₦airaland Forum

reniduke:
Im here to report emory ooo. Make una warn them, they can charge you for toothpick. That's how i hot fresh bills last week for the pathologist that examined baby placenta. Biko i had baby in may oo.
-also got one last week too 816 from children's healthcare atlanta for pedatrician. Total extra bill is approx 1000.

This is after paying a couple of bills for false labour before delivery and for ER visit when i was sick after delivery back in May. If Emory sends me one more bill after this new batch they're on their own.

Rant aside: now that im experienced, make una ask your hospitals if false labour is included in your package. As well as paedatricain bill estimate, to avoid all these stories that touch. If possoble ask them if any postpartum visit sef is included.

Welcome to America... soon we'll be billed for breathing in the vicinity of a hospital.

RaeMystix:
True!.....Well, I had two scenarios that the route of her problem might be either spritual or physical. She still has a chance, if the issue of her low grades was as a result of laziness and unseriousness. As for the spritual problem?. She needs God.

We all need God - for the saving of our souls.

Most Nigerians need to be disciplined, dedicated and goal oriented. Too often they hide behind "god" to excuse a culture of mediocrity. We've made Him a complete mockery.

cosade:
Are you kidding me?

Is that the future plan that you'll tell the VO?

He'll tell the VO that he is balling. No problem.

Gospelozy:
Good day everyone. I am a big time novice in this,please I need the help of senior men here, I want to do MSC in chemistry in a university that offers scholarship and no GRE & co exams required. Please I need guidance. Thanks

You didn't ask but will you also be interested in a university that offers a degree with no exams required? pm me.

RaeMystix:
That's harsh. I am not saying community colleges are dumping grounds. She could attend a community college as an international student with perhaps lower SAT scores, or just take a placement test ( I may be wrong). I know education isn't for everyone, but do you know the reason why she couldn't achieve a better CGPA ?.Don't judge. She can make it if she focuses on her studies and pray ( I do believe in prayers).

It's not harsh, its just the truth. We sometimes have to be honest with ourselves. No she cannot attend a community college, her grades are way too low, she won't get in. No i do not know the reason she could not achieve a better CGPA, but i would predict laziness and unseriousness were key factors. It's really not that hard to get straight Cs in school and end up with a 2'2 at the worst. What has prayer to do with this? Is God going to read your books for you?

Hamateen:
I give thanks to Almighty Allah for he has been faithful, my visa was approved today by Gods grace at Lagos embassy... Time 10am. I arrived 6:35 am because i slept with a friend at army barrack, i'm from ibadan and you have to sleep over if you dont want to have heart attack in your bus... Lagos traffic . The crowd are much today as well as denial especially singles ,not easy mennnn.
Transcript goes thus :::

Fingerprint print goes smoothly after which you will be directed to join the interview queue
Me---- morning sir
Vo. Morning brother

Vo. Passport please
Me. I gave him pali

Vo. Why are you going to US?
Me for seminar on so so so ....

Vo. Have you travelled before?
Me. Yes, ive been to UAE ( he checked my passport)

Vo. You married?
Me. Yes i am

Vo. Any child?
Me. I have a son, 3 years old
This guy dey type like . He typed for like 50 seconds and he just bring out the white paper, he circled where to pick up the passport but i cant hear all what He is saying, i just dey look may be na blue or white... The visa has been approved
My people, this thing is God mercy ooo, forget your grammar or bank account, when God says YES no one can say NO. all the oldies were given visa, the guy told the old woman infront me that -mama go and meet your pickin, the mama just dey laugh.
I wish everyone going for their interview best of luch leaving by october in sha Allah

He typed everything you said... hopefully nothing you stated was a lie. It will be on your record for good.

Originalsly:
Lol...that's how it started out!...kinda!

You got "married"?

Afam4eva:
How far is NYC and other parts of New York state on the average. Do people live in those other parts and work in NYC?

Albany is about 2-3 hours i think. Syracuse about the same or an hour more. Rochester is 6 hours away, Buffalo about 7 hours, the Canadian border is about 45 minutes to 1 hour away from buffalo. NY state is huge.

Dude you've been on vacation for 7 months??

God4eva:
Hmmmm, hope I'll be able to get a hotel that's 'dry' without much hassle, although I'm also wondering how the roads from the airport are..I guess I have to wait and see...

Thursday will be tough. My colleagues are all off work until further notice and are anticipating more than twice the rain they've had by wednesday. You may want to consider coming next week? Or get a hotel close to the airport until things get better. The earlier you book the better.

God4eva:
Now chilling in my hotel till then, and wondering how Houston will be on that Thursday

Houston is currently under water.

favourmic:
My account balance is not up to standard

Then you're not qualified to apply. Don't use your greed and complete lack of integrity be a stumbling block to genuine applicants.

favourmic:
I need some one who can get me original bank statement.

6. One or more member state(s) consider you to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health as defined in Article 2(19) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Schengen Borders Code) or the international relations of one or more of the member states).
• You have submitted fake or false documents and / or made contradictory statements.
• You have attempted deceit.
• You have a negative entry in the AZR (Central Register of Foreigners); as long as this remains, it is usually not possible to grant you a visa.

You people never learn.

etudiant:
Please can someone recommend any good school that does not require APPLICATION FEE for MBA... Thanks

Lagos business school.

RaeMystix:
Not everyone's destined to obtain a degree. I have seen folks that could not pass a common ESL class, but are doing great in terms of businesses . As for her, it's not too late.She could send her official transcript to WES ( nothing is impossible). A grade of D in Nigeria is viewed as a C is the US. Depending on the outcome, she could then apply to a community college, either to retake her low graded electives and general classes inorder to improve her CGPA before transferring her now new official transcript, or better yet start all over again. Graduate schools do accept mostly people with a 3:00 point and higher.....Especially when pursuing a masters degree in Science.

She's not a US citizen or permanent resident. The US does not owe her an education so asking her to apply to a community college is moot. Community colleges aren't dumping grounds for people who didn't take their nigerian education seriously. You and I are on the same page - education isn't for everyone. I'm sure there's a job she can do or learn.

RaeMystix:
Honestly speaking, you can not be admitted to any 4 year college in the States with a CGPA that is less than 2.00. My advice is that you go the community college route. You may have a better chance at transferring your credits in which you have a grade of C or higher. Nothing is guaranteed, but there is no sin in trying.
Just know that there a possibility that you would have to start all over again.

Nah the sincere advice is that schooling in America isn't for everyone. If you couldn't be serious enough to earn a reasonable cgpa then learn a trade. A VO will be certain to dash her a denial with such a low cgpa.

oduzbaba89:
good afternoon, my father just gave me his bank statement just now, so e tells me e Will need to move some money for business so am worried. please does university in US verify bank statement, Ashland university in particular, because if they do e might have used the money for business as at the time the school verify if they do so the balance might not be able to cover the first year . so please does Ashland or US school verify bank statement. Thanks

So basically you're trying to scam them with a fraudulent account... and you wonder why they treat us like dirt.

If you don't have the requisite funds to study in the US, stay in Nigeria.

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:
if you really read the thread like you claimed then you would realize that GPA conversion was just discussed three pages ago; I just don't understand all of you with the need to lie about reading the thread before asking questions.

In his defense, he only claimed to have read the "testimonies". All the other serious stuff is of no concern to him. It is your job to read it and spoon feed him.

ecoleco:
I do not want to sound like a spoiler because that's not my intention. I have already liked your post Perotti but I am saying this for those that are intending to come. It's good to have funding that are tied to a faculty and a particular research grant. Honestly it's better than not having anything at all and being unable to afford the fees out of pocket.

The challenge is that you find it difficult to extricate yourself from the faculty and that particular research because that's where your funding comes from. Especially when you find that the research direction does not fit with what you are really passionate about and what you want to do, or when some other matters starts arising.

When you have a funding from the department as against a particular faculty, you are not tied down to one man and any faculty member can be your adviser. You can change advisers if things go wrong. I am studying Information Systems under the School of Business and PhD students in the School of Computer Science are jealous of us because their funding is usually tied to a research grant and they find it hard to come out unlike us.

Like I said earlier, it's far better than not having anything at all and it's just a word of advise for people still intending to come.

For more of this type of information, find the free book titled "THE PHD GRIND" by Philip Guo and read. He was a one time PhD student of Stanford University and currently a faculty of University of California San Diego.

All the best!

Your case is actually the outlier. In most cases, funding (especially for more than 90% of phd students) is tied to a research grant - i.e. a specific faculty member who holds the grant. In some cases, funding is tied to a program grant so that the program funds the students directly rather than through faculty. However, program grants typically come with restrictions - more often than not they are available only to US citizens or permanent residents. In addition, these program grants are typically time limited. When i was in grad school, the NIH grant that funded all US citizen phd students (through the schools toxicology program) lasted only 4 years. After that, your mentor was required to cover your future funding from his research grant.

It is not true that you are essentially tied to one faculty member because of funding. In my case, i had the option to move to any faculty member i wanted within the first 2 years. You can transfer to any faculty member with adequate research grants to cover your funding at any time, so long as that faculty member is willing to have you.

adeniyitijani:
Pls I have done my master in unilag, and I want to further my PhD in USA. Which sets of universities can I choose from to study Chemistry and does not require TOEFL and GRE.

Nigerian universities do not require TOEFL and GRE. Try those.

Donaltus:
gurus in the house help me answer this question

Your visa application is adjudicated based on your own merit. So yes prepare to answer questions at the interview.

eee777:
The guy don't know if nairaland exist sef. The whole stuff looks like this conference will be opportunity for him to relocate or disappear in the future. Remember most Nigerians hate to be told the truth or do the right stuff.

In that case, The VOs did their job. Case closed.

Storyteller123:
McGregor is starting to display a few war wounds but he’s exceeded expectations and then some. He’s forced Mayweather to abandon his usual style and that’s a victory in itself

http://www.splint.com.ng/2017/08/floyd-mayweather-vs-conor-mcgregor-live.html

Have you ever watched a Mayweather fight? There are way too many ignorant comments here.

Trice2:
Good evening all.Am actually new here(a total novice)

I have a degree already in Education accounts and I want to apply to Morgan state university for a Masters of Social Work (MSW). The school didn't require GRE and TOEFL only asked for my transcript to be evaluated by Wes, 3 recommendation letters and a statement of purpose.

My question: is it necessary I still write GRE and can I also use my dads pension statement which is really high for sponsors account statement?

Please I will appreciate additional information from the gurus in the house concerning the steps to take, school,course and other processes involved.Thanks.

What is the value of this degree to Nigeria? That is one question you may need to answer at your interview.

Anyone with free livestreams? Plssssssss!

JERRYPOPINS:
I WOULD LOVE TO DO MBA TOO WHILST SPECIALISING IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT.PLEASE,ANY SUGGESTION?

YOUR STORY IS VERY INSPIRING.

Stop posting in all caps and learn to use google.

LagosismyHome:
I hope you checked the link before you made that decision.... because if you put MCTC there are two other much cheaper plan that the school accepts according to thst site

Those plans are as good as useless. Read the fine print, the cheapest covers him only up to $200,000, then he's on the hook for the rest. Also, the plans mostly cover only about 80% of cost. If he ever has to stay in a hospital for over a week, he'll hit his max coverage and be in serious debt after that. I would not encourage a foreign student to get such useless insurance just to save $60/month. As i mentioned before, insurance premiums costing a little over $100/month is absurdly cheap...

More than simply looking at the cost of premiums, it is important to actually figure out what the plans cover, at what cost and to whom.

patomaniac:
Good day all,
I'm new at the same time not new, had to take my time to go through all 100+pages (phew!). I have some questions and would be glad if anyone could be of help.

First of all I noticed we have more of science students here especially engineers .haba
Please I'm looking for anyone in the social science field, most especially economics.

I'm a graduate of economics and I want to switch to agricultural economics , I want to know if agricultural economics is seen as a STEM course (I know it's a science course and not a social science course). And will like to know what re the funding opportunities in that field.

If anyone knows any other course of institution with good funding that an economist can switch to with ease please kindly suggest here. (buh I'm still bent on agricultural economics).

Lastly, I'm looking for study partners in Uyo or calabar (Uyo is preferred, because that's where I am serving). Kindly pm me

Thanks. Apologies for my blunders and silly questions or requests.

#TeamFall2018.

Cc: lagosismyhome, twoods

You should be doing this work yourself.

Djpunpin:
HI guys. I really admire your efforts by standing as ladders people climb to success in life. You guys are truly your brother's keeper. I transfered from MSUM, moorhead to MCTC, minneapolis for the present fall. The problem am having is the mandatory United health insurance of the state which cosT 1400+ for the year. I want to ask from guru in the house, current or past minnesota state student that can educate me on how to avoid it by going for a cheaper insurance. I will really appreciate your response on this issue. Thank you all

$1400 insurance premiums/year comes to about $100/month. You won't get anything cheaper... you're already as cheap as you can get. It's cheap because you're getting it through the school (group coverage). If you went out on your own, it would be far more expensive especially since the days of cheap catastrophic health insurance are well and truly over.

HOYINDARMORLAR:
hi sis, I'm planning to apply to the same school, Can I send you an email so you can give me some valuable information?
thanks.

Valuable information can be found on the schools website or via an email or phone call to the admissions contact person.