Niv25:
pls

pls theamerican reply my post.

Which one?

John123john:
Hi there! This summer I was going to visit the USA, for my tourist purposes. I heard that in some states, not all, marijuana is legalized. Is it so? If so, how much can I buy?
I also heard that they can get a medical license there, so that you can use cannabis, without any consequences. The police will not be able to detain you when you bring her up.
Can someone tell me more about this?

Lmfao!!!!!!!!! This cracked me up so bad I'm replying because it's funny. Read about Colorado. Don't come and derail our thread ooo, biko. Lmao. Go to visiting visa page.

DABMarkNig2019:
The Nigeria system offers no one nothing. I regretted not going to eastern Europe with my friends for my university education when the opportunity came. Now they've graduated and are doing great in Canada and American. Although I got to study a course pharmacy to be precise from GSU which is many people's dream here but the Nigerian system is just rubbish right from the classroom down to practice.
I'm now trying to make my way to Australia though finance is a major challenge. I'm even looking for someone to send me invitation letter then I can find my way once I'm there.
Nothing is working in this ssh it hole especially under Buhari. My advice to anyone is to forget about this patriotic thing... Nigeria don't know anything like that. Ours is a nation where competence and hard work have no reward but slaughtered or sacrificed on the table of tribalism, nepotism, favouritism and so many other things... A nation of double standards. I've been a victim of it and so my dad.
For the future of your unborn kids if you can raise that money to migrate do it and jand.
My worries over the past few months is the fact that the people making their way out of Nigeria now are good working class people earning between 700k to 1M per month. My boss earns nothing less than 2M in a month but he's also on his way out of the pupu hole. This goes further to tell you the type of country we're leaving in.

I've been reading so many stories lately about people who are making a lot of money in Nigeria but giving it all up to migrate. That's a very serious issue that the government should be addressing. Working on improving the country to keep the best heads there but they don't care lol.

Good to see many opinions on the thread. It's nice to interact with people who have standards and/or can argue with points without insults or calling people names. We all learn to get better.

I remember the day I read the story of a popular pastor who was slapping a church member publicly. How he got away with that will baffle me until I'm dead and buried. There was another one who was standing on people like they were his sheep, One was also playing free-kick and sending anointing with it. lol.

People know their limits, they know where they can get away with nonsense. I wonder what would happen if a G.O came to their branch in the U.S., Canada or U.K for example and slapped someone publicly. Just curious.

learner007:


On the back of 5 visa denials (admitted into UBC, Canada and visa denied 3times due to insufficient funds, travel history etc plus Cleveland State University - admitted, no GRE, no funding, denied twice last year)

WHATEVER U ARE ASPIRING FOR, PURSUE DILIGENTLY AND DON'T GIVE UP....rest if you must, but DONT GIVE UP!!!

5 denials! Wow. Congratulations! Your never-say-die spirit is refreshing. Enjoy your stay in Illinois.

It's funny how people read what you write, misinterpret things and draw absurd conclusions. When did I tell anyone to start applying to unranked school or one building schools or say this thread should only discuss visas and nothing else?

If you can't comprehend what I write, ask me to explain. Don't come and say nonsense to me afterwards. You can't say something is impossible then I call you out and you retract with "well, it's only 1 out of 10" or whatever, that's nonsense.

I answer questions asked and stay on track. If you ask me about visa, I'll talk about visa. If you ask me about weather, I'll talk about it. You won't ask me "Do you think my toefl score of 89 is high enough to study Geography at Baylor University?" and I'll reply with "which family member of yours is considering wasting money on you to study at Baylor?". I try my best to stay on topic.

At the end of the day, it's just nairaland lol. Not that serious. Seek validation? Lmao. Nairaland that I'll still drift away from and nobody'll remember I was even here.

femi312:
All this story wont cut it. He or she went to the embassy with i20 from Iglobal a one building school, if you have been here for a long time you would have known the problem is the school and not how he or she answered. There are people on this thread who have been denied visa twice and thrice because of that school. Just do a quick search of Iglobal on Nairaland and to see for yourself. A VO even told one person he needs to start his application again, that is a clue for the wise. I cant phantom how people will leave Nigeria for schools like igblobal or VIU if not for ONLY immigration intent. We all left Nigeria because we wanted good life for us and our kids but at least gain two things with one stone. Good/Quality education and a good life.

Ok. You're saying IGU has no international student(s)? You're saying for sure that no one can get a visa to come to the U.S. to study at IGU? If both answers are yes and you have proof, I'll accept your statements and apologize for my ignorance.

This thread topic says "enquiries for USA student visa". I have absolutely no interest in what anyone has as a plan for their life after school or after they get their visa unless they ask for my opinion. I focus on the primary issue and that is: "How can this member get a visa, legally, based on the information provided?".

It's not my job to worry about why someone would wanna spend $100k to go study adult education in Singapore. It is not my business. Again, when I'm asked what can I do to get a visa, I consider what information the person provides and give my opinion. That's all.

They have the freedom to completely ignore my opinion/advice and call me clueless. Whether it's to Stanford to study STEM or to IGU/VIU to study fishery, immigration intent is immigration intent.

cruchenutii:


$1,300 Weekly * 4 = $5,200.

Okay wait, so how much is their Rent + Feeding + Flex money? How much do they save?

Lol. I have no idea what their budgets are or how they spend their money. They showed me their earnings and that's what I know. I know they mentioned claiming tax cuts (don't know what the right term is) by miles driven and they say they sometimes owe the government tax at the end of the year since they're "self employed". They also have to buy health insurance/car insurance out of pocket. So... they have their expenses too.

What I know is I saw their earnings. Hustling igbo boys. Friday Morning to Saturday evening alone, they can make $800.

SAMBHOSS:
theamerican


thumbs up.....love the way you buttress your points..

at least....of all things you've listed out....I've come to the realization that without a proper working system in a country.....would saying "there's no hope" be an overstatement?

a WORKING system
a WORKING system

Lol. I'm guessing you had to write "working system" more than once so people don't read your comment and still miss the point.

I don't think saying "no hope" is an overstatement. Personally, I don't think there's any hope anytime soon and God knows I really wanna be proved wrong.

Nig4Greatness:
....
When you make vague statements,you would expect people to take different positions from you,all cannot sleep and face one direction.sometimes I wonder if you understand your own writings at times..you gave an instance and ended with Nigeria because it was your focus of attack.
I asked simple question,what law(s) do you think should be in place to protect her from the "crazy situation" that are readily available in the US but not in Nigeria??.what is the "crazy situation" here??.
Thought you brought it up for discussion.

If you don't understand something, ask "what do you mean?". It's not very difficult. I'll answer your question. In the event that things go south, he cheats and his family try to frustrate/chase her out...

She can't be forced out. He'll have to divorce her properly. Adultery is a crime in many states to start with. The wife will prove adultery and you know who the court is gonna protect in that situation. Father remains obliged (see? not a choice) for the well-being of the girls (child support, seeing them, etc.), and who knows? Maybe alimony for the wife, shared/joint custody, etc. sharing properties, or worst case scenario, the government gives assistance to the woman if the guy's financially incapable. The day he becomes financially capable, they'll go after him. These are examples of things in place. I could go on and on.

Not only are these things in place, they are strictly enforced! And before you think it's a feminist attack on men, it cuts both ways too. Women share their properties their husbands, pay alimony, etc. too.

Now that I've cleared that up and you see what I'm trying to say, tell me what's in place in Nigeria that protects her in that scenario... and tell me how it's enforced.

Humble11:


Please help analyse my interview. Got denied today


Vo: which school are you going ?


Me: [s]I'm going to study master of science in information technology in [/s] Iglobal university located at Leesburg pike, Vienna, Virginia

Vo: what was your last education?

Me: bachelor of science in Computer Science

Vo: what year did you finish undergraduate study?

Me : 2015 [s]( vo countenance changes and started typing)[/s]

Vo: why did you choose this school and how many schools did you apply also how many gave admission?

Me : I applied to 3 schools and the 3 gave admission

Me : I have chosen IGU for some reasons, firstly IGU offers some elective track courses which catches my interest and I know it would be of benefit to my career ( vo cut in..)

Vo: what relationship does the 3 schools has?


Me : (I was confused at first)...[s]OK after when I had concluded on what to study, then I searched using Google to see schools offering this course. The I realised xyz school has information Science and ABC school has information Science, but IGU has information technology which I really wanted [/s]

Vo: (continue typing ) who Is sponsoring you?

Me : dad

Vo: what is he into?

Me: he is a building contractor and also has hotels

Vo: are you married?

Me: am engaged

Vo: do you have kids?

Me : yes

Vo: how many kids?

Me: just a kid

Vo: how old?

Me : a year old

Vo: have you traveled out of the country b4?

Me: No, I haven't

Vo: sorry, I'm going to give you blue paper to read why you are not eligible for this now


[s]There was a Dr in front of me that was really drilled by this Vo[/s]

I read your transcript. Now, I'll attempt an analysis like you requested.

1. Stay on track. Not for this particular question but for all questions. Simple question: which school are you going to? Give a simple answer.

2. I read the "VO countenance changed..." part and wondered what the relevance was. Did the VO's demeanor knock you off balance, put you under pressure, trigger a change in your own demeanor that you started stuttering/shivering/sending wrong vibes to them? If so, that may be where you started encountering problems and things went downhill.

3. Your reasons for choosing IGU. No, Sir. I would have cut you off too. Time is important and they don't wanna listen to things like that. You'll need to do better.

4. "I was confused at first"... you should have asked for clarification. I have no clue what you were trying to say with that answer. What relationship do the three schools have? Who knows if all of them are private schools or if they're all in republican states or "they all have an A rating for low crime on campus" lol. Could be anything. Oh! Maybe "they all offer graduate programs in IT field" idk.

5. The drilled doctor before you... irrelevant.

In summary, you shouldn't waste your money going for another interview until you've prepared better. You still need work... personally, I'm interested in knowing why you chose IGU. Just curious, let's start from there.

SPERMANC:
pls guys am going for Cleveland State University ohio am kind of confused about the credit hours stuff cos i saw each credit hour has a particular amount to pay so my question is as an undergraduate student am i allowed to do 2 or 3 credit hours (na the tuition fee i de fear)

As an international student, there's a minimum amount of credit hours you must take to show you're 100% enrolled for the semester (full-time) and maintain your F1 status. I don't remember what the amount is, but I'm sure you can't do just 3 hours

Look it up. You'll definitely find that information.

It's a shame that people claim to be learned but I still have to come back and explain simple things after I post. Is it so difficult to comprehend things? At no point in time did I say all Nigerians think like my cousin's husband.

I explained my cousin's situation, and expressed my fears and asked that in the event that things went south in her marriage, what would protect her from crazy relatives? How did everyone seem to miss that important part/question?

I made it clear he's free to want a son, and said I didn't have a problem with it. One's response was to tell me about someone with 5 kids. What's the relevance? They compromised in their situation, so... end of story. Another one said he has no problem with daughters, good for you.

Empathy is lost on some people. Tell them there's suffering in Borno or Ebonyi, they'd tell you about the paradise in Abuja or Ikoyi. So? Does that nullify the situation in Borno or Ebonyi? I made it clear this woman has had all her babies through surgery and is obviously concerned and not interested in having more.

I'm depressed? I'm sending suitors away because I won't settle for less? Lmao.

EDIT Learn how to focus on the information that's provided and don't express ignorance by assuming things out of nowhere. "What if she's insecure, wants a son at all costs to keep her husband/stop him from cheating and trying to make her husband look bad?". Lmao!

Funny how you had everything to say BUT failed to address the question of what protects her from the crazy situation.

kenevision:




Thanks ma'am, don't mind my choice of words .

I have a family member who has naturalized in US and doing fine financially, with a good credit score. Can he help me apply/access Student Loans with my admission?

Is there any hidden catch anywhere why taking a student loan will not be a good idea.

Hope to hear from you!

Thanks.

I know you said good credit score and I don't know what that is in this case. What I know is... If your family member is financially stable with an excellent credit score, it's possible that they can apply for a loan. I don't know the relationship between you and this person so I don't know what kind of loan it would be (for example, I know a parent can take a loan for their kids' education and would be liable for its payment, not the kids), but yes I would assume a financially stable person with an excellent credit score has access to loans. Best thing is to discuss it with this relative, like @lagosismyhome said.

The catch is that this relative is the one who would be held responsible for the repayment of that loan. Plus no one can predict if it'd be worth it in the end. A loan is just like capital for an investment. There are risks involved. It all depends on how far your relative is willing to go. No one knows for sure how it's going to turn out. I would take a student loan for myself, debts don't scare me. I take too many risks haha.

This is an opinion, please don't construe as legal advice

Alexkene:
A separate thread should be created for undergraduate intending students since 90% of students here are going for postgraduate studies.

No reliable and current information for undergraduate students can be found on here

Lol. We majorly talk about grad school stuff because the demand is majorly for grad school stuff, and we answer what we're asked. Undergraduate students' questions are answered too.

What do you want to know?

EMMAACHILE:

Your aunty or sister married a local man. Don't generalize its a Nigerian thing. It should be, it's a local people's thing. Some of us have no son and we are not bothered a bit.

You read what I wrote and all you could say about it was "your aunty or sister married a local man, don't generalize"? May God give me the strength to cope with people like you. How many times did I use the word "cousin"? You still couldn't remember that piece of information because you wanted to attack what you read so bad.

I narrated a particular story and asked what was in place in the Nigerian system to protect someone in her case and your response is "some of us are not bothered a bit"?

So if she came to you narrating this story, and telling you about her fears, you'd tell her "it's a local man thing" and ask her to go deal with it? The teenage girls being married off to old men in the north is also a northern men thing and should be left to deal with their mess?

Smh! Thank God I left Nigeria for all of you. Lol.

Sorelee:


smiles .............. at this point i will let this pass, no point derailing this thread ... By now she should know what is best for her........

Me too, and I hope she makes the right decision(s).

Good morning everyone.

I'm here again to share my thoughts with you. So, I woke up to news of a cousin of mine who had a baby today. Great news, right? No one knew she was pregnant until today when she announced her baby's birth. Now let me tell you the story before today.

She had a daughter before marrying her husband. She had 2 more kids with her husband, all daughters. All these kids were through surgery. They aren't doing well financially. In fact, she complains everyday about how things are horrible in their family financially. The husband kept pressuring her for a son. So... she succumbed to getting pregnant again and feared what the family would think/say so she didn't tell anyone. Guess what? She just had another daughter.

I can't even imagine what she's going through right now. It's 2018! People are still going about the "you must give me a son" thingy. It's not a crime to want a son, I don't care but why must the woman be the one to suffer for things like that? She's married. Suppose her husband cheats on her and the other woman gives him a son, what is going to protect my cousin in the event this man and his family try to frustrate or chase her out?

These are the things that piss me the hell off and get me mad when people are talking about "stay here and make your money". Everything is not money. If my cousin was here, she'd be protected by law against all this madness. If she says NO MORE KIDS, NO MORE KIDS! I wouldn't worry one bit. Now, she has 4 daughters, only God knows the state her health is in and how happy she is.

I'm so mad today, it's a shame how backward Nigeria still is.

Sorelee:


@ theamerican The VO is only interested in if He/She a genuine student (2) If He/She not an intending immigrant.

Yes these days we get to see just 1 out of 10 persons get visa with an unranked school its evident here on this thread. you should do your self a favor and check past transcript... [s]The VO are beginning to realized that a genuine Nigerian student would not spend thousands of dollars on an unranked school [/s]more reasons she asked what other school she applied too because she wanted to compare them.

You even said losing accreditation was irrelevant (You really must be joking right?) are you telling her it is irrelevant that she should risk thousands of dollars to go to a law school who's Accreditation could be lost by 2019 because she wants to go to America? or you are just telling her to use the F1 visa as an escape root to the US? Cos no sane person will spend thousand of dollars to attend a school who's on the chopping block.

Im still in shock that [s]you advising her to gamble on the school [/s] [s] [b]not losing accreditation... I'm not expected to do her home work but for the sake of others that might want to apply to GGU law school, they should know that the school is on the chopping block and its accreditation could be lost by 2019, as i mentioned in my last post Golden Gate Law School is out of compliance with several accreditation standards. First Any LSAT below 150 is troublesome, and an LSAT below 148 is a serious problem. Infact the correlation between low LSAT scores places the school in an imminent danger of losing its accreditation. As far as America Law school Accreditation is concerned For any five year period, a law school’s bar pass rate must be within 5% of the state’s bar pass rate, or the school can be de-accredited. I uploaded the graph of entering student admissions profiles for Golden Gate since 2010. As you can see, students’ LSAT scores have gotten lower and lower in the wake of the recession.Secondly More than 30 percent of Golden Gate’s first-year class left the school through non-academic attrition in 2017, and only 48.86 percent of Golden Gate graduates who took the bar exam for the first time in 2017 passed. By 2019 Golden Gate must submit a report on its progress to the ABA and appear before the accreditation committee for a hearing. If the law school’s report does not demonstrates compliance with the accreditation standards it loses accreditation. So tell me Ma would you risk spending all that money on GGU law school when they are better options? [/b] [/s]

infact the VO did more good than harm rejecting her visa application

First, I must commend your effort in reading a lot about GGU and trying to put forward a counter-argument to what I wrote (if she had done this research and figured ways to counter the issues you raised, she could have had her visa by now). You made very excellent points but failed to address the important ones so I'm also going to reply for the sake of others reading this thread.

I asked you to quote the source of your "10% of people with unranked schools get visas" claim and you asked me to check NL transcripts? Really? That's your source? You also failed to provide the stats for people who apply to ranked schools. Opinions are opinions, not facts. So I won't dwell on that.

Look at the first line of what I quoted (it's in italics too). That sums up all she has to do to get her student visa and I'm sure that's why she came here. She asked what could have gone wrong with her visa interview and what to do to fix it.

You said VOs are now realizing people wouldn't spend money on unranked schools. Do you want me to give you a list of other preconceived notions VOs have towards visa applicants? Did you miss the part where I said it's the applicant's job to convince the VOs otherwise? I don't care what preconceived notion an interviewer has, it's your job to prove those notions wrong.

Where did I tell her to gamble on the school losing accreditation or risk wasting her money? How did you even reach that conclusion? I wonder if you understand how rules, regulations, laws, and freedom work. Please stay on track and understand arguments before you counter them. I said Losing accreditation is not relevant at the time of her interview, same way no one should say "what if your sponsor dies 6 months after you get to the U.S." ? Focus on the matter at hand and leave out "what ifs".

All the stats you pulled out, the screenshot, etc. and all those things lol. Do you honestly think the VO pulled them out, read everything, while conducting the interview? What she does with her money is not my business or the VO's. She said she's coming here to study and going back home to work and wants to know how to get her visa. Stay on track.

You can say you think applying to a better school would increase her chance, and I won't bother saying anything, you're entitled to an opinion. I will forever reject the notion that an unranked school condemns you to doom. That's not true.

If she comes here asking "do you think I should spend so much money going to GGU considering the fact that I wanna remain in the U.S and practise there?" Your arguments would have been excellent and I'd even support some of the things you're saying. But she's asking us how she can get her visa... and that's what I want us to address. Stay on track.

Finally, I don't know what you searched for about GGU lol. I searched for different things and I have so many positive things to say about that school. It's not my job though. I'm not being paid for consultation.

sunshineluv5:
Hello gurus in da house please please i need your take on this I'm thinking of changing my sponsor which is my uncle(although i havnt submited his soa to my sch yet) to my fiance because i feel my fiance would seem more convincing to the vo regarding sponsoring my degree or vice versa. Please which should i still stick with my uncle or my fiance which of them would be more convincing to the vo?

Who's more interested in the sponsoring? Who's in a better financial position to do the sponsoring? These are the questions you need to ask yourself. Both of them aren't immediate relatives so I don't think there's much difference regarding how strong your relationship to your sponsor is. Either one of them is fine.

Dear @Sorelee,

You largely missed the point. A visa denial happens based on a lot of factors. Is the proposition "If your school is unranked, then your visa application will be denied" true or false?

Better still, consider: "your visa application will be denied if your school is unranked". Is this true or false?

I'll answer for you: it is false.

Consider the following statements you made:

1. These days we get to see just 1 out of 10 persons get visa approval applying to an unranked school. (That's 10%, is this a fact or opinion? I'd like to see the source of your stats and also, tell us the percentage of approved visas for applicants to "ranked" schools).

2. Even with all of these being said, you might still get your visa with this same school, [s]but what if the schools loses its Accreditation? What then happens to the time and money spent?[/s] (that is irrelevant at this point, sir. What if the school doesn't lose its accreditation?)

I can reasonably infer even from your two statements that it is nonsense to say you can't get a visa with an unranked school. You can get it and that is my point. I don't wanna go into details forming arguments, she's a lawyer, she can form all that on her own.

Her interview didn't end when the VO asked: "Why did you choose GGU?". It continued for a reason.

I'm sorry you think "that is nonsense" is an insult. I didn't mean it in an aggressive way. My opinion remains unchanged. She can still get a visa with an unranked school.

nwendujudy:

Thanks for the observation,I never knew about this anyway. Now what are the chances of getting another admission and I20 and still making it this fall? I wouldn't want my sevis fee payment to expire�

You didn't prepare well for your interview, simple. Don't let anyone tell you your visa was denied because your school was unpopular/unranked. That's absolute nonsense. Once a school is SEVP certified to sponsor/enroll/admit (use any other word) international students, you can get a visa with that school! THE END.

Now, before replying, I googled GGU and read some stuff about it. I compared what I read to what you answered and I shook my head. Choosing a school like that over the other thousands of schools in the U.S for the reason you gave was NOT good enough. If you doubt me, read the wiki page of that school and you'll see that there would have been better reasons for choosing the school over what you wrote.

Check accreditations, rankings, and alumni. You'll see that there's nothing wrong with the school. You chose a private university in downtown San Francisco. I'd also wonder why/how your sister's willing to commit to sponsoring you there and if you'd be stuck. It's gonna be expensive AF despite getting the 18k scholarship. Again, I don't know how old you are or how old your child is, all these things could also play into the mind of the VO. Can't say for sure.

Always remember, your sister is not your spouse, parent or child. Those are people considered to have enough "stake" in your life to sponsor you through thick and thin. It'd be different if you were an unmarried relative of that sister. You're married and with a kid, a VO doesn't see you as the responsibility of the sister. She's not legally responsible for your welfare. A VO would trust your spouse or parent to give you $100 than your sibling or other relatives to give you $5.

See? I could go on and on about what could have influenced the decision of the VO and you'd see the countless possibilities. It could have been anything, and it's the reason I always stress being over-prepared.

Now that we've tried to cover what could have gone wrong, let's see how you can fix it. For a start, you can contact the graduate coordinators or any other faculty of that school and ask them why their school is a better proposition and try to make them tell you the sense in committing a fortune to studying there than anywhere else. You'd be surprised at what you'd learn from them. Add this to other information you read online and work on convincing a VO that you really know what you're doing and not making a mistake AND PRACTISE MORE!

Whether it's GGU or Harvard University, burden is on you to do enough to change a VO's mind and make them approve your visa. A VO sees you and is thinking: "this one is an intending immigrant" and has 1,001 reasons to deny your application. It is your duty to have 1002 reasons to change their mind.

I'm glad you're a lawyer, get down to work and prepare better. You can still get that visa. It just wouldn't come easy based on the factors that are already against you. You can get a visa with a SEVP certified school, you can get a visa with your sister as a sponsor, and you can get a visa irrespective of your age, marital status or number of children you have.

Disclaimer: This is an opinion given after eating honey butter chicken biscuits. Do NOT mistake it for legal advice.

peacengine:

[s]
Op this one you are having sleepless night over Nigeria should give you and your parents or sponsors cause for concern. I asked you if you were working because I know that you wouldn't have such time on your hands to keep posting here. It's different for us here as we are not usually paid per hour, it's usually monthly but your productivity over there is measured hourly such that if you are not meeting up, it's easy for them to notice.
I believe they are still giving you school fees so you won't understand how the US system works, that's why we say if one is comfortable here there is no point of selling everything off and relocating because you will need to start all over again and it will take years to reach the level you were back home. Many educated Nigerians are driving taxis, working in burger king, washing plates and dead bodies abroad, if you don't believe me, ask people who are more experienced than you.
What is your solution regarding our professors? The highest ranking tertiary university we have is in Ibadan which should be around 1000th in the world but it's among the top ten African universities and Nigeria has up to 20 universities in the top hundred within Africa, so you should broaden your critism to Africa not just Nigeria. Another point is that this is Western education we are talking about, not African education so you shouldn't be surprised if the West is far ahead of us, it's theirs, we are only learning from them.
Read your books, you have been given the opportunity to get Western education from the source, which is also the foundation of survival there, pray that they look beyond your skin color and allow you to progress. Many cannot afford it, even US citizens have to apply for loans and scholarships to complete university and college.
Many Nigerian parent raise money for their kids to study abroad, all expense paid. Many US parents cannot afford to send their children through universities hence they have to seek for loans and scholarship, many still do student jobs to cope[/s]

You're misinformed, out of touch with reality and your thinking process is flawed. You have the logic of a baby and if you're one of the future leaders with this ideology, it's further proof of how hopeless the country is and the direction you're heading.

You must think working here is slavery lol. Get informed, your ignorance is comical. You think if there's a slow work day and there's nothing to do, an employer wouldn't pay you because you weren't doing anything in the last hour or two? You know nothing. You have no idea what my job is, or the hours, or the work policy. We are employees, not slaves.

How many times will I state that I've only lived in two countries hence the reason for only speaking about what I know of (Life in Nigeria and the U.S.)? Maybe you should learn how to do the same.

What's wrong with driving taxis, working in burger King or in the mortuary? A job is a job as long as they're not doing anything illegal. Do you know how much the hardworking Uber/Lyft drivers can make in Texas? My friends doing it full-time make a minimum of $1300 weekly.

Where did you get the idea I'm still a student who depends on her parents and has no idea how the U.S. system works? You just pulled the assumption out of nowhere? From what I wrote about my experience of many years ago?

Lol. This is going to be my last reply to you hahaha. I don't have time for stupid posts.

seeker88:


If you aren’t ignorant, you would never try to compare any accredited university here in the US with Unilag and your Covenant University....you are only exposing your ignorance further.

Finally, my advice to prospective applicants. Just ensure that your school/program is accredited, get the right skill sets in your desired field, build a very good resume and you will be good for job/internships opportunities here. Those so called lowly ranked school will help you unleash your potential that you might never discover if you keep waiting in Nigeria to get into the top/Ivy League schools.

You deserve some accolades lol. I read the bolded part and my jaw almost dropped.

austinelex:
pls house is it possible to see a university or college with a low tuition fee of around 200/300$

No, but... You can lock yourself away for a year and prepare for Toefl and GRE. Work towards mind-blowing scores like 115 on TOEFL and 330 on GRE. Apply to schools that will fund your studies. You can get your tuition waived, earn a yearly stipend of about $10k with insurance and all. At the end of the day, you'll only pay a few hundreds for your studies.

It's past midnight, I'm here in bed, alone with my thoughts. I went through all the comments on here again about those who have been defending Nigeria and against moving abroad. I'm trying to see if I've been too harsh. Maybe there's hope and I should be optimistic.

I've been at it for over 30 minutes, I'm sorry. I just can't. Nigeria is rotten from top to bottom. I'll touch education for a bit. I came here for a Master's degree. I got my Bachelor's degree at the overhyped Unilag, completed my NYSC and left the country almost immediately.

After my first day in class here, I felt like sending an email to all my past professors in Unilag and cursing them out. I was really late because I could not find the class building as the jjc that I am. I opened the door, walked in and was expecting the professor to send me out or say something horrible. I walked in and everyone greeted me with a smile.

It was like one little family. You couldn't tell who the professor was among the students. Everybody sitting at a table like it was a meeting. There was one guy who had read the materials for the day and he was answering 80% of the questions. The Nigerian in me was getting slightly mad because I thought he was doing oversabi. The poor guy was just answering questions and doing his thing. As old and learned as the professor was, not once did he interrupt anyone while we were talking. We called him by his first name "Peter". It took me over a month to get comfortable calling the professors by their first names.

I got an email after a week from the H.O.D to meet him in his office. While I was there, he welcomed me officially, told me his wife was interested in hosting me for the weekend to welcome me to the town. I felt safe. They gave all grad students a big office with cubicles to study. Classmates interacted and talked, everyone was friendly. Snacks, drinks, coffee were always available in the students lounge and the professors doors were open most of the time. You can easily knock on a professor's door, ask him how he's doing. Talk for a bit and say goodbye.

After class, people would ask: "does anyone need a ride home?" and they would help whoever was interested without any nonsense strings attached. Professors do their jobs! Once you're failing, they know they're failing too and would try to help you to ensure you pass. If you don't understand a study material, just tell the professor. It's their job to help you pass the class! They'll provide solutions for you.

Nigerian professors feel like gods. You can't even make a mistake. A professor will open mouth and say "Nobody can get anything more than a C in my course" and the sadist will ensure it happens. Once a Nigerian prof says "see me in my office", you know you're doomed. I fear for my baby sister right now who's in Nigeria and I can't even imagine what she's going through in school.

No missing scripts, strikes, unexplained failures, poor living conditions, hopeless curriculum, terrible laboratories, pervert professors, ogbanje classmates... the list is endless. Learning is fun here, you have all the resources available to you if you ever wanna study and succeed. At the end of a semester, students are asked to evaluate professors and give comments on how they can improve. A professor who can't help students get better isn't fit to have the job.

These are the things they won't tell you about life abroad. They will focus on the negatives and tell you how high tuition is, and how you can use that money to start fish farming in port harcourt instead. Money, money, money is all Nigerians see. They worship money the wrong way. Call out an underperforming artiste and say something like "your music video was disappointing", you'll hear "hater, he's already making his millions and can feed your generation". I laugh when I hear such ridiculous things. Smh.

@MackyNaija

Nice write up. Enforcing laws and building infrastructures is a good way to start. Not just punishing the poor, punishing everyone who breaks laws. Equal justice. Nobody should be above the law.

You hit the nail on the head with all your points! Nothing I disagree with.

I have tried my best so far to stay clear of the incompetence of the politicians and instead focus on the average Nigerian citizen to show how deep rooted the problem is.

For a while now, there's been talk of "no paper" for people who wanna get passports. Before you come here to quote GDP, and how Nigeria is the giant of Africa, how long does it take to fix a problem like that? Did they not foresee this issue and arrest it before it got to this stage?

Now, everyone is using that as a way to take advantage of people. There's no paper for passport until you're willing to bribe and pay more money lol. The average Nigerian will laugh at you for trying to get your passport the proper way and call you stupid/stingy/poor for not paying the extra 5k/10k to get it in 5 days through the back door.

Drivers will break the law and pass one-way and get applauded for being "smart". Immigration officers will make you miss your flight in Nigeria because you refuse to bribe them and people will call you stupid for not being "sharp". When you complain, they'd sweep it under the carpet or even laugh at you and say idiotic things like "welcome to Naija" or "You're still JJC".

Who has been to Yaba to buy clothes? Have you seen how those sellers grope women, call them names and abuse them just for buying or not buying things? Complain and a retard would tell you "you should have gone to a boutique to buy clothes na, shebi you're forming big girl".

You don't even need to go far. On this thread alone, you can see how some people think lol. Nigerians are not ready for change/improvement.

princfred:
So you know all these before then why were you talking as if you no know?

Lol.

MackyNaija:


Your questions are thought provoking.
I have been following your thread for a while now and one thing I wish to say is irrespective of how much you make in Nigeria, please do not compare yourself with an 'average' Legal Nigerian in the US.

The stress and uncertainties associated with living in Nigeria is too much.
I had to port under unplanned circumstances and I am very glad I did.

I'm glad you see the thread as worth following I'm happy I ported too and I thank God daily. None of my children will go through the nonsense in Nigeria. The ones I feel sorry for are the ones who haven't been anywhere before and blindly defend the mediocrity in Nigeria. I wish they'd have the opportunity to go out and see what an organized society is.

May God help us all.

CalebClinton:
Which kind of law is this, those this law apply to those that want to stay back after school in U.S? @theamerican

It only applies to those who fall out of status/accrue unlawful presence. Staying back after school isn't in itself a big deal as long as it's done the proper/legal way.