learner007:


Hello Twoods. I got into a public school though, UIUC
...Do u have a thing to say bout UIUC. You seem to be particular about Top private Universities

You are now overdoing it.

You got into UIUC funded, congrats. You have celebrated God and we have celebrated with you.

This question you are asking almost feels like you are gloating and it is d.umb to be honest.

If you do not know the status of UIUC why are you now saying God honored your weak profile?

Ok so if Twoods responds and says they are not top tier you will start calling him bad belle but if he praises it he becomes your friend?

You are looking for validation on NL?

RELAX.

ponpon:
They are here already... E marketers, if I talk, they'll say Ejanla is talking...

The ones that give best scores with lectures
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This is too weak for anyone to fall for. When did lectures turn to the *thing*

Nna eh.

I saw Uni of California (No school like that as there are many of them).

The watery transcript. Imagine a VO who can actually see a name and can use the registered numbers on the GRE score report asking if the result is really his.

Then to crown it up. Baba lied about GRE score. Saw that you could not get less than 260 in the GRE then came back to claim the GRE was 329. All thanks to BY MAFIT.

Very bogus transcript. Abeg make pesin no dey pull wool over our eyes. Some of us were not born yesterday.

kylexy61:


At the bolded

Including Georgia Institute of Technology? Because I can bet you that GeorgiaTech will open more doors than 90% of regular Universities in USA.

Or California Institute of Technology or MIT etc.

Some people just talk through their arses.

Nigeria my country.

I thought we wrote the same test, same time with the LSS crew? So how come their list is out and ours still in the balance?

I don't want to attempt to explain what the reason could be.

Father, may your will be done.

raspberry88:
Please house, is it possible for an OSS PhD to be given an LSS PhD?

It is possible.

faith2ogesco:
oh OK. Sorry. It's not. The reverse happens a lot tho

Yea, this is more like it.

faith2ogesco:
yup

What will be the rationale behind this?

SnowJay92:


Bro have you filled the form? What does it require? What of someone that has applied for MSc but doesn't have the admission letter down yet?

They would help you get or give you one year to find one.

SnowJay92:


I got the mail, and I applied for Local, what I don't know is if receiving that mail means that one has been selected for the scholarship, do you have any idea?

Congratulations. PTDF would not send you any emails if you were not successful, besides, the form uploaded here had "successfully shortlisted" written there.

Episteme2:

Scroll up and read Voice234's first post on the previous page. It's for LSS successful candidates both MSc and PhD.

Trust me, I saw his post.

We are asking DreManuel's question to know if PTDF moved some OSS applicants to the LSS category in the manner they were accused of doing same last year.

But if you are saying the guy's getting this successful feedback are LSS applicants then it is commendable.

Why are people not telling if they applied for LSS or OSS?

I mean the one's that have gotten the feedback with respect to LSS.

adakoleagbenu:
Lack of credibility.


well, d school I applied for does not resume in September. I've not even completed d admission process.

Even if ptdf wan do small ojoro, it shouldn't be that hard.


Guys just don't be shocked. Ptdf ES has repeatedly said that d number of oss scholars will b reduced dis year, wit a corresponding increase in LSS.



List is Whats important. funny enough, ASUU is on strike

The emboldened is specious. Their budget from 2002 has progressively increased till date yet they are trying to find justification for reducing the number of OS scholars.

They have reduced OSS from 9 per state for NON-ND states to 5 and 13 to 6 for ND states. What other reduction will they need to do to prove that they are now prioritising the LSS?

Why incorporate PRESSID scholars of 13/14 and abandon 14/15 scholars whose names you published, yet 2 years down the line still use PRESSID as an excuse for reducing the OSS list?

Why give DPR and co free slots to fill in a handful of names no matter the school of choice yet subject others who actually participated in a testing phase to the ridicule of forcing them sometimes to consider schools in countries they would not have considered?

Why have a separate list different from the published one that may contain names more than the published list if you feel you are truly phasing out the OSS?

Nigerians need to understand the insidiousness that has become part and parcel of the PTDF.

The day of reckoning is coming.

teee2:


Same way it's easier to have second class upper in other universities..

I won't argue on whether or not it's easy to make a first class in ui.. If anyone thinks it's easy, he should obtain utme form, ensure he gets admitted and we'll see how it'll turn out after four years.

I agree with your first statement.

He did not say graduating with a firstclass degree from UI is easy but that it is easIER than schools that use the 5.0 system and the evidence supports this.

Sharles:
Which of the GRE text is better to take From experience. Computer based or paper based

Computer based;

1. Is adaptive which means if you do well in the first section the next section will get harder.

2. Get your result instantaneously apart from the AWA.

3. Get a compulsory experimental section.

Paper based;

1. Is generally a mishmash of Medium-difficulty level questions all round.

2. Your result is released in 2 weeks and the AWA is paper based (which means you get to write it with your pen/pencil).

3. There is no experimental section.

Which do you prefer?

DreManuel:


They don't write paper based in Nigeria.

Haba, where did you get this from? Paper based is written 3 times in a year in Nigeria. I personally know 3 people that wrote it in 2016 and I am sure atleast one person on this thread wrote it.

teee2:

see how clever u are to have used figures between 65 and 69..
well let me help u..
OLAWALE, Musa Emeka in UI:
Course Unit Grade Points
Apc 101 3 60 15
Pdp 102 3 62 15
Cpc 103 3 61 15
Npp 104 3 64 15

Total load unit 12
Total Number of Units 12
Total Number of Points. 60
GPA = 60/12 = 5.0
Class Grade: second class upper (weak)

OLAWALE, Musa Emeka in OAU:
Course Unit Grade Points
Apc 101 3 60 12
Pdp 102 3 62 12
Cpc 103 3 61 12
Npp 104 3 64 12

Total load unit 12
Total Number of Units 12
Total Number of Points 48
GPA = 48/12 = 4.00
Class Grade: Second Class Upper (strong)..

so.. it goes both ways..

You misunderstood him. He is saying it is easier to graduate with a firstclass degree from UI than with schools using the 5.0 system and he is right.

Emphasis on FIRST CLASS.

DSSHQ:
Let me say this here to probably encourage someone.Surprisingly, everything has worked together for good. It is still like a dream to me. I wish everyone good luck with the expected outcome from PTDF. Don't give up even if things don't go as planned.

C.O.N.G.R.A.T.U.L.A.T.I.O.N.S

As far as the verbal questions leaking - I seriously doubt it considering this is the first ever time any PTDF exams was of this arrangement.

The more technical aspect did not even leak per se. Yes, they got some questions for some disciplines from a particular website but this is not a new development. Dangote, Halliburton and DPR got some questions from that same website.

The only real snag if there is any, is if PTDF would be fair in the process and make the raw scores count more without the needless permuations they claim to make placing scores hand-in-hand with LGAs.

Also, we beseech them not to give all the OSS slots to cronies of the members of the National Assembly or staff of the DPR (and other Ministry of Petroleum Resources affiliates) whilst relegating people who merited it to the LSS positions.

I have confidence in PTDF

God bless us.

highfidelity:
Hi everyone, here's a summary of my current profile;

BSc Electrical/Electronic Engineering from a reputable university in Nigeria
CGPA: 4.95/5.0 (BGS)
GRE: V158 Q162 AWA 5.0 (1 month prep)
TOEFL: Not yet
Internship: 6 months with a multinational company
Excellent Extracurricular activities (Andela and the likes)

I'm interested in learning about schools that offer full scholarships in the US. I've being doing some research for months about this, and am currently applying to one of the ivy league. I would also like to know some [/b]ambitious, moderate, and safe [b] schools that I can consider for fall 2018 intake or applications.

Your profile is very very good. Against Fall of 2018 apply to Auburn, Uni of Maryland College Park and UIUC. Auburn will most likely admit you and fund you fully for a direct PhD. UIUC do not allow direct PhD applications but I am pretty sure you would be admitted and with luck you can secure RA for your MSc which can translate into a PhD on completion. UMCP has admitted a few people fully funded for MSc with profiles less than yours so I see no reason why they would not admit you especially if you submit your applications early enough i.e By Oct of this year.

I beseech you to consider direct PhD for all or most of the schools you are considering as that is one sure way to secure funding especially when you fall into the early bird category.

For 2 reach schools (reach because admissions therein are precarious) try Uni of Texas in Austin and Georgia Tech as well. They fully funded a few Nigerians too with similar profiles like yours. Again via the direct PhD route.

lexylabi:
its not going through bro. I forgot my password ni

Why don't you check maybe another browser like UC. I had the same issue until I used Opera.

The rule for passwords was atleast one Upper case, lower case and a number. Password was not to be less than 6 characters.

Bertadayz:


We're in the same boat. Pls notify if you're ever able to rectify it. I'll do same, thanks.

megadinho:
Has anyone been able to reset password? The mail they said they sent I haven't received it.

If you routinely gleaned through the last few pages you would have seen people recommend you changed browsers to Opera mini or something. Preferably Opera mini. Your password would work there.

lexylabi:
Pls, how can I get my password? I don't know my password anymore. I tried using the password resend link buh its not working. What could be wrong guys?

Always read previous pages before posting.

Use opera mini to Login.

UnimkeAk:


Shed more light...tnx

What browser can i use to reset my password, if i understand u

Opera mini

UnimkeAk:
Guys that can still remember their password, whats the pattern? Capital letters , numbers etc

Help us

Change browsers.

wo1F:
Hi guys..
Please those of us whose applications are approved, I want to know if your institutions section was still indicating "No Institution Found"
I want to guage if that is the reason the applications of some of us are yet to be approved.
Recall we had the issue of institutions disappearing after they had been entered during registerations. Mine is still showing "No Institution Found" and no edit button to try to re-input Tertiary institution details again

You have a strong point. I observed it too and think that is the issue we are having.

isah20064u:
I change the browser that am using to login, i.e from Firefox to opera mini

Thank you. It worked!

isah20064u:
thank God I have finally login

What did you do?

isah20064u:
hello guys have been having problems of login to my account. pls I need your help.

Same here. And the password reset does not work. Besides, I am pretty sure I am trying the right password.

majekdom2:
check through the NLNG thread again. About 30 peeps have their offers, only about 5 have come to confirm that. They created a what's app group where they discuss issues and barely posting on NL. I am not sure the thread you visited is shell's. Apart from 2013 thread where recruitment seems to be massive I am not sure many have come to say they have offers. Put in mind the oil price decline that has slowed recruiting. A young man came on here to say he was contacted for a second stage, even showed that screen shot. Many said he was lieing, insulted him. Dude may have deactivated his account because of PMs and insults. Thats Nigerians for you. You try to help them, what you get in turn is insults. How many sound guys do you know to conclude that the guys who will be offered aren't sound. Thing is whether you believe it's on merit or not, your thoughts and opinion even if true does not really affect their business. This is something I got to understand early when I was still job hunting. Coming to discredit will only kill positivity some may have.

5 is substantial enough. Not 5 I-know-someone-who-knows-someone people but 5 actual people who got it themselves. There was a 2014/15 thread with Omaobe who did SRD. There was a 2016 thread that had Andytoc come to announce he was taken through the assessed internship route. On that thread, SRD participants (1 or 2 spoke). I don't really care if they announced the offers, just that we could follow progress reports to a meaningful end.

I was not privileged to see the screenshot of the guy who posted something that got 24likes before he deactivated his account so I am not here to gainsay his claims. My position is clear however - A good test of a genuine recruitment process will be in the preponderance of feedbacks reported by a large sample size in such a forum as nairaland (I would have to put a "full stop" here)

Anybody who gets it should flex especially the ones who are being recruited for positions Shell themselves did not advertise for.

majekdom2:
whilst you may have made valid points to someone without much experience in recruiting exercises, I will like to engage you so you'd see things differently and it may help you going forward. You may not have mentioned me but I believe a forum as this is here for us to learn, debate, criticise positively and share information. Now, you mentioned imperial college et all. Obviously, those guys got rejected by robots. I do have my aversions when it comes to online interviews especially videos. As much as it saves time and money for employers, truth is it screens out the best applicants most times. How would an employer feel if an applicant tells him to sit in front of a camera to answer his own questions and then judge answers based on what robot says. An applicant once got a job after one of such interviews and he had the opportunity with a C level executive, the executive asked him what he thought of the process. The guy was like mehn, he didn't find the video interview interesting. The executive told him clearly, his words were" I am not sure video interviews will be available if C level hires have to go through it". You should understand my point- There are things we don't have control over or life doesn't provide us answers to. I will give you another instance. During the NLNG GT first stage assessment, it was WAEC where you have two sections of mathematics and logic questions. Each sections has about 50 questions. Do you know many first class students that are Gurus in mathematics didn't scale through. These are guys I know are very sound upstairs. Gist was, the difference between scores in both sections should not be more than 5 points... higher or lower I think. Or average not more than 3 points. I can't remember which it was but many good guys were dropped. Point is, you as an applicant is usually oblivious of many things. It will not be fair to say the recruitment is not based on merit. I know a few individuals that have got into the industry on merits and many would do. In your own eyes, you are the best. That's a good thought but to think that every company would prefer you is a very wrong assumption.

Atleast in the NLNG process we still saw a number of people on here who got the success mails regardless of the criteria NLNG imposed in the WAEC-stage selection scheme. To add to that, we also saw people who were sound upstairs as well that made it. This can balance the scale when compared with the dilemma you described above for other sound people who did not make it.

Can we say the same about this particular Shell recruitment process? Is this the first Shell recruitment process on Nairaland? I have scoured through this platform even going as far as 2013 and the trend has been the same: We see a handful of people who get past each stage of the recruitment leading to landing the offer.

Even when recruitment processes are shrouded in secrecy we still get substantial feedback. This time around people are knowing someone who knows someone, talking to people they see going into Shell offices or posting stuff and then deleting them right before deactivating their accounts.

If alarm bells do not ring after seeing such, I wonder what in the world would cause them to ring.

hayboss:
Over 70 positions were advertised for.
And I think it's in batches. So I would not conclude that they have stopped contacting people.
As a matter of fact I got an email again this morning for a supposed test (which I might as well call a 3rd stage) a simulation written test.
And it has been sequential for only one of the roles I applied for.

Interesting. Congratulations.

I do not know the positions they applied for but I saw them write the online logical reasoning test so I wanted to help them monitor the process.

I am optimistic for them still.

Cheers