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DammyChrist:
Visa approved today at the Lagos Embassy. Time: 6:30a.m

Transcript goes thus:

Me: Good Morning Sir
VO: Good morning, pass your documents (I-20 and passport)
Me: I did as instructed
VO: What are you going for?
Me: I am going to study and earn a doctorate degree in Energy Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
VO: Why PhD at this time?
Me: During my undergraduate research project, I discovered that the Nigerian society lack the adequate awareness of renewable energy and there hasn’t been cutting edge research going on in this field. The expertise gained from PhD, ESE will help me provide a pervading awareness of renewable energy technologies across all level through outreach and research (VO cuts in…)
VO: I mean what will this program do for you?
Me: An advanced degree in ESE will provide me with the expertise necessary to establish a research hub here in Nigeria for research, education, outreach and commercialization of renewable energy technologies. I foresee government institution partnering with people with skill set in renewable energy technologies like me for the energy security of the nation.
VO: Is it going to be an independent research hub or where will you do it?
Me: I plan to return to my alma mater to start up the research hub
VO: What’s the name of your school?
Me: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
VO: Do you work there?
Me: No, I don’t yet, but I have a slot as a first class graduate from the school
VO: So, why University of Tennessee?
Me: UTK is the only school that provides me with a unique opportunity of an interdisciplinary PhD program with three core components: Research, Entrepreneurship and Policymaking, unlike a disciplinary PhD in a specific department. It provides an avenue where I can hone entrepreneurial and Policy making skills apart from the research skills at the Bredesen centre for interdisciplinary education.
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: 4, then I named them: UTK, UKENN UofKansas and WVU
VO: It is still unbelievable that other schools don’t offer interdisciplinary program actually
Me: They don’t actually. This interdisciplinary program is a unique one, it was instituted by the former governor of Tennessee, Phil Bredesen to support cutting edge research in renewable energy technology.
VO: So, who is paying the school fees?
Me: I got a full tuition waiver and a distinguished fellowship worth $AB, 000 annually.
VO: Are you married?
Me: No
VO: How many children do you have?
Me: None
VO: (typing, then Brought out a white paper and circled something on the paper and said) Congrats, pick up your visa at the circled address
Me: Thank you sir

My Advice: Please do well to prepare well for the visa interview, please be yourself and don’t cram responses. Just be natural. You will get it. Good luck to you all…

Congratulation

Sola93:
Good afternoon all, please kindly help me review my transcript below because I plan to reapply.
Vo- good morning
Me-good morning.
Vo- Can I have ur passport and i20 please.
Den I gave it to him.
Vo- where r u going in us.
Me- am going for my mba with concentration in finance management and investment at Lincoln University California. Vo-how many school did u apply to.
Me-1. Vo- y 1?
Me- I spoke to 2 alumni of the school, one happens to be my senior colleague and the other one is my friend, and they are back to Nigeria,and doing excellently well in dere area of specialization,and I also did a research dat was how I get to know that the school is a business oriented institution that offers affordable and custom fit education . Vo- did u write any exam.
Me- no, is not required.
Vo- are you married.
Me- no.
Vo- what will d mba do for you.
Me- aside from the manegerial skills dis would allow me gain, dis would also allow me gain a leadership skills and all dis skills are important and useful in advancing in my career. Vo- who is sponsoring you.
Me- my mother. Vo- what does she do.
Me- she’s a major distributor of dangote foods. This was all d questions he asked me, thou it might not be arranged accordingly buh dat was all d question I was asked. Before he gave me d blue paper. N.B he also asked me if have traveled out of d country before, and I told him have never had any reason to go outside the country.

Work on the bolded

Applying to only one school makes you look like a lazy student and meaning you are sure of the outcome of the application.

No exam for MBA course

Well work on the bolded

AlterEnigma:
Yes at the US embassy

Its simple. They can't verify if your sponsor is the owner of the business account at that spot, reason they asked you to submit one showing his name. Just do as they have instructed

AlterEnigma:
Goodmorning...
Pls I need an advice..

My case was put on hold this morning and I was told to send my financial document(statement of account) to them showing my sponsors name through DHL..

What was showing on the statement was his business name..

Pls who had successfully passed this stage before and pls what can/should I do

You mean at the US embassy ?

Mekurexx:
Believe it or not. All visas have quotas for the year. Even the popular H1B, green cards all have quotas. Do more research and you'll see. Drivers license too has quotas.

I have asked the VO this question during EducationUSA organised Visa talk. The answer was no quota for F1 visa. I don't know of other visa

Mekurexx:
I totally agree with you on this. Their is a quota for visas allocated per year or whatever the case. There are cases whereby people feel they did and said everything right but still got denied. Favor plays a big part in this sort of situations. Some people dont believe in favor but it sure works. I got my Graduate Assistantship after the person who got picked declined the job. I was offered the position 3 weeks later, (after I had gotten a 'Thank you for applying but you were not picked blah blah' and I had even forgotten about it). I advice people to put in their best effort in getting prepared and leaving the rest to God

Sorry to chip in. There is no quota for visa allocated per year. As far you do the right thing, your visa will be given to you

TWoods:
Your very poor command of the language set off my suspicion radar. I just checked, are you sure the masters program you indicated is actually offered at Embry riddle? Do you have an admission at that school at all?

Yes, Embry-Riddle offers that program, that’s how it’s written on their I20 but on their website, you will see safety science

alayomini:
Pls I urgently need help to work on my rehearsal interview transcript.

I have applied for visa 4times but delayed (spring 2017, 2tice and summer 2tice same 2017) . Although it was an undergraduate admission to student Mech engineering at same sch. Then I was 26years. Not forgetting the fact that I have my Hnd already in mechanical engineering and even done with my nysc dat same 2017.


Now, av gotten master admission to study industrial safety technology /technician at embry riddle aeronautical university , Arizona. Am.planining to go for interview by may.
Am 27year , don traditional marriage with a kid now. Am presently working has mechanical maintenance technical at flour mills. Pls what is my chance this time and kindly help me pls. After 4delayed can one still get the visa approved.

Urgent pls.

Yes. If you get it right this time, you will get your visa. You need to prove to the VO that you are a genuine student

Bettertomorrow1:
I greet the house..
I really need advise....oooo
I was refused visa with a community college summer 2018, I had to defer the admission.
I posted my transcript here:
The vo ask this questions according towards the end of the interview..
-do you write any standardize test
-have you travel before
-are you married
And the answer to the above questions NO

I had to defer the admission to fall 2018 and to a university, and also taking Sat and toefl,I received my i-20 already and I have successful transfer my Sevis fee to the new i-20.
My questions now is that
1. We have to fill you new ds160?
If YES.
After filling it will I link it to the old one?

2. What will be the best answer to write in as reason for my first delay? Need this badly

Thanks

All your details for the previous interview are still with them and they will revisit it during your next interview. So while filling new Ds 160 form, try and streamline your answers.

Please guys. What are the steps in applying for Canadian student visa. I have admission already

TheGrandChemist:
Hello man?
My issue is not whether Nigerians are what he says they are. I only frown on the part he jumps quickly at the slightest opportunity to besmirch Nigerians in the most absurd manner, like he is a perfect Nigerian; this is a perfect case of the pot calling the kettle black.

I respect your view. For he being a Nigerian and uttered such bitter words as if such doesn't exist in other countries. He must be out of his senses

mckay4real:
I was denied an F1 visa on the 4th of December. I want to reapply and I've filled my DS-160 form and paid the visa application fee. But I'm having issues scheduling a visa interview as I can find where to book a new interview on my profile in the visa application page. Please anyone that has reapplied before should explain how I can go about it cos I need to schedule on time as my program starts on the 3rd January

Have you checked this morning

aktoxine:
However, i think the maximum number of times one can reschedule without paying is 2.

It's once

kenykuba:
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please, is it the same receipt you used to book 27th that you also used to book on the 16th?
because am thinking of booking a closer date.

He rescheduled. You can only reschedule once with same payment. I saw 4th December when I was rescheduling mine

Please who has dollar to exchange for naira. I need to pay sevis fee.

Please who has dollar to exchange for naira?. I want to pay my Sevis fee

nevicochidinma:
Please can you respond to your pm or how can i reach you?
D

Open a Nigerian PayPal account and use an acceptable debit card. Gtb and access bank debit cards usually work well

Sharles:
Did you check the date available for abuja

The next available date for abuja is Nov 2, lagos dec 5

decide:
Hi guys, I must say that you are doing a wonderful job in this thread. Please i want to know if is possible getting undergraduate scholarship in American Universities. If possible, the schools and their requirements.

Kindly do your own research on Google. You may not get quick answer here. Most are for graduate studies

sexybaby22:
Please can anyone give me the name of a US University that can accept a 2.2 for Masters engineering management without GRE/GMAT

This is urgent please...

U are really joking oo. Wake up from your dreams.

GRE and Engineering are husband and wife.

Better go and prepare for GRE for what you are looking For, is not possible

paulavon:
Please someone in Texas to help me receive my i-20 and send to Nigeria through courier, I will pay for the services.

Use https://study.eshipglobal.com. create account with them, choose the receive document option and complete the required details. Open a PayPal Nigerian account and make payment within minutes. Your i-20 will be delivered to you within 3days

chaiks:
wow.that's impressive.

Lol this one is small na. 4.9+ plenty

Dancingpotato:
pls how many days does it takes UPS to deliver parcel (transcript) from naija to u.s? my school gave ups d transcript on Wednesday, when can I contact the school to know if they have received it?

It takes 3 working days. I sent mine on tuesday 2pm, Received in USA today being Friday 10AM. So expect on Monday cos tomorrow is weekend

chaiks:
please if I may ask,wats ur cgpa out of 5 in Nigerian scale before d evaluation?

4.55/5.0

OG2TURN:
Thanks for your reply. Please will i still make it for admission by August 2018, if I will be taking my GRE exams by December ?

You have to start the application process now. Then let GRE be the last thing you will submit. You can write you GRE in December but I prefer you write it in November ending, so you can stand a good chance to meet up with the process

OG2TURN:
Good day everyone, please i'd like to make some enquiries as regards undertaking my masters in the US, I studied EEE with a CGPA of 3.7/5.0. I plan to take my GRE exams in December, is it feasible to get an admission in fall 2018 on scholarship? or are there schools I can apply to now without TOEFL and GRE? Many Thanks.

If you are looking for funding. GRE is a must especially for Engineering. No good school in US will offer you funding in Engineering without GRE

bigfrancis21:
It may be too late already to apply for spring 2018 for many schools. Though some schools have november 1 as deadline.

It's already too late. Even if he applies by november. When will he finish all the application process and get his I-20. Spring session starts in January

LagosismyHome:
although tight if you write GRE in December you can still make funding for some schools for fall 2018... you just need to do all the background work now and know all your waiting for is just to send the GRE scores

regarding switch scratch that and try to get it right from beginning.

nice GPA bytheway

Thank you so much.

Will do as you said. Do you have good schools you can recommend that I can still get funding by Dec. Will more search though on my own but a hint of schools will be helpful for me

femi312:
No its not possible, Even if that is possible, its more stressful and not economical.You still have to apply the same way you would have applied from Nigeria. Your best bet is to apply from Nigeria, the time you used in applying to the previous school, you should have used it to chase what you really wanted. If you cant write GRE before November ending, then forget top schools for Fall 2018 and start planning towards Fall 2019. There is no short cut to success, it requires planing and handwork.

Stay in Nigeria till 2019. . Lemme try and write GRE before November ending. That 2019 is too far

femi312:
Wait you have this GPA and you are not getting it right on a 'straight line' you want to move 'zig zag'? Ah..You better go and write GRE and apply to top 20 schools in Chemical Engineering and by the way, Writting Gre in Dec might be late for good schools, except you are planning for fall 2019.

i just googled the school now and I cant really say its a good engineering school or not. If your dream is chemical Engineering and not aeronautical, please go and write GRE and apply to a proper good chemical engineering school. Many people missed it in life because of wrong step which takes years to retrace. Dont allow your village people to win this war. The school might be good in aeronautical but I cant say the same for chemical engineering.

Thanks for this awesome reply. I planned switching to chemical engineering with the tops schools. But I want to enter US, then switch. Fall 2018 is still very far to keep staying here in Nigeria. That's why am asking if it's easier switching over there if one travels with another course of study.

Ogas in the house, please enlighten me.

Thanks

Good morning everyone. I got my transcript evaluated by WES and my profile is as follows.

Degree: chemical engineering
WES Evaluated Grade: 3.7/4.0
No gre or toefl

Please which school is a best bet for getting Graduate assistanship in engineering. I planned writing GRE during December time.

Presently have admission from Embry riddle aeronautical university for masters in safety science. Don't know if I can switch to engineering if I get to USA easily