Getting Recommended by your past Professors

When I was applying for admission into schools, I considered a whole lot of countries and a whole lot schools. I must have applied to about 10 schools. Or more.

It was so bad that I applied to schools, forgot about them till the admission letter came in.

Whilst some schools do not require it, a lot more schools ask for recommendation letters from your past lecturers.

If you are female, get in here quickly!!

There are a wide range of scholarships available for students. However the selection criteria for most of them is quite tough. A lot of them is merit based - you need to demonstrate excellent academic track records.

A few of them are need based. This means that priority is given to candidates from very poor backgrounds.

When you want a degree but have no money

Education is damn expensive! Especially Higher education. More so when you want to school abroad. Some countries offer a tuition free educational system but most don't.

The good news is that you should never let the lack of money stop you from pursuing your educational dreams. I remember anytime I tell people of my plan to study abroad, they will ask me about money and I will say to them, "I dont care that I can't afford to school abroad".

Why I never considered the UK

During my search for a country to study, I considered so many factors. But for some reason I never ever considered schooling in the UK. The UK is actually a very popular destination for a lot of International Students but it never caught my fancy.

The confusing phase of deciding where to study

Well, in deciding to study abroad, one of the biggest questions you have to answer is where to study.

There will be various reasons for which ever country you consider. Gladly, now, I have narrowed down my search to one country. But at some point I had so many countries in mind. It was confusing and took a lot of my time.

Why I didnt accept my American University's admission

In my search for a Masters degree course, I did not limit myself to one country. In fact I actively researched on 6 or more countries and applied to schools in 5 out of the 6.

The United States of America was one of those countries I had applied to. I applied and gained admission to 2 schools.

Costs for a Masters program in the US can go upwards of $20k per year. Since I was self sponsoring, it meant I had to look for a bank to rob  this money somewhere. There was no solid plan of how to get the money. I was hoping by some divine intervention I will stumble on money somewhere. Or win the lottery. But neither of that happened.

When you've worked so hard

Have you ever worked hard for anything? Like you sat down and penned down a goal. Then you also wrote down your plan on how to achieve that goal. All that was left was for you take action and follow through these plans.

Have you ever done that?

Germany (Part 4)

This is my concluding part of the Germany series. You can read the previous parts Part 1, Part 2 and lastly Part 3

At this point, you should have received your admission letter, identified your source of funds and also booked your Interview.

Germany? (Part 3)

This is the 3rd part of this series. You can read the first part here and the second part here.

On this page, I will talk extensively about the Visa application process. I am currently in the process and awaiting final  decision from the embassy.

Germany? (Part 2)

This is the second part of the 4 part series to studying in Germany. If you missed the first part Click Here to read through it.

So you have searched for schools and applied. What are the next steps?

Germany? (Part 1)

I will be doing a post on various countries and their student Visa application processes. Today, I will focus on Germany.

The German student Visa process is multi staged and requires a lot of time and effort. However if you follow through there is a good chance of scaling through.