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where do you guys get all this info from

Congrats superbrain- you could go there for one year and start looking for TAship or RAship if its possible. Also you could try and transfer to another school though I dont know how possible this is.

By the way a large amount of information can be found on this page, I think prospective graduate students should read it:

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf 

The boy genius – “When I was born, my mother gave me a glass ball to play with. I would
lay and look at the prisms of light shining through my ball. At age 3, my father brought home
our first computer and I disassembled it and then put it back together. It was then that I knew
I wanted to become a computer scientist. By age 5, I had taken apart every appliance in our
house. At age 6, I became a chess whiz , ”

This one got my attention and made me laugh- people usually start their SOP like this and its a really bad way of starting your SOP

LOL, they will use all of our money to buy Aso Oke, ankara- shop at harrods, italy and the best stores or whatever lol

:d

Man f, u.c.k district 9, all these mothafuckas should go to hell.

RichyBlacK:
I understand your lofty idealism about Nigeria, but try to get your facts straight.

Who told you that government-backed and government-funded Dangote is "the first african billionaire"?

Seems some people only learnt about Forbes' list when Dangote's name appeared there.

he is the second black african billionaire if that will make you happy lol. Motsepe and supposedly Mobutu Sese Seko are supposed to be the first documented black billionaires

FL Gators:
You're wrong. It's termixology

lolz, actually got your reference after after sometime. Anyways my spelling is superb so I never doubted myself. So as not to turn this thread into another sefago aggrandizing thread, I think I should just let u guys be.

Nairaland shall never fail to amaze me. Imagine a certified dumbarse blindblindly leading another

Seems Spellchecker was specifically made for igbo people lol

Dede1:
Nairaland shall never fail to amaze me. Imagine a certified dumbarse blind leading another. 

lolz, Papa grammarticologylisationism, have not seen any sentences sculpted by your banal-loving hands in a while. Whats wrong, I was expecting some excess grammar whats up with your short words mate?

It is actually terminology last time I checked not termanology. I might be wrong though.

lol, u guys are ridiculous mate. Aganga's state is the least of your concerns. You should be happy they did not place some aboki with doubtful qualifications

There are indigenes of Lagos worldwide and here in Lagos who earn more than that and are more than just one out of 1500 managing directors in one of the banks known to be conspiring against countries like Greece and possibly Nigeria.

LOLz

^ The same problem I have with illiterate ppl

chosen04:
@Poster,

Next time kindly learn to paragraph your article. Thanks

Is that all you got from the article

@ Poster
Strongly presented points

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=421883.msg5813137#msg5813137 date=1270146071]U gotta be kidding me.
Oz(HBO TV show) which Adewale featured in outstrips whatever David has done in his career.
Adewale also featured in LOST and some other projects. . .[/quote]I agree 100%. Adewale is on his way to be an international star 9well a bit of an exaggerating) while David Oyelowo na local British boy 

Its not how many movies you have but the quality of the line up. Ordinary actors could have a long line of commercials while Brad Pitt could have one major movie which pays his $15 milla. Moreover, Oyelowo has not premiered in many movies though.

AngieFan:
I understand the BBC having to resort to filming this in South Africa but I think that they should of at least gotten some real Nigerians to play the parts of the Africans. Those fake accents are off putting.

Trailer below

[flash=425,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/4o2_UKh8Qfc[/flash]

oooh the black chick was hot- actually pretty would be more apt

AngieFan:
Beaf wrote:
You do realise that the British government and the BBC are two different organizations don't you? The government does not control the media in Britain and the media would never be shut down for broadcasting an opposing view of the government so I don't get your point.

LOL

True that

Let me check what the MEND terrorists are up to now.

seanpounds:
[b][i]Hey we are in a similar field of interest. What I know for sure, about biomedical science, is that good schools usually interview and this plays a major role in being accepted. Its going to be hard doing that in naija- email and ask how interviews are being done before u apply.[/[/i]b]
thanks NKnight, SEFAGO, knew i could get the best possible advice from you. which schools would you advice i apply to, with my low GPA (2.2) in mind, and also ones that would not require interviews on personal basis? i'd very much appreciate your suggetions cos it would help me make apt decisions after my test,i.e when i'd be applying.
by the way, whats the cost for requesting that my test scores be sent to grad school?

It cost $23 for every additional score report u get. What type of biomedical science do you want to do though? Cell biology, molecular biophysics, biochemistry, physiology?

I actually technically am not in the biomedical sciences but they always seems to pop up in any research stuff I do. And I have friends who are enrolling in PhD programs in biomedical sciences albeit at very very good schools. I would get back to you on schools u culd apply to.

Hmm Nknight if i may ask what were ur qualifications- like 2:1 or 1st class and did u retake the GRE.

NKnight:
Welcome to THE NL GRE PREP thread, seanpounds. Its a major step indeed.

Congratulations on registering for the GRE. You may want to consider the TOEFL as well.

At this stage, theres little you can do about your GPA so do not sweat it (For those of you still in school, there has never been a better session to get all A's than your final).

However, theres still a lot to be gained by:
1. Smashing the GRE. Start prep now.
2. Getting very good recommendations. Start pallying up with your lecturers now.
3. Writing a unique admission essay. Start brainstorming now and writing now.
4. Submit application early. Surprisingly this part seems very easy and yet, soooo many of us submit late. Remember a COMPLETE application includes your transcript and ALL your letters of recommendation.

With this thread, you are on the right track seanpounds. I have every page of this thread on my hard drive and believe me its worth it.
Many minds have contributed and no praise would be excess for people like sopescott, Flint, davidylan, mathways, Eyohimself, Godeagle, arshy, SEFAGO, netotse, emmyclev, Superbrain, bebure, biina and the list goes on,
Theres a lot to learn from our mistakes and a lot of inspiration to be received from our triumphs.

Your confidence will get a boost if you practise a lot of GRE mock tests. You have the advantage of time. Use it.

Depending on your undergrad school's policy on handling transcripts, I suggest you request for your transcripts now. Even if you do not have a school in mind, go ahead and request (send it to any school you fancy). That way, you should obtain subsequent transcripts faster (when you have made up your mind) since you would already have a recent file. You know how it is wth our system.

Good luck!

Strong advise