HOW TO GET A FULLY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY ABROAD?: My personal experience obtaining a fully-funded scholarship for a master's degree programme in Public Policy and Management in Brunei Darussalam and the United States

By Lidiia Voevodina

IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN:

➢ How I got my first tuition scholarship at the State Educational Institution of Children Optional Education "Creativity Development and Human Education Centre for Gifted Children "Poisk" at the age of 16 in Russia;

➢ How I received my second scholarship for five years with full funding from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation with a degree in linguistics;

➢ How I got a fully-funded scholarship from the Ministry of International Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam to pursue a master's degree in public policy and management at the University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and McCourt School of Georgetown University in the USA. The scholarship was over 110,000 US dollars;

➢ What international education is for;

➢ What a fully-funded scholarship abroad is and what expenses are covered by it;

➢ What a holistic review is;

➢ You will also receive a practical guide for self-admission:

- How can an appropriate programme and university be found?

- Where to look for graduate and doctoral scholarships?

- How to prepare for admission and what supporting documents are needed?

- What should not be written in a motivation letter?

- What should your academic curriculum vitæ (CV) look like?

- What letters of recommendation are required?

- What changes appeared in Test of English as a Foreign Language (the TOEFL iBT® test) in 2021?

- What should be done after applying to the university?

- What emails from universities can you receive from the admissions committee?

➢ I will help you become the ideal candidate for a fully-funded scholarship, overcoming the obstacles preventing you from studying wherever you want.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lidiia Voevodina
• Release date: Jan 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781737822134

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IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN

How I got my first tuition scholarship at the State Educational Institution of Children Optional Education Creativity Development and Human Education Centre for Gifted Children Poisk" at the age of 16 in Russia;

How I received my second scholarship for five years with full funding from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation with a degree in linguistics;

How I got a fully-funded scholarship from the Ministry of International Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam to pursue a master’s degree in public policy and management at the University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and McCourt School of Georgetown University in the USA. The scholarship was over 110,000 US dollars;

What international education is for;

What a fully-funded scholarship abroad is and what expenses are covered by it;

What a holistic review is;

You will also receive a practical guide for self- admission: How can an appropriate programme and university be found? Where to look for graduate and doctoral scholarships? How to prepare for admission and what supporting documents are needed? What should not be written in a motivation letter? What should your academic curriculum vitæ (CV) look like? What letters of recommendation are required? What changes appeared in Test of English as a Foreign Language (the TOEFL iBT® test) in 2021? What should be done after applying to the university? What emails from universities can you receive from the admissions committee?

I will help you become the ideal candidate for a fully- funded scholarship, overcoming the obstacles preventing you from studying wherever you want.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

If you are holding this book, you might want to know more about me, my international experience and my education. Of course, you also want to know how I got a fully-funded scholarship for a master’s degree programme in the field of public policy and management in Brunei Darussalam and the United States of America (USA).

I assume that none of your acquaintances, friends or relatives have received fully-funded scholarships or studied abroad. If you, your relatives and friends state that a fully- funded scholarship and international education is not available to everyone, that a free cheese is in the mousetrap, that only a distinct or a genius student can receive a full-ride scholarship, then this book is for you.

I will share my personal experience and prove the opposite: that every person in this world has access to international education, and you do not need to be a genius to get a fully-funded scholarship to study abroad. Yet, to realise this idea of getting a full-ride scholarship, you must at least have a strong desire to put effort into achieving this aim.

Getting a fully-funded scholarship is challenging, but it is possible. I received three scholarships for my undergraduate and graduate schools in Russia, Brunei Darussalam, and the USA.

The purpose of this book is to share the knowledge with potential graduate students on how to apply independently for graduate studies at foreign universities and how to get a fully-funded scholarship, with which their education abroad will be covered. In the book, a background on how I got my first tuition scholarship at the age of 16 from the Ministry of Education of the Stavropol Krai (Territory) in Russia is provided. I also cover how I received a fully-funded scholarship in Moscow for a specialist’s degree in linguistics and how I got a full-ride scholarship to undergo my master’s degree in Public Policy and Management in Brunei Darussalam and the USA. Here, you will also find the guidelines for preparing and applying for graduate school and becoming an ideal candidate for a fully-funded scholarship.

Additionally, I would like to say that while creating this book, I was thinking about contributing to the field of public policy by attracting brighter students from different parts of the world. I wanted to encourage those who wish to continue their education in graduate school and are still hesitant about financial aid.

I sincerely wish the best of luck to all applicants with their admissions. I hope that all those interested will be helped by this book to get a fully-funded scholarship at their dream university!

CONTENTS

IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

How did I get my first tuition scholarship?

Chapter 2

How did I receive my second fully-funded scholarship for a specialist’s degree in linguistics?

Chapter 3

How did I get a fully-funded scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in public policy and management?

Chapter 4

What is a fully-funded scholarship?

Chapter 5

What did a fully-funded scholarship cover in Brunei Darussalam and the USA?

Chapter 6

Why do you need an international education and a master’s degree?

Chapter 1

Choosing the University and Programme

Chapter 2

Where to look for a scholarship?

Chapter 3

The Internet - based Test of English as a Foreign (TOEFL iBT® tesT)

Chapter 4

Supporting documents

Chapter 5

Applying for a programme

Chapter 6

What should you do next after applying?

Chapter 7

What letters can you receive after applying?

Chapter 8

What is a holistic review?

Chapter 9

How can one become the ideal candidate for a fully-funded scholarship?

About the Author

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PART 1 – HOW DID I GET A