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Onah16:
Thanks a lot ..I was planning to join Education USA but this pandemic put a lot of things on stand still .. I'll really love to talk with you about the processes ,exams , preparation and everything ..Do you mind?

drDoom3:
No safeties?

All these schools are tough schools o. Academics can't get you in, so don't rely on them. My friend made a similar mistake, thought his 8A1s, national awards and scholarships, and 1590/1600 could get him in. After he didn't get into any school his first year, he sat down and restructured his application, then applied to the schools of his best fit. It's not all about having awards. IMO participants and NNPC winners are also applying to the same MIT. Try to find something that can stand you out, and show them through your essays.

More important is your SAT/ACT score. With this school list, you should be aiming for 1500+ or 34+. Anything less, it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

kastgeraldino:
Thanks for chipping in. First things first, if your academics are not excellent (the very best), you may as well forget these schools. And it's for your own good because the competition you would find in class is unlike something you have ever seen.

drDoom3:
That is why I dislike when people talk about "dream" schools. What makes people pick out dream schools? Mostly prestige. And they put all their hopes in getting into those schools, then get heartbroken after being rejected. I prefer schools of best fit, schools where you know that based on your personality and strengths, you'll survive and thrive. That was why, even when my SAT score came out and pressure came from all corners to apply to MIT or Harvard, I refused. I know that I am the kind of person that prefers a highly competitive environment, but not a cut-throat one, and a place where I would have better access to my professors. So I did my research and choose a college that I felt I would thrive the most in.

drDoom3:
No safeties?

All these schools are tough schools o. Academics can't get you in, so don't rely on them. My friend made a similar mistake, thought his 8A1s, national awards and scholarships, and 1590/1600 could get him in. After he didn't get into any school his first year, he sat down and restructured his application, then applied to the schools of his best fit. It's not all about having awards. IMO participants and NNPC winners are also applying to the same MIT. Try to find something that can stand you out, and show them through your essays.

More important is your SAT/ACT score. With this school list, you should be aiming for 1500+ or 34+. Anything less, it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

drDoom3:
Not at all.

Phenomenalopeye:
Thanks y'all I really appreciate❣️
Pls I just need anyone to suggest 3 safeties that i can apply to in order to make my list of schools 10

but in this case where SAT isn't administered is there any way out?

Anyways I've been sending emails across all schools to be really sure the're really test optional, in my email I made mention the international passport required to take the test and made the admission office aware that I can't take the test without my IP also SAT isn't administered amidst the pandemic and their response was all positive they said I
won't be penalized/ disadvantaged in the holistic admission process, or should I shift my application to next year in order to take the test and be on a safer side?

Also the deadline for the EducationUSA thingy is may 31

drDoom3:
That is why I dislike when people talk about "dream" schools. What makes people pick out dream schools? Mostly prestige. And they put all their hopes in getting into those schools, then get heartbroken after being rejected. I prefer schools of best fit, schools where you know that based on your personality and strengths, you'll survive and thrive. That was why, even when my SAT score came out and pressure came from all corners to apply to MIT or Harvard, I refused. I know that I am the kind of person that prefers a highly competitive environment, but not a cut-throat one, and a place where I would have better access to my professors. So I did my research and choose a college that I felt I would thrive the most in.

gaeul:
BSc Banking and Finance University of Benin
MSc Finance and Management
Prospective Ph.D. Management with focal study area but not limited to Strategic Management, Organization behaviour, Human Resource Management
I also have Chatered Management certificate from Nigeria, then Certificate in Management from Nigeria & UK (I don't know if this is necessary for a Ph.D)
My MSc research score was 73%
Please, if you need more information, I will be happy to provide

Phenomenalopeye:
Pls I need 3 safeties for undergrad admission, esp schools that offer full ride scholarship to intl students, and does not need evaluation from WES.

also is University of Missouri safe?

Phenomenalopeye:
Pls I need 3 safeties for undergrad admission, esp schools that offer full ride scholarship to intl students, and does not need evaluation from WES.

also is University of Missouri safe?

LagosismyHome:
Wanted to say look at some HBCU like Howard etc ... but I think the ones I remember still ask for WES

Phenomenalopeye:
Pls I need 3 safeties for undergrad admission, esp schools that offer full ride scholarship to intl students, and does not need evaluation from WES.

also is University of Missouri safe?

pdjohnson:
Hi, so sorry I'm not very used to commenting on nairaland. I think my second post which was meant to be the original one was deleted by nairaland or someone, I'm not sure about that. And thus the comment you quoted was actually incomplete.

To answer your question, I'm not very familiar with trends in the humanities and management sciences, I think you made mention of management sciences somewhere here! Why not do a little research of your own, first you might want to start with https://www.thegradcafe.com/ visit Gradcafe and then do a search, inputting the program you'd love to study, you'll get lists of institutions offering it, the acceptances and rejections and sometimes comments on whether or not they offered funding and stuff. I believe funding is almost always guaranteed in good PhD programs.

I'd encourage you to select programs with PIs conducting research you might be interested in rather than selecting programs based off of ranking. Also do select safeties!

Also reach out to PIs only when you have thoroughly read and understood their papers, and even at that, at best they might still refer you to the application portal. But on rare and exceptionl occasions a PI might want to schedule a one on one interview.

I also saw that you asked a question somewhere about contacting PIs and stuff. Please now that PhD admissions in the US is often different from that in the UK. For example in the US, you often do not require a masters to do PhD, but this is not quite true in the UK. In the UK, often times you need to have found a PIs, but this is 'not necessary' in the US. Thus you do not necessarily need to contact PIs in the US. Nonetheless, I'd encourage you to contact a PI especially if you feel you might be a good fit in his/her lab. Moreover a few programs in the US e.g programs that do not require group rotations might require you to contact a PI.

I hope this helps, cheers!

kastgeraldino:
I wish I was as wise as you. When I was younger, I was arrogant and wanted to show or prove how smart I was. Had I known, I would have chosen a better environment rather than a place where you would work very hard to be average. I could have been a valedictorian at most schools. I remember a professor saying, "we may fail you, but you are still the best".

horlahsunbo225:
I'm not knowledgeable concerning NON-STEM but all I can say is if you need funding your best bet willmbebto write GRE but if you only want admission then you can target schools that are waiving GRE.

Friedpotato:
this looks like a list for Graduate admission

pdjohnson:
Hi, I sincerely hope this might be of help to you. For PhD application, the GRE could be a requirement for some programs (remember that you apply to programs and not the university) but within the same university some other programs might not require it. for example, for over a decade, the UIUC CS program which is often ranked top 6 according to the US news have not required the GRE test (the UIUC program is one of the most competitive programs with an acceptance rate of less than 5percent) . This is not often the case say in the Psy.D program at UIUC. The Harvard GSAS PhD. biomolecules track clearly states that they do not require the GRE test) but this might not be the same at Harvard CS. PhD. Yale BBS PhD program do not require the GRE test but this 'might' not be the case at say Yale EE PhD program and so on. In fact tons of programs have waived the GRE requirement, because from experience the GRE test has not proven to be an indication of success in graduate school (with specific reference to PhD programs).
PhD Programs that do require the GRE do not use it as a determinant of admission but rather as a filter to reduce the number of applications required for faculties (professors) to peruse. (n/b this is not often the case in an MSc. A lot of schools do solely admit students with funding into Ms programs based off of stellar GRE scores). What you've to offer (research experience, interest) becomes more important for PhD admissions. In fact Professor Jeff Erickson at UIUC said that a letter of recommendation documenting a student's research adeptness is the most important factor used in admission decisions in PhD programs and this has been corroborated by many professors at several programs.

Are these programs fully funded? yes! Technically, most (if not all) PhD programs in the STEM at high research intensive programs (R1 universities) are fully funded, so you don't have to worry about whether or not taking the GRE will affect your chances of funding.

Should one take the GRE test whether or not it's required by the program? Well it's not necessarily

Onah16:
Thanks I'm really grateful ..I sent you an email so that we can talk about the processes

Kimzylove:
Is there a particular age criteria for Undergrads seeking admission?

sheke01:
Mehn I pray y'all get your visas o so y'all can see the other side of the world. FYI, kiddo is an informal greeting. Same way most of you think "Hey" is a word that shouldn't be used on elders when actually "hey" is a greeting.

I wish we can learn not to be so fast to attack. Come to think about it, you are trying to go through a path other people have gone through, so you are their kiddo with respect to that path, so am still correct to address you as "kiddo" on this thread. If you come to the city where I live in, i can pick you up at the airport, accommodate you and help you find your way around town. So yes, you are "kiddo" in that regard.

And that post is not in any way about enthusiasm dampening. It is not even dampening anything at all.

Age might be a big factor in the part of the world where you are right now but age is not a big deal in the part of the world where you are aspiring to be. You will learn that soon kiddo

fairheart:
I think it's healthy for our relationship with people that when we talk with those we don't really know their age, background, etc, we should "show" respect or communicate it in our choice of words.
It's sometimes funny how some people address people they don't know anything about on this thread. I have communicated with bank managers, branch managers, millionaires with thriving business, mothers, fathers, and even people that occupy influential position in their professions from this forum. Same for several young people. Some of us who are very active here must have had the same experience.

Respect is for all people, no matter what you may happen to do for them in the future. Using "Hey" is very fine and goes well with all people--both in the first world and in the third world nations. But using "Kiddo", in my opinion, can send a bad message. Kiddo means child or kid. I mean, we shouldn't really address people with that when you don't know them?

First impression, good impression, respect for all people, communicating with the right words--says a lot about who we are than the people we are communicating with. I am even very slow at identifying young men and women I have talked with on this thread as my junior, let alone using kiddo. This is my opinion though. But I understand the perspective you're talking from.

EstherAI:
Most HBCUs also doesn't specifically base on WES. They also accept evaluated transcript from any other NACES members. If he doesn't want to use WES he could try other NACES members that works too.

sheke01:
Mehn I pray y'all get your visas o so y'all can see the other side of the world. FYI, kiddo is an informal greeting. Same way most of you think "Hey" is a word that shouldn't be used on elders when actually "hey" is a greeting.

I wish we can learn not to be so fast to attack. Come to think about it, you are trying to go through a path other people have gone through, so you are their kiddo with respect to that path, so am still correct to address you as "kiddo" on this thread. If you come to the city where I live in, i can pick you up at the airport, accommodate you and help you find your way around town. So yes, you are "kiddo" in that regard.

And that post is not in any way about enthusiasm dampening. It is not even dampening anything at all.

Age might be a big factor in the part of the world where you are right now but age is not a big deal in the part of the world where you are aspiring to be. You will learn that soon kiddo

zeeLady:
Thank you for this Information, I have been searching for universities that do not require the GRE for MSc. Computer Science but also can award funding. I just checked University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CS programme. They even give consideration for work experience in lue of low CGPA in some cases. Thank you.

Just to add, some programmes in some Universities/schools are waiving the GRE due to COVID-19 until fall 2021. For example, Texas Tech University Toxicology department is waiving the GRE till Fall 2021.
For those who may want to know, All Universities are not the same, while some will not consider you for funding if you do not have GRE (for STEM courses), some may grant you funding on the bases of your relevant work experience.

One may need to do some research on that.

JadePrincess:
Good news?

JadePrincess:
Good news?

fairheart:
I think it's healthy for our relationship with people that when we talk with those we don't really know their age, background, etc, we should "show" respect or communicate it in our choice of words.
It's sometimes funny how some people address people they don't know anything about on this thread. I have communicated with bank managers, branch managers, millionaires with thriving business, mothers, fathers, and even people that occupy influential position in their professions from this forum. Same for several young people. Some of us who are very active here must have had the same experience.

Respect is for all people, no matter what you may happen to do for them in the future. Using "Hey" is very fine and goes well with all people--both in the first world and in the third world nations. But using "Kiddo", in my opinion, can send a bad message. Kiddo means child or kid. I mean, we shouldn't really address people with that when you don't know them?

First impression, good impression, respect for all people, communicating with the right words--says a lot about who we are than the people we are communicating with. I am even very slow at identifying young men and women I have talked with on this thread as my junior, let alone using kiddo. This is my opinion though. But I understand the perspective you're talking from.

pdjohnson:
Hi, I sincerely hope this might be of help to you. For PhD application, the GRE could be a requirement for some programs (remember that you apply to programs and not the university) but within the same university some other programs might not require it. for example, for over a decade, the UIUC CS program which is often ranked top 6 according to the US news have not required the GRE test (the UIUC program is one of the most competitive programs with an acceptance rate of less than 5percent) . This is not often the case say in the Psy.D program at UIUC. The Harvard GSAS PhD. biomolecules track clearly states that they do not require the GRE test) but this might not be the same at Harvard CS. PhD. Yale BBS PhD program do not require the GRE test but this 'might' not be the case at say Yale EE PhD program and so on. In fact tons of programs have waived the GRE requirement, because from experience the GRE test has not proven to be an indication of success in graduate school (with specific reference to PhD programs).
PhD Programs that do require the GRE do not use it as a determinant of admission but rather as a filter to reduce the number of applications required for faculties (professors) to peruse. (n/b this is not often the case in an MSc. A lot of schools do solely admit students with funding into Ms programs based off of stellar GRE scores). What you've to offer (research experience, interest) becomes more important for PhD admissions. In fact Professor Jeff Erickson at UIUC said that a letter of recommendation documenting a student's research adeptness is the most important factor used in admission decisions in PhD programs and this has been corroborated by many professors at several programs.

Are these programs fully funded? yes! Technically, most (if not all) PhD programs in the STEM at high research intensive programs (R1 universities) are fully funded, so you don't have to worry about whether or not taking the GRE will affect your chances of funding.

Should one take the GRE test whether or not it's required by the program? Well it's not necessarily