₦airaland Forum

gbadeolu1:
Hello house, I'm happy it ended in praise!!!!

JUST GOT PASSPORT REQUEST NOW!!! BUT...

1. My resumption date was May 10, but got approval on 27th. Should I apply to defer my resumption till Fall?

2. As the study permit approval was long belayed, I had decided to take an opportunity in the US. Now, I'm in a school in the US. What do you suggest I do? Also, can I have my passport stamped in the US instead of posting to Nigeria?

3. Deferring my resumption till Fall will mean I will be losing the funding I got, which was to start this May. Does it worth it to proceed?

Some of my questions may be best answered by me but your contributions may enlighten me.

Thanks

Have you resumed your program in the US? And do you prefer the Canadian offer than the one in the US?

I think you should mail your program in Canada and explain that you just got your study permit application approved and inquire if it is possible for you to get access to your initial funding this Fall or if you could still meet up for May resumption.

If they decide to extend the funding offer to you, then you can decide if it is worth it to leave the US program and take the Canadian opportunity.

mudiwest:
New here: Posting my application timeline, kindly share your thoughts.

Application Submitted 8th May
Biometrics Request 9th May
Did Upfront Medicals
Biometrics Done and updated on Portal 14th May
Medicals passed 19th May
Eligibility Review started 24th May

Submitted with NSE requirements.

On the right track... Eligibility review is the most important stage and probably the most intensive... All the best...

Tobyy10:
Goodday everyone,
Please what can I do, I did medicals on the 5th of may up till now it hasn't still been passed.

They will update it. It may take some time, but it will definitely be updated. It has only been 20 days, it takes a month and even upto 2 months in some cases before they update it.

Has your eligibility review started?

ofspain:
Please guy, I wrote GRE with a score of 305(verbal: 152, quant: 153) I wish to apply for PhD in chemical engineering in the USA, any school will suffix. I have 3.15 in my undergraduate and 64% in my MSC, please what chances do I stand?

Before you apply find enough funds to evaluate both your Undergraduate degree and MSc grade by WES.

With WES evaluation both grades will be a little above 3.0 on a 4.00 scale depending on your performance in your courses.

After that, you have to be realistic when shortlisting programs to apply to, your GRE is low for an Engineering program (your quant is 49 percentile and Verbal is 54 percentile). Make sure you sit for TOEFL and try to have at least 22(preferably 24) in writing and speaking section, this will put you in a good position to be considered for TA role in case you don't make the cut for RA.

If you can retake the GRE it will be better, but if you can't you can still get good offers with strategic applications. Based on your profile, I will advise you to apply to at least 5 schools. Use the usnews national university ranking. There are 388 nationally ranked uni in the usnews ranking. I will advise you to focus on those schools. Focus on the lowly ranked (250 to 388) schools and a few mid-tier (150 to 250) schools.

Mail all the Graduate Coordinator of your department in the schools you shortlisted and attach all your documents(test scores, transcript, CV), In the mail: ask if you will have to secure a Professor's approval as research supervisor before applying, ask about their funding policies, application priority deadline for funding, requirements needed to be considered for funding, ask if your profile fits grad students that have been funded in the last 2 sessions.

After this, apply to the programs that gives you favourable outcomes. Note that most GC won't reply to your email, some will reply after persistent trials and reminders. Calling them is an option too if emailing doesn't work. With a well-worded SOP detailing your research experience and how they are related to the research being done in the program, coupled with good LORs, you will surely get funded offers. Don't give up and don't be discouraged, your dreams are valid.

SOLARPOWER1:
I want to change some things in the initial personal statement I submitted, hope it wont affect me... I mean will they use the new personal statement we will submit on interview day or the one we initially uploaded on the portal?

Take the new one along. The 15 minutes duration is a sham at most panels. They will give about 3 to 5 minutes at rush hours. Presenting your point succinctly and with precision is important.

Jamesrock:
Thanks, I am applying for many things too sha...
I have 3.8, Environmental Science, EBONYI state., waec result has 5B and 4C,
What do u think are my chances

Nice profile, prepare well and impress your interviewers.
You know Nigerian professors and the way they act. Try not to trigger them and present your points in such a way that they will accept it.

Jamesrock:
So this means that after the interview sef, some people might be screened out

Sure.

For MSc

It's more like a lottery, about 120 will be interviewed per state. About 5 or 6 will be chosen per State and an additional 2 each in oil-producing states.

Do your best in the interview, pray for grace and hope for the best. However, please do not depend on PTDF scholarship alone. Find numerous alternative scholarships and apply.

No matter how big you think your profile is you will surely meet superior applicants from your state.

ifeanyimoses:
Hi guys, please what verbal mock looks almost exactly like that of GRE verbal cos the ones I'm seeing in powerprep online is discouraging......... Looks really really tough, pls you guys help my life in verbal

Download Vince and Brian Powerprep solution explanation. It will be of help.

Let me say it is highly unprofessional of him revealing my details on a public forum.

I saw a post vouching for him. So I have to reply to it to reveal what happened.

Now let me explain a few red flags that made me suspicious about this guy. Now put yourself in my shoes and try to understand what happened.

First pointer: he suggested a fraudulent way for taking the test (snapshot 1)

Second pointer: I had a TOEFL account before contacting him. He changed my TOEFL account password after requesting my email and gave a strange reason for doing so. He claimed it automatically changed. (Snapshot 2)


After pointer 1 and 2 I became suspicious.

3rd pointer: I google-searched B2consulting and saw their contact on their website, called the number and they claimed they actually do not have an affiliation to this nairaland account. Check the address he used to advertise(snapshot3) and the address and contact of B2 consulting website(snapshot 4). You can call the contact on the B2consulting website too and inquire about him yourself. They were the one I finally used.

Vwendy:
Hello house, nobody answered me on this but I later found it. login to www.4shared.com. search with TOEFL ibt 4e and download.
I also learnt that ETS has 5th edition already but yet to get it.

All ETS help on TOEFL

https://alleng.org/d/engl_en/eng018.htm

B2consult111:
You can register with us b2 consult 08039211169 at Suite 29, Sebuff Plaza by Osapa London Bus-stop , Lekki Lagos. We used e-transact electronic payment

This one almost scammed me until I searched online and discovered the actual B2consulting have different contact details. I contacted the real B2consulting at the stated address and they denied knowing the person operating this nairaland account and informed me that they have no affiliation to him.

Unfortunately, I have given this guy my details and he has started pestering me to transfer the fee to him. He quickly changed my TOEFL account password, trying to use that to tie me to him. I simply changed it back and instantly blocked his WhatsApp and number from calling me.

it is crazy out here, it is safer to just go with reputable third-party vendors and not minding the little extra pay.

God will judge evildoers ripping people off their money.

@AffordableTests please come out to clarify all these messes.

someone close to me that registered TOEFL with you is affected too, this is sheer wickedness.

If you registered any test with AffordableTests, you should check your ETS portal.