NewStats: 3,265,557 , 8,187,212 topics. Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 at 06:19 PM 3kt45

Well, I'm currently enjoying my current phone. Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

Goalnaldo:
She used to be one of my crush that year

LoL. How about now? You've seen the light?

ibkayee:

Lol urm thanks

Ok

ibkayee:
Every iPhone I've used, I just prefer the simplicity/seamlessness of the interface

You opened this nairaland in 2008. That's about 15years. If you can maintain one from then till now, you'll be able to maintain and value friendship and relationship. You're a queen

CallMeByMyName:
Happy Holidays Everyone,

Please I need advise, my younger got F1 visa, and he suppose to resume January 3 2023 winter. Now, he got another offer from another school starting march 6 2023 Spring/Summer.

Please advise, he needs to change school and transfer I-20, what is the best way to transfer from old school starting January 3 2023 to new school starting March 6 2023.
Did he need to report/ to the old school when he arrive US?
I don't want him to be out of status.
Please advise

Very good. It's simple. He'll resume in his old school and go to the office of the DSO or the international office straight to transfer his SEVIS to the new school. Once he gets to their office, they'll ask him what date he wanna move. He should try and do this the first week

lionlee216:
Is anybody schooling or living here in Valparaiso/Crown Point Indiana??

Boss. . One of your posts here on nairaland ginger me. I'm in a PhD program in the US now.

Icesnow:
will I have to be sponsored by the employer to get the work visa?

LoL. Yeah. An organization needs to sponsor you for an H1B visa. The H1B is looking more like a game of luck these days. The lucky ones get shortlisted. Nineties, there are many organizations that are ready to sponsor you as long as you are good.

For people doing Msc, they could try and do OPT toward the completion of their degree. Most people get sponsored eventually by the same organization where they did their OPT. But while applying for OPT, make sure you look for clauses like "we don't sponsors work visa" in the Job description. An organisation like that might not sponsor H1B for u

BunmiBie:


Can you recommend a bank for student and a credit card provider too.

Thanks

Though I have reservations as concerning credit card and I don't personally use it anymore;well maybe I still would. But for your credit card, Discover Credit card is decent. Discover will give you 6 months 0% APR (meaning you can carry your balance till the next month without owing up interest as far as u pay the minimum balance every month), $2K credit line (depending on what you earn as a student), $100 sign on bonus if you use someone sign on link, etc

For banks, try and check out Bank of America, US Bank, Simmons bank etc.

MALIGNANTGuest:

Please STOP at this point
U don't deserve those kind of humans
IF you are a genuine Nigerian and you think you would like White Ladies then inform me.
U shouldn't be subjected through all these

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thanks4idias:
Merry Christmas, if any of you need Nigeria food stuffs in the U.S and you need it to be send through Nipost to you, you can me, am base in Nigeria precisely Delta State. Thanks

I seriously need Nigerian food. Food stuffs

slimmy2005:
You are not so smart to do basic due diligence and I hope you’re able to carry out a basic in-depth research.

You were probably still running around naked in the rain when I got my bachelors.

I agree with you.

slimmy2005:
Oh no, you’re exposing your crass ignorance and throwing you a blanket is not a bad idea.

You can also ask your professor how he gets to keep his position as a professor. There are information you kids are not privy to, rather than ask a simple question, you want to throw jabs.

Says someone looking for an undergrad ission in the UK.

LoL, nice talking to you. You're right

slimmy2005:
It’s really funny reading newbies trying to argue with people who have been in the system while you were still struggling with furthermath in high school.

Sit your butt down and learn. Your professor has funding, not just enough to pay RA.

What does it hurt to just read and keep it going? But no, as an average Nigerian, you decided to choke mouth into a thing that doesn't even concern you. I said my PI doesn't have funding. He has 4 grad students and all of us are TAing. You probably know him better than he knows himself or better than I do to have assumed he has funding.

chairmanawe:
Can give u d soft copy for free

Thank you so much. I have the softcopy. But I want the hard copy. The book has been banned in the US, in fact, Amazon has removed it from their platform. People who have the hardcopy on ebay are willing to sell for $1500 ,but that's just too much.

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habsydiamond:
Madam endure the weather ooo cos when una dey enjoy summer u no blame nigeria government na as winter come come u come dey blame... if u no like am again.. come make we exchange oo... I like cold weather...

LoL. No. It's a different kind of cold. Sub zero. But that doesn't warrant her to be crying. She's just being emotional I think. If not for bad people, nigeria remains the best country I've lived in. Please this submission is personal to me, I don't want anyone to start attacking me because I know that's what Nigerians do whenever someone say sometimes good about Nigeria

pointednose:
Hello everyone

Good to be here. Please let's keep this thread alive.

I will be arriving the US in a couple of months. I will be working in the dayton area, Ohio. Anybody in Ohio I can connect with? I want to ask things around getting an apartment, getting schools and daycare for my kids, getting a car and furniture, Nigerian churches around, African stores around. Just hacks around those things too. Things to look out for, resources available that I should take opportunity of. I am open to suggestions from people outside Ohio too. Thanks everyone.

I'm a student. But not in Ohio. But this thread isn't generating the needed traction. I think if the mods Justwise and DisGuy give their , it'll help.

NeoWanZaeed:


Defend the shirk associated with them.
we do talk openly too

Please, can you point to one bid'ah or shrik emanating from their camp? If protecting people from the "category of people we all know" is what you count as shrik, then we need to review your stances so we direct you to people to advise you accordingly.

NeoWanZaeed:
Ibn Hajar :
Abu Haneefa :
Sayyid Qutb :
Abul A'ala Al Mawduudy
Osaamat bn Ladin
Halaby
Al Qardawy
Salman Awdah
Alaaro
Abu Ibeji
Gbadebo
Ejigbo
Sarumi
Eleha
Sarafa
Alaro
Abdul Ganiy Jumah
Daud pupa
Sarafa ede
Akorede
Abdulgany and many more

I can mention more than 10 innovations of each and everyone of them .



Why do you love these people hate Jabata ?

Mention 3 bid'ah that Jabata is practicing


Kullu bid'atin Kufru?
Using spoon to eat is Kufru? And which is Sunnah NOT bidaih.


Which one again


Whereas you people fall into these shirks


Democracy
Shrik
Al walau wal barau
Sects
Bid'ah ceremony
Irjaau
Khawarij
Fiqhul waaqi'i
Tahweelus sifaat
Tasawwuf
iLhaad
Ash'ariya
Tafreet
ifraat
Mistakes in Islamic doctrine
Mistakes in islamic law
Tesweer
Hiding the truth
Praising the innovators
ikhtilaat
Khalwa
Al-isti'aanatu fil kufri

And many more

You are defending Abu Haneefa who said :
The faith of Abubakar and Shaitan are same
He said "If the prophet is alive he will pick from his Mazhab etc

You left ibn Hajar who said Allah is everywhere ,
Ibn Hajar affirm that Allah didn't have hand , leg , eyes etc ....

And the funniest thing is that you are unable to tackle this Jabata with the word of Allah , His prophet and His companions

If Allah hates you , you will hate the beloved people to Allah and if Allah likes you , you will like the beloved people to Allah.
I love those that love him and hate those that hate him
Jabata is free from innovations and he's not an innovator

Mention what Jabata have done that is severe than the afformentioned criminals you are respecting

Prophet said the Khawarij will be fighting the people of islam and ignore the idol worshippers..

We appreciate you for bringing this on. But why don't y'all people come out here to defend all these publicly in the open space so we can see y'all faces? Imagine saying all these people who've contributed so much to Islam are innovators. Brother, you can do better and I'll really beg you to take this down.

This is so wrong brother. We can all discuss all of these without bringing things like this here

Elxandre:

I read it's big in America.
Like they don't really use whstapp that much.

Hmmm, true, generally sha. For their girls , they use Instagram, iMessage, to chat for the most part. They love Instagram so much

Elxandre:

Seems you live in the USA.
Can you really cope with no imessage?

LoL. iMessage? That's not enough to make me dump Samsung and port to iOS. . There's a particular flexibility I enjoy using my S22 Ultra for my day to day routine

Dozzyalive:
My Galaxy A22 was stolen, is there a way to track and recover it ??.

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TWoods:


…and you were whining about vulgarity you start off in a grad program and now think you know better than everyone else. I’ve been in the system for over a decade so please take a seat.

Your professor has funding… he may not have funding sufficient to cover you but they all do. It’s what covers part of their salary, and funds their research.

LoL. You're my boss. I've known you on here since way back. Though you're most times harsh with your comment, but I can't deny some of them are not interested to come by as rude, but to necessarily encourage people to do their own job and to avoid gaming the system.

We don't need to fight on here. It's all for the best good

TWoods:


I’m not going to argue with you… to say “most professors” don’t have funding is downright silly. How do you think they maintain their research labs?

LoL. You don't have to be vulgar when expressing yourself. You can voice your opinion without calling anyone silly. Yes some profs don't have funding. That's why students in their lab do TA instead of RA. Talking about labs, it's more about collaborating to churn out papers these days than it's about getting funded. Writing and getting grants isn't as easy as most think it is.

Some labs are not necessarily wet labs where they need to be buying reagents and all of that. And Yes, some professors don't have funding. Mine doesn't and that never stop us from writing papers. Like I said, it's Okay if you don't know. Sometimes, it's okay to keep mouth shut than to be splashing water here and there

Stevecrun5150:
no U.S.A. consulate will give you a student visa for an associate degree . So, you better stop wasting your time and money . If you’re ionate about an associate degree or it helping you like you said .

Get an ission with a reputable school, also write whatever test the school requires for you to get itted, have a good sponsor and ties back in Nigeria . Get your ission with the school, and get an associate degree ission on the side . When you get here, transfer your SEVIS to the associate degree and begin your classes .

Associate degrees are nice and good here, what careers and companies care about here is 60hour college credits or more to get a job . But, an associate degree won’t help you get a U.S. visa; unless the visa officer is having a very good day and just wants to give you a visa.

LoL. Might be Wrong. US consulates issue visa for a degree like that. Saying"No consulates" isn't totally correct. I used to think like this too, but I have had people who got visa approved. There's no one fits all rule about these things. Although, an associate degree might look like a red flag sometimes, and visa can be denied in some cases, but not all cases

TWoods:
As someone who also went through a phd program, there’s a lot misleading here. When you talk of competitiveness, there are 2 issues at play (and you’re mixing up the two):

1. Getting into the program at all and,
2. Getting funding

PhDs programs are just as competitive to get into, if not harder than msc programs. Most biomedical phd programs consider a “c” grade a failure. 2 “c” grades in any classes will get you automatically terminated.

Funding is a different story, amd for clear reasons which I discuss below. Getting into more phd programs than msc programs doesn’t mean PhDs are less competitive, it simply means the schools aren’t bothering to grant you msc issions if you are seeking it contingent on the availability of full funding.



Schools do not fund phd programs. These programs are funded typically by external grants. E.g. NIEHS training grants, T-32 grants or individual PI grants. These grants are targeted towards full time research so you are less likely to find them at masters level. That’s why schools require you to pay your own way at masters level, because few, if any, external funds are available.



This makes no sense. Schools do not fund phd programs… pls see above. The idea that Princeton or Cornell “funds” phd programs to encourage international students to apply is laughable.

It's fine if it's been a long time you ed through the system and might not know how things work. Getting into a Msc is easy if you're coming with your money. However, when it comes to funding, PhD is easily get funded because to the school, it's just another job. And more easier to pay 3 graduate stipend with the equivalent Money they can use to fund an assistant professor into the department. So, graduate program is a way the school also cut cost. Likewise, not all PI get funding. If your PI don't have funding, your best option is to TA. TAs are basically a department thing and the money is generated from through the graduate school from their endowment. Investors invest and they get money. Its not all the time professor have funding and most professors in some school don't even. I'm talking about specifics of the US programs

Capitalbase:


Thanks once again bro.
The guidelines you have provided will help me immensely should I require to apply again for fall 2024. However, I am hoping on hope for a miracle cus I know I did everything accurately and got a confirmation from one of the graduate coordinator who told me I have a strong application especially with an absolute distinction in Biomedical science (UK). But he is still not the one to decide on who gets accepted or not so... fingers crossed. If e no enter, we try again bro.

Just make an attempt. God will crown your efforts

Capitalbase:


I must it you are very good evening with inspiring people to push for the best.
I appreciate your honest contributions and responses. This response has been my exact experience. The only problem I have is that I applied to 3 schools only. I should have done more but I was considering my pocket due to the application fees.
Thanks

LoL. Paying for app fee for program is a lot. Except you don't have app fee waiver, then you can pay.
There are ways to get waiver;
- the graduate coordinator of your department. You don't have to tell him you Don't earn enough in your country to pay. Something as simple as "I write to know if the department often provide app fee waiver for prospective graduate applications" will do. They'll tell you if they can help you pay because it's the graduate schools that request for these fees. And some department often set budgets apart to pay these fees on behalf of people who can't pay.

If the department say they don't have such budget, the graduate school. They'll direct you to for their graduate open house or some virtual meeting like that. Once you attend on the said date, they'll waive it. And if they can't waive, then you can pay if you're sure you have necessary credentials to give yourself a chance

Also, if you're a first class graduate. You can apply to the OFP program in Nigeria. I don't know if anyone knows this. OFP helps you till you get to the US. They pay your GRE, TOEFL, PORT, app fee, flight ticket and all that...

Dreamsss:
@Creativeweb.
Well, I kind of get where two of you are coming from. Plenty, if not most PhD candidates, get to the middle of their program and run away because they land a job...fact. A lot of people are not as enthused over spending four to five years ontop studying, when they could be making cool dollars and PhD is usually a backup plan, when you can't find a job as per lots of Masters graduates that I know...

Then on your part, yes, it is true that lots of schools will hint at the fact that your ission decision would rely on if you can have a line of communication with a faculty member, so you can be sure of a right fit, according to them...So that's why it could be hard to get in, because profs have their own for body and would not respond... So I don't know if that can be entirely referred to as competitive.

Exactly. Most people enter with PhD (cus it's easier to get in with funding) and then master out after two years. For some people, 6yrs is a long journey and they'll rather swine it making money � rather than spend such years in a Lab making $1500

CreativeWeb:


I don't understand you at all.

PhD is more competitive and hard to get in. I'm not talking about funding. Most PhD has automatic funding.

Some schools will not give you favourable ission decision if you had no prior discussion with someone in the faculty.

In some cases, if they don't reply you, then, probably they don't want you or you sent it at the wrong time (like summer vacation).

Why are you disagreeing with things so obvious. PhD without funding is like bicycle without wheel. Doing a PhD is like a job too. You get a teaching or research assistant which waive most of your tuition plus a stipend and you offer to teach a general lab in return. So most schools will rather take a 10 PhD for a term rather than taking a master student who'll only spend two years in a Lab. PhD is a decent return on investment for them as it is for you. Hence, some schools will not fund a Ms program for some reasons.

That year, I applied to so many PhD program and one Ms program. I was accepted in all of the PhD program with funding but rejected in the Ms program cus of no funding. Same school that rejected me for Ms told me if I switch to PhD they'll fund me.

Same stories for all of my friends. And in my cohort right now, none of us had a PI before we get in. In fact, some people don't even know it's a thing to potential supervisor but I do know. Just that ing a professor is not necessary except if the department say so, and you can always dump them and apply somewhere else

Schools know international students don't want the Msc route. Who want to spend 6yrs doing a PhD where a msc of 2yrs will land you a decent job in the US.? That's part of the reason they fund PhD to encourage you to apply. If you want Msc, you'll need to spend your money because they know you want juicy jobs and that's fine.

10* easier to get into a PhD than Ms and I'm saying that because I know