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Kojo Aseda:
Are you currently attending a graduate program in the US?

yea,

Kojo Aseda:
Your GPA is crucially important. If you have a low GPA in the field of study you're applying to, your chances are very small of getting accepted. The GRE won't get you out of that mess.

RE: Knowing if the GRE is important to the school you are applying to.

You should know this because you should be emailing professors in the department which you are applying to. If the professors don't know who you are, they won't accept you into their program.

I mailed several professors when I was trying to learn more about my school, few ones that answered referred me to the admission page on their website or referred me to the lady in charge of admissions and the lady in return referred me to the international admission office I have been corresponding with.

"If you're a strong candidate for that department, why would you have done poorly in your undergraduate classes in that field? You're better off trying to get into a different grad program that you have no experience in. Like I said before, write a strong personal statement!"

very very wrong, "you're better off trying to get into a different grad program that you have no experience in." very funny, my GPA for undergrad wasnt so great, but I am doing so fantastic in my grad studies, so i wonder where you got that notion of yours, oh!, and i continued on same undergrad degree


and because students from Nigeria dont actually know how to convert their GPA on a 5.0 scale to 4.0 scale, kindda difficult to tell what you GPA actually is, unless maybe they want WES to do it prior to seeking admission in a school. So I still suggest reading hard for the GRE!

@smlafolabi


HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

a bad-bad situation

hahahahahah, c'mon sw, how would you feel if you bobo gave you that kind of an excuse?

Kojo Aseda:
First, try and get a feeling for how important the GRE is to the school you are applying to. Believe it or not, the GRE is normally the least important part of the application process. More important is your resume and history of accomplishments. Most important, perhaps, is the strength of your personal statement. American universities look for ambition and diversity, not test scores.

If you have any specific questions send me a message.

And how would you know GRE is not so important to a particular school ? If one's GPA is not so great, then you had better study hard for the GRE !

stillwater:
Lmao.

Not all. She might have been occupied with other things.

lol,
and what could she be occupied with ?

thats a serious case o ! but i have forgotten my ex's b'day, didn't mean i didn't care or love her though, but girls are usually excellent at remembering special dates, so there is something wrong when she forgets stuff about you!

smooooooth:
true talk. that's why they always complain their man changed afterwards, because he is only trying to gain his respect he gave away when the chase was on.

Is that so ?

perhaps if you had put comment inside you code, it would have been readable, i executed it and nothing came, doesnt make sense

javalove:
make i sound controversial

please if u won go uni, go and apply for passport now and join d ques at american or UK embassy. its good to go to a uni, but a good one.

With this dream u hav, by d time u graduate from naija uni, u will be duller. the opportunities dey r talking about na just to apply for job without being able to deliver, because that is what IT or Programming is about. u must be able to deliver, if u can't, u are out!!!! Nigerians are dream killers!!!!!!!!!!


Oya make una attack me now

Attack you ke? na true talk my brother

I cant post my assignments/project on a forum, against school's policy. thanks anyway,

Information Security class is about internet and OS security, have to come up with security algorithm and code in C++,

cheers!

@uspry1

Hey! Can I contact you? Need your help with my information security class, thanks,

clocky:
Nice one Fdeveloper, i was a bit bored so i did a lame port of your code to java

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;



/**
* @author
*
* TODO To change the template for this generated type comment go to
* Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Code Templates
*/
public class DrinksInThePub {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Me me = new Me("clocky";
You you [] = {new You("Fdeveloper", new You("cOdec"};

String sWhat = "Farewell drink";
String sWhy = "End of my contract";
int distanceToPub = 200;
Calendar date = new GregorianCalendar();
date.set(2006,6,30,17,30,0);

for(int i = 0; i < you.length; i++){
if(date.after(new Date()) && you[i].isFeelingLineDrinking()){
for(int step = 1; step <= distanceToPub ;step++){
you[i].setDistanceCovered(step);
}
you[i].setInPub(true);

while(!you[i].isHadEnoughDrinks() && !me.isOutOfMoney()){
you[i].drink(sWhat,sWhy);
}


}
}
}
}




public class Person {

private String name;
private int distanceCovered ;
private boolean inPub = false;
private boolean hadEnoughDrinks = false;
private boolean outOfMoney = false;
private String reason;
private boolean feelingLineDrinking = true;
public Person(String name){
this.name = name;
}

public boolean isFeelingLineDrinking() {
return feelingLineDrinking;
}

public void drink(String what, String why){
this.reason = what +" "+ why;
}

public void setDistanceCovered(int distanceToNearestPub) {
this.distanceCovered = distanceToNearestPub;
}
public boolean isHadEnoughDrinks() {
return hadEnoughDrinks;
}

public boolean isInPub() {
return inPub;
}
public void setInPub(boolean inPub) {
this.inPub = inPub;
}

public boolean isOutOfMoney() {
return outOfMoney;
}

}

public class You extends Person {

/**
* @param name
*/
public You(String name) {
super(name);

}

}

public class Me extends Person {

/**
* @param name
*/
public Me(String name) {
super(name);

}

}

What does this do exactly ?

askme:
please how does GMAT works

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT, pronounced G-mat) is a computer adaptive standardized test for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into an MBA program. It is given at various locations in the United States, Canada and around the world. Throughout North America and in many international locations, the GMAT is administered only via computer. In those international locations where an extensive network of computers has not yet been established, the GMAT is offered either at temporary computer-based testing centers on a limited schedule or as a paper-based test (given once or twice a year) at local testing centers. As of 2007, the fee to take the test is U.S. $250 worldwide.

for more info, please visit :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_Management_Admission_Test

tboy81:
This post has really given me a lot of needed information about GRE, US Graduate schools e.tc.

Permit me to ask another question:

What are the major differences/advantages between Fall Admission or Spring Admission?

Thanks!

There is no major difference. New classes or introductory classes are introduced during the Fall quarter. dont get me wrong, not all. Some introductory classes that are highly registered for are normally taught in all quarters.
But some graduate prerequisite classes are mostly taught during the Fall.
for example, if you want to take Networking class, CEG 602- Introductory Networking, would be taught during the Fall and CEG 702-Advanced Networking, will be taught in subsequent quarters. If there are however, high volume of students registering for CEG 602 Networking class, then they would teach the class in all quarters.
Cos so many people apply for admission during the Fall quarter, it is assumed that Fall quarter is the beginning of a new session and the Spring is the end of a session. So, many introductory classes are been taught during Fall as compared to Spring. Asides that, no difference.
You can apply for Spring admission and take classes that do not require any prerequisites.

get this book:

Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures through Objects (6th Edition) by Tony Gaddis ,

very useful

How did you get the contract when you don't even know how to design a web page ? Nigerians !!!

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=157566.msg2616173#msg2616173 date=1217996926]A Wonderful Man is hard to find.


_{Most naija men nowadays are either bushmen or bushmeats. sad} [/quote]you have been looking at the wrong places,

one man's rice is another man's beans,

if a man possess these qualities, does it mean he is a 'good' man ? or thats what you want him to be ?

and you probably cant still stand the fact that he broke up with you,

topup:
I can understand if people think I am obssessing over him and I am a bit,

I naturally have an analytical personality, I am very fascinated with why people behave the way they do. This has been bugging me 'because I can't figure it out. I guess I'll have to call it a lose. Maybe in future he'll tell me the truth. Anyways, it's not that I'm over doing it, I just like to surf the romance board, and I go through Nairaland phases where I will the stay the whole night and reply to every single topic on the board, over 20 in 2 hours! And if they have questions relating to relationships, guess what am going to use as a reference, mine!!

I can see why people think I am going onnnnnn about it, but anyways, that's my explanation for it.

dont you wanna admit your are obsessing over him ?

like they say, hard to get over your first love,

Yea, my ex's mum wasn't particularly happy about her dating an ijebu boy(me), are non-ijebu indigenes any better than ijebu indigenes?

and when a friend told her mum about me, the mum was all out against us getting involved cos her husband had took an ijebu woman as a 2nd wife,

yeah i would,

its gonna contain how you met, how you proposed, the challenges you've been through and how you overcame them,

so anytime in the future things are not going smooth, either of you can visit the website , know where things went wrong and adjust,

Uche2nna:
Its not that tough. Competitive , yes .

And You don't actually need a first class, a good second class upper is all You need to be eligible to apply.

I don't know if You are a science student but if u are and u are planning on going to grad school in one of the biomedical/molecular biology/biochemistry fields then a good GRE score, a 2 one and 3 strong letters of recommendation is enough to get u a scholarship (tuition and stipend).

dont forget that there are grad students already in that school waiting in line for scholarships too,

fellow:
For grad

thats tough! what major ? did you make first class for ur undergrad?

[quote author=Brash! link=topic=127964.msg2606717#msg2606717 date=1217853678]1) Guys please grow up and show some more maturity, we don't need all this!

2) Good point,

@Poster, u may be granted d visa on compassionate grounds on the basis of the fact that you miss your husband dearly, do not appear desperate, the only odds u have to battle is the fact that u have been refused 3 times before. If you are lucky enough, it should be smooth sailing!

A friend of mine, just came to the UK finally after being refused 4times, this time, he appealed and pleaded his case, so anytin is possible

Study Visas are a lot more stringent compared to visit visas, as long as u satisfy the criteria and understand it is a different process, u would be fine!

Goodluck[/quote]go for a degree that is related to your undergrad degree,

[quote author=gabe_logan link=topic=125055.msg2605685#msg2605685 date=1217839337]they are actually very related but everyone knows that the MBA is a very highly respected degree[/quote]you dont need work experience, they might even let you take few classes for MBA since you might have taken similar courses during your MS, so instead of taking 12 classes for example, you only need to take 9.

scholarship for undergrad or grad ?

[quote author=gabe_logan link=topic=125055.msg2603392#msg2603392 date=1217787112]i was wondering if you need work experience to study for an MBA in most business schools in the USA.

my parents are pressuring me to study for a Phd but i'm interested in studing for an MBA instead.

i have a first degree in estate management and im almost through with my masters in international business. unfortunately i don't hve any cognate work experience.

would i still need work experience to study for an MBA in the US?[/quote]why would you need MBA when you have MS International Business? aren't both degrees related ?

all da best