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khia:
BOOOOOOM!!!! There you have it. 1000% correct.

Yes..o these people bandy a lot of false and half baked assertions on social media all the time

rinzaugustine:
Yes..o these people bandy a lot of false and half baked assertions on social media all the time

I don't understand why the people on this forum believe everything that is told to them by so-called traveled Nigerians instead of using their critical thinking skills.

khia:
100% correct. Don't forget the UNCF and FASFA.

Oh thanks.Yes I forgot to add that in order to qualify for Pell grants and such, one must fill out the FASFA usually by March 1. BUT according to OP and his crew( that will come for me with insults no doubt) Nigerians wont get it/ qualify soo...

The point the OP tried to make about scholarships is that the average Nigerian would most likely not be able to get an amount that would cover the cost of education, hence the need to take out loans. Most Nigerians won't be able to secure substantial scholarship amounts. I was opportuned to get full funding to a top 20 college and a top 20 graduate school but it would be silly for me to think that most Nigerians have that priviledge. I had to get ridiculously high test scores, similar to what Chinese and Indians score. I currently work in Nigeria, and I have just gotten full funding to a top 30 MBA program also in the US. The OP is talking about what the average Nigerian on the street would face. So let's stop deriding his point on the need to take out loans.

kastgeraldino:
The point the OP tried to make about scholarships is that the average Nigerian would most likely not be able to get an amount that would cover the cost of education, hence the need to take out loans. Most Nigerians won't be able to secure substantial scholarship amounts. I was opportuned to get full funding to a top 20 college and a top 20 graduate school but it would be silly for me to think that most Nigerians have that priviledge. I had to get ridiculously high test scores, similar to what Chinese and Indians score. I currently work in Nigeria, and I have just gotten full funding to a top 30 MBA program also in the US. The OP is talking about what the average Nigerian on the street would face. So let's stop deriding his point on the need to take out loans.

Your story is similar to mine.

I thought the thread was about those living in Nigeria planning to relocate to the U.S. and succeed there. However, the the topic is broader than that, and I find merit in what others are saying. If I was American or PR, heck as a minority, who takes education seriously, funding would have been relatively easier for me to get.

An average Nigerian with no green card planning to study a professional course in the U.S. should better take heed to what you’ve just written.

Full Scholarships with no strings attached are extremely rare for Nigerian students in the U.S. For instance, If you’re lucky to be a Fulbright scholar, you’d have to return to Nigeria. Can’t even recall if it’s still available to Nigerians. Even if it were, your chances of getting it would be less than 1%. Other types of funding often come as tuition waivers and stipends through TA/RA/GA and they are still difficult to get.

So as a Nigerian, if you want full-ride in the U.S. your grades must be up there relatively to your peers (and you can play the game by applying to schools that match your profile so you could be a local champion there). If you can’t be a local champion anywhere in the U.S., you’d have to take a loan my friend. I know a few people who thought they could just come here and work 2 or 3 jobs to pay there way through, but they dropped out, found someone to marry or transferred to community colleges.

DreManuel:
Your story is similar to mine.

I thought the thread was about those living in Nigeria planning to relocate to the U.S. and succeed there. However, the the topic is broader than that, and I find merit in what others are saying. If I was American or PR, heck as a minority, who takes education seriously, funding would have been relatively easier for me to get.

An average Nigerian with no green card planning to study a professional course in the U.S. should better take heed to what you’ve just written.

Full Scholarships with no strings attached are extremely rare for Nigerian students in the U.S. For instance, If you’re lucky to be a Fulbright scholar, you’d have to return to Nigeria. Can’t even recall if it’s still available to Nigerians. Even if it were, your chances of getting it would be less than 1%. Other types of funding often come as tuition waivers and stipends through TA/RA/GA and they are still difficult to get.

So as a Nigerian, if you want full-ride in the U.S. your grades must be up there relatively to your peers (and you can play the game by applying to schools that match your profile so you could be a local champion there). If you can’t be a local champion anywhere in the U.S., you’d have to take a loan my friend. I know a few people who thought they could just come here and work 2 or 3 jobs to pay there way through, but they dropped out, found someone to marry or transferred to community colleges.

God will bless you in all your ways. Thanks for this.

One buffoon was here talking about scholarships are easy to get. I graduated with a 3.93 GPA and won 2 awards for academic excellence. I was top of my class too. I was only able to get 1 scholarship despite everything. And I tried to get a lot.

pDudd:
God will bless you in all your ways. Thanks for this.

One buffoon was here talking about scholarships are easy to get. I graduated with a 3.93 GPA and won 2 awards for academic excellence. I was top of my class too. I was only able to get 1 scholarship despite everything. And I tried to get a lot.

You talk of obtaining student loans, but aren't those for permanent residents or citizens?

Not for foreigners or international students. So how loan concern Nigerians

flyingpig:
You talk of obtaining student loans, but aren't those for permanent residents or citizens?

Not for foreigners or international students. So how loan concern Nigerians

as a non-citizen you can get student loan but you need a co signer

Damian457:
as a non-citizen you can get student loan but you need a co signer

Who can be legible to become my co-signer?

And what's difference between a student loan and scholarship

flyingpig:
Who can be legible to become my co-signer?

And what's difference between a student loan and scholarship

an eligible Co-signer must be a Green card holder or Citizen with good credit score.

Scholarships means part of or the full tuition is paid by the program. While student loan means he will go to school on credit and start paying when he starts working

pDudd:
That guy is right. It is best to do a survey by yourself and see what the healthcare field looks like in order to make a decision. Ask for pharmacy, I have a relative here who is in pharmacy school. Before he started the program, there was a career counselor who came to speak to them about the pharmaceutical industry in US. He said that future projections showed a decline in the lucrative aspect of pharmacy because it was gradually becoming automated. People won't need a pharmacist in the future to fill out prescription and all that stuff. They can just do that online and in a few hours or days, their prescription arrives at their doorstep.

Pharmacy used to be a very high paying job but from what I was told, automation might slowly kill that industry. But please research this for yourself.

Kaiser Permanente is one of the biggest healthcare delivery giants here and people subscribed to Kaiser can easily refill their meds online and have it delivered to their doorsteps. This process just started but it is already widespread now.

Please can you request him to connect with a Nigerian based Pharmacy student who intends to come over there and practise

Every qualification is better than no qualification. It is a good step.

Sir, how can I go about this with a visiting visa

First and foremost, before you step out of US or allow the thrill of US to overshadow your mind, you must sit down and strategize a plan.

You must have a plan with a goal in mind. You must have a plan with dated goals in place. If you don't have a plan or if you have a plan but you divert from it, your story will become very sorry.

America is a place in which you will lose yourself, your mind, your culture, your values, your plans and your aspirations. America glitters to the inexperienced eye but it's all fools gold. America is shit that has been painted with gold. It looks good on the outside but the inside is stinking.

First you must know that when you come to US, nobody is going to give you that same big job you had in GTB or UBA. If you were a Shell or Mobil big boy, that one is inside your pocket. Prepare to become one of the smallest and insignificant boys in US.

You will quickly find out that your bachelor's or master's degree is almost worth nothing in the US. Whatever you were in Nigeria is what you were in Nigeria. Prepare to start life from the scratch. Nobody is going to give you director job in the US.

If you worked in a bank in Nigeria and you're lucky enough to get a bank job in the US, it is not the same o . Working at a bank in US most times the bankers earn minimum wage . Even the bank manager of the bank is not earning much.

If you looked down on manual labor or "menial jobs" in Nigeria, prepare to become a manual job worker in the US.

I know it all sounds disheartening but it is the reality of things in the US. Your focus is the only thing that will keep you encouraged because many times when you look at your paycheck that you earned for 2 weeks of hard labor, you will want to ask yourself if this is all you are worth to the US and your employer. But just stay strong. A brighter day is coming.

Remember who you are. You are a Nigerian. You survived Nigeria. Speaking from experience, there is NO POOR NIGERIAN IN THE US. I HAVENT COME ACROSS ANY POOR NIGERIAN IN THE US.

May I ask, respectfully and empathetically why that does NOT seem to be the case for the Nigerian immigrants in Canada and European countries?