Offers application free week in October every year: Get your materials ready and visit the university’s graduate school website in October for guidelines – They usually display the info boldly on their site
32. University of Texas Health San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, USA
33. University of Texas at San Antonio, Neuroscience PhD Program, USA
NB: Application fee will be waived if you submit your application by November 1, 2023.
34. University of Nebraska, USA
(All undergraduate programs)
NB: The application fee waiver does not apply to international students.
International students may use the waiver code: LOPER
35. University of Maryland Global Campus, USA
NB: Application fee will be waived if you submit your application on or before August 31
36. University of Notre Dame, USA
Waiver is granted on the basis of financial hardship or academic excellence
Send a request to gradapp@nd.edu stating why you need a waiver
37. University of Dayton
(All programs)
37. University of Colorado Boulder Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, USA
NB: They are offering waivers to a select few international students who do not meet the graduate school waiver requirements
38. University of Colorado Boulder Department of Computer Science, USA
NB: Limited waivers will be offered to exceptional international students from countries experiencing economic hardships OR facing financial sanctions imposed by the US
39. University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science
For US citizens and permanent residents
40. According to the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), these 16 universities in the state of Colorado are waiving application fees – check if you are eligible
41 to 55 and contained in the PDF uploaded by CDHE.
NOTE: I did my best to verify this information on the respective websites. However, make your own findings as well.graduate.ua.edu/prospective-st…
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Sample of a well-written, award-winning Statement of Purpose (SoP) that won Rishabh Jain full-ride PhD scholarships at MIT and UPenn:
The writer, Rishabh Jain, received fully-funded Ph.D. offers from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and MIT (an American university that has ranked as the Best University in the World for many years).
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Let's discuss the strengths of this SoP to see what made it outstanding, using a paragraph-by-paragraph analysis.
Although an SoP is NOT the only admission requirement, it is an avenue for an applicant to market themselves to the professors on an admissions committee and convince them on why they should be admitted and funded.
1️⃣Paragraph 1: He identifies a significant and relevant problem that needs to be solved. He then ties this to WHY he wants to pursue a PhD in Materials Science and lets the admissions committee know WHY he's applying to MIT of all universities. He shot three birds with one stone (one paragraph).
LIST OF 132 AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE WAIVED TOEFL/IELTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS💥
✅Apply to these universities without writing TOEFL/IELTS exam
✅Verified and confirmed: I’ve included their official websites to confirm these waivers
✅You qualify if English is your country’s official language
✅If your country is on their TOEFL exempt list
✅If your (un)official transcript was prepared in English
✅If your previous education was in English
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Take Note of the FOLLOWING:
✅ A university may waive but your program may insist you submit. Be sure to double-check with your program.
✅ Be sure they offer funding for int’l students
✅ Confirm if it’ll affect your chances of getting funding (scholarship)
✅ Getting a waiver is good, but if you can afford it, write English test to boost your chances. I got 6 fully-funded offers from 5 US universities without TOEFL/IELTS, you too can.
✅ Some universities stated these waivers on their undergraduate webpage but the waiver also applies to their (post)graduate programs.
1. Washington State University
2. Texas A&M University
3. University of Texas at Austin
4. American University (DC)
5. University of Iowa
6. University of Maryland requirements
7. Dartmouth (Ivy League)
– Submit InitialView (free tool of used to showcase communication skills)
1️⃣Identification of problem and solution: In the first paragraph, she identified a problem and wrapped her area of interest around "finding the solution" to that problem.
10 Lifesaving ChatGPT Prompts for Scholarship and Grad School Applicants
This thread contains powerful and helpful prompts that will assist you from the searching stage to the visa stage of your scholarship application journey.
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1. Looking for a list of scholarships that you can apply to? Use the prompt below:
Prompt: Provide a list of scholarships that a Nigerian who studied [Journalism] can apply to for a master's or PhD program.
2. You're not just interested in some conventional, general scholarships. You're looking for a list of departments offering your program of interest with financial support. That is to say, you're looking for fully-funded programs in your area of interest.
I want to openly congratulate this Nigerian graduate (with HND qualification) for securing 5 admissions, 1 waitlist, and 1 rejection out of 7 applications for Fall 2023.
After applying to a master's or PhD program abroad, you may be invited to an interview so they can learn more about your interests, which aids them in their admission and funding decisions.
Questions & Answers (what worked for me):
1. Choose an interview time/date that works for you: Most times, they’ll let you pick an available time slot. Consider time zone difference.
2. No impostor syndrome: You were invited to the interview because you ranked high on the application pool, and they’re interested in
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...getting you to join their program or lab.
3. Get to know the interviewers (Profs and staff): While you wait for the interview day to come, try and familiarize yourself with the RECENT works (of your advisor-to-be) that captivate your interest. Let them know you read
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