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14 Mar, 7 tweets, 5 min read
Compilation of Scholarship threads, tips, and advice

1) Erasmus Mundus Master's scholarship application guide


2) Erasmus Mundus scholarship Interview Tips
3) Video guides on Erasmus Mundus Scholarship




4) Graduate studies in Materials Science & Engineering in Canada
5) What to do before cold-emailing upon seeing a prospective supervisor's profile


6) Advice to Undergraduates that are scholarship hopeful
7) Your BSc thesis is also a research experience


8) Why you should consider a CIFRE thesis position in France


9) Clarification on the WES USA evaluation process
10) What you should know before writing your SOP/proposal for grad studies abroad


11) Trick to getting graduate funding in Canada (STEM)
12) Trick to getting graduate funding in Canada (Social sciences and humanities)


13) Trick to getting graduate funding in Canada (Health research)

14) SOP writing guide
15) Notable red flags between reference letters and SOP


16) Keeping it simple-Why you should avoid big vocabs in your SOP

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15 Mar
How to construct a cold email in 3 simple paragraphs

-Choose an appropriate subject
e.g. Prospective Graduate Student in Pipeline Corrosion Mitigation-Fall 2022

P1) Short intro, a brief mention of past experience(s), & relevant skills gained through them.
(some skills the prof. requires in a typical grad student), and why you are making the contact. If your research project has been published, include a short URL. If not, state it was your BSc. thesis and indicate in your CV under section "research projects".
P2) Academics enjoy talking about their research. Since they are experts in their field, there is a small subset of people they can discuss with. Once you give them a chance to discuss by asking the right questions, they would be itching for it.
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13 Mar
CONVERSATION!

Him: I really wanna study abroad with a scholarship in Data science/Software engineering based on my 3 years of relevant work experience. Although, I have a Bsc in an Animal science with a 4 pointer CGPA. How can I go about this.

Me: Very possible if you are not
looking for scholarships. But no serious admissions/scholarship committee would commit such funds on you seeing that academic background mismatch at the expense of others with relevant background. They would wanna see Data structures, Algorithms & Statistics in your transcript.
Him: So what do you suggest?

Me: You can apply to programs with a good fit for your background. You can audit computer related courses while doing your MSc. In fact, you can apply “Machine learning to model Animal diseases data” in your thesis. Hell yeah, you can even
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11 Mar
THE WAITING LIST

You might have been informed that you are currently waitlisted for a program but have no idea where you stand. People have been chosen “out of the blue” from the waiting list while others knew it was only a “matter of time”.
I believe you deserve to know your current ranking on that list (if there’s any). This can be done by writing an email to the graduate/admissions coordinator.

How can you do this?

1) Start with the proper salutation and introduce yourself (include your application no.)
2) Remind the recipient that you’ve been informed of your waitlist status.

3) Ask if you could know your current standing or how “high up” you stand on the waitlist.

4) Include a proper closing with an anticipation for a response.

Your message may be acknowledged or not.
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26 Feb
Some clarifications on the WES USA evaluation process

1) WES USA evaluation is different WES Canada evaluation used for immigration

2) For grad. studies in the USA, WES (course-by-course evaluation) is usually employed. wes.org/about-wes-cred…
3) The WES evaluation isn't accepted for all schools in the US. You should do it only if required by the university (see image).

4) Some schools have an internal transcript evaluator. In this case, your unofficial/official HND or Bsc transcript must be provided. For this,
it may not be comparable to what is obtained from WES. Some schools would even ask for a "SCHOLARO GPA" equivalent of your transcript when applying. scholaro.com/gpa-calculator/

5) To the best of my knowledge, WES USA evaluated transcript isn't acceptable to any country worldwide
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25 Feb
If you’re currently doing your master’s abroad and you wanna move to another part of the world, try to target conferences. You can know this by attending the conferences that hosts the big guys in your field. If you can, present papers in these conferences. Don’t forget to
network in the process. Another approach is to explore existing research collaborations between your current university and the university of interest. Check through your professor’s paper to ascertain such collaborations.
Once identified, ask your professors to help you make the contact. The research community is a big family and student referral trumps any other method. This is why you need to do good work wherever you find yourself. Networking has worked in the past (me inclusive)
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24 Feb
The unconventional trick to getting grad. funding in Canada (Social Sciences and Humanities)

If you missed the STEM thread, see it here


This one is meant for those in social sciences and humanities grad. looking to tailor their search, identify profs.
with funding to know their current research focus.
Let's go! (Allons-y✈️)

1)The SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) is a federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and training in the humanities&social sciences.
2) Professors (Principal Investigators-P. I) apply individually or collaboratively for SSHRC grants through the submission of project proposals

3) After a committee assesses these proposals, funded projects are made PUBLIC on the SSHRC website.
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