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segzy14:

Ok, i will give an estimated cost.
Is the land waterlogged?

segzy14:

That is Eleko axis.
Contact for breakdown of cost.
Email: samuelajoseengineers@gmail.com
Whatsapp: 07035596641

GentleIsaac:
I will get back to you on the cost.

raymondFirstborn:
I would need to see a copy of the survey plan to ascertain the landsize & dimensions.

That would serve as a basis upon which my estimates would be made.

raymondFirstborn:
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I can help you with the estimate & cost analysis for your fence project.

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dan5loriel:
Oga he has gotten his visa now.... what are you correcting again

Mathano:
Good day,

I had my visa interview on the 20th of June around 6:45 am. Below is the transcript of my interview.

VO: Good morning
ME: Good morning sir (I smiled, he also smiled)

VO: Pass your passport and i20
ME: Have it Sir.

VO: Where are you going?
ME: I am going to the University of Texas at Dallas

VO: What Course?
ME: I am going for my Phd in computer Science.

VO: Why Utdallas?
ME: Out of all the schools I applied to, Utdallas has the highest ranking, Many of the research labs at Utdallas are well ranked nationally, The Natural language processing lab is ranked third nationally according to csrankings.org, the software engineering lab is also ranked sixth(he cuts me here and asked another question)

Don't just tell him the school and labs are highly ranked, but that the faculty have research interests that best fit your interests. School ranking is secondary in PhD, so they say, not my personal view though.

VO: What other schools did you apply to ?
ME: I applied to university of kansas, Kansas state university, Bowling green state University and East tennesse state University

VO: What research work will you be doing?
ME: I will be working on data mining to aid faster response to disaster recovery

VO: How will you achieve this?
ME: I explained the method I intend to use to him

VO: I can see that you have some funding. why is the school funding you?
ME: I performed excellently in my GRE

VO: What was your score
ME: I had 160 in the quantitative reasoning, 156 in VR and 4.0 in the Analytical writing assement

Your scores are good but not eXceLLent (Although I believe that there's little correlation between GRE and grad school capability/intelligence). It's better you say the university finds your holistic profile outstanding among other applicants and offered you a merit-based funding.

VO: I will be approving your visa.
ME: Do have a nice day sir.

I am very grateful to everyone that has contributed on this visa thread. I made sure I read all the comments. I also downloaded the approved and rejected visa transcripts and I went through it. Though, I have been a silent follower of this thread but I gleaned a lot on this thread. I am particularly grateful to lagosismyhome. She is always eager to help people, May all your wishes come true. I will advise people going for interview not to present any document to the VO unless it is asked. I am wishing everyone preparing for their interview all the best.

iceberge:
hello friemds,

i just recently receieved a phd offer from texas a&m college station. it is a fully funded position in engineering. my i-20 is yet to arrive and my resumption date is late august. can anyone tell me the general timeline for a visa application and what ways i can expidite the process in order to meet my resumption date.

thanks

kcwitch:
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femi312:
Yeah I understand how it feels to wait for one year but Phd is not worth doing where you don't like just because you got funding. However the decision is yours to make. Just calm down and think, who knows spring might also work. There is no hard rule to these things but based on experiences, we can only advice each other. As you peruse each school website for faculty fit, also try to send them emails (market yourself well). It helps sometimes.

Scholastica16:
To re-emphasize most of what has been said:

1. Your GRE is not the issue. Speaking Brusquely, even if you scored 340 in the GRE. You probably will not get into the top 2 schools on that list. And when you get here (because you will) you will understand why. I have seen people who got into MIT with 320...but after profiling them, I saw why they were taken.

I quite agree

2. Take the TOEFL advise here because you don't want to be admitted from a position of disobedience.

I'm working on this already, it will set me back by at least $250-300 in my current location. I know it is worth it.

3. What I really think you need to change is your school choices and how FFP (fit for purpose) they are. I read about some distinguished guy in my major before I got here and wanted to work with him. But on conversing with people who know him, that would have been the biggest mistake of my life. Some schools won't just work for you.

I quite understand your point. I'm currently experiencing someting similar to that, I can't talk more on that on an open forum as this though it's quasi-anonymous but some people will know...

Some Profs give you absolute independence and let you grow into your own. You may not have many papers by the end of the PhD but one of your publications could make it into a top rated journal whereas another Prof might micromanage you all through and you could have 6 publications in mediocre journals (implying little impact from your results).

I have been there

Some states do not work well for people. Whilst some crave the Nigerian milieu and ambience, others don't. Some like the big city feel and others prefer the bucolic aura that comes with the smaller more conservative cities.

The due diligence involved in this takes some work but you'd be happier you did it. 1 year will only be a long time for now. If you make a mistake now, 1 month under a bad PI will feel like 10 years.

At the end of the day, it is all about funding sha. But your profile is very good as it currently is. Very very good.

femi312:
First, you don't have to retake the GRE if you dont have the luxury of time and money. You seem to have good GPAs to make up for your not so high Gre score. Phd admission is not all above GRE score, research fit, research experience, Gpa , advisors lor and Sop matter alot. Just to motivate you, I know someone who got in VT phd Civil engineering with a GRE score of 307 but other aspects were stellar. Just to put it in perspective, VT is ranked 7 with MIT and Mich, ann arbor in civil ranking. Once you meet the gre cutoff of each school, you should be fine. However if you have time and money you can retake the Gre. Secondly, ditch that plan of writing ieslt and not toefl if you have not paid. Toefl is more recognized in the US and its easier. Most schools might not take ieslt from you, so dont limit yourself. Thirdly, I know you don't want to hear this but plan for fall 2019, more opportunities are available in Fall than spring because fall is the main admision season and many students graduate in Spring. No one can recommend schools for you, you need to put in some work yourself by researching for schools and you can come here to ask for opinions about the school if anyone has any first hand info or not. Here is a link to engineering schools ranking by US news https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwKmQy59LeEpUW5tbEZhRHJmR1U Go to mechanical engineering tab and check each school website to see which of them you would like to attend based on your criteria. Spread your risk well but make sure you shortlist tier 1 schools

Gospelozy:
Good day house. Please I need help. If using a lecturer as your recommender, must his email address contain your undergraduate school abbreviation?
E.g kkings.unn@yahoo.com or is did normal one acceptable kkings@yahoo.com??
Please help ASAP.
Thanks.

LagosismyHome:
These list was overly ambitious with a combination of your GRE score and no Toefl /ielts......... If i were you , definitely take the TOEFL not ielts , as TOEFL is more associated with US english standardized test and i would have put in 2 lesser ranked school . I am not in engineering so cant recommend but check Texas , Tennessee and some other states that have good programs

Quoran:
I don't think you are having a tough time because you're switching fields. For a PhD, if you're not a good fit for their research, schools won't offer you admission. If you're going for Internal combustion engines, Computational Fluid Dynamics, biofuels etc, you have to look for schools who have faculty members doing you chosen research area. PhD admission is all about 'best fit'. If you're not a good fit for the department , you will struggle and most departments and faculty members want to avoid these.

Please, retake the GRE and improve your Quant score. There's a possibility that some of the departments you applied to probably didn't even look at your application.Though the GRE is just one of the application materials, most schools nowadays use it to filter applicants.

Though you have to do most of the research yourself, if you specify your research area and Interest, I can help you with a list of schools. Also, when searching, do not search in broad terms. Check individual faculty members pages. Cheers.

Time2Smile:
You need a complete application package for those caliber of schools and you should have written TEOFL/IELTS instead of asking for waivers. Please write it and accept the offer from NYU for Spring. You can try to apply to other schools too but the competitiveness means you have no assurance of securing an offer. A bird in hand is worth.............

folmus:
Check this:1. http://engineering.arizona.edu/grad-programs/ame 2. https://catalog.ttu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=2&poid=1151 both are ranked schools but I don't know the ranking you are looking at: they are good school with options of funding.

Please do write IELTS/TOEFL if you are looking at TA/GA

Ubah1:
Same school that denied you accepted many. Check what is wrong with your application. If its ietls or toefl that's holding you, get it done and apply again.

folmus:
But you didn't say the other schools. may be someone is interested in that to guide you.

Ubah1:
Google is your friend. Also use webometrics.info to check top schools

Bolisticbond026:
Good day Nairalanders and hope we are all doing great?Please i need someone who got admitted to University of Cincinnati to explain somethings to me.Hope to hear from any one soon thanks in advance guys.

Brascaflip:
Need help or advice from someone who has been living in Finland or much better, who is living and studying now and know some inside country information. The issue is that my cousin is studying there the 2nd year already and has some financial problems now. He is not independent at all and I'm thinking he is still behaving like he is 15 or so...that's why my uncle sent him to study abroad...to become more independent. So, he need some money urgent...he can't ask for parents, I can't help him for now, there is no one with whom he is in friendly relations and can borrow him. I just wanna help him somehow...start search any info, found that there are a lot of payday loans offers, for example, this one http://www.huiput.fi/ but I cant fully understand if there is an option to get the loan for foreigners, Nigerian official students exactly. So I hope that you'll explain and help me to understand. Thanks.

Gavrelino123:
Thanks Prof......My Account with first Bank is a Salary account opened for me by KPMG (Current Account)......I don't want them to know about my financial status...
That's why I'm just managing GTBANK.....STANBIC IBTC is a Silent Money Deposit Bank with few branches,i don't know if their liquidity strength ratio is of standard accord..
My Accounting officer said that i should come this coming week for secondary Market..!!
Or do you suggest i suscribe for 182 days.?

adesbaba:
At the gurus in the house...

Please after one finishes his MSC in Germany, I learnt the person will be given 18 months to look for work....during this period,what if I want to further to PhD level in maybe Canada or USA...can I apply for study permit over there in Germany or I will av to come to Nigeria again to process it....
@presiade,Williamso n all