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@Capitas7

I got 2 pm from you before you sent me this recent one. I have replied your pm and check your junks or spam you should see it there of its not in your inbox..

It is always good to check our spam or junks at least twice in week because some important messages goes there at times

slimmy2005:
Hey, I met Tayo two days back in Junction City, KS. I landed Manhattan, KS, turned my phone from flight mode and got his text. I was surprised to know how he got the feeling I was in his city. It was nice meeting him.

He told me about it because i sent him message and it took him longer to reply me back and said to me that you came around.

sayraeh:
hello, please how can I benefit from the discount offer?

Send me and also is closing soon

Capitas7:
Good day everyone. I have been perusing this thread, and having learnt a lot of important tips from many selfless contributors, I have a few questions yet unanswered from the few pages I read. I am awaiting my I-20, expected to arrive this new week.

1. How reliable and efficient is the SEVIS fee payment through Western Union? I see everyone ignoring this option, and seeking help. why please?

2. How official must the filling if DS-160 form be? Especially with regards the passport photograph. Can a random passport be used, because the samples I have seen, people dressed corporate

3. With my passport with which I sent info across to my school for I-20 documentation expiring Nov 2017, should I go ahead with interview appointment this week, or I should renew first?

4. Must the admission letter and letter of tuition waiver offer to be taken along for the interview be the original letterhead from the school, or I can print the softcopies sent to me for this purpose?

Please don't mind my funny questions. Thank you as I await answers from all who can help. All contributions will be educative.
My admission is for Fall 2017.


cc Lagosismyhome, Imperiouxx, Walspring

1. No one is ignoring western union because that's what people helping to make payment have been using and payment will reflect less than 30 minutes or an hour after payment.

2. A random passport photograph can not be used because it has specification and size, It is not compulsory for you to dress cooperate what matter most in the passport photograph is for your face to show clearly then no shadow, with its actual size requirement which are very important things to be considered when taking the passport photograph

3. I suggest you renew your passport before going for interview because by June next month since it will be six months or less than six months old

4. Yes and any amount waived for you will also be written on your I20 as well. The school will/can send original copy included with your I20 or you print the one in your email in colored.

Tunnyz:
How much can I get a bus and is it very far going with bus?

You will take it as tour and also they won't over speed the way our naija driver does and more than 6 hours or from Lagos to lokoja/okene

donanod:
Hi everyone,
Pls what's the typical program duration stated on i20s for Masters programs?

24 months if my calculation is not wrong

Kingbukaz:
Thanks alot Walspring for taking out time to answer my question. Please, why do you Suggest GRE? In place of ielts?

What scores should I aim to have Better chance of getting scholarship or GA?

Let's give the thanks to God

GRE is graduate record examination for those who are going for msc degree and also want free fall money from their school of choice because it is used to determine scholarship

Ielts means International English Language Testing System and it's used to know if applicant is proficient enough in English language especially for those whose first language is not English and can be used together with GRE to get funding specifically for those who want to lecture student as their job in the school

I just hope you grab it better the way I explained it

mecigr8s:
Firstly, I want to appreciate the Almighty GOD for giving an individual, Seun Osewa, a thought to create an informative forum like this,Nairaland. My big thank you also goes to GUNTHER6 for opening my eyes to the schooling opportunities in the U.S. I never knew until I met him ,through Nairaland. We later met at Iyana-Ipaja in July last year when he was ito help me with a GRE voucher. Actually, I wanted to write the GRE in order to meet up with the requirement of FH Aachen, a university in Germany. I had the intention of schooling in Germany before GUNTHER6 made me to understand I could spend less , in U.S, if offered a Graduate Assistantship with a monthly stipend. Immediately I heard this, I started conducting a research about schools in the US, their admission requirements and how to go about funding.
Fast forward to today, I got to the embassy at about 6:10am, kept my bag with a lady towards the entrance of the gate for a fee of #1000( I was actually prepared for it). She helped me with the correct arrangement of documents and told me to join the queue. Security checks took place and documents were inspected; with a barcode glued to the back of my passport. Inside the interview room , biometric documentation was done and I later joined the queue for the interview. I must confess that the processes and procedures before the interview were very thorough.
Here goes the conversation between the Visa Officer ( a lady in window 7) and I:
VO: Good morning (with smiles)
ME: Good morning ( I smiled back at her)
VO: Please, pass me your I-20 and passport
ME: Here they are.
VO: So, you are going to Middle Tennessee State University?
ME: Yes, madam.
VO: What other schools did you apply to?
ME: I applied to three other schools and got admitted in all the schools.
VO: Really? So, why this particular one( referring to Middle Tennessee State University)?
ME: One of my career mentors, Engr. Ad…. , who is also the Factory Engineer of “Blank” Nigeria PLC, where I work as an Industrial Technician, strongly recommended the school for me because he is an alumnus of the school and he told me how attending the school has given his career a lift. Besides, MTSU provides experiential learning opportu…..(cuts in..it’s ok)
VO: What is your highest qualification?
ME: Bachelor of Science in Electrical- Electronics Engineering
VO: When did you graduate?
ME: 2015
VO: What have you been doing since then?
ME: I have been working as an Industrial Technician with “Blanck” Nigeria PLC
VO: Tell me, how are you going to fund your studies?
ME: I have got a full tuition waiver and a monthly stipend through a Graduate Assistantship awarded to me by my department( VO Checks my I-20 and cuts in….. )
VO: It does not cover all your fees.
ME: Yes, the outstanding fee will be taken care of by my dad
VO what does he do.
ME: I told her.
VO: Where are you going to stay when you arrive in US?
ME: I have not made any arrangement for now.
VO: Okay, I will be approving your visa……….
The truth is I promised myself to listen to those words people here do claim not to hear again upon the approval of their visa, but alas, I fell for this “temporary deafness” as well! I couldn’t hear anything again immediately I sighted her circling a portion of the white paper. All that was in my mind was to grab the white paper together with my I-20 and bounce out(LOL). No document was requested . My observation about this interview thing is that the VOs want to see that you are a genuine student. Again, there should not be any discrepancy in the information filled in DS-160 and your response. Confidence, eye contact ,being able to express oneself well are all very important .The very few seconds of interaction ,at times, could be key in determining what the outcome will be.
My appreciation goes to all the contributors in this thread.I may not be able to mention all the monikers here but thanks to Lagosimyhome,Walspring,Femi32,Texrem ,Djmakins, the GRE thread contributors… et all.
My special regards goes to @ Kenkool, who is now an alumnus of MTSU. He has been there for me during the time of application process and he did play a brotherly role through the relevant information he gave .I will not forget in a hurry his contributions in ensuring that the departmental Graduate Assistantship position did not elude me.
For those who may need this information, I will be doing my Master’s in Engineering Technology and here goes my profile( not in any way stellar):
ND, HND and B.Sc ( all in Electrical-Electronics Engineering with an overall GPA of 3.50/4.0 after an official WES evaluation). GRE score is 301( Q 152, Verb 149, AWA 3.5) after I wrote it again; while I had a score of 87 in my TOEFL .
Please, pardon me; an epistle it is!

Congrats and enjoy your stay over there

Welcome on board

damselnikky:
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I actually applied to another university too Pennstate but they said i shld pay tuition of $46k before they can send my I20. So i had to go with the community college who sent the i20

This pennstate don high and when that woman said it to me over the phone, i feel like make i para for for her but i bone like head of fish

teetea06:
Please house,does a coupon code generated while filling a sevis fee form expires because I sent it to my friend in US on Sunday evening and he tried to help pay today but he was told he needs to get a new coupon code as that one wasn't accepted..Please what could have gone wrong as I which to make the payment ASAP.

Just seeing this because it doesn't and maybe its a new policy but it can expire..

I assumed they didnt type it out well or your friend didn't go, abeg no mind my assumption oooo

Anyway filling a new form to get a new code won't take much of your time.. Get it done and send it to him and if problem or symptom the same, do and see your doctor

Tunnyz:
Walspring na good guy o... When he enter Yankee if na d state wey I dey I go personally give am grand welcome

Noted and i am writing all of una name down oooo

electronic:
The day Walspring go enter Yankee ehn....hmmm

Na private jet reception

Hmmmmmm.. It is well ooo

That day is coming for real

To all those who emailed me for discounted offer, some were registered and thanks for sending the payment.

To those that the registration is yet to be done, hopefully tonight or this week because i spoke with one of the benevolent guys last night and he said it will be done because i forward your details already and please don't delay in making your payment because i can only wait for 24 hours and after that the test will be cancelled.

To all those that i placed on standby or asking if the offer still available, well it is closing soon because of the target.

To all those who sent me pm, i have replied and am sorry for late reply

To all those who want mock interview, am sorry i won't be available for it because my schedules are tight.

God bless us all

Kingbukaz:
Hello house, please I want to find out if it's possible for me to get full scholarship/graduate apprenticeship in Human resource management course in any university for Masters degree. Below is my profile:

B. SC in Public. Administration (3.88)
Presently working with a Federal Ministry as an Administrative officer in Human resource management department for 3years now.
Ielts yet to write but aiming at 6.5. Please help a brother out.

You need to work hard by search for schools who give out funding and apply to those school and it will be good if you write GRE because it will help you to secure scholarship or GA

osheebeez17:
Happy sunday peeps.
I joined Nairaland specifically because of this insightful forum. I have obtained my form I-20 already and I want to pay the SEVIS fee. I do not know how to go about this and I don't have anyone in the US to help with the payment.
Well meaning fellows like walspring and Oludare please help me out.
My email address is bisyosinuga@gmail.com.
Thank you.

I got your email and i have replied you.

Sorry for late reply

Tunnyz:
When it's few days to the interview you can't change your ds160 number cuz your details will be at the embassy already!

Say by who, is it VO or Embassy? and is it a new format now?

because i have seen many who submitted less than 24 hours to their visa interview and also 2 days a new ds160 was input/edit for some people as well.

drhopeful:
Visa approved this morning at Lagos Consulate by the purportedly mean Chinese-looking guy. After dishing out blue papers, it finally got to my turn.

VO: Good morning Ma'am
Me: Good morning
VO: What are you going to do in the US?
Me: I am going to study for a PhD in Materials Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville
VO: Cool. Pass me your documents
Me: [Obliged]
VO: [Critically peruses my I-20 while I stare at him like one mumu girl and then he exclaims...] Wow! You got a full package from UVA! UVA is a great school. I am so excited for you and I can imagine you can't wait to start! Wow! This is nice! Are you excited?
Me: Yes, I am. Thank you. [At this point, I was just too shocked because it was not kind of interview I have been hearing about on here. I expected those their standard questions, which I had ready answers for]
VO: When last were you in the US?
Me: February last year, on vacation
VO: I am still so excited for you!
Me: Thank you
VO: Where is your husband?
Me: He is outside
VO: [Types and stares at his screen...] Honestly, everything looks perfect..... [Hands me white paper]. Enjoy Your studies!
Me: Thank you

End of interview that did not feel like interview. After all my prepped-up answers

Anyways, thanks guys and ladies. You guys have been of immense help on this thread and on the GRE thread. I try my best to help out to the best of my ability. I wish everyone success in their interviews.

Congrats and enjoy your stay over there

ajibayo4:
Hello House.
Please i want to ask a question that has been bodering me.
Do I have to book a round trip ticket as a student?.
Thank you

It's not compulsory

djPyper:
They must have reenabled it because I did the exact thing today, I went on my profile and erased the former code then put it a new one, I printed a new appointment confirmation and the change was reflected

Wow! This is better and it will people that realized that they had issue like that few hours to their interview

man105:
helloo...gurus I greet u all,at wat interval can one schedule for a new interview??

Anytime as long as date is still available

Mathsquanta:
Visa approved. Glory be to God.

Transcript

Vo: Good morning
Me: Good morning

Vo: what's your study plan?
Me: I'm going to southern arkansas university for a masters degree in computer and information science which is a 30 credit hours course which I'm expected to complete in 2 years. I'd take courses in advanced programming, mobile computing, database management systems....
VO: cuts in... What did you study at undergraduate level?
Me: physics Education
Vo: so why did you choose this MCIS?
Me: I work with a group of e business and alternate banking channels experts. With financial inclusion hitting a reasonable figure in Nigeria, the trends in the banking industry points at making banking more personal hence the need for new technologies like wearable banking systems which I'd be working on in the USA.
Vo: please pick up your passport on Thursday.

Congrats.. Welcome on board and enjoy your stay over there

oluwadamilare26:
Please how do I register for SAT?

Where is your location ?

sshola:
Thank you bro...I was I my asking because I haven't seen a transcript a bot lecturing, so I was wondering if it isn't a great thing to disclose...because I have a very strong passion for Mathematics.

Let's give the thanks to God

There was a guy back then who went and dropped his transcript and he studied mathematics, a lecturer or graduate of Lasu. I think he is going for msc or phd in mathematics and he was granted visa.

The VO asked him about one simple mathematical rule if I am not wrong but he dropped his transcript but I can't remember the part but it should be between part 6 to part 8

freslinkz:
Alternatively, after filing a new DS-160, copy the unique code and return to the appointment booking page. On the page, go to update info or data.... you will see where to erase the former code and input the recent one. After doing this, return to print confirmation and you wil see it updated.

All the best bro/sis

You are right but the method is no longer working for over 2 years now and I don't know if they have enable it back or you did or someone did it recently that you are aware off.

starboy2016:
I want to make a big shout out to God and also to my friends who helped me out and also to the one and only soldier man walspring mr wale....I have landed USA ....my visa was granted last month April 21st and I was denied two times granted 3rd time ...please be determined and the school is Lincoln university in case anyone is interested I have to give back by saying the school and also.....
Here is my transcript.....
VO : what's your highest degree
Answer : bsc
VO : which school did you graduate and what have you been doing for 5 years you graduated

Answer : I said I went to Lagos state university and graduated 2012 ,went for nysc 2013 to 2014 and joined Nigerian brewery 2015 up till date ....

VO ; ask why I was denied in the past I said I don't know oooooo

VO: so why you wanna study MBA
Answer : I said to stand a better chance of taking over higher chances of been promoted and paid well
VO now said I can see you like your job I said yes I love my job ....
VO asked my fathers occupation
Answer : I said he owns plastic company
And she said she will be approving my visa ...only God I give th Praise and I give respect to you walspring abeg I don lose everybody contact oooo....Thanks everybody

Thank God for everything

[quote author=Iblad0994 post=56649011][/quote]Let's give the thanks to God

sshola:
Hi gurus,

I have a BSC in maths education and I have been admitted to study Ms mathematics. My aim of studying is to become a lecturer and consultant in the field of analysis ( Complex and Data analysis). Will it be a very strong point to tell the VO that I aspire to be a lecturer and that is why I am studying further? Or I should just base my point on just analysis? Pls critique and feed back. Thanks...

I will advise you to market yourself well because that is what can do it ooo

anodebeanthony:
Trust me it's very easy. Just know the right person to meet. My cousin's own took a week plus, that was last month. Booklet is available now in Abuja

Wow! That's means paper is available now in other states

Check your email I sent you pm

djPyper:
On the appointment booking site there is a page where you can update your profile with the new ds160 confirmation code, im not sure but I think that should solve the problem

That was then but now applicant needs to email them to do it for them since all previous applicants misused it.

anodebeanthony:
Then run to Abuja and change it. But I must warn you; make sure you know somebody there t get done quick if not OYO. My cousin had the same problem and he was able to change it but it cost him alot.

Now that paper scarce to change won't be easy and it is always expensive ever since e-passport started.

Everest1989:
Paid my visa fee on may 12, please how long does it take to hear from the embassy after paying for visa fee?

Valid for 365 days after purchased or payment

DoTheNeedful:
Thank you my brother. I really appreciate this.

Let's give the thanks to God