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Asguard:
Bro thank you for the response, so it's a scam site or why am I getting to fill the form. Thank you for your response

What do you mean by what does it mean? Just get yourself off the site

Asguard:
Please what does this mean abeg

Go ahead and apply to the different disciplines. Worst case scenario, you will be silent about it if at all you are asked during Visa interview. Mind you, still mention your previous research works in all your application. It doesn't matter if your research interest has changed. Your ability to do research and proven history still speaks volume

RENOWNED2:
Hello guys, long post alert.

I want to know if it's possible to apply to different schools for different disciplines. I graduated with a degree in civil engineering which opens up multiple options to pursue a further degree directly related to it( Geotechnical, transport, environmental, waste water, structural etc) The problem is I'm more interested in Geo technical engineering but my undergraduate thesis was in waste water( analysis of the effect of petrol chemical waste dump in a river in elementary port Harcourt, by determing the total pollution stays of the river ie hydrocarbon context hardness etc)

My question is, would it be wise to apply to different schools on this two disciplines (waste water and Geotechnical engineering in order to increase my chances of getting funding as I have no research work on geo technical engineering even if it's what I'm most interested in?

Would it affect my chance on getting a visa?

I would appreciate any response. Thanks.

No answer here will determine when you will get yours. Apply to your school. Probably send an email that it is a matter of urgency. You might even get it in hours since it is electronic

Newdawn123:
Please, is anyone here that has gotten their electronic mailed I-20 for spring, how many days did it take you to get it after applying for it? Please it's urgent. Thanks.

Congrats

Faithyyyyy:
your summary is very apt. i couldn’t have agreed less . i submitted few documents with my application . but the key elements for me were my finances which was solely in my accounts. no hubby or sponsor and i did a very very detailed sop with a table for my fees and all expenses. needless to say, it worked superbly. so many of my school mates have reached out to me on our facebook page who had full funding and didn’t bother writing sop and got denied.
you need to sell your self in your application .

Just like life, Canada SP application process is chaos, success is arbitrary and IMO, the only constant is being consistent with putting in the best effort. I have been on this thread for a while now, ever since I had the SP dream. I don't have it again for now but I still keep myself updated for information purpose. Obviously, using the NL environment as a metric, rejection seems to be dominant. If I will advice any applicant:

1. Work on your LOE/SOP: I think no Nigerian should submit an application without an SOP, it will be a huge gamble. And please, don't be random about it. The process should start right from when you are choosing a course, to when you are applying to the school, to when you actually got the admission, and finally to when you are applying for SP. Make your SOP make sense, dot all the I's and cross the T's. Personalize it, tell a story, your own story. Most importantly, just like we do in Academic research, anticipate danger. What do I mean by this. Let's say you are going for an MBA, there are obviously tonnes of schools offering it in Nigeria at cheaper prices, tonnes of distant Learning/online MBA from reputable international institutions. You have to acknowledge that in your SOP and then give a logical reason why that Canadian school/Canadian MBA is the right choice for you. There are lots of these holes to plug. In summary, anticipate the danger, acknowledge the danger, give logical reasons. SOP should not be what you wtite in a day or two, especially if your own case is complicated.

2. Documents: I always ask myself this question. How many of the documents we submit are actually authentic? How many can be easily verified especially when most of these documents have no digital trail? Bank statement? LOA? Deeds? Land documents, survey plans, valuations? Pay slips? Appointment letters? How many? My answer is LOA and bank statement, yours can be different. Most of these VOs know that these documents can easily be gotten from anywhere and pay no real cognisance to them. I have been on two different live sessions of ex-US consular officers where they acknowledged this. One who worked in China said they know a place people get them in Shanghai. My point is don't think most of those documents will save you, yes you can add them, but don't let them be your strongest points

3. Home ties: I guess this is mostly economic or social ties. I think if you are young-ish (maybe between 17 to 25), don't let your home ties be your parent's properties, they are not yours and the VO doesn't expect you to have those properties. Instead focus on job prospects, let your parent's properties be only additional points. Older applicants have the luxury of economic and social ties; job prospects, properties, family etc

In summary, work on your bank statement and SOP. Tell your story, cover everything, apply like it is your only chance.
I don't think there's is a formula to a successful SP approval but I think we can still do our part

Ah ah, vex for where. I'm sure you didn't receive it, you didn't see it on any platform too, including NL. Mafo

Anybodie:
Lol, I didn't receive the email. No vex

Lol. This is October Bro. Ofcourse Oct. 16 was the earliest date in the email message the embassy sent,
the bros was able to book it but was still asking for an earlier date.

BrTune:
Wawu! I thought August 16 was the earliest date.
Did u book via the emergency route?

August 14 dey

Anybodie:
The thread is coming back alive ...sweeet .
Please what's the earliest date available for Lagos? I'm scheduled for October 16th, any earlier date?

I know it has to be atleast 60days to resumption date

johnaa1001:
Thanks for sharing. Please does anyone know what the requirement is for requesting for emergency service.

Can you please share some of the platforms where you get freelance jobs?

randomShek:
Youtube and CourseDrive have everything you need.

I used 365 careers course for SQL, Statistics and Into to Python (available on coursedrive) while I used Excel is Fun channel on YouTube for MS Excel and Power BI.

For python libraries and machine learning, I just got started with Jose Portilla python bootcamp course.

About the job, I was given sample data to work on and submitted a documentation on how I did I worked on it, what I used and why I used them plus interpretation of the visualizations.

Negatively in what sense. I know it is allowed though

Friedpotato:
anyone?

Thank you

randomShek:
I used this to learn the basics.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKyN8e7XXjI

Thanks for the explanation. I know how to automate using MATLAB but I have always wanted to do same with excel. Can you share some materials I can go through on how to use Macro? Or a learning source?

randomShek:
For example, say I need to get dates in sheet A associated with products in sheet B then find the profit-loss which is in sheet C.

So I’ll use power query to clean and transform then load it into power pivot to do joins and DAX before loading the cleaned data into an excel table and build some pivots, charts and run some statistical analysis based on it.

Now instead of filtering manually anytime I need data, I can make that table automatically update and show the available records when I enter in a criteria(e.g. date, product) - that’s why I built a macro.

This way if someone searches for 2009-Q1 or 03/01/1999 for product AAA, the excel table gets filtered and only the records that satisfy the criteria are given.

Can you please explain the bolder further

randomShek:
Everyone has their learning curve. After making some research back then, this was the roadmap I followed (and I’m still following it).

I’ve had no issues at all following this because some logic in the previous section also applies to the new section. Like

• SQL queries behaving similar to Excel Power Query .

[/b]Right now, I’m currently working on a freelance job using MS Excel to pull data from different worksheets, analyzing the data and automating the insights needed with macros.[b]

I’ve also been able to complete some small visualization datasets on Kaggle. I just study the jupyter notebooks and apply that logic inside PowerBI with Power Query (and since I already understand python, it’s not so hard).

So to end this long talk, I like where I’ve been, where I am at currently and I’m pretty sure I’ll like where I will be in 2-3 months.

Thanks. It can be tough for immigrants.

LagosismyHome:
Very sad what happened.... UK before you get your ILR you always have to be extra careful when it comes to switching jobs because any small thing can set u back to drawing board. .....

He just has to accept the 20hours. half bread better than none.i think Tier 2 allows him to take another job so maybe he can take another job to supplement his income very quietly on the side but he has to read the full rules regarding second job on tier 2... and then in cases like this the whole family has to get involved. So the wife maybe has to work as well if she isnt . Anything to help increase the household income

Hopefully in due time the 20 hours is increased back to full time .. all eyes should just be on how to try pass time till ILR. Even if you hate the job...... Once you get that ILR it is like a big load lifted off your shoulders and you are kind of free

In my opinion, employers asking for too much is a Nigerian thing. They want to use a stone to kill many birds. You employ a driver, he is also supposed to wash the car, the gateman also sweeps the environment and do some gardening. The domestic help is expected to clean, cook, do the nanny job and sometimes even sleep with the man of the house.
Anyway I digress. For a data analyst job, proficiency in Excel, SQL and MS power BI or tableau should get someone a job in a lot of organizations. Anyone with those skills should at least start applying for jobs and see where it goes

wisemania:
The truth is, software engineering is important in Data science and it depends on the employer

This is a life time thing...

The upskilling never ends ... Just when I thought I was solid in MySQL, they required MSSQL (which I did), now they're asking for data warehouse skills(which I am on as I speak)...

Met a guy on LinkedIn told him what I could do, but he succeeded in listing all the skills that I do not have (Google analytics, Databox, digital marketing tools, bigquery), I shook my head --- see my life!

We just have to take it one step at a time.

One could even merge software engineering with DA/DS...

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Are you sure you bought the phone at that price? Because if you have the market price, what were you doing on Jiji. A reputable phone store will test the phone for you, even test charger and earpiece. Unfortunately, they might say they want to replace the phone, that is if you even meet the seller there. Nevertheless, go there with full force tomorrow, and don't go alone

Boozah:
Hello nairalanders. I would love to share my bitter experience today. It all happened by 5.30pm. I had a chat with a seller on jiji and we agreed on a price. I got to his shop and inspectred and saw all phones were sealed. So a receipt was issued and it was written tested and okay. I paid through transfer and left thanking god i managed to get a brand new phone.

By the time i got back home, I tore the nylon as usual. However i heard a sound . I opened the box and saw the phone had flipped. I took out the screen protector, the phone was on. Inshort the phone was a refurbished phone. I felt sad and scammed. I called the shop and they start telling me sorry, that they did not know its refurbished .but i saw them all sealed in nylon. I later discover that the seal tape was missing. The imei sticker at the back was missing, lo and behold the screen was poorly glued. They promised to replace a brand new one. Now the question is how will i be sure brand new one is brand new one.

Nigerian crooks can get anywhere to get the seal sticker before opening it as brand new. I feel so stupid right now. All this happened at iwo road, inside a nice shop to fool ppl. I feel so ashmed. i paid 135k but got refurbished phone of 70k worth.

Different factors are likely. Note that the supervisor might tell you to apply if they like your profile, have money to fund you, and have a space in their lab for you. However, a supervisor might not necessarily commit to only you. For example, he might have just one space in his lab, different applicants might have approached him and to make it competitive, he tells everyone that fits his standard to apply and together with the admissions committee, they end up choosing the best after reviewing the documents of the applicants. So ofcourse having a supervisor does not guarantee admission. Also, remember that you only sent a skeletal part of your application package when you contact a supervisor by email. By the time you apply, you include other documents like recommendation letters and SOP, all of which can make or break you. Ultimately, getting a supervisor is not easy, some people send up to 200 emails. You end up scraping different schools website, constantly adjusting your research interest, stuffs like that. Just keep putting in the effort. Ofcourse it can be frustrating

Rubbie21:
Wow! So even having a supervisor doesn't guarantee admission Please do you have an idea why this happens? Lack of funding? Departmental decision?

Please, would appreciate if you throw more light on this @Osemigho or anyone who has a broad knowledge on this, so as to know what to look out for or if this is completely beyond the applicant's control.

Thank you

It is very obvious that you don't have a nursing background and you didn't do your research about practicing nursing in Nigeria. Sincerely, the people spoon feeding you are not helping you. Ofcourse you want to study adult nursing because of job prospect in the UK. I commend that, I think we should do what we got to do to leave this country. But then for your personal development and Visa purpose, do your research. You were talking about getting a job as a SNO in a government hospital and quoting a high salary. It doesn't work that way. Even if you have a PhD in nursing and just starting your practice in a government hospital here, you start as a staff nurse. Ask yourself, will you even be qualified to be registered with the nursing council here and get your license? I must assume UKVI gets loads of nursing applicants and will know the details and see through your insincerity. You want to work as an Occupational Health Nurse just like that, without going to the school and having the license?
Do your research, talk to Nurses

Access2017:
Thank you so much @duchess
I just checked up shell and I notice that they pay occupational health nurses about 300k. If asked during my interview, can I give this value or is it ok to say between 350k-500k?

Many thanks

It is your choice. Anyway, people express benevolence in different ways. Some will help without asking questions. You have told your story here. Maybe you will find help. You can tell people that want to help to contact you. Continue your preparation while seeking other avenues. But it is time for you to move on

Phenomenalopeye:
I appreciate your correction, but don't judge me by the way I act I've got a good heart, I'm highly cooperative but I easily get annoyed though. GoFundMe isn't available in Nigeria, I can only use gifter and others but i don't want all the people around me to know what I'm up to, because I only know my friends I don't know the Judas among em. They'd definitely come across my campaign, i don't want that!

Look Bros, you've made this thread about yourself and it is time for you to move on. People raise thousands of dollars to fund their dreams. A lady raised such just this year to fund her Harvard dreams. If you are sure of yourself and also legit, humanize yourself. Create a GoFundMe page or something, tell your story, people do it everyday. This is a faceless forum and you are taking advantage of it, I wonder the kind of 16-year old you are.
You have asked for money for application fee, SAT registration, you even asked for money to change your phone. Two different people in your life want you to raise part of your the money you need before they can help you, one wants you to raise 50k for SAT so he can help you with 35k for passport. I dont get it. That is kind of a thing you say to an overgrown wayward baby who is failing academically. In your case, you are not right?Look, you are not special, not your WAEC result, not your so-called awards. Maybe your dream is special and that is if you are legit.
It is time for you to humanize yourself like I said. Even on Facebook, we raised law school tuition for a fresh university graduate who can't afford it. But you are here on a faceless forum crying wolf. If you are really 16,
I pity people that will have deals with you in future

Phenomenalopeye:
I'm not I've been enveloped in my dreams writing with my bleeding pen.

Maybe you will get the financial help you need from here (I hope you do), and maybe not. From your previous post, you said your sponsor told you to sort out the admission yourself including the financial part; I wonder who says that to a 16-year old. Anyway, going forward, you have to consider the resources available to you and know how to maximize it. It is good to be ambitious and confident but try to balance it. There are schools in the US where you can get what you want. Follow EducationUSA on their various social media channels and monitor their website. They always suggest potential schools. Recently they talked about a student that was awarded over $70k per year scholarship by a college. If you have a strong financial strength, you can afford to gamble, maybe apply to a total of 10 ivy and safe schools.

Phenomenalopeye:
I was shortlisted from the school's district, considering academic performance, participation in National & Lagos State competitions, I also attended NNPC science competition, pz cussons chemistry competition, cowbellpedia, also numerous essay and debate competitions, code Lagos.
I also work with a charity Organization that teaches STEM to students from the rurals of Lagos State, I aced the scholarship interview, I met the WASSCE requirements, I aced the scholarship exam, I was awarded best in chemistry district v Lagos State e.t.c

I'm 16
Infact we hosted a zoom meeting with sanwo olu today and the minister of education.

Yes, they can deny it. But that doesn't mean it did not happen. The Army Chief keeps saying Nigeria is safe.
But PR or no PR, is it?

Aprokodaughter:
@sonofakin @skymoore1004 @mattfeuter its okay if there are pictures.


@mattfeuter maybe you havent seen a Badass PR expert with those pictures they can still deny the incident . You will be the one confused . But I get it now since its on twitter.

Thanks you.

It is all over Twitter. Currently trending. Pictorial evidence and all.

Aprokodaughter:
Yes because they do mention the name of the persons they interviewed or whoever spoke at a press conference related to the news.

By the way most news outlets (local and international) do make that mistake of using sources. It means that they are unsure of the information or they are still waiting for more information on that particular news.

Sources can still be used for breaking news.

But in this situation, it could be classified as fake news. A Public Relation Expert can debuke that news with just a press statement.

From your first paragraph, I'm very new to this forum and still I have a history of attacking people in the diaspora. Haba!!! Don't you think that is contradictory?
Is this Facebook that I will even know who is in the diaspora and who is not?

Schrodinger1:
This was outrightly uncalled for. She does mean no harm. I want to believe you're very new on this forum if not, you wouldn't have made such malicious comment. You're also quick to attack those in diaspora.

The way many Nigerians that want to leave for this Fall think is not just ridiculous but rather pathetic. You derive pleasure in chastising those that have left and already studying abroad whenever they tell us the truth and what the reality is. The current situation is beyond our control and we must know that.

Particularly, when they tell us not to be over ambitious, but be proactive and frugal in spending and in each stage of the process, we go about calling them names, attacking them like they invented the virus.

Unsurprisingly, many Nigerians prefer being deceived and given false hope especially when the otherwise is highly probable. Little wonder the country itself is in this precarious state since independence.

Just so you know, No Nigerian here is more willing to depart for this fall like myself. I'm 10times as desperate as anybody here. It's my 4th year in this hustle. I've once been denied without funding last time. Now with a full funding plus GA and an active SEVIS Fee that will expire in few weeks time, I ought to be more bias and subjective than yourself. Yet I'm not.
Learn to see things logically and not with the church mentality.

I'd advise us to hope things would turn around for our good for the Fall, but do not expect it will.

Hopefully, everything dies down before spring.

E get as e be with Nigeria. My point is that not everything is about Trump

slimmy2005:
You never ready, you dey compare Asia with Nigeria.

Your country no even get detailed plan for the virus. All of una Dey move mad for the country. See BRT Dey pack people like kirikiri inmates.

Face Nigeria for now. Be a good patriot.

Lol. Not everything is about Trump though. People are already getting their Visas in other countries. A number of Asia/Oceania and European countries have restarted some routine Visas

slimmy2005:
Go and find something else to do. Trump is not ready to open the damn embassy for you to run to. Schools are still trying to open themselves.

Just forget this 2020. Look forward to 2021/2022.