NewStats: 3,265,428 , 8,186,711 topics. Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 09:59 PM 5e473m

Denuga91:
I just got ission into Illinois State University. Msc hydrogeology.
Tuition and Fees $17000

Living Expense $8500.

No Fumding.

My uncle is willing to sponsor me. Do I stand a chance of getting my visa approved?



I'll post my proposed transcript soon.

Wow.. Congratulations geoman.. !!!!

AyoOla20:
itted ,waiting for funding as well.

itted and waiting for funding decisions too. Fingers crossed.

zeeLady:
I think I replied

Not yet

zeeLady:
Sure

I have sent you a pm already

zeeLady:
Where you going without your daughter innitially? Do you you have other children you are leaving behind? Your hubby in Nigeria? MSc or Phd ? Any funding?

Good day.. Can you help me look into my SOP?

onyechez:

I know wode Maya, that guy is a tourist freak, he has fans sha, same with Ms trudy. Wode Maya met Ms trudy on a tourist visit in Kenya, they're planning marriage now.
Nas was the guy I was talking about earlier on, he's an Israeli never knew about that, until he wanted to travel to a country in the middle east that has restrictions on visiting such countries, he took the risk and went ahead, some of Nas daily trips are sponsored, people in those countries bring offers in other to promote their tourist attractions and destinations.
They're 3 ladies I follow too that visited Ghana, they met with mode Maya, it was an expensive trip, 5 days or so. I was in Ghana then but my schedules didn't allow me meet them.

Awesome. I see you are a travel freak also.

Nas's story is very interesting. He really exposed the dark side of Aljazeera. They did some sponsored ads against him by spreading conspiracy theories. Aljazeera said he is an Israeli spy .
His name was just everywhere and it wasn't funny.

You are a trumaya gang from this your description. I totally love their relationship and the likes.
Is one of the ladies Mz Dru? The crazy ass lady that left UK for Ghana later to find out she is from the same village with Mr Ghana baby.

I love travel contents like mad

Blossomfirst:
Lol.. Thanks for your concern dear. but I draw inspiration from various travellers such as Drew Binsky who has been to Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea, Iraq, Iran etc. I believe I would be there one day when tensions calm down

Wow... So you actively follow Drew Binsky... I am a huge fan. I have been traveling through his lenses.
Wode Maya, Tayo Aina, Sonny of Best Ever food review show, Ms Trudy, Nas Daily, among others are part of those showing me the world right now...

I love travels!!!

MOgunleye:
Try to use an Access Bank Visa card. Their limit is not $100 but their rate is like NGN455/$1

Thank you...

From a man who coached just Manchester United throughout his life. Very funny..

JustMellow:


Hello QuasarJose,

Another most reliable alternatives are the Barter Flutterwave Virtual Dollar Card or fund a Dom to make your payment.

I think Access or Zenith's dollar limit is $300, not sure anymore. You can check it out though.

All the best

Thank you very much. Let me explore those options!!!

Milkshakes01:


Look for someone with a dollar card. I’m not sure if this is the only option though.

Ok..
Thank you

Please has anyone done WES evaluation of recent? How did you make your payment? My cards are getting declined...

I used a firstbank MasterCard and a gtcrea8 MasterCard.

Milkshakes01:


Maximum amount for international transactionS on cards is $100

So how do you suggest I pay?

Please has anyone done WES evaluation of recent? How did you make your payment? My cards are getting declined...

I used a firstbank MasterCard and a gtcrea8 MasterCard.

Chonco:


Oh, that's good. That means, there's nothing to worry about.

Yes sir!!!!

degxyflexy:
I was about submitting my application with Tulane University for Fall 2021. Its showing that I should pay the $50 application fee but they sent me an email that my application has been successfully submitted. I don't understand because it's still showing awaiting payment on my application portal.

University of Tulane is absolutely free. I inquired from one of their graduate coordinators. Don't worry...

ennyj01:



Please are you based in Lagos or Abuja?

Abuja

Olabode969:

Received. Thanks ���

Can you send the past questions to me

[email protected]

I also got the invite.
Abuja..

Am I the only person that heard this guy say" their mothers that used to sell groundnut can no longer sell again".
Goosebumps and cold shivers through my veins. How did we get here?

TheGodlessGod:
Good day everyone I've been busy on this section trying to find opinion of experts here.

I'm 200 level students in Nigeria and I was given the course I don't even want,my family and I are discussing whether I should study abroad or not.

I'm really confused because if I've to leave nigeria, I'll first of all withdraw from the school here before writing another exam to study.

I need your opinions please

Are you thinking? Thinking about what, when you have the means? There are some things you should not be thinking about...

YourhealthNG2:

You may have what we call tension headaches.
Try aceclofenac plus paracetamol 1 tablet morning and night for 7 days. Take it with meals.
Plus Neurovite forte 1 capsule daily for 2 weeks.

Thank you doc
I appreciate

YourhealthNG2:

OK.
Do you sleep well at night?
Have you been stressed out of late?
Is the headache felt on one side of your head only?
Do you feed well, I mean 3 square meals?

Yes I sleep well
No. Not stressed at all. I am well relaxed.

Yes. The front part of my head.

YourhealthNG2:

Do you also have any of these symptoms:

- fever?
- chills?
- cough? If yes, is it dry or do you cough up something (mucus, blood)?
- diarrhoea or constipation?
- abdominal pain?
- difficulty in breathing?
- sore throat?
- catarrh?
- tiredness?

Your yes or no answer to the above questions may give us a clue

None
Just the headache

@YourhealthNG2
I have this persistent headache for over a week that has refused to go. I have used anti-malaria drugs and paracetamol to no avail.
As soon as I wake up, my head starts pounding. What can I do about it?

ednut1:
no, but once worked in a mining company. So i know a bit about these things.

Cool

ednut1:
alluvial deposits ( clay and silt formations) from the last ice age

Are you a geologist??

greenskittles:

On the website I consistently scored around 4.2 and 5.3 and in the real test I got 4.5, so I'll say it's decently accurate. But note that it's just a rough approximation, because it scored the official ETS 6.0 essay (the one the textbook) a measly 4.5 or so when I tried it.

I just think it's a decent tool to have, since the real test is scored by a combination of a software and human graders. So you can just use this one to learn how to "game" the Natural Language Processing algorithm.

Thank you for this. I find this highly invaluable...

@Greenskittles
How good was that website you shared for grading Gre-essays? Was it very close to what you actually polled in your real test?

pdjohnson:
Like a professor in a grad adcom once told me, 'The GRE basically tests your ability to write the GRE'. It's so sad that a lot of graduate prospects (I sincerely hope PhD applicants don't do this) spend time worrying about their GRE scores and stuff. while a GRE score might break your application, do note that it can't necessarily make it! (this is essentially true of PhD issions)
And a lot of programs especially at top universities are waiving this requirement, many PhD programs (which of cause are mostly fully funded) at
Harvard, Yale, John Hopkins, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, UC systems, UIUC, Penn, etc do not require the GRE for issions. So while I'd encourage one to score well on this test (if required to take it) I'd rather that one build on his/her research (for stem) and or professional experience.

Many of these schools have come to term with the fact that the GRE is not a good measure of success in graduate school (I don't know if it's a good test of intelligence, but I feel like if one prepares well, one can easily score let's say a 310+). That's why some of these programs will require an interview, to gauge ones research adeptness.

For masters applicant (since most don't have a very relevant research experience) sure a GRE could help you get into a top school (though not always) and could also help you get funding.

For those who are interested in pursuing a PhD, with a BA or BS, rather than spend countless hours studying to get a perfect score (which in the best case scenario might get you a fully funded MS) , I'd rather encourage you to get research experiences, volunteer to work in a research group, a lab or a professional organization, read literatures, publish the findings if a research you've conducted if possible, work on your communication skill, build a network, use Google Scholar and research gate to read articles that interests you, email the authors of these articles you read if you'd love to work with them (though make sure the articles are not from say 1996 lol), network with PI's on Quora, linkedin etc. Harvard, Yale, JHU, Stanford,Brown, UIUC, Penn, and any other good 'R1'university will certainly it one with a greater research adeptness, maturity, clearly demonstrated research interest than a one with some perfect GRE score (without a good experience) , if you can do both, Fine!

So the question we might consider asking is whether or not the GRE is a good test of success in graduate school. And sadly, this has proven not to be the case, do feel free to use Google, Quora, Gradcafe, etc. and ask questions about this, it's almost always "No"!

But to create a balance, I'm certainly not undermining the importance of the test.. It'll continue to be used especially in CS, Engineering, mathematics and physical science programs, since these programs at top schools usually receive tons of applicantions and like @iwriteng said, it is usually used to filter those who didn't get the minimum score, and after that, it is dumped into a trash. 'I think or so I was told by a PI in a grad adcom'.
Thus it certainly will be more helpful if grad prospects will spend more time researching, drafting a good grad school application, searching for schools and programs with advisors that will be a good fit for them than trying to get a 170/170 6,0,

Nonetheless for those who are interested in applying to PhD prograns in the Physical sciences, Engineering, maths and CS at say top 50 programs, do ensure you your Graduate director to know the minimum GRE score to be considered for ission. If you do not have the required minimum and say you don't fancy your chances of improving your GRE score, but you rather feel confident in your research experience and perhaps you have something unique to bring to the program, and of course you have the financial resources to submit the application at that school please feel free to apply, you might be surprised at the outcome. Do that graduate school application is handled by professors at a program or sometimes professors in a specific track. And this is very different from college issions which is handled by a college ission team (a bunch of people that probably have no idea as to what the applicant intends studying) so this people see SAT to be very important. And this is very much different in a grad school application.


P. S. Working on our research expertise, work ethic, professionalism, and stuff will help us more as an individual, a country, a continent etc, than spending countless hours trying to memorize words just so one can get let's say a 320+.
I actually did this, 'though not sure of the 320'
But sadly I never ended up using the GRE.
Hahaha.

This is very insightful. Thank you very much.

greenskittles:


GRE: 166Q 162V 4.5AWA
TOEFL: 112/120 (27 Speaking 29 Listening 28 Reading 28 Writing)
Undergraduate GPA: (4.69/5.0)
Other awards: Best Graduating Student in Civil Engineering (Stanford asked for my performance relative to my peers, if available)
Extra Curricular activities: Chess Team captain
LORs: One from Deputy Provost, One from another Civil Lecturer (PhD holder), One from industry mentor
Other Skills: C++, MATLAB and Python programming
Work Experience: 1 year
Research Experience: Next to none (other than final year project)

Accepted: Stanford University(with funding), UIUC (with funding), University of Washington, University of Arizona
Rejected: Northwestern University

Waoh. Such an awesome feat. Thank you and congratulations sir...!!!!!

greenskittles:

I was accepted to Stanford University for a degree in Civil Engineering. More specifically Computational Geomechanics. So I can't really say for sure on which schools are the best for Geology, because they're not exactly the same. But I think schools in South should have greater prospects and greater funding, most especially Texas and other neighbouring states. But first you'll need to take the GRE, and evaluate your chances based of your university transcripts.

I hope you don't mind, what's your profile like especially Gre scores?