall immediately.

I appreciate everyone on this thread for their wonderful tips. Special shout out to @tolutweety, @profojah1234, @texrem @oludare01, @jesusbabygirl, @libber, @toakins, @folsy, @femi321, @happyday, and everyone who has contributed to this great thread.

Tips
1. If you have funding, state it as one of your reasons for going to the school. I feel this worked for me;
2. Be bold and confident. This cannot be overemphasized;
3. Prepare, prepare and prepare - know your stuff (your course, your program structure etc);
4. Please don’t cram. Just go there and chat with the VO. The interview is nothing out of the ordinary.

Good luck, people and see you at the top.

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:
even though it is a community college, based on the following

You can say " I chose HFC, because, the college's cooperation with relevant industry to give supplementary on the job training , is best for me , being a highly dextrous individual, eager to translate every piece of theoretical knowledge into relevant work"

ecoleco:
VISA approved this morning at Abuja Embassy of the US.

Vo okay , took 20 secs to read the I20 and asked Why VCU?
Bros VCU (in full) has a good business school and I interview with two doctoral faculty members who encouraged me to apply

Vo Still reading I20… How did you get the assistantship?
Bros My 1st degree GPA and My 2nd degree GPA were very good and my Statement of Purpose as well.

LagosismyHome:
Congrats , God bless your new journey .............. Nice so you not going with the J1 route ? . I think F1 is better as its less limiting

ecoleco:
Nope not J1 anymore. Thanks for all your great contributions despite your busy schedule and family....though you didn't reply my PM

Anyways I totally understand

LagosismyHome:
actually never saw this PM ,,,,,,,as you mention it I went to check because I don't recall seeing this and yeap never saw it . Apologises

francophone134:
Nice one bro, but please where did u c dis info so that i can defend it to the vo. on their site?

ElDeeVee:
I was at Lagos Consulate this morning. I was slated time was 6:30am so, I had to leave home very early. I got to the Consulate around 5:45am.
Security checks lasted like forever but alas, I got into the interview hall.
Initially, white papers were flying left, right and center but, this changed later as blue papers were also coming out.
My interview was quite short and the VO (in his late 40’s) was pleasant and nice.

Transcript below;
VO: Hello, good morning
Me: Good morning Sir

VO: Pass me your passport, I-20 and SEVIS payment confirmation page
Me: **Passed it**

VO: What are you going to study in the US?
Me: I am going for MS study in Math

VO: Why did you choose this particular school over others?
Me: I am going to the school for 3 major reasons. First, the school offered me a full GTA with tuition waiver and monthly stipends. (*** VO cuts in)

VO: How did you get the assistantship?
Me: The members of the committee in charge of selection for assistantship were quite impressed with my profile and previous academic and professional achievement.

VO: Which other schools did you apply to?
Me: 3 other schools – UNI, BGSU and UL Lafayette (Stated all in full with their respective cities and states)

VO: Tell me about the MS program.
Me: The MS program is a flexible program that focuses on key math areas like Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Applied Math and Operations Research.

**VO typed for some seconds and then gave me the white paper.
**Me smiled and left the hall immediately.

I appreciate everyone on this thread for their wonderful tips. Special shout out to @tolutweety, @profojah1234, @texrem @oludare01, @jesusbabygirl, @libber, @toakins, @folsy, @femi321, @happyday, and everyone who has contributed to this great thread.

Tips
1. If you have funding, state it as one of your reasons for going to the school. I feel this worked for me;
2. Be bold and confident. This cannot be overemphasized;
3. Prepare, prepare and prepare - know your stuff (your course, your program structure etc);
4. Please don’t cram. Just go there and chat with the VO. The interview is nothing out of the ordinary.

Good luck, people and see you at the top.

successflow:
please house i need help, is it okay if a vo ask you why this university
me: during my intenship program my supervisor who was an alumina of the school recommended for me and i also chat with a few current student of the school which they assured me the school ask a flexible and well structured curriculum program and a good standard ratio which suit my carrer goal, and i also make intensive research using education website like princton review,usnews etc to narrrow down to school who offer Infomation Technology in the feed of computer programming and networking

Walspring:
Is it Ikeja Maryland

Is not far from profojah house

Mekurexx:
Maryland bustop near Mr. biggs or Maryland Baltimore?

adewotired:
Who is in based in Maryland?

LagosismyHome:
Maryland is fairly big so you have to state which side of Maryland

For example if you are in Uni Maryland Eastern shore that almost 3 Hours to someone in John Hopskins Baltimore....even from there to UM College Park is still over 2 hours but all same Maryland

bigfrancis21:
I am.

adewotired:
Sorry ma... Baltimore

akandry:
Visa approved today 6:30 am!!!!!
All praise to God Transcript loading.......

LagosismyHome:
Gunther6 biko your attention is needed .... i believe he is in Baltimore

adewotired:
Thank you so much ... I appreciate ma

LagosismyHome:
Best to find him and send him a pm

purplesummer as well. She is in Baltimore

These are our people from last August....i guess school work has made us not see their brake light

Glowrie22:
Visa approved today.
I've been a silent reader on this forum, and I'm grateful for all the help I got from here.
My interview was slated for 6.30am, I got there around 5:10 in the heavy rain. Around 6 the check-ins began and I was the second person on the queue. I was almost sent back outside because I didn't have a hard copy passport with me, but fortunately for me, the passport I uploaded on my DS-160 was clear enough. I was also asked for the last page of my I 20 which I left at home, thinking it wasn't important, fortunately for me again, it wasn't really needed.
The first guy to be interviewed was approved and I was the next. Here goes:
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning sir

VO: Tell me why you chose the University of Arkansas
Me: I chose the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville because I will be working with Prof ×××× as a research assistant in his (Vo nodding, cuts in)

VO: Tell me about this program, Agricultural Economics
Me: Okay. The program will run for a duration of 24 months during which I will be required to take a minimum of 31 credit unit hours of courses. Some of these courses are Agricultural Micro-Economics, Agribusiness Finance and Econometrics. (VO typing all through this)

VO: (after typing for a bit) Your visa is approved, collect it at this location
Me: Thank you sir.

I prayed for a very short interview and I got it. The whole thing lasted for like 2 minutes or even less. I want to say thanks to all those that have been keeping this thread alive, it helped me a lot. Special thanks to @happyday, thanks for taking out time to help me.

For those preparing to go, all I can say is prepare well, be confident, pray, and don't forget any of your documents at home like me lol.

Thank you very much.

LagosismyHome:
Best to find him and send him a pm

purplesummer as well. She is in Baltimore

These are our people from last August....i guess school work has made us not see their brake light

texrem:
Baltimore...Gunther6 is killing it

francophone134:
Gritings bro. please i want us to talk privately. i also applhed to a comunity colege. pls drop ur contact so ill call u. thanks

texrem:
Congrats.. where you the one i conducted mock for this morning?

Glowrie22:
Visa approved today.
I've been a silent reader on this forum, and I'm grateful for all the help I got from here.
My interview was slated for 6.30am, I got there around 5:10 in the heavy rain. Around 6 the check-ins began and I was the second person on the queue. I was almost sent back outside because I didn't have a hard copy passport with me, but fortunately for me, the passport I uploaded on my DS-160 was clear enough. I was also asked for the last page of my I 20 which I left at home, thinking it wasn't important, fortunately for me again, it wasn't really needed.
The first guy to be interviewed was approved and I was the next. Here goes:
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning sir

VO: Tell me why you chose the University of Arkansas
Me: I chose the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville because I will be working with Prof ×××× as a research assistant in his (Vo nodding, cuts in)

VO: Tell me about this program, Agricultural Economics
Me: Okay. The program will run for a duration of 24 months during which I will be required to take a minimum of 31 credit unit hours of courses. Some of these courses are Agricultural Micro-Economics, Agribusiness Finance and Econometrics. (VO typing all through this)

VO: (after typing for a bit) Your visa is approved, collect it at this location
Me: Thank you sir.

I prayed for a very short interview and I got it. The whole thing lasted for like 2 minutes or even less. I want to say thanks to all those that have been keeping this thread alive, it helped me a lot. Special thanks to @happyday, thanks for taking out time to help me.

For those preparing to go, all I can say is prepare well, be confident, pray, and don't forget any of your documents at home like me lol.

Thank you very much.