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Amyfid12:
$29,600

Javanian:
Visa approved today, Lagos Consulate. Fully funded, Ph.D in Computer science. UNT.

Was the very first person to arrive there. Not based in Lagos so I passed the night with my brother that stays at Ajah. He advised we leave early to beat the traffic so we left as early 3 a.m. despite my 7 a.m. appointment time and we got there around 4 a.m. Suffice to say, the stress of the previous days journey from Port Harcourt coupled with getting little sleep wore me out before the time for my scheduled appointment. 7 a.m finally came and we were ushered in. I was interviewed by an African American lady, probably the "notorious" one I hear about on this thread. Something funny happened before it got to my turn, the guy in front of me tried to run away from her. He tried to skip the line and move to the line adjacent to ours that had a middle aged white man as VO. The VO (middle aged white man) caught him, got up and went to report him to the African American lady and she asked that the guy be sent back to her.

It got to my turn.

VO: Good morning, Pass me your passport and I-20

Me: Passed it to her and her eyes went to the estimated costs part of the I-20, she glanced at the I-20 for about a minute and started typing

VO: So how did you find out about this school?

Me: I was looking for schools that had research labs in....(she cuts me off)

VO: So you found it online?

Me: Yes.

VO: what kind of research would you be working on?

Me: Educational Technologies for developing countries. Most of Today's breakthrough in Educational Technology were designed and built for developed countries with reliable and adequate power supply, stable internet connection and a very educated populace in mind. These advances in educational technology while very impressive are sometimes too expensive or not effective in developing countries that still face challenges of erratic power supply, slow and unreliable internet connections and lack of technical support. I am interested in researching ways in which education technology can be built to work effectively in developing countries by taking the challenges already existing technologies face in such countries into consideration and researching solutions that can surmount those challenges. The part in italics is the first paragraph of my SOP. I did NOT say it to her exactly like that but what I said was something similar. I didn't memorize it, I just said it the best I could.

She looked quite impressed

VO: So this schools does research in this area?

Me: yes, I would be working with professor X who already does some research in this area using Artificial Intelligence

VO: What would be your responsibilities as a research assistant?

Me: Write code for ongoing projects, simulation of software programs.....

VO: How many other schools did you apply to?

Me: 6

VO: Name them

Me: University of Saskatchewan, ETSU, BGSU, FSU, Stanford, Auburn University

VO: How many other American Universities accepted you?

Me: 3

VO: Name them

Me: Auburn, ETSU and BGSU

VO: What's your highest educational qualification?

Me: Bachelor's Degree

Vo; Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No.

Vo: Do you have any relatives in the USA?

Me: No

VO: I will be approving your VISA, Pick up your passport at X location, bring your I-20 to the point of Entry...., We have a program in EducationUSA....Congratulations.

Javanian:
Visa approved today, Lagos Consulate. Fully funded, Ph.D in Computer science. UNT.

Was the very first person to arrive there. Not based in Lagos so I passed the night with my brother that stays at Ajah. He advised we leave early to beat the traffic so we left as early 3 a.m. despite my 7 a.m. appointment time and we got there around 4 a.m. Suffice to say, the stress of the previous days journey from Port Harcourt coupled with getting little sleep wore me out before the time for my scheduled appointment. 7 a.m finally came and we were ushered in. I was interviewed by an African American lady, probably the "notorious" one I hear about on this thread. Something funny happened before it got to my turn, the guy in front of me tried to run away from her. He tried to skip the line and move to the line adjacent to ours that had a middle aged white man as VO. The VO (middle aged white man) caught him, got up and went to report him to the African American lady and she asked that the guy be sent back to her.

It got to my turn.

VO: Good morning, Pass me your passport and I-20

Me: Passed it to her and her eyes went to the estimated costs part of the I-20, she glanced at the I-20 for about a minute and started typing

VO: So how did you find out about this school?

Me: I was looking for schools that had research labs in....(she cuts me off)

VO: So you found it online?

Me: Yes.

VO: what kind of research would you be working on?

Me: Educational Technologies for developing countries. Most of Today's breakthrough in Educational Technology were designed and built for developed countries with reliable and adequate power supply, stable internet connection and a very educated populace in mind. These advances in educational technology while very impressive are sometimes too expensive or not effective in developing countries that still face challenges of erratic power supply, slow and unreliable internet connections and lack of technical support. I am interested in researching ways in which education technology can be built to work effectively in developing countries by taking the challenges already existing technologies face in such countries into consideration and researching solutions that can surmount those challenges. The part in italics is the first paragraph of my SOP. I did NOT say it to her exactly like that but what I said was something similar. I didn't memorize it, I just said it the best I could.

She looked quite impressed

VO: So this schools does research in this area?

Me: yes, I would be working with professor X who already does some research in this area using Artificial Intelligence

VO: What would be your responsibilities as a research assistant?

Me: Write code for ongoing projects, simulation of software programs.....

VO: How many other schools did you apply to?

Me: 6

VO: Name them

Me: University of Saskatchewan, ETSU, BGSU, FSU, Stanford, Auburn University

VO: How many other American Universities accepted you?

Me: 3

VO: Name them

Me: Auburn, ETSU and BGSU

VO: What's your highest educational qualification?

Me: Bachelor's Degree

Vo; Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No.

Vo: Do you have any relatives in the USA?

Me: No

VO: I will be approving your VISA, Pick up your passport at X location, bring your I-20 to the point of Entry...., We have a program in EducationUSA....Congratulations.

Renzel1:
Can I send a pm

Brown2Green:
Oui

Javanian:
Visa approved today, Lagos Consulate. Fully funded, Ph.D in Computer science. UNT.

Was the very first person to arrive there. Not based in Lagos so I passed the night with my brother that stays at Ajah. He advised we leave early to beat the traffic so we left as early 3 a.m. despite my 7 a.m. appointment time and we got there around 4 a.m. Suffice to say, the stress of the previous days journey from Port Harcourt coupled with getting little sleep wore me out before the time for my scheduled appointment. 7 a.m finally came and we were ushered in. I was interviewed by an African American lady, probably the "notorious" one I hear about on this thread. Something funny happened before it got to my turn, the guy in front of me tried to run away from her. He tried to skip the line and move to the line adjacent to ours that had a middle aged white man as VO. The VO (middle aged white man) caught him, got up and went to report him to the African American lady and she asked that the guy be sent back to her.

It got to my turn.

VO: Good morning, Pass me your passport and I-20

Me: Passed it to her and her eyes went to the estimated costs part of the I-20, she glanced at the I-20 for about a minute and started typing

VO: So how did you find out about this school?

Me: I was looking for schools that had research labs in....(she cuts me off)

VO: So you found it online?

Me: Yes.

VO: what kind of research would you be working on?

Me: Educational Technologies for developing countries. Most of Today's breakthrough in Educational Technology were designed and built for developed countries with reliable and adequate power supply, stable internet connection and a very educated populace in mind. These advances in educational technology while very impressive are sometimes too expensive or not effective in developing countries that still face challenges of erratic power supply, slow and unreliable internet connections and lack of technical support. I am interested in researching ways in which education technology can be built to work effectively in developing countries by taking the challenges already existing technologies face in such countries into consideration and researching solutions that can surmount those challenges. The part in italics is the first paragraph of my SOP. I did NOT say it to her exactly like that but what I said was something similar. I didn't memorize it, I just said it the best I could.

She looked quite impressed

VO: So this schools does research in this area?

Me: yes, I would be working with professor X who already does some research in this area using Artificial Intelligence

VO: What would be your responsibilities as a research assistant?

Me: Write code for ongoing projects, simulation of software programs.....

VO: How many other schools did you apply to?

Me: 6

VO: Name them

Me: University of Saskatchewan, ETSU, BGSU, FSU, Stanford, Auburn University

VO: How many other American Universities accepted you?

Me: 3

VO: Name them

Me: Auburn, ETSU and BGSU

VO: What's your highest educational qualification?

Me: Bachelor's Degree

Vo; Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No.

Vo: Do you have any relatives in the USA?

Me: No

VO: I will be approving your VISA, Pick up your passport at X location, bring your I-20 to the point of Entry...., We have a program in EducationUSA....Congratulations.

drelicx:
My visa was denied today. How can I rescheduled for another interview. Am not changing anything on my ds160, How can I go about it?

segunbolawole:
I have two questions,
What happened to the guy they caught
Can someone go for PhD with bachelor's degree as u stated ur highest qualification is a B.Sc
Tha k you S u answer o

segunbolawole:
I have two questions,
What happened to the guy they caught
Can someone go for PhD with bachelor's degree as u stated ur highest qualification is a B.Sc
Tha k you S u answer o

segunbolawole:
I have two questions,
What happened to the guy they caught
Can someone go for PhD with bachelor's degree as u stated ur highest qualification is a B.Sc
Tha k you S u answer o

Brown2Green:
Denial is only temporal.

Drop transcript before the house can advice you.

emamoke123:
Abeg, is it proper to say one applied to only one us school

Brown2Green:
Oui

Brown2Green:
Brace up to answer questions about funding.. Don't stutter .
May the GRACE be with you!

Brown2Green:
Nooooooooooooo

It simply means...
You're lazy
Looking for escape
Have a relative in that state
And many other things

emamoke123:
Thanks Boss but won't you be found out if you mention schools you didn't apply to?

emamoke123:
Thanks Boss but won't you be found out if you mention schools you didn't apply to?

Javanian:
Visa approved today, Lagos Consulate. Fully funded, Ph.D in Computer science. UNT.

Was the very first person to arrive there. Not based in Lagos so I passed the night with my brother that stays at Ajah. He advised we leave early to beat the traffic so we left as early 3 a.m. despite my 7 a.m. appointment time and we got there around 4 a.m. Suffice to say, the stress of the previous days journey from Port Harcourt coupled with getting little sleep wore me out before the time for my scheduled appointment. 7 a.m finally came and we were ushered in. I was interviewed by an African American lady, probably the "notorious" one I hear about on this thread. Something funny happened before it got to my turn, the guy in front of me tried to run away from her. He tried to skip the line and move to the line adjacent to ours that had a middle aged white man as VO. The VO (middle aged white man) caught him, got up and went to report him to the African American lady and she asked that the guy be sent back to her.

It got to my turn.

VO: Good morning, Pass me your passport and I-20

Me: Passed it to her and her eyes went to the estimated costs part of the I-20, she glanced at the I-20 for about a minute and started typing

VO: So how did you find out about this school?

Me: I was looking for schools that had research labs in....(she cuts me off)

VO: So you found it online?

Me: Yes.

VO: what kind of research would you be working on?

Me: Educational Technologies for developing countries. Most of Today's breakthrough in Educational Technology were designed and built for developed countries with reliable and adequate power supply, stable internet connection and a very educated populace in mind. These advances in educational technology while very impressive are sometimes too expensive or not effective in developing countries that still face challenges of erratic power supply, slow and unreliable internet connections and lack of technical support. I am interested in researching ways in which education technology can be built to work effectively in developing countries by taking the challenges already existing technologies face in such countries into consideration and researching solutions that can surmount those challenges. The part in italics is the first paragraph of my SOP. I did NOT say it to her exactly like that but what I said was something similar. I didn't memorize it, I just said it the best I could.

She looked quite impressed

VO: So this schools does research in this area?

Me: yes, I would be working with professor X who already does some research in this area using Artificial Intelligence

VO: What would be your responsibilities as a research assistant?

Me: Write code for ongoing projects, simulation of software programs.....

VO: How many other schools did you apply to?

Me: 6

VO: Name them

Me: University of Saskatchewan, ETSU, BGSU, FSU, Stanford, Auburn University

VO: How many other American Universities accepted you?

Me: 3

VO: Name them

Me: Auburn, ETSU and BGSU

VO: What's your highest educational qualification?

Me: Bachelor's Degree

Vo; Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No.

Vo: Do you have any relatives in the USA?

Me: No

VO: I will be approving your VISA, Pick up your passport at X location, bring your I-20 to the point of Entry...., We have a program in EducationUSA....Congratulations.

Mudicua:
Congratulations to you and to your fiancee.

fairheart:
Congrats!

Brown2Green:
Denial is only temporal.

Drop transcript before the house can advice you.

segunbolawole:
I have two questions,
What happened to the guy they caught

Can someone go for PhD with bachelor's degree as u stated ur highest qualification is a B.Sc
Tha k you S u answer o

drelicx:
My F1 Visa was denied today in Dubai. My interview transcript goes thus:
VO- Goodmoring
Me- Goodmoring sir,
VO- pass me your passport, where are you going in US
Me- I am going to university of Minnesota crookston to study accounting.
VO- Speak up
Me- I repeated the same in louder voice.
VO- Why this school
Me- I considered three things firstly, being an account student, student qualifies for CPA ........... VO cut in ok
Meanwhile this VO is in kind of rush because of the way he was bombarding with questions.
Vo- I can see you are working as an accountant in this company. What are you studying?
Me- accounting
Vo- ok ok ok I can can see undergraduate?
Me- yes
Vo- who did you know in Minnesota?
Me- I don't know of anybody in the US
Vo- How long have you been in UAE?
Me- since 2017.... VO cut in said 2years right?
Me- yes
Vo- what is your salary?
Me- answered
Vo- did u have family in UAE?
Me- No sir
Vo- who is paying for my fee?
Me- My uncle who ........ VO cut
Vo- sorry your visa is not approve this time you this white paper will explain you can try again next time.
Note: the Vo is not always waiting for my response before he ask another even at a point he was the one answering the question he wants to ask and I also noted that during our conversation, he was sniffing his nose and shaking his head frequently to the left side as if he needs he needs an urgent attention because he wasn't giving me a breathing space.

drelicx:
My F1 Visa was denied today in Dubai. My interview transcript goes thus:
VO- Goodmoring
Me- Goodmoring sir,
VO- pass me your passport, where are you going in US
Me- I am going to university of Minnesota crookston to study accounting.
VO- Speak up
Me- I repeated the same in louder voice.
VO- Why this school
Me- I considered three things firstly, being an account student, student qualifies for CPA ........... VO cut in ok
Meanwhile this VO is in kind of rush because of the way he was bombarding with questions.
Vo- I can see you are working as an accountant in this company. What are you studying?
Me- accounting
Vo- ok ok ok I can can see undergraduate?
Me- yes
Vo- who did you know in Minnesota?
Me- I don't know of anybody in the US
Vo- How long have you been in UAE?
Me- since 2017.... VO cut in said 2years right?
Me- yes
Vo- what is your salary?
Me- answered
Vo- did u have family in UAE?
Me- No sir
Vo- who is paying for my fee?
Me- My uncle who ........ VO cut
Vo- sorry your visa is not approve this time you this white paper will explain you can try again next time.
Note: the Vo is not always waiting for my response before he ask another even at a point he was the one answering the question he wants to ask and I also noted that during our conversation, he was sniffing his nose and shaking his head frequently to the left side as if he needs he needs an urgent attention because he wasn't giving me a breathing space.

Haryor3:
My approved transcript today. 6:30 appointment in Lagos.

VO – Why are you going to the United states?
Me – For a master’s degree in Computational Finance at Rochester institute of technology, New York.
VO – Can you say the school again? *Apparently he didn’t hear.
I Say it and he goes oh RIT
VO – Why RIT?
Me – Firstly, its in the same state with the worlds financial capital
VO – Laughing... are you aware its not so close?
Me – Yes, I know its about 5hrs drive
VO – Okay.. continue
Me – The cost of living in Rochester is relatively cheap compared to other cities in the US. I am already paying a lot on tuition. RIT also prides itself as a career focused university and the main reason I am going to grad school is to improve my career... he cuts in..
VO – What other schools did you apply to?
Me – Hult International Business school and New York Institute of Technology
VO – Hult London?
Me –No, The san Francisco campus.
VO – What’s your highest academic Qualification?
Me – A BSc
VO – In what?
Me – Petroleum Engineering from the university of Lagos
VO – Okay... I see you have some scholarship , can I see the letter?
Me – I pass the letter saying it’s a 30% tuition waiver.
VO – Who will be sponsoring you?
Me – My Brother. My half brother actually
VO – What does he do? Let me see his sponsorship letter and bank statement.
Me – I tell him and pass them. He just looks at the front page and I tell him there are two bank statements oh
VO – Does your brother have a child?
Me – No!
VO – How old is he?
Me – I tell him his age
VO – Oh. He’s not so much older than you
Me – Yes
VO- Why is he sponsoring you?
Me – Firstly, He can afford it and he has also been taking care of me for the past three years .
VO – What will you do when you are done?
Me- I will be joining NNPC – NAPIMS where I had my undergraduate internship. They give preference to former interns. *He cuts in
VO – That’s the Nigerian Petroleum Company?
ME – Yes the Investment and management part.
VO – Okay please take all your documents and he presents the white paper. You’ll get a message on when to pick up your passport. Congratulations

By the way, I think he forgot to give me I-20 or I lost it. sigh

Brown2Green:
Sorry about this..

One of the deciding factor in interviews according to the over 500 transcripts I have seen is how well you can answer to why this school? and why this course?


Some trivial things count.

Why are you going to the United States?
I'm going to obtain a Masters degree in Accounting at the University of bla bla in bla bla

That's different from saying I'm going to bla bla to study accounting. Like you are making the VO figure out himself if it will be MSC, Bsc, or PhD.

Why this school?
I think you could have started better

Interviews are meant to be a conversation and not a question and answer session.

I see you're working as an accountant in this company, what are you studying?

You should flow in same manner!
Oh! Yeah I do book and record keeping alongside other professional tasks. I studied accounting.

You need to take time to go through the approved transcripts to get better outcome in your next interview.

The house might have more to say.

drelicx:
My F1 Visa was denied today in Dubai. My interview transcript goes thus:
VO- Goodmoring
Me- Goodmoring sir,
VO- pass me your passport, where are you going in US
Me- I am going to university of Minnesota crookston to study accounting.
VO- Speak up
Me- I repeated the same in louder voice.
VO- Why this school
Me- I considered three things firstly, being an account student, student qualifies for CPA ........... VO cut in ok
Meanwhile this VO is in kind of rush because of the way he was bombarding with questions.
Vo- I can see you are working as an accountant in this company. What are you studying?
Me- accounting
Vo- ok ok ok I can can see undergraduate?
Me- yes
Vo- who did you know in Minnesota?
Me- I don't know of anybody in the US
Vo- How long have you been in UAE?
Me- since 2017.... VO cut in said 2years right?
Me- yes
Vo- what is your salary?
Me- answered
Vo- did u have family in UAE?
Me- No sir
Vo- who is paying for my fee?
Me- My uncle who ........ VO cut
Vo- sorry your visa is not approve this time you this white paper will explain you can try again next time.
Note: the Vo is not always waiting for my response before he ask another even at a point he was the one answering the question he wants to ask and I also noted that during our conversation, he was sniffing his nose and shaking his head frequently to the left side as if he needs he needs an urgent attention because he wasn't giving me a breathing space.