Nitta08:

Hi, I've sent you an anonymous mail

Seen and replied...
Cheers!

To d fall applicants....

If u have an application fee of 50$ to pay, I have 50$ available at 400/$. I was supposed to use it for my application, but later realized that my actual app fee if 55$ and not 50$. Please send me a pm if interested.

Congrats to those who recently got their visa approved. Safe trip to Obama Land.....

If u have an application fee of 50$ to pay, I have 50$ available at 400/$. I was supposed to use it for my application, but later realized that my actual app fee if 55$ and not 50$. Please send me a pm if interested.

slimmy2005:
sent you an email

Mail replied boss...

manwonder:
Hello guys,

Hope you're all doing great.

I couldn't make my initial GRE test date, so I cancelled it, chose a date that I felt would give me ample time to prepare, and re-registered through B.Y. Mafit.

However, one week after re-registering and receiving an order confirmation from ETS, I got a Payment Failure Notice from ETS with the following message:

"Dear Manwonder,

We are unable to process your payment. Please note that this may result in an outstanding balance being posted to your account. Please contact ETS to resolve this issue.

Sincerely,

GRE Services"

When I checked my ETS account, I saw a notification from ETS saying I had the following outstanding payments:

Electronic Chargeback Service Fees from Order - $20
Outstanding Balance from Order - $205
Total - $225

I got in touch with B.Y. Mafit, and they said they would sort it out, but that it wouldn't affect my test registration, as my test appointment was intact and the appointment information still indicated the appointment date and venue I had selected.

Please guys, I want to find out:

1. Has anyone experienced this before? If so, what is the implication?

2. Has anyone tried B.Y. Mafit before? If so, what was your experience like?

3. Could it be that B.Y. Mafit was trying to act funny with ETS?

4. How can this situation be remedied?

Thanks guys!

Well, I have not had similar issue as this.

However, I know that BY Mafit is genuine, and so many people here have successfully used them for GRE registration without any hitch. I also used them last week for my TOEFL registration, and I didn't encounter any issue.

I am sure BY Mafit will rectify the issue for you since they gave you the assurance.

I wish you all d best in your test.

imperiouxx:


It seems slimmy05 is ready to help you and he has a very decent rate you too. Let me know how it goes.


Thanks

Thanks boss, just replied your email.

Fesobi92:
My flight was scheduled to leave naija thursday morning at 6.30am. So, i left for lagos on Wednesday and got there around 5pm. After booking an hotel, I went to the nearest eatery to have a last taste of naija dish; fufu and aphan soup and it was so great. Fast forward to 11pm, I left for the airport. We got there around 12.10am and realized check in will start around 2.30am. This is contrary to what I was told that check in starts 24hrs to your departure. Anyways, we hanged around the airport premises. Naso naija police carry their usual nonsense come say we nor fit park at the roadside. One even deflated our tire. I was so enraged but couldn't do anything as I don't want my yankee dream to be delayed whatsoever.

The next series of event were all foreign to me cos it was my first time entering an aiplane. So, I started praying that God my plane will not do sosoliso this time ooo and am not going to fall like agagu. I got some comfy after praying and took my sit. As the plane started flying, mehn I can't explain how I felt like say my mind Wan cut comot for my body. Naso i start to pray oo say God you no carry me come die for here ooo. I didn't know it's the normal thing but thank God it was a smooth journey to casablanca.



Me: Hello officer Thomas, how you doing today?
Officer: ooh am doing good man. Can I have your passport pls?
Me: I passed my passport and i20.
Officer: so why are you in the us?
Me: Am going to the uni of Memphis for my PhD in maths.
Officer: ooh wow that cool. So what are you going to do with a PhD?
Me: it going to give me the mathematical expertise needed **officer cuts in**
Officer: yeah the normal knowledge and expertise needed to excel in your field?
Me: yeah yeah exactly.
Officer: Man you're gonna make a lot of money. Wow, am so happy for you man. Am always happy to see people like you. Enjoy your study man.
Me: Thank you so much. Enjoy the rest of your night.

To be continued......

@ bolded
I gbadu this ur narration.....congrats and welcum to TrumpLand baba

slimmy2005:
Is your application fee up to $50? I can spare $50 at 400

One of my application fees is 50 USD, so this is a very good option for me.
Thanks boss! Sent you a pm....

imperiouxx:
I need someone who can help me pay in naira to someone in Nigeria and I pay in dollars. It's just a few dollars for Xmas not thousands. I need it quick please. I have a relative that does it here but his rate wont work for me at this time. Thanks.

Boss, please I'm interested!!! I have so many application fee and test scores to order but can't do these because I've exceeded my monthly dollar limit with GTB naira MasterCard. Please how do I go about this? I'm sending u pm right away....

miella:

I used both Access Bank and GTBank. Access Bank monthly limit is $200 while GTBank monthly limit is $100.

Thanks for this info....it's been difficult for me paying for school applications because I've got only GTBnk card.

I dey go open account for Access sharp sharp to get their card. Who knows if I can get d Access bank card immediately after opening an account, and which one is better, their MasterCard or Visa

Christian129:
Okay, journey of 6 months officially came to an end today at around 7am. God bless the VO that approved my visa. i really dunno where to start from, but anytime i remember how the journey started with Lagosismyhome paying my application fee without collecting a dime, i'm always jolted back to sobriety. I'd drop transcript shortly.
Special shoutout to my virtual family; God's own scholars, especially Prof Charles, Adebimpe (aka Wikipedia), Egbon Kenny of Illinois, and Femi - i swear if this guy na VO, nobody go dey receive visa . i also appreciate Pastor Walspring, Texrem, Sureboy ,Francis, Bobority ... the list is endless mehn.
Goodluck to those going for their interview this week and the subsequent ones. I love this family mehn. God bless you all.

Congrats man! This is a great news!!!
Safe trip to obodo america

wilie247:


U can bro.. Feel free.

Thanks boss, just did that...

andradaeze:



When we got into the hall, after testing our volume and all that. You cannot imagine what happened next. The unprepared dude saw Reading section and started reading out the whole passage while speaking into the headset. I did not know whether to laugh or be upset. He was distracting us from reading those involved TOEFL passages while at the same time, it was now clear that he never knew that the Reading section was not the Speaking Section. He was just shouting his reading for everyone. And you know what... He was not a secondary school student.

Choi....what a drama

Scholastica16:




The guy by my side on the day of the TOEFL was trying to describe an issue a girl was having in his speaking prompt and he said "she didn't want any wahala". I felt for him. He immediately tried to retract it but the damage had been done I guess. It was amusing. Still is.

You pipu wee not kill me with laff

wilie247:

Coongrats bro....wishing safe trip to TrumpLand.
Please I would like to get some info on University of Alabama Hunstville. Please can I pm u?

Hello,

I came across this and thought it might be useful to someone here. It's a fully funded PhD position in Robotics and Control at san Diego State University CA for Fall 2017. Check below for details:

Available Ph.D. Position in Robotics and Controls

One doctoral student position in "Controls and Robotics" is available through the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SDSU. The position will start in Fall 2017 and is fully funded. The doctoral program is offered jointly with the University of California, San Diego. Graduates recieve separate Ph.D degrees from both institutions. Click here for more details.

https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/mechanical/images/phd_position_in_controls_and_robotics.pdf

@electronic, you may be interested in this. Please check ASAP.

revenant:
Does WES Evaluate Transcript from the University of Port Harcourt? I have registered with them and had concluded plans to send my transcripts. Someone was just telling me today that they don't evaluate transcript from uniport and I told him that I didnt see anything as such in thier website. Is it true?
I have sent them a mail in that regard but they have not responde.
Thank You

I've seen that inscription ( Note: wes does not evaluate acedemic record from university of port harcourt) on WES on site before but I guess it's been resolved as it's no longer on their site. It's good u sent them a mail for confirmation....

Scholastica16:


Your contribution was not little in any way boss. Even the way you described your preparation and how the test day felt was invaluable and I know I do not speak for myself alone.

I could understand why you'd want to re-take but I can assure you that we give too much credence to GRE maybe because we schooled in Africa. I am realising other aspects of the application contribute more weightage than the GRE. Someone I know personally is in UCLA with 315. We have seen someone on here get into LSU with 304. I am sure by the time they read your glowing LORs and strong SOP they'd have no option but to admit you.

All the best.

Thanks boss for these words of encouragement. We will all get there...

happyday:
And to the only wise God be all glory, honour and power. Today's my happy day! I'm thanking God for making me +1 today!

To every member of the house waiting for their application decisions, you will have to cause to laugh and celebrate before this year runs out. And for all December visa applicants, start picturing that US visa powerfully stamped on your passport, because it's happening to you already. Have faith, not fear.

God bless every member of this wonderful family.

Happy belated birthday boss.....wishing many more years of greater achievements. Cheers!

believerspraise:
Hi. Yes you can send me a PM; and I will do my best to respond to whatever queries you may have. I'm glad you found my text encouraging, never let your circumstances or deficiencies intimidate you, the only one who could ever hold you back from succeeding is you. Aim high, you have nothing to lose.

Thanks boss....I just sent u one. Kindly check...

Scholastica16:
I wish I had a better testimony to give but this one will make do for now afterall, it is the end-goal that we are all interested in and by end-goal I mean Admission and funding.

I am a second time writer. My first was in late October perhaps about the same time that Drhopeful and Seeker88 wrote theirs. I had just about 2 months of preparation which started with some online blogs and slowly graduated into using the materials that were provided on this thread.

I used Princeton review for everything with a major concentration on the verbal and I started with Nova for the Quants before transcending into Manhattan. I also used the general Nova that had aspects of V and AWA, Barrons, and then Magoosh. I just watched all the Magoosh videos passively i.e I understood all that was being explained without attempting to solve it myself. Eventually, I ended my preparation with the ETS official guide when gurus like EssayHelp and generally people on quora who did really well said it was still the best preparatory book. The only full-length test I did prior to writing my test was the PowerPrep II and even at that, I did not go through the corrections or answer reviews because DanjaNinja had warned that the PowerPrep was easier than the main GRE.

To cut a long story short I got Q 162 V 156 AWA 4.5. As soon as my scores flashed before my eyes I knew I was going to do a retake. Perhaps, Hirschfelder's recent grand success played into my mind. Topiipii's too. I remember I kept telling myself "after all your preparation see what it amounted to".

I would have scheduled that retake as soon as 21 days was up but I was bogged down by my preparation for the TOEFL so I moved my date to yesterday. My new strategy for the GRE was hinged on my V as I knew I trivialised the RCs the previous one. I spent my time ensuring I got 10 of my TCs and SEs in both tests and just did my RC sections cursorily. I know this because I looked at my diagnostics and saw that I got 13/20 in both Vs which was scaled to 156. So this time around I was going to take the RCs much more seriously.

I re-did the first PowerPrep few days into my TOEFL preparation and scored 164. I applied Princeton's POE method and read the passages as fast as a pharmacist will read through a scribbled prescription while at it, I would be summarising what that paragraph was talking about. In reality I was going to leave my preparations at that till I went to re-read Hirschfelder's tips about full- length tests and before one could say "Robison Crusoe" ChemEngr01 had come with his own testimony about full-length tests and his intimidating 167 Q-score.

So I took heed from the information gleaned on this thread and began searching for the online full-length tests and with Seeker's help I gained access to Kaplan's 2016 and 2017 test (for the latter I did only the diagnostic test as the others seemed repeated). I also stumbled unto another good resource called "Petersonspublishing.com". My first Kaplan test had my V at 166 and Q 156. I realised why because I did 3 Qs with one of them being adjudged as the experimental and my last section was my second (I was tired my the last section). So I restrategised and did the next test this time V was 160 and Q 160. When I realised I needed to be improving my Q score more (as an engineering graduate) I began skipping the V and focusing on the Q. Immediately, I saw a good jump from 160 to 164 to 168 and 170 by my final Kaplan test.

The Peterson platform is a bit different but I noticed I always did well in my easy and medium sections for the Q and did badly in the hard part. By badly, I mean 11/20, 10/20 etc. Just hovering around the 50-60% mark. I somehow found a way to console myself claiming that ETS will not set that level of difficulty all through the 2nd test stretch. Also, I consoled myself with the fact that I never did less than 18/20 in the easy or medium sections.

I rounded off my preparations for my second GRE using the ETS guide. It wasn't the regular one we had here but a bit of the same questions. Only difference is this edition was still dealing with the 800 scale and they had two V and Q tests each 25 in number with a specificied 35mins for each V and 40 mins for each Q. I got 21/25 in the first V and 18 in the second. But I had 22 in the first Q and 21 in the second. Then I did the 2nd PowerPrep which came out as Q-166 and V- 160.

I tried pysching myself up by saying Adrenalin will help me in the hall to raise my V to 164 and keep my Q at that range of my PowerPrep. In my heart, my target score was 330 combined but minimum of 166 Q V 164 and atleast a 4.5 in AWA.

I saw VQVQV yesterday and in my estimation did V1 and V3 very well. My V2 was iffy to call a spade and spade. I prayed my V2 will be experimental but I now doubt that was the case. My Q on the otherhand was harder and more time consuming than I hoped it would have been. In fact, I did not have time at all to review any of my sections. I realised I made one mistake but that was in hindsight. The eventual score was Q-164 V-160. Just a 6 mark differential from the first one.

I can't pretend I am excited but I am wise enough to know that my focus should be on what it will help me do- which is to get the admission I want and funding. I don't know how to guage my AWA this time around but I think it was just about the same with my first GRE. I did not practice AWA that much either of the times. I read HappyDay's post on how he got his 5.5 and I think I emulated his template (without his content obviously ).

I am never going to rewrite the GRE. The exam is more of an endurance test than one for acumen or intellect. Also, I would like to thank everyone that has contributed one way or the other on this thread starting from Danja Ninja to Drhopeful to Seeker88 (without whose help I wouldn't have gained access to Kaplan). I was also buoyed by the testimony of Believerspraise and how he got admitted into LSU with a 304. I am saying this because my initial fear was that (from Africa, particularly Nigeria) if one didn't have > or = 328 with a solid GPA etc. You stood no chance. I have since disvowed that notion.

I will keep the house informed how my application goes. I am trying to get it all submitted before the year runs out. ETS TOEFL is yet to make my scores available to me, so that's pretty demoralising.

I apologise for the long post and typos if any. I made this post with my phone. I will edit it when I am settled. Cheers.

Great scores.....u nailed it boss!!!
I'm glad my little contribution helped. I wish u all d best in ur applications. #team fall 2017#

Choi!!! See scores oo....I fell like retaking this test but I don't have time on my side again

Baba, no need to edit d post again. U are a such a great writer.

JabinodelaRatta:
Good. Do not be thrown off by the ranking. Some of these highly ranked schools are really not that difficult to get their admission as we portray them to be. With your good profile you only have to sell yourself well to have a good bet. And that you can do through your sop and recommendations. And try to apply early too. Good luck!

Boss, thanks a lot for d morale...

kinematicguy:


My advice: strike out TAMU, that's if it's College station, your GRE doesn't quite cut and also you will need a potential advisor willing to take you in. Also UL Lafayette doesn't give uncoming students funding from my findings. Although you can get GA after your first semester. Don't know about the others.

Thanks a lot for this info.....really helpful.

JabinodelaRatta:
You might want to look at georgia tech. You don't need toefl. You just need a good sop and recommendations, and with your profile you stand a very good chance.

Thanks a lot boss....the schools is highly ranked, and I was even afraid of checking it up, with this, I will check it and give it a shot....
Thanks again...

electronic:

No time for him again. Faith is what he has left.
If he can write a strong SOP with good refs then good at least for fall 2017.

Boss, please would u mind assisting me to review my SOP?

And for d ref, I don't really have control over the LOR from my 2 UG lecturers, I could see only the one from my current boss at my place of workbif I wish to.

Please who again can help in reviewing my SOP?

OluDare01:
seeker88,it won't be bad if you consider rewriting GRE.

Yea, rewriting d GRE would have been a good option, but I don't really have time again as I want to meet up with fall 2017 deadlines. Also, my work schedule is so tight now and as such, i wouldn't have good time to really study and improve my scores....so I'd use d little time I have to take TOEFL soon.
I will just try my luck with this profile n hope to be favoured.
Thank you very much for the suggestion. U are blessed boss

slimmy2005:
Ohio University. Tennessee State University, Nashville. Montana Tech University

Thank u so much boss....I really appreciate this. I will check those universities out.
Thanks again...

Hello my good people. Please I need your help...

I've finally decided to go for Mechanical Engineering with concentration in Energy Systems come fall 2017. Using google, I discovered some schools that offer Mechanical engineering with option in energy system....schools like University of Louisiana Lafayette, TAMU, Northern Texas University, university of Alabama Huntsville....is there any chance of securing admission and funding in these schools for my profile?

Please can someone help with more schools that offer mechanical engineering with option in energy system in d us, n possible funding too (very important for me). School ranking isn't a priority, I just need safe schools for asmission and funding...

Below is a summary of my profile:
GRE: 305(Q&V), AW 3.5
CGPA: 3.57/4.00 (conversion by WES). 4.23/5.00
Bachelor: Petroleum Engineering
Intended major: MSc (thesis option) in Mechanical Engineering (concentration in energy systems).
TOEFL: 92. Expired, intend to take another TOEFL soonest.

Please, I'd really appreciate if those experienced gurus in d house could kindly assist with reviewing my SOP. I've written one for one of the schools identified and would appreciate ur pieces of advice n suggestions....

Abeg make una help me with schools where I can get admission and funding with this profile in mechanical engineering. Your assistance will be highly appreciated.

Cc: all d gurus in d house.

Thank you all....

believerspraise:
To all aspiring test takers, applicants and graduate students, I just want to encourage you that if you set your mind to do anything, be determined enough to persevere in-spite of the disappointments you may encounter in the process of striving towards your goal.
I will write in detail in my next post; I have to do that to give back as I have received. If you are reading this right now, the first thing you have to overcome is fear. Fear you might not pass the GRE, fear you might not get the Visa; replace that with faith. Believe you can do it, understand how things work i.e the exam, the visa interview and then prepare yourself. I had a 2.2, 304 on the gre and still got accepted into LSU for MSc Petroleum. I know Graduate admission is competitive; when you have honestly gone as far as your effort can take you, have faith in God.
Hope this helps some one out there. I give God the praise, shortly I'll share the rest.

Thanks for sharing this....so encouraging!
LSU is one of d schools in my list....please can I send u a pm ?? Cheers!

Songitto:
Glory be to God,visa approved today at lagos u s embassy around 8:30am, transcripts will come very soon

Good news!!! congratulations...

poshestaunt:
Visa approved! Lagos consulate. Chinese guy. Transcript loading in a bit. >

Congrats

Zino55:
Hello guys. Thanks for the good job. I'm an ardent follower of this thread and iv learnt a lot I must say. I made a promise dat I'd share my transcript whether approved or not so someone can learn from it.

Thanks to airich01 who helped pay my sevis, although I had contacted sirddy, Mayflower and walspring who also agreed to assist pay. Thanks guys.

Visa approved today 28th 7:15 am appointment, Lagos. Was asked only 3 questions.



Above all, Pray and let God take control.

Wishing u all the best.

Congrats man!!!