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@SAFAGO, dayokanu and all,
Do you ve any idea around what month or period wud grad sch send admission/rej/waiting replies to applicants for Spring 2011 as I found Apr 15th as the Graduate Council date for Fall Session in your http://forum.thegradcafe.com/ site you gave, The deadlines are Sept1 for intl app (Spring2011) and Oct-Dec are just the duration left to get necessary docs and visa?

SEFAGO:
A typical engineer should score a 790 Q at least. thats like a 92%. 8% of the people get a perfect score. Its just simple arithmetic guys for cryiing out loud. Asians sleep and get 790. Even oyibo people study for one day and get 790.

@SAFAGO, well said but like dayokanu reckons, "no be beans" like you said, else, you for grow up (hustle) for 9ja and even do your first degree here, then "sleep" and make 790 like the asians. Many factors play out in a man's life and career and the right conditions and environment matter alot, We might not make perfect scores or pull the 790's like the asians but "Respect" any 9ja wer hustle thru life here to write and make above 700 and great cgpa's from 9ja universities. I am convinced if you give the best 9ja guys the opportunity you and the asians ve, they wud outperform your bunch, Appreciate and encourage your fellow 9jrians like you did stimes in "Preparing for GRE" thread, and 9ja wud be better off.

Anyway, this is not an attack on your person as i respect you alot, hence continue to add your 2cents. We really get exposed and love them.

2good:
I sored 790-quantitative and 560-verbal and didnt give myself a pat cos i should have done better. For an engineer, anything below 700 in quantitative is just not acceptable, so 700 is an average score

@2good,
wow, thats a great score and people like you shud gather offers from US schs, yet you choose TU Delft. Was the NPF funding d motivation or what other factors did u consider b4 making ur decision?
I did a Q740/V580 but prepared with just 3weeks. I am already on the TU Delft/NPF app but i need ur guidance if u dont mind, whats ur yahoo email ad so we can chat? mine is seuncaroline at yahoo dot com, i am online now and waiting for you, thanks for replying to my post.

dayokanu:
The trick is this.

Some school are easier to get into than others, A school like UT Austin and Stanford would be much difficult to get into. You can choose 5 schools 2 tough ones 2 middle one and 1 safe low ranked school(In case others dont work out).

Based on the school ranking, TAMU is one of the best schools for Pet Engr and when you are in school, a lot of coys come to recruit from school. Because they have a stronger network of Alumnis in top companies. The same way it happens in Nigeria, You cant compare the Alumni network and industry standing of schools like OAU, UI, ABU, UNILAG and UNN to Babcock, OSU, FUTO, NAU or ATBU.

While in OAU, Many companies came to recruit students directly from Ifge which they didnt extend to a school like FUTA or UNAD

UH Masters in Petroleum Engr is still kind of new and they dont have the industry pedigree just yet which A&M has. In all UH would be easier to get in much more than A&M. I was also required to write TOEFL and got 100 in the IBT.

I was offered non-thesis in UH.

I declined to be a cougar and became an Aggie. (Find out what that means)

I have added you on my ymsger and i'd be grateful to chat with you, making for your confirmation. I'm online now.

dayokanu:
For Engineering Masters your Quant matters a lot.

I studued for mine in 2006 and got 740Q, 600V.

When you are trying to get into a top course like Pet Engr you need all you can.

Guys like Davidylan are wizards

@Dayokani,
U are right, Engineering master requires a high Q Score.
From your profile, We had same Q Score and close V Score, Where precisely are u now? Are u done with your Master since you did ur GRE in 2k6,
I have lots of ??s and wud be grateful if you send ur email ad over so i can get across to you.
my ad is seuncaroline [at] yahoo [dot] com

SCYLLA:
I have also been thinking about my GRE score and I am actually wondering if I should retake, the conditions on the day were hard but during my prep my average score was 740 with the highest being 790 and lowest 670. I am not so sure if retaking it to get a score of 750 would really be worth it in the long run as most schools emphasize that it is the whole process that is looked at and not just one parameter.
Furthermore I think it is my moving from mechanical to petroleum and my lack of real working experience that did me in. I really feel so so down.

I only found UofA and UofCalgary offering petroleum engineering, which other two schools offer the course?

Can you improve on your score? Definitely, but it all depends on you. I did a 670Q/500V in 2008, got rejected from all schs with some pointing out that my GRE Q Score was the reason eventho i had like 4.4/5 (pet engr). I did another GRE after <2months of intense prep and pulled a Q740/V580 and some of thesame schs that rejected me gave me admission and TA/RA. So, if i were you ( with a mech engr backgroud that wants to switch to a hot scarce course like Petro Engr), I'd put different factors into consideration and make a decision that will improve your chances ones and for all.

For the other Canada pet engr sch, chk out U of Regina and Dalhiousie U.

SCYLLA:
So I got 1220 in my GRE Q700 and V520, I am very disappointed sha so many things happened that were way outta my control, I did not even report my scores because I wanted to sit and think if I should retake it. What do you think guys?

BTW I got my first rejection today from the University of Alberta (they did not need GRE so I sent a prelim application) and I must say it is very heart wrenching, I have not had a bad couple of days like this in a long long long while.

So thread resurrected!

@scylla
congrats for ur score,
ur UA rejection didnt come as a surprise to me as one of my guys that met all req on their website also applied without gre and spent like N30-45k for transcript,fedex,$100 app fee, yet got same reply,

one advice i gave him initially was---there are limited schools in the world doin master, petroleum engr(4in canada,17-20 in US, 3-5 in UK, 1 in Holland and Germany and so on) and competition is pretty rife. So Zap the crap they posted on their website that nigerians and chinese ve special req and dont need gre, blah, blah,blah,

Imagine a situation where over 500-1000 applicants(including u and others without gre) applied for just 30-40 slots and like 250 has gre with >700Q score plus other req that u ve, UA w'd ve no chioce than to tell you to shove your app up ur ass. Its painful, but you cud reapply now that u ve ur gre but for an engineerring course and a scarse one like Petro engr, i'd advice u hit a Q score of >750 with a CGPA of >=4.0/5.0 to stand a good chance, else, you might just be throwing away another $100(Canadian) again,

congrats again and success in ur decison.

@2good,
thanks for ur response.
i ve chked the site and read all info: admission req,app process but i am still confused about the process and deadline.
i got the beow repy from the school:
"The admission for September 2011 will start again in September 2010 and go until April 1 2011"

but i am seeing 1 Oct as deadline for the embassy to collect our NFP App from the nuffic.nl site, thats supposed to be after you have received admission and gotten your admission letter. Also, TU Delft's Msc Petroleum Engr program was not listed on the ms excel overview of the master/short courses programs.

I understand that we have to be admitted first b4 applying for NFP thru the embassy,who will approve our app b4 submitting to nuffic, quite a tedius process but how did u go about all these?
Around when did you apply and recieve ur admission offer and letter?
When did you apply to the embassy and when did they award you the fellowship?

thanks again for the reply.

@2good,
you are right that lots of scholarship are available at TU Delft Sch of Applied Earth Science and in holland universities but i am confused on which one u actually got plus what are the requirements,
What is your background and did u apply with GRE?

bebure:
Cheers SEFAGO. I am over the moon. One would think this would be my first time going to America. LOL. But getting a student visa is very different from being a visitor sha.

@bebure, congrats, I cant wait to be in your position one of these days. I guess its "Step by Step".
@SAFEAGO and other retired generals, pls dont hesitate to contribute your 2cents from time to time, they wud be of great help to us,
thanks for this thread.

@SCYLLA,
whats the graduate studies thread?

@Edconsult, many thanks for taking the bull by the horn to opening this thread.
@SCYLA, I think your school chioces are great, like SAFEAGO posted on gre thread, its vital u consider some low-profile schs incase u have low GRE scores, then u wud ve more options.
@everyone, I wud like anyone preparing for the GRE too to practice with me AS I HOPE TO WRITE IN 2-3MONTHS TIME. i ve got great prep materials too but mainly soft copies.

hi all,
new to dis forum and thread,
i'd be grateful for anyone who wants a prep partner in GRE.
I am planning on writing mine pretty soon.
my ad is seuncaroline@yahoo.com
halla so we can help one another.

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