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liliberth:
No response yet? Thoughtof you today.

liliberth:
Why not call them?

alamercy:
Hello House,

I need our advice please. I applied for a PhD in energy policy and I was given admission for Master degree In energy policy. I had already accepted the offer before I realized the admission given was for a master degree. Infact it was in the process of filling a form to request for the form I-20 I noticed that I had to fill the funding source or statement of account. It was then I checked the details of the admission offered to me.

I wrote the graduate school and they told me I should contact my department. I contacted the department they told me they worked based on what they sent to them from the graduate school. I am at a cross road now and I don’t even know what to do again.

I am planning to write and inform them that I am no longer interested in the admission given to me since they refused to offer the PhD in energy policy I initially applied to.

I need your advice please.

ajoke1824:
Masters

ajoke1824:
I applied to the business school. Data analytics and visualization

ajoke1824:
Hi. I got admission since February. What program did you apply to?

ajoke1824:
Hi. I'm going to morgan state university. What's the update on your end? Have you gotten funding or your I-20. What program?

kes4glory:
No I didn't, it's for Ms

liliberth:
I want to go for a health related course as my background is nursing.

liliberth:
I am going for masters. But i havent applied
i wonder why usa admissiontakes time.

liliberth:
Would be interested to know if you get admissionas i plan to apply for next session

liliberth:
No didnt want to as its too late for fall

liliberth:
Did you apply?

liliberth:
Hello please, I am finding it hard to get universities for fall 2025, I am interested in public health at masters level and I do not want to apply through SOPHAS.

Will be glad if anyone can suggest universities that are easy to apply to. Thanks

Padraic:
Hello, I am currently in your position. This is what I did. This will be a long post, I apologize.

I finished my MA in the UK in 2021. Post graduation, I was working part time here and there, as per UK usual. I applied for fall 2024 to 8 universities, all fully funded programs. I go admitted into 3, 1 waitlist, and 4 rejections. I just did my visa interview last month, it was granted. My Visa is arriving soon.

Key things to note.

My masters and PhD is in exactly the same field. So I am not jumping from A to B.

I have never ever been to the US before, nor have I ever applied for their Visa.

My PhD is fully funded with over 10k excess left over.

My interview lasted like 2mins.

Please, please, please.... apply to the best school you can enter. The school is very very important and will affect your visa. School and funding is the most important thing from my experience. It is harder to deny a havard or princeton scholar than someone going to rashford state university or Onana school of business. I see people talking about home ties and all that, THAT IS A NIGERIA PROBLEM AND YOU ARE IN THE UK. THAT PROBLEM IS BENEATH YOU!!!

VO in Nigeria are people with prejudice and strong belief that we all want to run away and never return. They are very tight. It is not like that abroad. If you can, go to Belfast for the interview, things are very chill there. The VO are soft friendly people.

Apply to a top school, the best you can get into and have full funding. When asked about post graduation plans... I said "to go back to Nigeria and use my skills in education, research and development". Just show intent to go back home, all that home ties nonsense is BENEATH you.

Now, for your application, make sure you write GRE, you dont need toefl. I wrote GRE twice. Try to score above 300. I scored 312. Just try your best, please. Try to study well in school and graduate with a good grade. Transcript matters alot. I made merit.

Try to score a first class score in your thesis, it really really helps. Make sure atleast two of your references are from your UK university. Try to not use Nigerian professors. They don't rate our things. Its unfair but that's the way of the world.

I applied to Emory, UMCP, Ohio state university, Indiana university, Purdue, Bowling green state university, UPenn, and Penn state. Look for schools in top 150 or so. Dont go too far down. You need a top school so they can shower you with so much funding and you will be confident for interview.


Try to publish your Masters thesis before you apply, it really helps. Also I wanted to apply to 12 schools, but I stopped after my second admission offer came in.

BE CONFIDENT WHEN YOU GET THERE FOR INTERVIEW. TALK LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

GO FORTH AND CONQUER!!!!!!



No over think am, it is not rocket science.

Padraic:
Before my interview, I saw how people were discussing proving home ties with marriage, father, mother, friends, and family. This is exactly what I am saying is beneath you when you're apply from this side. Showing intent to go back after studying is a sure prerequisite for any student visa, anywhere in the world. But going the extra mile to be explaining, discussing, and showing how the fact that you have family, wife, or kids in Nigeria is not necessary here. No single person I know, was asked that.

I don't know how to explain this but I hope you get my point.

And this is why going to a good school with soft funding is very important. When you have that, the VO will not waste his or her time to ask you irrelevant questions. Straight one or two basic question then move ahead. Why will a VO be wasting time here, asking you to explain home ties when you're going to Purdue or University of Chicago? He would rather ask you something like "tell me about your research", just to test you. once you give them STUFF, they'll know that you're not playing. Visa approved, sharp sharp.

I agree you must show intent to come back, but to be explaining up and down trying to prove home ties, is not necessary at all.

When you get to Belfast office, the place is so calm. No bad belle or bias, you can literally smell you visa approval. Honestly, those VO for naija dey very harsh, unnecessarily.

But it's okay sha, each to it's own.

It is well

Munamoqel:
I just received my CAS from university of aberdeen .They only requested POF and was issued with both conditional offer letter and my CAS .They didn't request I pay any deposit can I proceed with visa application .any body with such expirence. Am.only to pay 8000 pounds at enrolment

EBUNME:
I didn't send any mail or call.
I did biometrics on 29 October (priority)
I received the mail request for additional documents mail on 3rd November.
I sent the documents (proof of education and employment letter on 4th November.
Received collection mail on 10 November.

samint1:
It was standard application. Abuja tls

Adsensegirl:
5th Nov