LagosismyHome:


if i am here on Nairaland then who said she cant be here (an example of person when relocate back ) or is there a special criteria to be on NL. .....confused look

The main reason outside world have negative thoughts about Nigeria specifically is they know the country is messed up big time.

In every embassy or consulate, there are multitudinal visa applications. US alone is 4,000+ everyday. Then multiply that by 64,000.

please I urgently need someone that will help me pay for my application fee...

Everest1989:
please I urgently need someone that will help me pay for my application fee...

most nigerian cards are able to pay application fee

LagosismyHome:


most nigerian cards are able to pay application fee

this one is different...it has to do with filling of credit card form and scan, then send to the school to deduct the money...unlike paying through web.

Ubah1:
Good morning everyone. I got my transcript evaluated by WES and my profile is as follows.

Degree: chemical engineering
WES Evaluated Grade: 3.7/4.0
No gre or toefl

Please which school is a best bet for getting Graduate assistanship in engineering. I planned writing GRE during December time.

Presently have admission from Embry riddle aeronautical university for masters in safety science. Don't know if I can switch to engineering if I get to USA easily

Wait you have this GPA and you are not getting it right on a 'straight line' you want to move 'zig zag'? Ah..You better go and write GRE and apply to top 20 schools in Chemical Engineering and by the way, Writting Gre in Dec might be late for good schools, except you are planning for fall 2019.

i just googled the school now and I cant really say its a good engineering school or not. If your dream is chemical Engineering and not aeronautical, please go and write GRE and apply to a proper good chemical engineering school. Many people missed it in life because of wrong step which takes years to retrace. Dont allow your village people to win this war. The school might be good in aeronautical but I cant say the same for chemical engineering.

femi312:
Wait you have this GPA and you are not getting it right on a 'straight line' you want to move 'zig zag'? Ah..You better go and write GRE and apply to top 20 schools in Chemical Engineering and by the way, Writting Gre in Dec might be late for good schools, except you are planning for fall 2019.

My point exactly!
It pains me when I see great profiles (GPA and GRE) applying to lowly ranked schools.
With good admission packaging, a Nigerian with 3.7/4 should join a top 20 school.

femi312:
Dont allow your village people to win this war. .

please can someone break down the next process after getting my i-20 form.am bit confused here

Sanctus1:
please can someone break down the next process after getting my i-20 form.am bit confused here

All you need to do is make sevis payment in the next link after receiving your i20 (https://www.fmjfee.com), note that the SEVIS cant be paid in Nigeria, someone abroad has to make the payment for you after you have filled the sevis coupon in that link, then fill the Ds 160 form ( https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/) and lastly schedule for visa interview here https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?language=English&country=Nigeria

LagosismyHome:

femi312:
All you need to do is make sevis payment in the next link after receiving your i20 (https://www.fmjfee.com), note that the SEVIS cant be paid in Nigeria, someone abroad has to make the payment for you after you have filled the sevis coupon in that link, then fill the Ds 160 form ( https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/) and lastly schedule for visa interview here https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?language=English&country=Nigeria

what about the visa fee?

Ladson:



I have checked the school. you have indeed made my day. I appreciate your response.

Wyoming fellow

PrinceDekunle:
It's been a while and I have really missed this family of great value. School work has kept me isolated from online and social media activities.
American Education system is no child's play at all. Abeg our naija university system na just high school jare. Here you would learn a lot about responsibilities from paying bills to building credit scores to working hard and I mean super hard just to stay afloat. Academic competition is even an understatement because if you think you are smart, well here is the best place to exhibit all you have got as you would see a lot of smarter students too, but trust me Nigerians no dey carry last. I get to understand that the categories of Nigerians here are different from the ones back home because here they work hard and end up very successful. Where do I even start from sef. I greet everyone ooo and success to the spring 18 applicants. I will try to stay in touch as much as I can.

Note: apart from the school stress though, America is a very good place to be, it's worth the whole efforts of GRE exams, TOEFL and admission process money we all spent plus the visa hurdle. It's really worth it. You get to have the platform to become whatever you want to be with no restrictions (if you can work hard). It's all about what skills you can offer and not by who you know or where you came from

I totally relate bro; so true. And let me say this to all applicants, if you want to succeed here academically, you need to be prepared to work harder than you have ever done. Schooling here (if it's a good, well-ranked college) will test your limits repeatedly. In Nigeria 70 marks is A. In the US, 70 is a C. 90 is A (in my school at least, I'm guessing it's so for other US colleges). No, nothing is watered down. And there are no corners to cut - you either know your stuff or you may have to drop the class. The only preparation Nigerian schools give one is the ability to endure large amounts of stress without imploding. So in a place like US where there is order and decorum, things work out better when planned. Now, If this sounds like discouragement to you, then you are not ready. Nigerians here and in many parts of the country top their various classes. Decide now to become part of the trend.

DeeTus:
The main reason outside world have negative thoughts about Nigeria specifically is they know the country is messed up big time.

In every embassy or consulate, there are multitudinal visa applications. US alone is 4,000+ everyday. Then multiply that by 64,000.

A country's evaluation is different from that of an arbitrary individual. That some people in our govt are wallowing in corruption and incompetence and pulling the honest efforts of others down with it, is no basis for someone to imply that ALL Nigerians are crooks or dishonest folks. No country's govt is actually perfect. Besides, many people of other nationalities here wouldn't want to relocate to their country too, developed or not. So again, it's not a Nigerian thing. It's a highly subjective and discretionary decision per individual.

Please guys, is there anyone here who has had experience with Ethiopian Airlines or Turkish Airlines.

I need a first hand account of their services.

Thanks in advance.

Sanctus1:


what about the visa fee?

Sigh.. did you even open those links at all? You need to learn how to start reading and sourcing for information..Anyway, The Visa fee is #64000 and you make payment in any GTB bank and you cant schedule visa interview without making payment

Phew what have I missed?

New drama episodes more "fake" students?

I have flown Ethiopian airline twice to Washington dulles. Aircrafts are new and okay, hostesses are polite, airport at Addis ababa ain't fantastic (slightly better than Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja or on the same level), food isn't nice (in my opinion ) . But you can ask for soda, tea, juice and alcohol as many times as you want (for those who want).

imperiouxx:
Please guys, is there anyone here who has had experience with Ethiopian Airlines or Turkish Airlines.

I need a first hand account of their services.

Thanks in advance.

mizznkem:
I have flown Ethiopian airline twice to Washington dulles. Aircrafts are new and okay, hostesses are polite, airport at Addis ababa ain't fantastic (slightly better than Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja or on the same level), food isn't nice (in my opinion ) . But you can ask for soda, tea, juice and alcohol as many times as you want (for those who want).

Thank you. Round trip from U.S that I see, they will go through Lome, Benin.

femi312:
Wait you have this GPA and you are not getting it right on a 'straight line' you want to move 'zig zag'? Ah..You better go and write GRE and apply to top 20 schools in Chemical Engineering and by the way, Writting Gre in Dec might be late for good schools, except you are planning for fall 2019.

i just googled the school now and I cant really say its a good engineering school or not. If your dream is chemical Engineering and not aeronautical, please go and write GRE and apply to a proper good chemical engineering school. Many people missed it in life because of wrong step which takes years to retrace. Dont allow your village people to win this war. The school might be good in aeronautical but I cant say the same for chemical engineering.

Thanks for this awesome reply. I planned switching to chemical engineering with the tops schools. But I want to enter US, then switch. Fall 2018 is still very far to keep staying here in Nigeria. That's why am asking if it's easier switching over there if one travels with another course of study.

Ogas in the house, please enlighten me.

Thanks

Ubah1:


Thanks for this awesome reply. I planned switching to chemical engineering with the tops schools. But I want to enter US, then switch. Fall 2018 is still very far to keep staying here in Nigeria. That's why am asking if it's easier switching over there if one travels with another course of study.

Oga in the house, please enlighten me.

Thanks

No its not possible, Even if that is possible, its more stressful and not economical.You still have to apply the same way you would have applied from Nigeria. Your best bet is to apply from Nigeria, the time you used in applying to the previous school, you should have used it to chase what you really wanted. If you cant write GRE before November ending, then forget top schools for Fall 2018 and start planning towards Fall 2019. There is no short cut to success, it requires planing and handwork.

I flew from Enugu to Washington dulles both times. Flights was Enugu - Addis ababa (layover) - Dublin Ireland- washington dulles. Total flight time was about 25hrs. The stop at Dublin was to refuel the aircraft. We didn't disembark from the aircraft.

On the return leg, we didn't stop over at DUblin. It was just Washington dulles - Addis ababa- Enugu. Total flight time was an out 19 hours, 40 minutes.



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Thank you. Round trip from U.S that I see, they will go through Lome, Benin.[/quote]

AfonjaBoston:
Phew what have I missed?

New drama episodes more "fake" students?

Donald trump was here sharing green card in exchange for an IQ match

femi312:
No its not possible, Even if that is possible, its more stressful and not economical.You still have to apply the same way you would have applied from Nigeria. Your best bet is to apply from Nigeria, the time you used in applying to the previous school, you should have used it to chase what you really wanted. If you cant write GRE before November ending, then forget top schools for Fall 2018 and start planning towards Fall 2019. There is no short cut to success, it requires planing and handwork.

Stay in Nigeria till 2019. . Lemme try and write GRE before November ending. That 2019 is too far

Ubah1:
Good morning everyone. I got my transcript evaluated by WES and my profile is as follows.

Degree: chemical engineering
WES Evaluated Grade: 3.7/4.0
No gre or toefl

Please which school is a best bet for getting Graduate assistanship in engineering. I planned writing GRE during December time.

Presently have admission from Embry riddle aeronautical university for masters in safety science. Don't know if I can switch to engineering if I get to USA easily

although tight if you write GRE in December you can still make funding for some schools for fall 2018... you just need to do all the background work now and know all your waiting for is just to send the GRE scores

regarding switch scratch that and try to get it right from beginning.

nice GPA bytheway

LagosismyHome:


although tight if you write GRE in December you can still make funding for some schools for fall 2018... you just need to do all the background work now and know all your waiting for is just to send the GRE scores

regarding switch scratch that and try to get it right from beginning.

nice GPA bytheway

Thank you so much.

Will do as you said. Do you have good schools you can recommend that I can still get funding by Dec. Will more search though on my own but a hint of schools will be helpful for me

femi312:
Sigh.. did you even open those links at all? You need to learn how to start reading and sourcing for information..Anyway, The Visa fee is #64000 and you make payment in any GTB bank and you cant schedule visa interview without making payment

please oga mi...enlighten me ,how do i go about it?

Sanctus1:


please oga mi...enlighten me ,how do i go about it?

After paying your SEVIS fee, follow the steps in this link http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-visaapply.asp

Ability247:


A country's evaluation is different from that of an arbitrary individual. That some people in our govt are wallowing in corruption and incompetence and pulling the honest efforts of others down with it, is no basis for someone to imply that ALL Nigerians are crooks or dishonest folks. No country's govt is actually perfect. Besides, many people of other nationalities here wouldn't want to relocate to their country too, developed or not. So again, it's not a Nigerian thing. It's a highly subjective and discretionary decision per individual.

Lol, you just have to accept the truth and move on. The corruption in Nigeria is staggering.

If you go to the ministry and see what is happening there, you will cry. Now, individually is almost the same.