Hello house.
Pls I need reviewers for my essays. I am planning to DM some of you and I hope no one will be annoyed biko.
NB:They are essays for undergraduate program

zeeLady:
In Nigeria, babies have to appear for interview. So go with your baby. I went with my then 3-4 month old baby.

Its never a good idea to deviate from what you have on your application and 1-20.

You have more chances when your spouse is your sponsor (for those going without their spouse).

Let whoever is on your 1-20 as your sponsor, be what you tell the VO.


If you think there is a mistake on your 1-20, call the attention of the school, if the school says that is how it should be, please stick with the information on the 1-20 like that.

Be exact with how you want to keep your baby during school hours.......say something like......"I have made enquiries about Day cares close to my school (or where you will live depending) and the cost per week is bla bla".
Be exact!
The reason is, going with a baby as a student, without a support, is one of the hardest things you will ever do. Trust me on that. But you will be proud of yourself eventually.

What about going with your baby and 2 kids, your hubby is your sponsor, though your hubby is also going about the same time for his post graduate. what do you suggest or advise.

orlahtohbadt:

Bro mine is 2.75/4 using wes free calculator. I originally got 2.36/5, I was marginally close to a 2.2. Can I message you?

No problem. We can also discuss here for other lower graders to learn.

Now that you have 2.74/4 which is a lil bit above the minimum GPA requirement of 2.5/4 for most safe schools. Lets talk about your other profile.

1. Have you written GRE?. If yes, what is your score?
2. What is your proposed course of study?.
3. Have it in mind that you have a very slim chance for funding, do you have sponsor or personal funds for backup just incase you are unable to get funding?

BabaFlap:
Long Post
I should have posted this earlier but here it is

Status: Visa Approved (Masters in Communication)
Date: Tuesday 8 December 2020.

All Glory to God almighty.

Background story: I have been a silent reader for years. This is my 5th visa attempt, I have been denied twice at the Canadian embassy and twice at the US embassy.
So, back in October I had secured 7th of Dec for interview in Lagos but two weeks before the 7th the embassy reschedule me to 8th then on the 3rd of Dec I got the mail that I have been reschedule to Jan 12th. I immediately sent an email and also called the embassy but they said there is nothing they can do about it. I requested for an emergency appointment, it was first approved then 5 min later they denied the emergency request.

On monday 7th I travelled out of my city to do other things then i got an email from the US embassy around 10 am saying that they have approved my emergency request again that i should go and pick an available date. I logged in and picked 7am for 8th of Dec. I travel back to my city immediately, picked up my document and headed for Lagos.

I literary ran out of the embassy in excitement.

Note: Do not underestimate the power of prayer. Prayer is the real key. God his faithful.
Also read about your school, the city it is in and practice your response in a spontaneous way. My interview was like a chat with a boss that want to employ me. Don't be afraid to sell yourself if given the opportunity. If you have been denied before and you are convinced, I encourage you to reapply it not going to be easy but put your faith in Christ. Again pray and go with a positive mind alone.

A very big thank you to every one who contribute to this trend.

Your tenacity eventually paid off. Congratulations to you and others who have been successful in getting their visa approved while hoping those that was denied or waiting, will make it soonest (Amin).

Jezuzal9:
Please who knows how to get to DHL at Airport road/Isolo

Where you coming from?

VISA APPROVED THIS MORNING 23RD DECEMBER.
VENUE: ABUJA EMBASSY.



MY TRANSCRIPT:

APPOINTMENT TIME IS 11AM BUT I GOT THERE BY 5:40AM. AT 7AM, THEY STARTED CHECKING US IN. MY FRIEND & I WERE THE 1ST TO ARRIVE AT THE EMBASSY BUT I WAS THE 7TH PERSON ON THE QUEUE WHILE SHE WAS THE 1ST PERSON.

I WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE BLACK GUY.

VO: GOOD MORNING

ME: GOOD MORNING

VO: TELL ME YOUR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

ME: I FINISHED FROM IMO STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A 2ND CLASS UPPER HONOURS IN 2016 AND IMMEDIATELY, I PROCEEDED TO THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL AND FINISHED IN 2017 & WAS CALLED TO THE NIGERIAN BAR IN DECEMBER 2017.

V0: I CAN SEE YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP, HOW DID YOU GET IT?

ME: IT'S A MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE COLLEGE OF LAW. I WAS AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIP DUE TO MY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

VO: TELL ME WHAT THIS DEGREE WOULD DO FOR YOU.

ME: AS A PRACTICING LAWYER, I HAVE DEVELOPED PASSIONATE INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO) ON LINKEDIN SINCE 2018 AND I HAVE COMPLETED ABOUT FIVE (5) CERTIFICATION COURSES WITH THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION ACADEMY (WIPO ACADEMY) TO GAIN BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA OF LAW. THIS DEGREE WILL CONTRIBUTE IMMENSELY TO MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT AS I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A REPUTABLE CAREER IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW UPON MY RETURN TO NIGERIA. ALSO, THE REASON WHY MY UNCLE IS SPONSORING ME IS THE FACT THAT HIS LAW FIRM "CMC ONUOHA & CO" LACK STRENGTH IN THIS AREA OF LAW & GIVEN THE FACT THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY LAW IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA OF LAW IN NIGERIA TODAY, GAINING AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA OF LAW WOULD ENABLE ME CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE GROWTH OF THE FIRM AND ALSO, ISSUE PROFESSIONAL ADVISE TO CLIENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT AND MANAGE THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AS WELL AS DRAFTING IP COMMERCIALISATION & OPEN LICENSING AGREEMENTS.

VO. I'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE AN OUTSTANDING PROFILE FROM MY SYSTEM & YOU'RE QUALIFIED TO BE ISSUED A U.S. VISA. I'LL BE APPROVING YOUR VISA, CONGRATS.

ME: THANK YOU SIR.

MHEN, IMMEDIATELY, I STARTED SINGING "OBIM DERE JUU, CHUKWU AMARALA IHEOMA ONA EMERE, OBIM DERE JUU."

MY INTERVIEW WAS LESS THAN A MINUTE, NO DOCUMENT WAS ASKED & I SPOKE CONFIDENTLY.

I BELIEVE, IF YOU SPEAK CONFIDENTLY AND SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR DS-160, YOU'LL DEFINITELY GET IT.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, PRAY O! IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS, I'VE BEEN WAKING UP BY 4AM TO DO 1HR PRAISE & WORSHIP & TODAY, I GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD FOR HE ANSWERED MY PRAYER.

I WISH ALL WHO ARE YET TO BE INTERVIEWED A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.

Lildairo:
VISA APPROVED THIS MORNING 23RD DECEMBER.
VENUE: ABUJA EMBASSY.

CONGRATS.
Grace at work.
I like the way you talked for long.

Please how do you book the emergency visa interview please??

weldone sir.
Pls I have done my evaluation (screenshot below). I am not the initial guy but I need help too. Information on my background is available below;

Undergraduate Degree/Course: Banking & Finance
Proposed/intended MS course: Information Assurance & Security (IT/Computer Science field)
WES Evaluation: 3.38
I want to know if it is possible getting admitted into the above field and the possibility of getting funding/assistantship considering my background. Thank you.

.

Muleriders:


1. He should Get a student copy of his transcript, it doesn't have to be official.

2. Use the free wes evaluator tool on wes website to evaluate your transcript to 4.0 (US scale). It's completely free

3. Get back to me or quote me on this thread on your outcome. If your evaluated grade is between 2.2/4 and 2.5/4, you stand a better chance for a "conditional admission" in masters level if you can back it up a little with high GRE score. I will be waiting your your evaluation outcome.

Warm regards

Muleriders:


No problem. We can also discuss here for other lower graders to learn.

Now that you have 2.74/4 which is a lil bit above the minimum GPA requirement of 2.5/4 for most safe schools. Lets talk about your other profile.

1. Have you written GRE?. If yes, what is your score?
2. What is your proposed course of study?.
3. Have it in mind that you have a very slim chance for funding, do you have sponsor or personal funds for backup just incase you are unable to get funding?

I haven't written the GRE but I plan on doing early next year as I have been preparing for the exam. I plan on doing a program in Computer science or any related program as I have a degree in Mathematics. I noticed the COA for masters in computer and information science in SAU is $15k, I should be able to get a sponsor plus my personal funds to go through the process.

Good day guys. I'm currently studying business education in Nigeria, by God grace I hope to leave here next year.



Is my course good to study? Will it have negative influence in my academics? And what are the job prospects studying it?.

zeeLady:
Turkish does not require COVID test. But, their service is not wonderful. You may/may not get real food. Your flight may be diverted...etc

Whew! We meeuuve anyways
Thanks for the info

LagosismyHome:


at real food .......

you mean different food than you are used to because surely you wont be fed fake food

Lol, Thanks

VISA APPROVED

ABUJA EMBASSY (WHITE VO)

TRANSCRIPT LATER

majorstark:
VISA APPROVED

ABUJA EMBASSY (WHITE VO)

TRANSCRIPT LATER

Congratulations!

majorstark:
VISA APPROVED

ABUJA EMBASSY (WHITE VO)

TRANSCRIPT LATER

CONGRATS

Congrats! I'm wondering which hotel would be that cheap at that location in Abuja? Or did you get a discount?

emmanland:
Please note, not by my power but by the grace and mercy of God.

BACKGROUND
BSc: 3.85/5.0
GRE: 301(V-147, Q-154)
TOEFL: 100(S-23, R-24, W-26, L-27)
Funding: Full (Tuition Scholarship and monthly stipends) (TA)
Course: Materials Engineering
Time:10:30am but got there around 8am and interviewed around 9am


Because I didn't change my location on DS-160, they had to download it from Lagos to Abuja, and it took time. Well, my spirit was just okay with not filing new DS-160 or changing my location on DS-160 since it is permitted according to the info on the embassy website.

INTERVIEW
VO/Me: Good morning

I passed only my I-20 (unstapled) and international passport. He typed for some time.

VO: How did you come about this school?
Me: Sir
VO: This school (Clarkson Univ.), how did you (can't remember this)
Me: While searching for universities that align with my research area... My research area is composite and alloy materials... I came across Clarkson University on MSinUs.com. Then I checked for more details on niche, USnews,... (I don't know if I added thegradcafe).
(Though, I planned to keep talking but I just stopped here. I restrategize with God's wisdom that the black VO can be pissed off with excess talk that does not make sense to him. For my mind o, as I stared seriously at his face that day sha)

VO: How will you fund your studies
Me: The school offered me TA that gives me full funding that covers the tuition and provides monthly stipend that covers living cost. (of course he has stared seriously on my I-20)

VO: How many years is this program? (since, he's been typing on his computer but while asking this question he looked at me seriously)
Me: 5 years (I fixed my gaze seriously on him too)

VO: How do you support yourself? (continued typing)
Me: I am the Lead Tutor in *** where I coordinate training on computer programming (I deliberately emphasized this, as my publication is computer simulation and my supervisor research area is computer simulation of composite and alloy materials)
Also, I research composite and alloy materials (not too sure if I added my research area but I think I did) under Prof. *** at the University of ****

VO: Did you apply to any other university?
Me: Yes please

VO: Which other universities did you apply to?
Me: (I chopped Missouri but continued with confidence) University of Science and Technology, Michigan Technological University, Portland State University

VO: When have you been in the University of ****
Me: 2018

VO: Are you married?
Me: No

VO: Have traveled outside Nigeria?
Me: No, sir (I intentional added "sir" here. My personal opinion of letting him know I respect his position. Of course, everyone is not expected to share the same opinion)

VO: What will this program do for you?
Me: I will return to the University of *** for the offer of being a lecturer and will continue my research... (can't remember the next line).

(here, I remembered that I have gone off track to what I will be doing after the program instead of what the program will do for me. Immediately I quickly finished it up with the next line to get myself back on track)

So, knowledge and research from this program will provide me with what all these need.


Na so he passed the white paper to me o. For some seconds I went blank (I am testifying to the sudden deafness, I was not expecting his decision at that time, no evidence requested, just I-20 and my passport) until I heard that "the information on this paper will explain where to pick up your passport".

The shock in me made me to start thinking "this man should not call me back" as I was going. I was interviewed by the black guy. My smiling mode disappeared the moment I knew I was going to him and handed myself to Jesus' mercy (due to what I have read here, and I saw him denied people before me while I was on the queue). I couldn't bring myself to smile but without fear anyway... My emotion was just blank.






If you need more details about asterisked info please PM, I did this to protect the interest of those involved since I do not have their consent to reveal their details publicly.
Bonus: Hotel booking ₦5000 per night. Hotel within about 7 minutes drive to the embassy, secured, quiet, neat, and good customer service even at 11pm when I entered Abuja.


If I remember any info left out I promise to add it.


Many thanks to all ogas on ground for sharing their wealth of experience always.
Pardon me for sending it in late, I left a lot of my travel plans preparation till visa approval.

VISA APPROVED
US embassy Abuja
appointment date: wed 16 dec 2020
time: 8:15


VO: Good morning
me: Good morning

VO: what are you going to the US to do?
me: i am going for a masters program in computer science at western illinois university( vo cuts in)

VO: what will this program do for you?
me: My brother and i, we are creating a little start up here in nigeria. so i need this education to administer, all technical aspects of the business(vo cuts in)

VO: what is this start up?
me: it is start up business in advanced technologies, like artificial intelligence, server side web development and basically services still new to this economy

VO: who is your sponsor
Me: My brother.

Vo: what does your brother do
me: he is a senior developer at Bleep company

vo: where is he?
me: he is in the US

VO: Is your brother coming back to nigeria?
me: i really dont know his movement for now

vo: ok, i will issuing your visa, then the vo started saying something about three business days. pulled out the white slip and my i20 and handed them back to me.

Me: Thank you very much, then left

He didnt ask me for bank statement or any other doc aside from my passport and i20.

note:
*God is the first, they said he can turn stone to a prophet. He can change any situation. So, always put him first.
* Please try not to sound cliche, you know your situation craft your response accordingly
* Then practice, practice, practice

i wish everyone the best

orlahtohbadt:

I haven't written the GRE but I plan on doing early next year as I have been preparing for the exam. I plan on doing a program in Computer science or any related program as I have a degree in Mathematics. I noticed the COA for masters in computer and information science in SAU is $15k, I should be able to get a sponsor plus my personal funds to go through the process.

Cool. I'm delighted you have done background research ,and i am more delighted that you have considered SAU as part of your options.

Ace a higher score in your GRE of 300+ to stand a GA chance.

I will also suggest you check out other good ranked rural universities and hbcu's. Your proposed program is stem, you may be fortunate to get little funding.

obajoey:
weldone sir.
Pls I have done my evaluation (screenshot below). I am not the initial guy but I need help too. Information on my background is available below;

Undergraduate Degree/Course: Banking & Finance
Proposed/intended MS course: Information Assurance & Security (IT/Computer Science field)
WES Evaluation: 3.38
I want to know if it is possible getting admitted into the above field and the possibility of getting funding/assistantship considering my background. Thank you.

.

3.38/4
You stand a better chance for partial or full funding depending on your other profile.

Start working by searching for schools that offers your proposed course on google, narrow your research by checking the websites of the schools in your basket to read about funding eligibility, send emails to the program cordinators or directors for funding enquiries.

Please has anyone had their interview days for nextweek being rescheduled to first week of January? I just got a mail and my interview was shifted from 28 December to 5 January and I'm wondering why?

[Hello I also have my interview date slated about this same date as yours, but I didn't get any reshedule email from the Consulate. Just to be sure, which email address did you receive the reshedule notice by? So I can use it to run a search on my personal email. I'll really appreciate. Thanks.]

Good evening all, my interview is next week. In my i-20 it indicate family as my sponsor, and my
cousin supported my uncle with SOA. If ask who is my sponsor, do I need to said the two or mention just my uncle?? Urgent reply from the gurus in the house pls

Imhans:
Good evening all, my interview is next week. In my i-20 it indicate family as my sponsor, and my
cousin supported my uncle with SOA. If ask who is my sponsor, do I need to said the two or mention just my uncle?? Urgent reply from the gurus in the house pls

I think the person you stated on your DS-160

Sammiebravo:
Please has anyone had their interview days for nextweek being rescheduled to first week of January? I just got a mail and my interview was shifted from 28 December to 5 January and I'm wondering why?

[Hello I also have my interview date slated about this same date as yours, but I didn't get any reshedule email from the Consulate. Just to be sure, which email address did you receive the reshedule notice by? So I can use it to run a search on my personal email. I'll really appreciate. Thanks.]

Federal Government announced a public holiday also Dec 28 , which fortunately the Embassy takes part in

Sammiebravo:
Please has anyone had their interview days for nextweek being rescheduled to first week of January? I just got a mail and my interview was shifted from 28 December to 5 January and I'm wondering why?

[Hello I also have my interview date slated about this same date as yours, but I didn't get any reshedule email from the Consulate. Just to be sure, which email address did you receive the reshedule notice by? So I can use it to run a search on my personal email. I'll really appreciate. Thanks.]

Kindly check your dashboard if you got a new date. 28th of December is a Public Holiday in Nigeria, so the Embassy is not supposed to open that day.

Thank you, I appreciate.

Muleriders:


3.38/4
You stand a better chance for partial or full funding depending on your other profile.

Start working by searching for schools that offers your proposed course on google, narrow your research by checking the websites of the schools in your basket to read about funding eligibility, send emails to the program cordinators or directors for funding enquiries.

Muleriders:


1. He should Get a student copy of his transcript, it doesn't have to be official.

2. Use the free wes evaluator tool on wes website to evaluate your transcript to 4.0 (US scale). It's completely free

3. Get back to me or quote me on this thread on your outcome. If your evaluated grade is between 2.2/4 and 2.5/4, you stand a better chance for a "conditional admission" in masters level if you can back it up a little with high GRE score. I will be waiting your your evaluation outcome.

Warm regards

Please Sir, can you guide me on securing US admissions with scholarship.

Thank you very much. God bless you sir.

[There was nothing like that on my ds-160 form
quote author=Lildairo post=97362006]

I think the person you stated on your DS-160 [/quote]

.

Good evening everyone here, I’m newbie here, please I need someone to put me through me, I have a BSC in microbiology so I’m thinking of pursuing a master in Biotechnology but i don’t know the university to course.. and how do I evaluate my results, someone should please put me through

Location: Abuja Embassy
Course of Study: Masters of Business Information Systems and Analytics
COA: $27,000
School: University of Arkansas, Little Rock
GRA: $27,620
Personal funds: $5711
Status: Approved
Interviewed by a White Male VO for less than 5 minutes

VO: Good Afternoon, Morning (Is it afternoon yet)
ME: Good Afternoon, Morning (in my mind - I dont have a phone with me, You have a desktop in front of you)

VO: pass your passport and I-20 (he said something i didnt hear)
ME: mute (passed them). then passed my passport photograph

VO: i dont mean passport photograph, passport
ME: ok (na u sabi)

VO: place your left hand four fingers on d biometric scanner (demonstrates it). same as right. place your thumbs together on d bio... scann...
ME: did as said x2ce

VO: Where are you going in the US?
ME, I'm going for my masters in BISA, in UALR.

VO: How did u get to know the school
ME: Three of my friends (mentioned the names), informed me about the school. (also stated the degrees they had)

VO: Do you have families in the US?
ME: No

VO: Do you have friends in the US?
ME: (I paused, which kind wahala be this, I just said the truth) The three friends that informed me about the school, Muhammad Buhari works a a site reliability engineer with Linkedin, Tinubu Jagaban works in Amazon as a Cloud Associate in Washington and Dele Momodu is in Chicago Illinios working as a test automation engineer.

VO: What will this course do for you?
ME: It will develop my business and interpersonal competencies to leverage information technology in strategic, tactical and operation business solutions. it will prepare me for leadership roles such as CIO, IT mgr, senior business systems analyst, senior db administrator.

VO: (Looks at my 1-20) I can see you've a GRA. Who is paying for your deficit.
ME: I have a fully funded GRA from the department of defense, I will also get stipends of about $10 billion monthly. (VO looks unsatisfied, I quickly added the rest) I have about 2million naira in my GTB current account (I have forgotten its dollars equivalent, he also didnt request for the ban statements which i had with me. I super ready for una)

VO: Where do you work.
ME: I work with .............. as a Senior Consultant in the Human Capital Consulting. I support the the automation of tech and drive the business. (I was suppose to say working out of the human capital consulting supporting the tech automation and business drive)

VO: congratulations, enjoy ur stay in the US. passes the white collection paper and my I-20, then tagged my passport and dumped in the basket beside the desktop.
ME: (smiled sheepishly) thanks



PS: A lot of us where approved today except a guy i saw with a green paper. i was also the third to the last to be interviewed today.
If u saw a guy wearing deloitte's id card, that was me.

majorstark:
Location: Abuja Embassy
Course of Study: Masters of Business Information Systems and Analytics
COA: $27,000
School: University of Arkansas, Little Rock
GRA: $27,620
Personal funds: $5711
Status: Approved

VO: Good Afternoon, Morning (Is it afternoon yet)
ME: Good Afternoon, Morning (in my mind - I dont have a phone with me, You have a desktop in front of you)

VO: pass your passport and I-20 (he said something i didnt hear)
ME: mute (passed them). then passed my passport photograph

VO: i dont mean passport photograph, passport
ME: ok (na u sabi)

VO: place your left hand four fingers on d biometric scanner (demonstrates it). same as right. place your thumbs together on d bio... scann...
ME: did as said x2ce

VO: Where are you going in the US?
ME, I'm going for my masters in BISA, in UALR.

VO: How did u get to know the school
ME: Three of my friends (mentioned the names), informed me about the school. (also stated the degrees they had)

VO: Do you have families in the US?
ME: No

VO: Do you have friends in the US?
ME: (I paused, which kind wahala be this, I just said the truth) The three friends that informed me about the school, Muhammad Buhari works a a site reliability engineer with Linkedin, Tinubu Jagaban works in Amazon as a Cloud Associate in Washington and Dele Momodu is in Chicago Illinios working as a test automation engineer.

VO: What will this course do for you?
ME: It will develop my business and interpersonal competencies to leverage information technology in strategic, tactical and operation business solutions. it will prepare me for leadership roles such as CIO, IT mgr, senior business systems analyst, senior db administrator.

VO: (Looks at my 1-20) I can see you've a GRA. Who is paying for your deficit.
ME: I have about 2million naira in my GTB current account (I have forgotten its dollars equivalent)

VO: Where do you work.
ME: I work with .............. as a Senior Consultant in the Human Capital Consulting. I support the the automation of tech and drive the business. (I was suppose to say working out of the human capital consulting supporting the tech automation and business drive)

VO: congratulations, enjoy ur stay in the US. passes the white collection paper and my I-20, then tagged my passport and dumped in the basket beside the desktop.
ME: (smiled sheepishly) thanks



PS: A lot of us where approved today except a guy i saw with a green paper. i was also the third to the last to be interviewed today.
If u saw a guy wearing deloitte's id card, that was me.

congratulations