This thread is for graduates with a first class or a second class upper degree from Nigeria (or any other African country) looking to apply for grad school scholarships in the USA this 2022 but lack the financial resources to take GRE/GMAT & TOEFL and pay the application fees.
i-Scholar Initiative (iSI) plans to sponsor well-qualified candidates for one or a combination of two of the required standardized tests:
- Graduate Records Examination (GRE)
- Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Each selected candidate will be sponsored for a GRE/GMAT depending on their choice of
graduate programs.
PS: Your performance on this test will determine whether or not you get sponsorship for TOEFL as well.
Once again: you don't need a Masters degree to get into a PhD program in America. And there's way more funding for PhD students than MS. Just in case no one told you.
One of the essential requirements when applying to a scholarship program in the US is an academic CV. Emphasis on ACADEMIC. A lot of scholarship enthusiasts I've seen get rejected applied with wordy one-pager resumes from their previous job. An ideal academic CV is... 1/
...usually about 2 pages long with a simple black-and-white template that highlights your academic qualifications, research experiences, relevant work experiences, achievements, relevant extracurricular activities. 2/
You were the choirmaster of your campus fellowship? Nice. But before you include this information on your academic CV, ask yourself what purpose does it serve in bagging that admission. Whatever your response is should guide you as to what does/doesn't make it on the bulletins 3/
Scholarship Secret: 70% of references don't know how to write a winning recommendation letter. Draft it yourself and have them edit it. It will save you both time and energy. Btw, I have samples of recommendation letters I can share. Comment and retweet if interested.
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