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bigfrancis021: Yes, if applying to 3 schools you'll need to pay the fee for 3 different international transcripts. Each one will be addressed differently to each of the schools and each will also come with an official letter head from your school addressed to the school abroad, then signed and sealed. I'm telling you how its done in my undergraduate school, UNN. During my time, I paid for and applied for 4 different international copies and one 1 student copy. The fee for international transcripts is usually higher and different from local or student copy. During my time, the fee for international transcript was N2,500. And I paid for 4 copies, which totals N10,000. Once the destination address for the transcript is beyond the shores of Nigeria, its automatically an international transcript.

Local transcript is one that is going to any institution, company or individual within Nigeria. It also comes with an official letter head and usually costs lower than international transcript. Student copy is the same with local transcript and the same price, the only difference being that it won't come with an extra official letter head from the school and it will bear 'Student copy. Not for official use' clearly written on it. During my time, local/student transcript was N1,250. So I paid a total of N11,250. Basically when printed out, its the same result, the same format, the same way all the transcripts come out for international, local or student. The only difference is the official letter head that comes with the international and local copies, and the lack of official letter head + 'student copy' pasted on the student copy.

bigfrancis21: See, notarization of any documents is only optional. You only notarize a document if the school so demands for it. If they don't need notarization, bone it. Shikena. Notarization shouldn't be a reason for selection of your schools. Unless, you're telling me you're trying to save costs on multiple transcript fees which may be costly to obtain in your school. Asides that, its no reason to say you can't apply to URI because they don't ask for notarized copies. Some US schools demand for transcripts from your UG university direct and they convert it to their 4-point scale themselves there in the school. Schools in this category don't accept outside transcript translations from external bodies such as WES etc. They rather do the translation themselves. While some other US schools ask for already translated transcript copies made by external bodies such as WES. Some will ask for scanned copies of your transcripts and if given admission you mail hard copies later. Its all about knowing what your prospective school wants, and adhering to their demands. All the 3 schools I applied to never asked for notarized copies, neither did they ask for WES translations. They wanted it raw and straight from my school and I had it sent to them from my school.

My colleague just applied to the University of Rhode Island for M.Sc Mechanical Engineering come fall 2014. And they're promising him funding because he applied early. He applied as exactly as they demanded. If URI requires online scanning, you do as they say. You scan a copy of your student transcript and upload to them. It must not be an official transcript that you scan. As a prospective US post graduate student, you ought to have a personal student copy of your transcripts with you, ready to be brandished anywhere anytime when the need arises. Even when going for your student visa, its important you go along with it because the VO might ask out of the blues to see your UG transcripts.

As for your list, many US schools that offer full funding to post graduate students extend it to all departments. You might want to try University of Alabama, University of Connecticut, Louisiana state university, University of Tennessee.

theHanafis: mr swagger

You can Notarize your document at any Law court around your state. If you are in lagos Notarize them at Ikeja.

Make a photocopy of all the documents you want to Notarize and take them to Ikeja high court Lagos.

When you get to ikeja high court lagos, you will see some women outside the court premises that will be calling you for Affidavit, go to those women and tell them you want to Notarize your documents.

But don't go inside the ikeja court office Building unless you are a Rich Kid, because they charge high there.

Those women will do it at a very cheap rate for you. I did mine for #4,000 for 35 documents. But if you go inside the ikeja court office, you will notarize 35 documents for #500 per document and #17,500 for 35 documents. You can spot the big difference

You can Notarize your degree certificate, Any Award certificate you have, WAEC RESULT, School Leaving Certificate e.t.c.

But if you can get another copy of your Original transcript and Statement of result from your school, then there is no need to Notarize it.

But if you can't get more copies of the Originals from your school, You have no option other than Notarizing your Transcript and Statement of Result gotten from your School as well.

Regarding your question about TOEFL, actually I have never done TOEFL before, it's only SAT I did. But I can talk you through my experience with SAT.

I got My SAT result mailed to my home address 2 months after I took the SAT.

The same might imply for TOEFL as well.

So I will Advise don't rely on the Original copy of your TOEFL score report, if time is not on your side anymore, Just go with the Online print out to the Embassy.

But if you have enough time to wait for the TOEFL, then no need to hurry, just wait for the TOEFL to be mailed to you, but if you don't receive it and time is running out on your Side just go with the Online Print out.

Cheers bro.

Mr swagger, 35 Documents wow , if u dnt mind what acctually will you notarize 35 documents for? Bro, I do not stay in lagos.I base in ilorin and kaduna.
About d toefl issue,my school requires original copy of toefl result sent to dem by post and my application deadline is 15 Oct and I'm really running out of time as I haven't even registered yet.

Dot1: @theHanafis

Lemme try ansa some of ur Qs. Others will also contribute.
1. U can write d gre anytime, provided ur result will get to d school u ar appying to b4 d application deadline. It takes ets 2 weeks or dere abt to send ur result to ur scool
2. Actually dere's no specific order 4 writing those tests. It all depends on u. I did gre 1st. But if i wqnna advice any1, i wil say maybe u do toefl 1st. Itz easier and u get som skills dere dat will be useful for gre. But lyk i sed earlier, it depnds on u
3. Jst send a blqnk msg to selfstudy360@gmail.com. U will get an auto-response wit a jet speed. U can den donload any1 dat u want
4. Nothing is impossible. But depends on d school and d dept. There dat can betta b answerd by d admission officer
5. Same as 4
6. U will also get d link for toefl material download wit dat of gre. Additionally, u can visit www.notefull.com. *datz all* for more toefl tips
7. For fall, 2014. U stil av plenty of tym. Applcatn closes mostly arnd decemba- february. Depending on sch, tho
8. Best of luck, man. All the success