₦airaland Forum

gr8ever: You guys shouldn't let your ego take over the main purpose of this forum.....We no dey Oputa.
I want to apply for Spring 2014 semester but The school said I should start my registration by September 2013 for early decision, But I've already missed this year SAT registration.Can I still apply to the school before taking the SAT or I need to take SAT before applying?

And also, Since am applying as an UG do I need to send highschool transcripts My fear is my school won't be able to provide it. Please I need Y'all advice.

caballerotosyno: Thanks for the wonderful trend. Pls can smone give a step by step procedure on registering and writing GRE and TOEFL. Including
D cost,documents required for d exam and oda stuffs. Thanks in anticipation

npn: are you a student of a Nigerian university? if you are then i think your studentship should be withdrawn, how can you not know what SSANU means. This is dumbest question i have ever heard, it means (Senior Staff Association Of Nigerian University).It is a union of all senior staffs(teach/non teaching)in Nigerian universities. So if they strike it means your [s]VC won't come to work and your HOD & all your senior lectures will not come to class.[/s] Aboki!

babsharon: Good Morning gbogbo ile !!! I dey hail all the gurus in the house, please base on the new score scale for GRE test what kind of score can somebody have †̥o meet 500 based on old point if α school required that.

I need contribution from U all

djcrown: i dont have an international passport yet,does that mean that i am not qualify to write Toefl?

However, if you still want to take the paper exam at Aba on that May 04
you can still write it. All you'll need to do is get to Dority
International Secondary School, 19/21 Umuodu Abayi, Aba on the exam day.
And
don't forget to go along with your international passport, of course.

imperiouxx: @web,

Check your fb inbox.

OjaP: You are right but I think WES is still the most respected of them all.

Most of these evaluating agencies reduces one's GPA except for WES.

Nairaland FBI: Dear house members,
I just gained admission into Illinois Institute of Technology to study I.T. I have everything intact but my only fear is that i have been refused a US Visa 7years ago when I was to come on vacation with my mum. Can that be a problem? The school is also paying half of my tuition through the department,i ave the tuition for a full year but i no dey too sure of my second year. can i save for the following year tuition from maybe hot jobs or on-campusjobs if i get one? Thank you.

djunit1: Na today Naija name don spoil? Asking for tuition from Nigerians may or may not have anything to do with what Nigerians did recently. I went a whole semester before without paying a penny even though I am Nigerian but Indians couldn't. Every school is different

olarwarlay: @webdstradamus - it's Moorhead o my brother. Please can You help if You are close?

imperiouxx: It's like every place in Minnesota must start with "M" like Minneapolis, Minnekonta, Menomonie, Montevideo.

olarwarlay: Can anyone be kind enough to help me with the i20 issue?. The only person I could have it sent to is not in the states now. Please, na beg i dey beg oo.

nice4life: A bill that offers automatic green card for F1 masters or Phd graduate will very hard to sell,Even if such bill is pass a company has to file for the green card .Otherwise offering green card to anyone with a masters or Phd from any school will create more problem for the us economy and defeat the purpose of the bill.Remeber how the indians have capitalize on the H1b?What I see is they might reduce the wait time it take to get the green card, some countries like India usually have a wait period of like 5 or 6years.I am very sure the bill will hasten the process of getting a green card and also reduce the restriction placed on spouses of potential green card or H1B holders.

OjaP: US Immigration Reform Bill

So, I was reading the immigration reform bill proposed by the senate gang of 8 earlier today. It turns out that it is still meaningless to me.

The only thing I am concerned about is the F1 path to green card or citizenship which they weren't even clear on. They only proposed to increase the number of HI-B visas for STEM graduates. And that even requires a company to sponsor/file for you. Shouldn't we be given green card straight upon completion of our studies? I think the proposal is rubbish.

Source: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/686464/130417-immigration-bill-schumer.pdf

olarwarlay: Please house, how long do You think receiving my i20 through regular mail will take?. Minnesota State Uni wants to send my i20 and says I have to choose btw regular and fedex. Fedex is charging $107 for the service and that looks kinda outrageous.
Or is there any other courier that could do school pick-up?. Pls, I need ur suggestions. Thanks.

virgin ice: . Av bin granted today o! Will post d interview soon. Yaaaaayyyy!!!!!

ferdimako: That's great! It's better than nothing!

OjaP: @ OP,

You better write the TOEFL on time if you truly love yourself. A cousin of mine was admitted into MSU Moorehead in 2012 to study communications. I warned her to write TOEFL but she never listened claiming she had A1 in WAEC and that the school waived TOEFL for her. To cut the long story short, she was denied twice. Her interview was like this.

V.O: Did you write any test?

Her: No, I had A1 in English, and my school waived TOEFL for me because of that.

V:O: I am sorry bla bla bla.

Need I say more?

@ scholarship,

The only thing I know about MSU is that they let you pay instate instead of out of state as an int'l student. Is that the scholarship you are talking about?

OjaP: I understand. Most of these companies are not even ready to talk to you at all if you look or your name sound African. I have attended up to 12 interviews with some major and small oil companies in the past and one of the first set of questions they ask are,

Are you authorized to work?

Me: No, but...... (trying to play smart into selling OPT, CPT and H-1B)

Most of them told me in confidence that they don't sponsor and not ready to go through the stress when there are other eligible Americans or folks who are authorized to work. So cra**zy right

But with prayer and GOD, one may be lucky to get an internship. When you get that, work hard and make them like you, by the time you are done interning, they won't have any choice than to keep you (even when you haven't graduated). I have seen it happen.

Let's all work hard and pray - we will all make it.

OjaP: Even with that, a company must be and/or willing to offer a job and sponsor you right?

It is finished!!!!!

OjaP: I think this is exactly what the bill is all about. But won't the issue of cancellation of the visa lottery be an impediment?

......

Yvete: So how does it affect H1B transfers? I've not been interviewing for nothing!
Seems like a lot of people will be getting married early in life these days!! Lolz

OjaP: Can you please explain to us how it is getting better? No where in your quoted article was "F-1" even mentioned.

Also, can you or anyone please enlighten us about the STEM Bill?

Thank you.

Yvete: Hey Nice4Life, Where did you get this from? Is it current?
I heard that the H1B 2014 might be through a lottery. I'll look for the article and put it up here.

Yvete: When the name of a university sounds like an Indian Restaurant ...

OjaP: You had your first degree from the almighty "Rutgers" and think the V.O would bounce or give you a tough time? NO.

Congratulations!!!!

paparazzi1987: I really Get your stance, but the point there is that MUM offers financial aid for international student with a Paid internship btw $5K - $6K monthly..
I will check out the two schools you mentioned.
Thanx A lot and really appreciate your advice

paparazzi1987: Bros i did both SAT(Math=690, verbal=480) and Toefl(223) back in 2003 and i know how hard i studied for the SAT.Now,that am already working,i don't think i will have time to sit for GRE again but i can easily re-write TOEFL.
Although, I have a good Job here with a nice pay but i really wish to move to masters level in computer science without
GRE or related exam...
As for the school Name, i beg no mind me..i chose them because they got nice financial package

paparazzi1987: hello brothers and sisters,
I applied to Maharishi University of Management,IOWA for my Master's degree in computer science,
The school is willing to accept me based on my undergraduate grade,
programming experience and my score on their online programming test.I have no GEE and Toefl results but i did SAt in 2005
which i still have the result with me.

The Financial document that i will be presenting belongs to my Brother
that works with International Criminal Court ICC.

Please i need to know my Chance of getting visa without GRE and Toefl results


Thanx in advance