Comments on: How I got the Monbusho Research Scholarship (Part 4 of 4) http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/ Updated Every Few Weeks. Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Libny Zambranohttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-19064 Libny Zambrano Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:54 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-19064 Thank you very much for sharing your experience about the Monbukagakusho. It helped to clarify many things and to make sure of other things. I am currently a senior about to graduate in around two weeks and still haven't turned in my application and research proposal so I am praying dearly to God that this can all work out for me before the deadline. If not, I will have apply for the scholarship program for 2013. Anyways thank you very much and God bless you. Thank you very much for sharing your experience about the Monbukagakusho. It helped to clarify many things and to make sure of other things. I am currently a senior about to graduate in around two weeks and still haven’t turned in my application and research proposal so I am praying dearly to God that this can all work out for me before the deadline. If not, I will have apply for the scholarship program for 2013. Anyways thank you very much and God bless you.

]]> By: Lars Martinsonhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18708 Lars Martinson Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:45:48 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18708 Congrats! Congrats!

]]> By: Shaun O'Brienhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18707 Shaun O'Brien Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:01:00 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18707 Hey Lars, First congrats on getting into the comic festival. It seems like a pretty big deal. Also, it looks like i'll be getting the scholarship after all. I found out that i passed the second screenings, so as long as the university i am attending doesn't change their mind i'm set to go in april. Thanks for all your help, and good luck at the festival. Hey Lars, First congrats on getting into the comic festival. It seems like a pretty big deal. Also, it looks like i’ll be getting the scholarship after all. I found out that i passed the second screenings, so as long as the university i am attending doesn’t change their mind i’m set to go in april. Thanks for all your help, and good luck at the festival.

]]> By: Eriolhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18540 Eriol Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:46:50 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18540 Hello Lars, thanks for the entry! I sympathized a lot with it even though I'm not taking the research scholarship but the Undergraduate version of it: which pans a whole other lot of troubles and headaches, which I think will be worth it anyways. I plan on documenting them for later use such as your entry, because I wish I had one myself.I'm a new reader here, so maybe I got one fact wrong though. You recieved confirmation during June and took the tests the same month; just as I did. Confirmation for you after you passed the national screening was up until Mid-February, right? I had gotten word from the embassy that they'd try to get the confirmations by mid-August (quite some time ago huh?) but I recently called and they said they hadn't heard from MEXT in Japan yet.To be honest it's pretty stressing not to hear about it, as you may know already. I was just wondering if it was naturally a longer wait than expected, because then I can breathe a sigh of relief and simply wait for the refusal or acceptance notice with assurance from someone who already experienced it. Since the main reason why I even sought a scholarship was my economic difficulty, I was planning to drop out of my current uni to work for the initial funds I'd need if I got accepted until departure date. If it's normal that notification is that late, though, I guess I'll have to start planning other methods of raising money while not excluding any possible outcome, haha.Again, thanks for the blog post. Hello Lars, thanks for the entry! I sympathized a lot with it even though I’m not taking the research scholarship but the Undergraduate version of it: which pans a whole other lot of troubles and headaches, which I think will be worth it anyways. I plan on documenting them for later use such as your entry, because I wish I had one myself.

I’m a new reader here, so maybe I got one fact wrong though. You recieved confirmation during June and took the tests the same month; just as I did. Confirmation for you after you passed the national screening was up until Mid-February, right? I had gotten word from the embassy that they’d try to get the confirmations by mid-August (quite some time ago huh?) but I recently called and they said they hadn’t heard from MEXT in Japan yet.

To be honest it’s pretty stressing not to hear about it, as you may know already. I was just wondering if it was naturally a longer wait than expected, because then I can breathe a sigh of relief and simply wait for the refusal or acceptance notice with assurance from someone who already experienced it. Since the main reason why I even sought a scholarship was my economic difficulty, I was planning to drop out of my current uni to work for the initial funds I’d need if I got accepted until departure date. If it’s normal that notification is that late, though, I guess I’ll have to start planning other methods of raising money while not excluding any possible outcome, haha.

Again, thanks for the blog post.

]]> By: Lars Martinsonhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18481 Lars Martinson Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:10:35 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18481 Hey Shaun, sorry to hear your bid didn't pan out. Good luck to you next year if you decide to apply again! Hey Shaun, sorry to hear your bid didn’t pan out. Good luck to you next year if you decide to apply again!

]]> By: Shaun O'Brienhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18476 Shaun O'Brien Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:41:01 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18476 Hey Lars no Questions this time, Just thought i should come and say thanks for your help. Seems they cut application numbers for Australia in half this year so at this stage i've missed out. Somehow i'm on a 2 person reserve list so all is not lost, but there isn't much chance of 1 or 2 of the 7 applicants dropping out. if not, I might try again next year.Probably the last time i'll post on here so thanks for all your help Hey Lars no Questions this time, Just thought i should come and say thanks for your help. Seems they cut application numbers for Australia in half this year so at this stage i’ve missed out. Somehow i’m on a 2 person reserve list so all is not lost, but there isn’t much chance of 1 or 2 of the 7 applicants dropping out. if not, I might try again next year.

Probably the last time i’ll post on here so thanks for all your help

]]> By: Lars Martinsonhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18431 Lars Martinson Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:26:28 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18431 Hey Jeanne-- It's been literally years since my interview, so I honestly don't remember what questions I got. And for the rest of your questions, your guess is as good as mine! Lars Hey Jeanne–
It’s been literally years since my interview, so I honestly don’t remember what questions I got. And for the rest of your questions, your guess is as good as mine!
Lars

]]> By: jeannehttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18429 jeanne Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:18:35 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18429 i dont know if some1 asked this b4, coz i didn't have time to read all the comments... sorry if it's repeated..do you roughly know the weightage of the interview? and how random is random? like about your personal life or something related to the japanese field, culture or wad? and btw, they said everyone did quite badly this year (in my country) for the written tests.. is is necessarily a bad sign (sry it's a bit stupid to ask this one, but just want ur comment anw)?sorry, ask so many things.. thanks a lot!! it was helpful! :) i dont know if some1 asked this b4, coz i didn’t have time to read all the comments… sorry if it’s repeated..

do you roughly know the weightage of the interview? and how random is random? like about your personal life or something related to the japanese field, culture or wad?
and btw, they said everyone did quite badly this year (in my country) for the written tests.. is is necessarily a bad sign (sry it’s a bit stupid to ask this one, but just want ur comment anw)?

sorry, ask so many things.. thanks a lot!! it was helpful! :)

]]> By: Lars Martinsonhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18227 Lars Martinson Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:32:41 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18227 Hey Shaun-- Sorry, I don't really have any particular advice other than what's in this entry. As mentioned above, the practice interview is the biggest thing I wish I had done, so have a friend/professor/whoever do one of those with you if you can. Best of luck! Lars Hey Shaun–
Sorry, I don’t really have any particular advice other than what’s in this entry. As mentioned above, the practice interview is the biggest thing I wish I had done, so have a friend/professor/whoever do one of those with you if you can.
Best of luck!
Lars

]]> By: Shaun O'Brienhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18226 Shaun O'Brien Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:21:15 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18226 Hey Tars thanks for all your help thus far. Hopefully this will be the last question. Somehow, dispite my shocking Japanese Ability i've been asked to attend and interview in a few weeks. I know you said you didn't do so well in the interveiw but is there anything you would sugest to prepare for, that you didn't mention above. I know it would have been ages ago for you but at this stage there isn't alot of sugestions on the net. Australia has a high success rate among those get to the interview stage so i'm optimistic, but with my bad japanese any edge would help.If this has already been asked a thousand times dont bother answering, but if there were any particular things you wished you'd prepared an answer for it would be a huge help.Thanks again Hey Tars thanks for all your help thus far. Hopefully this will be the last question. Somehow, dispite my shocking Japanese Ability i’ve been asked to attend and interview in a few weeks. I know you said you didn’t do so well in the interveiw but is there anything you would sugest to prepare for, that you didn’t mention above. I know it would have been ages ago for you but at this stage there isn’t alot of sugestions on the net. Australia has a high success rate among those get to the interview stage so i’m optimistic, but with my bad japanese any edge would help.

If this has already been asked a thousand times dont bother answering, but if there were any particular things you wished you’d prepared an answer for it would be a huge help.

Thanks again

]]> By: Lars Martinsonhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18147 Lars Martinson Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:47:13 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18147 If memory serves, I put each copy of the application in a folder, and separated each section with paperclips. But as long as it looks neat and professional, I'm sure any format would be fine. Good luck! Lars If memory serves, I put each copy of the application in a folder, and separated each section with paperclips. But as long as it looks neat and professional, I’m sure any format would be fine.
Good luck!
Lars

]]> By: Shaun O'Brienhttp://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/comment-page-2/#comment-18146 Shaun O'Brien Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:12:50 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-monbusho-research-scholarship-part-4-of-4/#comment-18146 Hey Lars this post seems to have taken off again. I have just finished writing my Aplication and come to the realsisation that i have a million peices of paper and how to present them. I'm litereally sending it in 12 hours from now, and just thought i would ask you what you did for presentation/organisation and how you kept the million copies of everything neat. I do have essentially unlimited folders so thats not a problem but i was wondering if you had any tips if you hapen to be online within the next 10 or so hours.thanks Hey Lars this post seems to have taken off again. I have just finished writing my Aplication and come to the realsisation that i have a million peices of paper and how to present them. I’m litereally sending it in 12 hours from now, and just thought i would ask you what you did for presentation/organisation and how you kept the million copies of everything neat. I do have essentially unlimited folders so thats not a problem but i was wondering if you had any tips if you hapen to be online within the next 10 or so hours.

thanks

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