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Walspring:
To all those who sent me pm i have replied, check your email junk or email spam box if you didn't get my reply in your email inbox.

Jaked:
Good morning to all the gurus in the house..please I want drop my propose transcript here and help look into it..although a nairalander has helped fine tuning this..just a little suggestion on this will be great..thank u

VO....why are u going to us
Me....I am going for my bachelors degree in computer science at college of staten island.

VO....when did u finish ur high school
Me....2003

VO....highest qualification
Me...OND in computer science

VO...what have you been doing after your high school
Me...i went for OND program in computer science at xoxox college of technology and I have been working as technically support staff at xoxoxo energy

VO....what did you do
Me....I monitor and maintain network of an organization....I configur and install computer system..I diagnosed software and hardware problem of a computer and solve technically ....I respond to computer breakdown...I solve password problems and keep records of software license.

VO...how did you hear abt the school
Me...my uncle and cousin graduated from the school and they speak well of the level of IT and scientific innovation and I also did further research on users and used google to check specific details about the school

VO....how many school did u apply
Me...3

VO...name them
Me....university of maryland baltimore... Radford university Virginia and college of staten island new york

VO..how many admit n reject
Me...2admit n 1 reject

VO...why csi
Me...the school offer full concentration on IT and also want to be an expatriate in IT..the computer science program in college of staten island is consistently accredited by accreditation board of engineering and technology since 1989 which gives them a global recognition of quality and best education practices in subject expertise and they also have smaller student to faculty ration which enable student to build lasting mentoring relationship with faculty and they have 4 open computer laboratory to students for their assignment and also to access internet n emails.

VO...what will this course do for me
Me...computer science will improve my technical ability ..it is a known fact that machines are replacing people in the. industry however we still need people to control this machines which form the basis of me wanting to study computer science and also want to focus on automation and this is an opportunity for me to fulfill my dream because USA is known to be frontier of scientific and creative innovation which makes them the best when it comes to technology and will grant me a god job after the compliment of study in nigeria.

VO...are you married
Me...yes

VO...do u have kids
Me..yes

VO...whos sponsoring you
Me...my uncle

VO..why
Me...he has been the taking care of my education since I was a kid

VO....what does he do
Me...he works with the new york government..hes the mahattan borough chief new york city department of transportation traffic signal and street lightening installation and maintenance..

Vo...after study
Me..I will be coming to Nigeria with updated knowledge to resume work as network analyst in government agency which i plan to work for some years and after which I plan to set up my own IT company and also help me to get closer to my family..

VO....why ur degree at this age
Me...after my OND in xoxoxox..I got married and have a child and I had to wait for my wife to be emotionally and physically ready to let me go for my degree in USA which has been my dream from childhood...



Please any adjustments will be appreciated..thank u ogas in the house....

Sucex11:
Please this is more of a question than a quote, I can't find where to write or post comments so I used the media. I have applied for just one school which I was admitted and I never bothered applying for more since this one came as early as possible. Can this jeopardize Chances of visa approval and my sister is my sponsor with a different sure name cos she's married. I have been to Abuja last month And was denied had apply again And got a date for August 17th and school resumes for fall semester on August 27th... Please any tips or advice or anything at all will help. HEAVY THANKS � �

Lawrence2291:
Finally, collected my passport today. I thank God for making this new adventure possible despite my lack of faith. Also, a BIG THANK YOU to every person here that responded to my worries after my interview and to all who took out time to provide people with all they need to know towards a high visa issuance success.

I had two interview

First Interview: June 30th 2018 - Denied
I was interviewed by one young white lady that never sits down in Abuja

Here is my transcript

VO: Your passport and i-20 ( She can't even greet like I'm her mate)
ME: Passed the document
VO: **Starts typing** what's your intent?
ME: Pardon
VO: What's your intent?
ME: Pardon ( I started thinking if I was deaf or my village people remembered me that day)
VO: What's your intent?
ME: I plan to pursue my masters in computer and information science with a specialization in (cuts me off)
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
ME: 4
VO: Name them?
ME: Mentioned all 4.
VO: Who is sponsoring this program?
ME: My Uncle.
VO: Hand me the pink paper saying Sorry, you are not eligible for the nonimmigrant visa to which you applied. The paper contains the reason for denial and you can reapply at any time after your circumstance has changed blah blah blah



Second Interview: July 25th 2018 - Approved
I was interviewed by one white guy in Abuja

Here is my transcript

VO: Your passport
ME: Passed it
VO: Your student visa application
ME: (Confused what he means and stared at him while waiting for possible clarity)
VO: Give me your i-20 ( In my mind i was like, is i-20 that hard to pronounce? Why complicate things)
ME: Passed the document
VO: You were denied visa to Canada few years ago, what happened? **Sets his hands for typing**
ME: (I dreaded this question being asked.. Was banned and rendered inadmissible to Canada) Yes, I was denied study visa because ( cuts me off while nodding his head )
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** Where did you do your undergraduate studies?
ME: **So So** University India
VO: How much did it cost you?
ME: 5000usd yearly exclusive of living expenses.
VO: Who paid for it?
ME: My Uncle
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** what are you going for now?
ME: I AM going for my masters study in Computer and information science with a concentration in information technology at etsu
VO: I see you got scholarship, who is paying for your living expenses
ME : My uncle
VO: oh same Uncle that paid for your undergraduate study?
Me: Yes ( At this point I felt a positive vibe of visa being approved)
VO: What does he do?
ME: He own a company where he deals with computer support and sale of computers and office equipments.
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** how long is this program?
ME: Roughly 2 years
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** what is your plan after graduation?
ME: After my studies, I plan to return home and with my updated knowledge on the latest practices of software engineering and network and information security apply for senior level position in my current company or seek for research intensive IT position in government agency like NITDA ( I expanded it). I plan to work for maximum of 5 years in this position while setting a stage to running my own IT company where I'd be dealing with creation of new generation secure and dependable enterprise systems to power most businesses in Nigeria while offering employment opportunities to Nigerians who wants to make a career in the field. I believe my program would help me achieve this goal.
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** What proof do you have that your living expenses would be taken care of?
ME: I have my sponsors personal and business statement of account.
VO: Give me his personal statement of account.
ME: I passed it
VO: I will be approving your visa. ( Passes two white papers). Paper contains how you will get back your passport and what you need to know before travel. But I'd hold on to your statement to run a thorough check. If found fraudulent, you will be deported even if you are in the states. Should I proceed with it?
ME: Sure no problem.
VO: Once again congratulation and have a great time in your Masters study.
ME: Thanks I appreciate. Bye

Went out dumbfounded and unable to contain the possibility of getting my visa despite my Canadian ban. But God made it happen anyway.

To the travel hopefuls
Nothing is impossible. Prepare well and be very confident till the very end. Whatever will be will be

sheke01:
Visa delayed yesterday 13th June 2018 by a black American Lady at Walter Carrington

My General profile: Am quite young (less than 25), I wrote GRE twice and TOEFL and got good scores, I applied to 4 schools. I was going for masters in information systems. My UG was in Mechanical Engineering

Interview:
I was the second person she interviewed after denying the first guy.
VO: Pass me your passport and i20
Sheke01: I passed it
VO: How did you know about Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I got to know about cleveland state university from professor Matos Victor, a professor at CSU. I studied his works during my android programming certification program.
She type for a while and looked up
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Sheke: Yes, I applied to 3 other schools
VO: Name them
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte.
She didn't ask about admits and rejects. She typed for a while again, looked up and asked
VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Sheke01: My mum
VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a successful business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.
She typed for a while and said am sorry, you are not qualified

I dont think there is much anyone can learn from my transcript but i felt obliged to share it. People are encouraging me to apply again but am not really into it right now because I really felt dehumanised by her yesterday that I began to wonder how racism would feel like (but na me find her go na).

Gurus in the house over to una

Jaked:
Good morning to all the gurus in the house..please I want drop my propose transcript here and help look into it..although a nairalander has helped fine tuning this..just a little suggestion on this will be great..thank u

VO....why are u going to us
Me....I am going for my bachelors degree in computer science at college of staten island.

VO....when did u finish ur high school
Me....2003

VO....highest qualification
Me...OND in computer science

VO...what have you been doing after your high school
Me...i went for OND program in computer science at xoxox college of technology and I have been working as technically support staff at xoxoxo energy

2003-2018 has a 15year difference. Most times a general answer might not make any sense and it might seem you haven't been doing anything. So I would advise you calculate this way with reasonable and valid points.

I did this for 4 years.
I did this for 3 Years.
I did this for 3 years.
This is what I am doing now.

VO....what did you do
Me....I monitor and maintain network of an organization....I configur and install computer system..I diagnosed software and hardware problem of a computer and solve technically ....I respond to computer breakdown...I solve password problems and keep records of software license.

Bros, you can do better than this. I would expect you to go into very intelligent details about what you do in your own job. I do break down this and that is too generic and it sounds like you don't even know your job. Pick two items and give them a very good explanation that would make anyone at all think they are discussing with a very intelligent person who knows his job.

VO...how did you hear abt the school
Me...my uncle and cousin graduated from the school and they speak well of the level of IT and scientific innovation and I also did further research on users and used google to check specific details about the school

VO....how many school did u apply
Me...3

VO...name them
Me....university of maryland baltimore... Radford university Virginia and college of staten island new york

VO..how many admit n reject
Me...2admit n 1 reject

VO...why csi
Me...the school offer full concentration on IT and also want to be an expatriate in IT..the computer science program in college of staten island is consistently accredited by accreditation board of engineering and technology since 1989 which gives them a global recognition of quality and best education practices in subject expertise and they also have smaller student to faculty ration which enable student to build lasting mentoring relationship with faculty and they have 4 open computer laboratory to students for their assignment and also to access internet n emails.

[b]Bros, how will this school help you in your course, how will they help you achieve your dreams? These people hear the same shit over and over again. Give them something personal, the second school you refused to pick might have the same blabla you stated there. This response is good, but just add something personal that stood out for you. For example, I Want to study Economics and I go, "Blabla university provides students with a clear understanding of economic principles in order for them to recognize, model and solve relevant economic problems. The school has a curriculum that's very comprehensive and relevant to modern economic realities. Faculty members are respectable in their various areas of specialization and will be great mentors for me to learn from. The school is located in an environment that's conducive for learning and has a faculty to student ratio of 22:1, which means faculty members can spend more time working individually with students. I was opportune to watch one of their free online lecture videos and their teaching style is very easy to understand for me etc". Things like that.[/b]

VO...what will this course do for me
Me...computer science will improve my technical ability ..it is a known fact that machines are replacing people in the. industry however we still need people to control this machines which form the basis of me wanting to study computer science and also want to focus on automation and this is an opportunity for me to fulfill my dream because USA is known to be frontier of scientific and creative innovation which makes them the best when it comes to technology and will grant me a god job after the compliment of study in nigeria.

Bros, what will the course do for you in your present job and how will it help your country? The answer is good, but touch it with personal stuff.

VO...are you married
Me...yes

VO...do u have kids
Me..yes

VO...whos sponsoring you
Me...my uncle

VO..why
Me...he has been the taking care of my education since I was a kid

VO....what does he do
Me...he works with the new york government..hes the mahattan borough chief new york city department of transportation traffic signal and street lightening installation and maintenance..

Vo...after study
Me..I will be coming to Nigeria with updated knowledge to resume work as network analyst in government agency which i plan to work for some years and after which I plan to set up my own IT company and also help me to get closer to my family..

VO....why ur degree at this age
Me...after my OND in xoxoxox..I got married and have a child and I had to wait for my wife to be emotionally and physically ready to let me go for my degree in USA which has been my dream from childhood...



Please any adjustments will be appreciated..thank u ogas in the house....

NOTE: I ADVISE YOU READ THE TRANSCRIPT ABOVE THIS MY POST. THERE'S ENOUGH TO LEARN FROM IT.

sheke01:
Visa approved today 3/08/2018 at Walter Carrington by a white lady at window 3. I was previously denied on 13/06/2018 by the notorious black lady.

My General profile: Am quite young (less than 25), I wrote GRE twice and TOEFL and got good scores, I applied to 4 schools. I was going for masters in information systems. My UG was in Mechanical Engineering


Visa delayed transcript
Interview:
I was the second person she interviewed after denying the first guy.
VO: Pass me your passport and i20
Sheke01: I passed it
VO: How did you know about Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I got to know about cleveland state university from professor Matos Victor, a professor at CSU. I studied his works during my android programming certification program.
She type for a while and looked up
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Sheke: Yes, I applied to 3 other schools
VO: Name them
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte.
She didn't ask about admits and rejects. She typed for a while again, looked up and asked
VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Sheke01: My mum
VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a successful business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.
She typed for a while and said am sorry, you are not qualified

Visa approval transcript
VO: Why this course?
Sheke01: I've been an IT professional for close to 3years. This course will consolidate on the knowledge I've gained from online certification courses and on the job trainings that I've had. I'll be receiving advanced knowledge on encryption, handshake protocol, firewalls security, brute force attack, distributed denial of service and also advanced knowledge on object oriented programming like spring framework, reactor, ORMLite, Java JDBC. Also I'll be receiving a CEH certification at the end of this program. All this would make me an all round IT professional so that I'll be able to take up Jobs with IT giants like Interswitch, google, microsoft, Andela and Cisco upon my return to the country.

VO: Did you apply to other schools:
Sheke01: Yes, I applied to three other schools.

VO: Name them?
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte

VO: Why Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I applied to Cleveland state University because they offer a concentration in Information Security. This is an area of my programming that I really want to improve on. Also at Cleveland state university is will have access to graphic processing units for brute force attack simulations and a wide range of cloud computing infrastructure for cloud computing. Also the program offers interdisciplinary courses like emerging technology, project management and scheduling and lots of other courses that are beneficial to an IT professional.

VO: Did you take any test?
Sheke01: Yes, I took GRE twice and I took TOEFL

VO: What are your scores?
Sheke01: I had 305 the first time and 318 the second time. I had 97 in TOEFL

VO: Who's your sponsor:
Sheke01: My mum

VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a BIG business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.

VO: Do you have her statement of account?
Sheke01: Yes, I have 2 different account statements.....Then I passed them to her

She looked at the one on top for a while. She began to type for a period. Then she said

VO: What's your mum's name?
Sheke01: I told her

She began to type again. Even though the balance on the statement exceeds the required amount on my i20, I had to inform her again that there's a second statement behind that one o. She mumbled that she was not interested in it. I said no problem. After typing for a long while, she said

VO: I can't see your Sevis fee payment
Sheke01: I passed my Sevis fee confirmation along with my passport and i20. It's there with you
VO: I know but it's not coming up on the system

I decided to shut up at this point o. Since she is talking about sevis, she want to approve me o. Let me not use my mouth and talk rubbish at this point o.

She typed and typed and I waited. Next thing I heard was, " I will be approving your visa, pick it up at Isolo in 3 working days time. I just freezed. I couldn't even hide my white paper in my envelope and those military women outside hustled money from me which I happily gave them.

And that was how my dream became a reality.

N/B: It was God all the way. Though I played my own part but God favored me today. I prayed well and i was singing my "oh come to the throne of Grace" on the line today. Am successfully switching to Information systems from Mechanical Engineering without having to answer the dreaded "Why are you switching" question. I wore an Akpuoche like native for my interview today after being delayed wearing a suit. Don't let anybody deter you from achieving your dream. If I can do this, you can too

Positivity101:
After 3 weeks on AP, I got a mail from embassy today to go pick my passport from dhl and schedule another 221(g) appointment to speak with an interviewing officer. Any idea what this means?

Smartconcept1:
what was collected from you after the interview? only bank statement or

Smartconcept1:
what was collected from you after the interview? only bank statement or

Positivity101:
Bank statement and she made a copy of my I-20

sheke01:
Visa approved today 3/08/2018 at Walter Carrington by a white lady at window 3. I was previously denied on 13/06/2018 by the notorious black lady.

My General profile: Am quite young (less than 25), I wrote GRE twice and TOEFL and got good scores, I applied to 4 schools. I was going for masters in information systems. My UG was in Mechanical Engineering


Visa delayed transcript
Interview:
I was the second person she interviewed after denying the first guy.
VO: Pass me your passport and i20
Sheke01: I passed it
VO: How did you know about Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I got to know about cleveland state university from professor Matos Victor, a professor at CSU. I studied his works during my android programming certification program.
She type for a while and looked up
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Sheke: Yes, I applied to 3 other schools
VO: Name them
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte.
She didn't ask about admits and rejects. She typed for a while again, looked up and asked
VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Sheke01: My mum
VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a successful business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.
She typed for a while and said am sorry, you are not qualified

Visa approval transcript
VO: Why this course?
Sheke01: I've been an IT professional for close to 3years. This course will consolidate on the knowledge I've gained from online certification courses and on the job trainings that I've had. I'll be receiving advanced knowledge on encryption, handshake protocol, firewalls security, brute force attack, distributed denial of service and also advanced knowledge on object oriented programming like spring framework, reactor, ORMLite, Java JDBC. Also I'll be receiving a CEH certification at the end of this program. All this would make me an all round IT professional so that I'll be able to take up Jobs with IT giants like Interswitch, google, microsoft, Andela and Cisco upon my return to the country.

VO: Did you apply to other schools:
Sheke01: Yes, I applied to three other schools.

VO: Name them?
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte

VO: Why Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I applied to Cleveland state University because they offer a concentration in Information Security. This is an area of my programming that I really want to improve on. Also at Cleveland state university is will have access to graphic processing units for brute force attack simulations and a wide range of cloud computing infrastructure for cloud computing. Also the program offers interdisciplinary courses like emerging technology, project management and scheduling and lots of other courses that are beneficial to an IT professional.

VO: Did you take any test?
Sheke01: Yes, I took GRE twice and I took TOEFL

VO: What are your scores?
Sheke01: I had 305 the first time and 318 the second time. I had 97 in TOEFL

VO: Who's your sponsor:
Sheke01: My mum

VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a BIG business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.

VO: Do you have her statement of account?
Sheke01: Yes, I have 2 different account statements.....Then I passed them to her

She looked at the one on top for a while. She began to type for a period. Then she said

VO: What's your mum's name?
Sheke01: I told her

She began to type again. Even though the balance on the statement exceeds the required amount on my i20, I had to inform her again that there's a second statement behind that one o. She mumbled that she was not interested in it. I said no problem. After typing for a long while, she said

VO: I can't see your Sevis fee payment
Sheke01: I passed my Sevis fee confirmation along with my passport and i20. It's there with you
VO: I know but it's not coming up on the system

I decided to shut up at this point o. Since she is talking about sevis, she want to approve me o. Let me not use my mouth and talk rubbish at this point o.

She typed and typed and I waited. Next thing I heard was, " I will be approving your visa, pick it up at Isolo in 3 working days time. I just freezed. I couldn't even hide my white paper in my envelope and those military women outside hustled money from me which I happily gave them.

And that was how my dream became a reality.

N/B: It was God all the way. Though I played my own part but God favored me today. I prayed well and i was singing my "oh come to the throne of Grace" on the line today. Am successfully switching to Information systems from Mechanical Engineering without having to answer the dreaded "Why are you switching" question. I wore an Akpuoche like native for my interview today after being delayed wearing a suit. Don't let anybody deter you from achieving your dream. If I can do this, you can too

Positivity101:
Bank statement and she made a copy of my I-20

Lawrence2291:
Finally, collected my passport today. I thank God for making this new adventure possible despite my lack of faith. Also, a BIG THANK YOU to every person here that responded to my worries after my interview and to all who took out time to provide people with all they need to know towards a high visa issuance success.

I had two interview

First Interview: June 30th 2018 - Denied
I was interviewed by one young white lady that never sits down in Abuja

Here is my transcript

VO: Your passport and i-20 ( She can't even greet like I'm her mate)
ME: Passed the document
VO: **Starts typing** what's your intent?
ME: Pardon
VO: What's your intent?
ME: Pardon ( I started thinking if I was deaf or my village people remembered me that day)
VO: What's your intent?
ME: I plan to pursue my masters in computer and information science with a specialization in (cuts me off)
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
ME: 4
VO: Name them?
ME: Mentioned all 4.
VO: Who is sponsoring this program?
ME: My Uncle.
VO: Hand me the pink paper saying Sorry, you are not eligible for the nonimmigrant visa to which you applied. The paper contains the reason for denial and you can reapply at any time after your circumstance has changed blah blah blah



Second Interview: July 25th 2018 - Approved
I was interviewed by one white guy in Abuja

Here is my transcript

VO: Your passport
ME: Passed it
VO: Your student visa application
ME: (Confused what he means and stared at him while waiting for possible clarity)
VO: Give me your i-20 ( In my mind i was like, is i-20 that hard to pronounce? Why complicate things)
ME: Passed the document
VO: You were denied visa to Canada few years ago, what happened? **Sets his hands for typing**
ME: (I dreaded this question being asked.. Was banned and rendered inadmissible to Canada) Yes, I was denied study visa because ( cuts me off while nodding his head )
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** Where did you do your undergraduate studies?
ME: **So So** University India
VO: How much did it cost you?
ME: 5000usd yearly exclusive of living expenses.
VO: Who paid for it?
ME: My Uncle
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** what are you going for now?
ME: I AM going for my masters study in Computer and information science with a concentration in information technology at etsu
VO: I see you got scholarship, who is paying for your living expenses
ME : My uncle
VO: oh same Uncle that paid for your undergraduate study?
Me: Yes ( At this point I felt a positive vibe of visa being approved)
VO: What does he do?
ME: He own a company where he deals with computer support and sale of computers and office equipments.
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** how long is this program?
ME: Roughly 2 years
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** what is your plan after graduation?
ME: After my studies, I plan to return home and with my updated knowledge on the latest practices of software engineering and network and information security apply for senior level position in my current company or seek for research intensive IT position in government agency like NITDA ( I expanded it). I plan to work for maximum of 5 years in this position while setting a stage to running my own IT company where I'd be dealing with creation of new generation secure and dependable enterprise systems to power most businesses in Nigeria while offering employment opportunities to Nigerians who wants to make a career in the field. I believe my program would help me achieve this goal.
VO: **waits for a long while while typing** What proof do you have that your living expenses would be taken care of?
ME: I have my sponsors personal and business statement of account.
VO: Give me his personal statement of account.
ME: I passed it
VO: I will be approving your visa. ( Passes two white papers). Paper contains how you will get back your passport and what you need to know before travel. But I'd hold on to your statement to run a thorough check. If found fraudulent, you will be deported even if you are in the states. Should I proceed with it?
ME: Sure no problem.
VO: Once again congratulation and have a great time in your Masters study.
ME: Thanks I appreciate. Bye

Went out dumbfounded and unable to contain the possibility of getting my visa despite my Canadian ban. But God made it happen anyway.

To the travel hopefuls
Nothing is impossible. Prepare well and be very confident till the very end. Whatever will be will be

Smartconcept1:
OK ,were u given approval white slip or yellow.
what did d visa say at the end of d interview ,before u departed

xkunzo:
pls guys is possible to get PHD in partial or fully funded mathematics without any international exam like gre/gmat ?

if yes like universiy can you suggest

Tadexpreccy:
Hey guys.. so how many of us on here will be having our interview tomorrow.. , who’s around this place? Don’t mind if we can have a review sha.. pm me or quote if you’re interested. Especially B.SC OOO

xkunzo:
pls guys is possible to get PHD in partial or fully funded mathematics without any international exam like gre/gmat ?

if yes like universiy can you suggest

xkunzo:
pls guys is possible to get PHD in partial or fully funded mathematics without any international exam like gre/gmat ?

if yes like universiy can you suggest

Positivity101:
She gave me a white slip with the congratulation stuff, another white paper with the pick up locations and a yellow paper where she ticked AP for me. She told me I will be placed under AP to verify my bank statement and every other they tell you when they approve your visa about when to travel and things you will present at POE

Ekebs:
Brothers and Sisters, finally I received my passport with F-1 visa on it. Believe me, it wasn’t easy, but I give God all the Glory.
After fasting, praising and praying to God for 2 weeks, I went for the interview on 16th of July, 2018 at the US embassy in Abuja. Time allotted to me was 7.30am but I was there before 7am. After all the security check, I took my time, used the restroom before going in . After the biometrics, I joined the queue. I was interviewed by the “not too young lady”, and she was so nice to me. See my Transcript below:

Me: Good morning Ma
VO: Good morning, can I have your passport and I-20.
Me: Brought it out and passed it to her
VO: I can see you are going to Prairie View A & M University?
Me: Yes Ma
VO: I can see you are going to study Engineering?
Me: Yes Ma, with concentration in Environmental Engineering
VO: why Environmental Engineering?
Me: Because Environment is the only life support system given to mankind by the creature. I am from the Niger Delta region where we have a lot of oil spills due to oil exploration and exploitation. Currently, we have black soot problem all over the city. I studied Agricultural Engineering in my ist degree and it helped me to understand the concept and importance of the environment. Courses like Land use, land reclamation, land reuse, salination, and soil conservation are all environmental related courses of agricultural engineering. So I am going to learn how to use engineering principles in solving environmental challenges. Globally, the world has shifted… (VO cuts in, you don’t need to tell me much about the environment, I know it all). That time I know say wetin I talk make sense sha…
VO: When did you graduate from the University?
Me: December 2015. After that, I went for one year NYSC from May 2016 to April 2017, after that I started work with XYZ Company from May 2017 up to date, there I am in charge of the Environmental Impact Assessment, I supervise on-going projects awarded to the company, I write milestone report, I am in charge of Environmental researches and also I supervise erosion and flood-affected sites. The woman was nodding and typing…
VO: What were you doing before going for your NYSC?
Me: I was doing a volunteer work at my Uncle’s organization at XYZ Company
VO: Do you mean that you finished your NYSC in April 2017 and immediately you got a job in May, 2017.
Me: Yes ma, what happened was that doing my Volunteer work at my Uncle’s organization, I met the MD of the Company I’m currently working with and he asked me to resume work with them after my NYSC. She was busy typing o, and I was busy calling on God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to come to my rescue.
VO: How many Schools did you apply to?
Me: 4, Texas A & M, Louisiana University, Temple University and Prairie A & M University.
VO: Why PVAMU?
Me: My undergraduate supervisor who was my project supervisor did a research in the University so he strongly recommended the school to me.
VO: Did you write GRE?
Me: No ma, It was waived as per initial requirement, but the school said I will write it in my first semester because they use to save it in their database. She nodded her head. I was still calling on the Holy Spirit…
VO: Who is so so person (that’s the name of my sponsor)
Me: He’s my uncle.
VO: What does he do?
Me: He's a civil engineer, and works with the .... company
VO: Can I see his bank statement.
Me: I passed it to her; the bank statement has a closing balance of over $60k. Just about 5lines of 1page.
VO: We normally require 6months bank statement, but what you have here is 3months. She brought out yellow paper, checked that I should submit my International passport, 6+ months bank statement of the person paying and letter of support to DHL office she circled. She continued, if found fraudulent, you will be banned from entering the US for 10years. She said I will be placed on AP.
Me: In affirmation, yes ma.

And that was it o. I left happy, with a smiling face, at least en better pass blue paper… lol
I flew back to Port Harcourt that evening. I submitted the required documents at Port Harcourt DHL on the 17th July, it got to the embassy on the 18th July, my case was updated on the 20th of July, 25th of July, and finally 1st of August and it was issued on the 2nd of August, and today the 3rd of August, I picked up my passport. Brothers and sisters, It’s not easy to be placed on AP for over two weeks o , High BP fit catch person o… lol

IT WAS GOD WHO DID IT. I GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY.
Special thanks to the wonderful people on this platform. Blessings!!!
Thank you osiokoye, lalahhh, for your encouragement and prayers; judgepelumi, I pray they issue yours soon.

Tunmise100:
Congratulations. Go and Excel

xkunzo:
pls guys is possible to get PHD in partial or fully funded mathematics without any international exam like gre/gmat ?

if yes like universiy can you suggest