A General Note on Scholarship Application

Many of you have sent dms to me asking for scholarship info. Let me make some general statements about Scholarship Applications.

1. When you see people post success stories about scholarships and admissions, know that they have been
through many failures. One success is just enough to cancel I million failures. So, it's important that you ask them about their journey, more importantly about their failures.
2. Don't expect that you must be successful in every scholarship application. Personally, my failures in this scholarship journey are more than successes. Scholarship is not meant for the most intelligent. It is for the resilient, dogged, and smart. So, be prepared to fail.
3. Many of you are expecting feedback from many scholarship applications. Don't be too anxious, be prepared to get a 'love letter' and be ready to learn and move on. If you relent, there are thousands willing to move on.
What's your gain? Will you give up after so much energy, time, and resources?

4. When you fail, please ask people for feedback. Let them tell you what you did wrong. Talk to people. This will further ignite your passion. Scholarship is not for the weak.
5. When your success comes, it always seems as if you are the first to get it. Do not ENVY anyone.

The people you give scholarship info may get it before you. That should not stop you from spreading information. You are training yourself to be selfless.

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Admission and Scholarship in Japan 🇯🇵 (Part B)

We are here again.

Tag your friends and family to enjoy Part B.

If you missed Part A, check here:

In Part B, we will be talking about University Recommended MEXT.

This is how it works:

First, you have to check for all schools in Japan using: 4icu.org/jp/. If you have a particular city preference, go to the Universities in those cities and check their official
websites. Every school has the University-Recommended MEXT page on their official website.

This is where you will see all the requirements, eligibility, benefits, application rounds, Language proficiency requirement, health, Nationality, and visa requirements.

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People who want to understand:

1. How to practically apply for a student visa in Canada.

2. The major reasons why student permits are rejected.

3. How to move with your spouse and kids to Canada.
4. Coming for studies alone vs with family: Pros and cons

5. Best ways to bring your family to Canada, etc.

I have compiled these videos.

Make sure you watch them so that you can Do It Yourself (DIY).

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I hear that some Final year students of some schools have just finished exams.

Please send this tweet to them.

This is what they should immediately do:

1. Talk to 3 or 4 of their lecturers about their prospects of applying for scholarships: They will need their lecturers
to write reference letters for them.

If they don't establish the relationship now, it may be hard to convince them to write references later.

Many people have made this mistake and are still regretting till today.

I explained very well in this link:
2. Go to their department and/senate building to inquire about their transcript: They should ask them how best to get their transcripts ASAP. If they can get it before leaving school finally, that will be very good.

Getting transcripts is one of the biggest reasons-
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Admission and Scholarship in Japan 🇯🇵 (Part A)

You know how we do it guys😍.

Just tag your friends and families, tell them that Japan is here.

Follow me as we dissect the opportunities in Japan.
There are different kinds of scholarship in Japan. But MEXT scholarship is the most robust scholarship for International students for Msc and PhD.

MEXT scholarship can be divided into two categories:

A. Embassy Recommended MEXT
B. University Recommended MEXT

Stay with me😉.
A. Embassy Recommended MEXT:

This Scholarship opens around April-May every year. All countries that have diplomatic ties with Japan are eligible, including most African countries.

Let's use Nigeria as an example to illustrate how to apply for this scholarship.
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COMMON SENSE RULES FOR SCHOLARSHIP HOPEFULS WITH AVERAGE RESULTS (2.8-4/5 CGPA)

1. They must be immediately delivered from the sentiments attached to Canada and the USA.

2. They should prioritise sending emails to applying for publicly funded scholarships, especially if they
don't have a competitive CV.

3. They should target Asian Universities if they want to get scholarship faster.

4. They should not join the people looking for application and test fee waiver.

5. They should write EVERY available test to boost their chances.
6. They should improve their volunteering and research experience.

7. They must be willing to learn soft skills related to their field, especially software.

8. .....Add yours....

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In case you still don't believe that a 2 2 student can get a scholarship, read this:

This is one of the testimonies from the FREE mentorship class we started last year by @AdeleyeSamuelA and I.

(No entrance into that class again, so don't come to my dm to ask.)

Profile:
1. Second Class Lower
2. Did GRE and TOEFL
3. Sent more than 200 Emails
4. Did WES Evaluation
4. Learnt how to send emails and ask the right questions from the group.

When I met her, I told her to remove her CGPA from her CV and dig deep into the professor's research so as to
send a very captivating email.

Her proposed supervisor single-handedly followed up on her matter after a very nice zoom meeting.

Well, the rest, as they say, is history.

She will be sent an official email from the Grad school that has all the benefits soon.

Don't give up, yet
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