15 reasons to reject a scholarship application abroad

Zahra Magdy - Cairo

The top 100 universities in the world are located in countries where the individual's standard of living, health and education are high. For these reasons, from the middle of many, students from all over the world dream of studying, sending thousands, even millions, of their applications for scholarships, so that these universities can only be very accurate in determining who will take the grant. So you need to make the best of what you have to be your situation better than most of your competitors.

However, when the applications are turned down, the major universities do not explain their reasons for rejecting the scholarship, and only send an e-mail message saying, "We regret it, you are unacceptable." Despite the shock, this message does not mean that you will be rejected every time, so it is your job to try to identify the reason for the rejection, which may be among these reasons:

1 - Do not think about changing your field of study unless you have a good reason for it. Those who wish to continue their studies in the field they have already studied are the least likely to refuse in exchange for those who want to change the field of study without explaining the reasons because that is of concern. But if you have to, you can link what you intend to study with your current situation honestly and clearly, such as establishing your family for a small project that will prompt you to study accounting.

2. In your letter to the university, explain the need for the grant, and what you would like to provide your community with what you have learned is most important in your application, so be sure to devote sufficient time to submitting your application clearly and credibly, or consult with you.

3 - Submit your application file Grant on time is the most important of all, but do not care so only in order to verify the documents you submitted after that, there is no second chance. As many official papers are required, many optimists think that if they provide false papers that will not be noticed, unfortunately many rely on institutions that provide counterfeit documents to complete their application. However, if you submit any false documents intentionally or unintentionally, make sure that your chances of acceptance are non-existent. .

4. To avoid raising doubt about your request, provide as many possible documents and explanations as possible for any information that may not be clear or easily understood when presented to the officials.

5 - Make sure that the validity of the documents you provide, some papers relating to your health, and your identity, and your position of recruitment and some degrees may be associated with the validity dates, and be useless after some time, so be careful to update your data every period.

6 - If you think that the study is expensive, travel and residence in a foreign country may be more expensive, so if you did not give you comprehensive accommodation, the government must be convinced - an example at the university - your ability to support yourself financially when you arrive. There are many ways to reduce your financial burden by sharing your expenses with family and friends and more, but most importantly, proof of that on paper with a statement of your ability to afford living, which will save you on your travel visa.

7 - Use the text on the sites that help you to fill your application for the grant of your motives to study and the letter of submission is the worst you give yourself, imagine the thousands of providers on the same grant how many times will be repeated your text, a first step to be rejected automatically before reading your request by officials.

8 - If you feel that your quest amid the thousands will not be in your favor Be realistic, and as a first step you have to apply for about twenty universities and this will carry with him the possibility of acceptance in a university less than your expectations and as a second step be keen to apply to universities in different cultures, and study rare areas, Your competition for 100 people will never be equal to your competition for a thousand.

9 - Do not ignore the extracurricular experiences, which are not related to your scientific degrees, and take the opportunity to make a good impression on you in your request to write about experience, personal qualities, volunteer work, or future plans related to your desired field of study.

10 - the speed of completion of your request and your documents is not always a professional mark, and the ease of completion of the required does not mean that you have completed as required. So take your time, and do not rush to submit your application. You can save it and then return to it and read it a few times before submitting it, but of course with a focus on the deadline.

11. If your papers are rejected and you try to replicate the experience, you can seek to work in the relevant field of your studies, which can be a step in your favor.

12. You may also be looking for a summer program for learning or training, and adding some certificates in your application file.

13 - Find out all the possibilities that led to the rejection of your request this time and start to address, and to achieve this, ask one of your professors or contact the university to ask for a clear reason for the rejection of your request, an unsafe step with some universities due to concern about responding to thousands of messages.

14. A number of embassies offer conferences for students seeking to study abroad and who wish to receive a grant, in the presence of a number of helpful advisers in responding to queries on how to apply without error.

15. Consolidate your relationship with more of your teachers and give them evidence of your personality development and experience to get more letters of recommendation to boost your position next time.