fabyom:
Please house, is it possible to adjust ur old form and submit it for the second interview?

Imustreturn:
TOEFL = 76

GRE = 280

Please can this result get scholarship for an engineering course?

GboyegaD:


I'm doing okay. Do you still keep in touch with the other guys?

Timotee:


Sincerely speaking, a score of 280 on the GRE and 76 on TOEFL is quite low as most schools typically list a minimum GRE score of 300 and TOEFL score of 79. However, if you have other things on your application to put your case forward, it will help. A more realistic option will be to get the admission first and then work towards getting a graduate assistantship. Also, for engineering, most schools reserve funding for PhD programmes and most times do not offer funding for masters programmes.

Timotee:


I'm assuming you mean your DS-160 form. It's possible to change some information from your old form without any issues; however, there are information that should not be changed. For example, you stated in your first form that you worked from 2014 to 2016 as an accountant at Price Water Cooper and then in the new form, you state that you worked as an accountant for the same period at KPMG. That kind of change can't be made. However, changes like your sponsor, address, travel plans can be changed.

Timotee:


Sincerely speaking, a score of 280 on the GRE and 76 on TOEFL is quite low as most schools typically list a minimum GRE score of 300 and TOEFL score of 79. However, if you have other things on your application to put your case forward, it will help. A more realistic option will be to get the admission first and then work towards getting a graduate assistantship. Also, for engineering, most schools reserve funding for PhD programmes and most times do not offer funding for masters programmes.

Imustreturn:
TOEFL = 76

GRE = 280

Please can this result get scholarship for an engineering course?

ace1995:


Hi Timotee, I plan on studying environmental engineering in the US. Do you mean there are limited fundings/scholarships for engineering at the MSc level?

sillysassysally:
GRE Score: 8th - 11th percentile
TOEFL Score - 34th percentile
No competitive school would give you admission - not to talk of scholarship - with these results.
If you're considering the Fall2019 cycle, i'd advise you to give your GRE a second attempt. There's still time.

Flaame:
Hello NL family,I guess it is time to upload my transcript,my visa wasn't approved on aug 24th. It was my first trial,date was initially on aug 15,2018 but was rescheduled to aug 24th. It was a cold n rainy morning. All aug 14,15,16,17,18,20,23,and 24th applicants were scheduled together to 24th,all 7am,7:30am,and 8am applicants were joined together. Queue was like that of judgement day queue....the one we usually see on jehovah witness books of people going to hell. My time was 7am and I came before that(abuja).
Was interviewed by a nice white guy in his mid-thirties or later than that at window 10. After praying silently not to be interviewed by a mean white skinny woman at window 6. I escaped her though.
Vo smiled and gave me a thumbs up to come quickly,I smiled back and came.
Vo: good mnin,you hear english right?
Me: yes,sure(surprised)
Vo: pass me ur documents(I did)
Vo: so you are going for an F1 visa?
Me:Yes
Vo:so.....where is the sch?
Me: st. Cloud(waited for a sec wondering if he meant state or city)
Vo: No,I mean state.
Me:minnesota
Vo: what are some of the courses you would be taking?
Me:physics,gen.Engr,maths,statistics,chemistry...basic chemistry(I corrected,was doubting if chemistry was really there).
Vonot bothered)so this sch is a 2 yr sch,right?
Me:no,4yrs....(see this mumu o,u wan fall me)
Vo: He asked again
Me: i said 4 yrs
Vo: sowhat does your sponsor do?
Me: he is a professional lawyer who owns a law firm...beside that,he has acres of lands in two diff locations he leases out to commercial farmers...he gets a lot of income from these(both law firm n these)
Vo:what percentage of your tuition will he be covering approximately cos ur sch fees is 29,00usd.
Me: about 60-70%
Vo: how much does ur statement read in usd?
Me: about 55,000usd
Vo: can you approximate how much he earns...like monthly?
Me: i cant be specific but I can assure you it runs into millions
vo: so u said u would be taking statistics,physics n basic chemistry in program?
Me: Yes(guy physics n statistics d dia now na wetin be ur own,was basic chemistry really there I realized it wasnt later)
Vo: why this course?
Mewaited for like a second for my memory to download)....I have this plan of setting up an ict firm somewhere in lagos or my state after my program... So with this course.....(he cut me short)
Vo: why the sch?
Me:[still recovering from all the abrupt cut n join interview....the guy no d wait make u hit am] as an ..*ABET*( I corrected and expanded the meaning),the engineering curricula at st.Cloud is so standardized at bachelors level and it ensures students(he cut me short again saying ok)
Vo: thank you....u can have your passport,nice time(put the pink paper in my passport,kept a kind of sorry face...like u almost made it).
Me: but where did I go......
Vo: the paper will tell u....feel free to reapply anytime
Reason for denial in pink paper: said I didnt prove I would be coming back to naija after my studies...That my intention for travelling wasnt clear so I appear as an intending immigrant.
BigFrancis,lagosismyhome,naughtyvirgin,nahum,freshstarz,walspring,roenix(my dear)......where did I go wrong Could it possibly be the chemistry I mentioned? But that is not home-tie.

Timotee:


Not really oh...except on Nairaland.

kfrosh:
Your case is so simple. You didn't prepare well enough, a bit of uhm.... errrm.... brain booting makes you sound like an unprepared and an unserious student. Prepare well again and refire.

Flaame:
Did u see any 'uhmm' and 'eeergh'

kfrosh:
No vex.

Imustreturn:
thanks fine babe

Flaame:
Hello NL family,I guess it is time to upload my transcript,my visa wasn't approved on aug 24th. It was my first trial,date was initially on aug 15,2018 but was rescheduled to aug 24th. It was a cold n rainy morning. All aug 14,15,16,17,18,20,23,and 24th applicants were scheduled together to 24th,all 7am,7:30am,and 8am applicants were joined together. Queue was like that of judgement day queue....the one we usually see on jehovah witness books of people going to hell. My time was 7am and I came before that(abuja).
Was interviewed by a nice white guy in his mid-thirties or later than that at window 10. After praying silently not to be interviewed by a mean white skinny woman at window 6. I escaped her though.
Vo smiled and gave me a thumbs up to come quickly,I smiled back and came.
Vo: good mnin,you hear english right?
Me: yes,sure(surprised)
Vo: pass me ur documents(I did)
Vo: so you are going for an F1 visa?
Me:Yes
Vo:so.....where is the sch?
Me: st. Cloud(waited for a sec wondering if he meant state or city)
Vo: No,I mean state.
Me:minnesota
Vo: what are some of the courses you would be taking?
Me:physics,gen.Engr,maths,statistics,chemistry...basic chemistry(I corrected,was doubting in my mind if chemistry was really there).
Vonot bothered)so this sch is a 2 yr sch,right?
Me:no,4yrs....(see this mumu o,u wan fall me)
Vo: He asked again
Me: 4 yrs(i repeated)
Vo: sowhat does your sponsor do?
Me: he is a professional lawyer who owns a law firm...beside that,he has acres of lands in two diff locations he leases out to commercial farmers...he gets a lot of income from these(both law firm n these)
Vo:what percentage of your tuition will he be covering approximately cos ur sch fees is 29,00usd.
Me: about 60-70%
Vo: how much does ur statement read in usd?
Me: about 55,000usd
Vo: can you approximate how much he earns...like monthly?
Me: i cant be specific but I can assure you it runs into millions
vo: so u said u would be taking statistics,physics n basic chemistry in program?
Me: Yes(guy physics n statistics d dia now na wetin be ur own,was basic chemistry really there I realized it wasnt later)
Vo: why this course?
Mewaited for like a second for my memory to download)....I have this plan of setting up an ict firm somewhere in lagos or my state after my program... So with this course.....(he cut me short)
Vo: why the sch?
Me:[still recovering from all the abrupt cut n join interview....the guy no d wait make u hit am] as an ..*ABET*( I corrected and expanded the meaning),the engineering curricula at st.Cloud is so standardized at bachelors level and it ensures students(he cut me short again saying ok)
Vo: thank you....u can have your passport,nice time(put the pink paper in my passport,kept a kind of sorry face...like u almost made it).
Me: but where did I go......
Vo: the paper will tell u....feel free to reapply anytime
Reason for denial in pink paper: said I didnt prove I would be coming back to naija after my studies...That my intention for travelling wasnt clear so I appear as an intending immigrant.
BigFrancis,lagosismyhome,naughtyvirgin,nahum,freshstarz,walspring,roenix(my dear)......where did I go wrong Could it possibly be the chemistry I mentioned? But that is not home-tie.

Flaame:
No o....vex kee? U advised me still. Thank u too

GboyegaD:


Oga...
Shout out to other guys in Fall, 2011/Spring 2012 like Imperioux, Biikeys, Funsho, Oghene and apologies to those I can't recall their names right now.

idalex:


I greet u GboyegaD, kindly reply my pm, thanks

debbzJay:
Thumbs up to everyone contributing here. I've been following this thread for a while now and I've noticed that VO's often ask how many schools one has applied to. I applied to only one school and I've been accepted for spring 2019. What is the best response to this if asked cos i don't intend to apply to another school

Flaame:
Hello NL family,I guess it is time to upload my transcript,my visa wasn't approved on aug 24th. It was my first trial,date was initially on aug 15,2018 but was rescheduled to aug 24th. It was a cold n rainy morning. All aug 14,15,16,17,18,20,23,and 24th applicants were scheduled together to 24th,all 7am,7:30am,and 8am applicants were joined together. Queue was like that of judgement day queue....the one we usually see on jehovah witness books of people going to hell. My time was 7am and I came before that(abuja).

Me:[still recovering from all the abrupt cut n join interview....the guy no d wait make u hit am] as an ..*ABET*( I corrected and expanded the meaning),the engineering curricula at st.Cloud is so standardized at bachelors level and it ensures students(he cut me short again saying ok)
Vo: thank you....u can have your passport,nice time(put the pink paper in my passport,kept a kind of sorry face...like u almost made it).
Me: but where did I go......
Vo: the paper will tell u....

naira0:



Your script easily tells all the story: the verbal and the nonverbal exchanges.

Remarks: Your answers were uninspiring and banal; and to think that they had a horde of applicants on the waiting queue, he had to cut you short occasionally and quickly handed down his decision. Worse still, your composure (nonverbal) gave you away too.Thank u...but pls can u pin-point the area?

Recommendations: take your time out to study just Part 13 of this section and you'll be fine. You will need a real time Q&A session, something like a Mock. This will help you improve on your delivery. Do not refire until you have worked on yourself!

Peace!

naira0:



Your script easily tells all the story: the verbal and the nonverbal exchanges.

Remarks: Your answers were uninspiring and banal; and to think that they had a horde of applicants on the waiting queue, he had to cut you short occasionally and quickly handed down his decision. Worse still, your composure (nonverbal) gave you away too.Thank u...but pls can u pin-point the area?

Recommendations: take your time out to study just Part 13 of this section and you'll be fine. You will need a real time Q&A session, something like a Mock. This will help you improve on your delivery. Do not refire until you have worked on yourself!Tnks....can u pin-point the area?

Peace!

cutelivia:
House please am in a mess, I need help urgently, my interview holds on the 4th of September and I filled in my dad as my sponsor now the money he is supposed to use in supposing me he has used it to buy goods(car spear parts), I don't know what to do, I definitely can't go to the embassy with an empty account, please I need advice urgently. Thanks to you all.

naira0:


For starters, I will advice you don't attempt to appear there with a doctored statement of account (if caught on the spot, it could earn you a very good spot in the gulag. If caught afterward, it will most definitely earn your a lengthy ban).

Your i-20 detail will determine your next move. If your Dad was listed as your Sponsor on that form, then he may need to beef up his savings on that account.

If "family" was the listing, then you could use another member of the family as sponsor. However, you will need to give a very good explanation why that sponsor would be willing to fund your studies.

If "no specific" identity was listed, the recommendation directly above also applies.

Permit me to ask if your studies could really be funded at this time or would it be best you defer. Do you have sinister plans other than studies. Please, make only calculated moves...