MEXT Scholarship for Postgraduate 2011: General Discussions.

jackyoboy said:
@blurcheryl
yeah i will post it here after i asked..im reading the previous scholars' discussion now. the thing is, what is the quota of recommendation for our country? Since from what i've read, the budget for foreign students' admission decreases annually but we have more recommendations this year, which is confusing.
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All the information I got thus far is from the education counsellor. Apparently, the number of recommended candidates has been a steady figure i.e. 30 with 2 alternates each year. So I'm really surprised why this number increased to 33 this year when there is a budget cut.
 
blurcheryl said:
All the information I got thus far is from the education counsellor. Apparently, the number of recommended candidates has been a steady figure i.e. 30 with 2 alternates each year. So I'm really surprised why this number increased to 33 this year when there is a budget cut.
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the budget cut is not absolute yet as it's just a proposal. Maybe the embassy came up with another alternate this year. Still, let's just hope that the quota stays the same, else we'll be panicking like crazy till December where the unofficial confirmation of our status comes in.
 
jackyoboy said:
the budget cut is not absolute yet as it's just a proposal. Maybe the embassy came up with another alternate this year. Still, let's just hope that the quota stays the same, else we'll be panicking like crazy till December where the unofficial confirmation of our status comes in.
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33 is the recommended number excluding alternates. We too have 2 alternates this year.
 
jackyoboy said:
the budget cut is not absolute yet as it's just a proposal. Maybe the embassy came up with another alternate this year. Still, let's just hope that the quota stays the same, else we'll be panicking like crazy till December where the unofficial confirmation of our status comes in.
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December? How come? I thought the results come out in February.
And, guys, don't forget that East Asian countries are priority for Japan, if MEXT had to choose only 10 foreign students, they would choose 9 from East Asia and 1 from USA/Europe.
 
PeterSimon said:
December? How come? I thought the results come out in February.
And, guys, don't forget that East Asian countries are priority for Japan, if MEXT had to choose only 10 foreign students, they would choose 9 from East Asia and 1 from USA/Europe.
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according to the previous badge discussions, they will receive notifications from their prof. indicating that MEXT has contacted them for confirmation of acceptance. Other documents such as dormitory forms will also be issued around that time
 
Just for your reference, for one of the previous years, I think for students enrolling in 2009, one ppl from Malaysia said in the post that they have recommended 33, and finally, 3 withdraw voluteerily and 29 accepted while 1 turned to alternate. I also hope to hear from this year's quota and related things from Malaysia. The reduction of 1,400 students is definitely devastating for us.
 
I called the Japanese Embassy in Malaysia this afternoon and according to her, she had not heard such news about the reduction of quota of the intake of students for 2011. Or in other words, the embassy had not been informed about the quota reduction (if required in the first place).
 
Listen, guys. This time, I really think I've got some bad news from the embassy. I called them and the lady in charge told me that they also heard this bad news of reduction of students from MEXT at late July of this year, which is definitely after the initial time that they set the quota, because the MEXT are out of money (I don't think they are really out of money, there's an increase in the total budget, but they just cut the money allocated to MEXT students). But she told me that she didn't receive any information on the possible quota allocated to the embassy for the next year. Also, she told me that the worst case is that half of the students in my embassy among the total number of 4 could be rejected. (Actually, 4 are recommended for the past seven years and nobody has ever been rejected)
It is a really bad news which definitely means that the number of students as large as 1400 world wilde passing the embassy screening would be turned down in the end for the year 2011 compard with the last year due to their sudden budget reduction. What a .....!!!!
I couldn't say more about it but I guess I'll have to start making backups now instead of waiting at home doing nothing.
Why it happens this year......................!!!!!
 
Hello everyone,

I just received a LoA yesterday (masters programme) and while handing it up at the embassy, I also took the chance to inquire about the issue of MEXT reducing its quota and budget for 2011. However, I am not very sure what to make of the response the embassy gave me.

The lady in charge at the Singapore embassy said that it has been consistently recommending 4 ppl (3 MEXT postgrads + 1 JCB, MEXT scholar) since the start of the programme. Also, I was told that they were not informed about the budget reduction.

When I told them that there was official news about the budget reduction on the MEXT website, I was told that since MEXT said "2011 budget reduction for MEXT" it means that this reduction is for the next cycle which starts in 2011. (i.e. in that case we are considered to be the 2010 cycle).
 
jophillia said:
Hello everyone,
I just received a LoA yesterday (masters programme) and while handing it up at the embassy, I also took the chance to inquire about the issue of MEXT reducing its quota and budget for 2011. However, I am not very sure what to make of the response the embassy gave me.
The lady in charge at the Singapore embassy said that it has been consistently recommending 4 ppl (3 MEXT postgrads + 1 JCB, MEXT scholar) since the start of the programme. Also, I was told that they were not informed about the budget reduction.
When I told them that there was official news about the budget reduction on the MEXT website, I was told that since MEXT said "2011 budget reduction for MEXT" it means that this reduction is for the next cycle which starts in 2011. (i.e. in that case we are considered to be the 2010 cycle).
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I do hope we are considered as 2010 cycle. But my embassy spokes quite different as they not only confirmed the reduction of 1400, and also told me that there might be reduction in recommended number. Similar to Singapore, here, they recommends 4 research students for the past 7 years and nobody ever failed. But the lady in charge told me things might be quite different this year due to the big reduction number and it's definitely affecting our lot, although they didn't receive order from MEXT of reducing the quota for our embassy until now.
Btw, personally speaking, I think we start at 2011, the money to us starts at 2011, though we start to apply at 2010.
 
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flidar said:
I do hope we are considered as 2010 cycle. But my embassy spokes quite different as they not only confirmed the reduction of 1400, and also told me that there might be reduction in recommended number. Similar to Singapore, here, they recommends 4 research students for the past 7 years and nobody ever failed. But the lady in charge told me things might be quite different this year due to the big reduction number and it's definitely affecting our lot, although they didn't receive order from MEXT of reducing the quota for our embassy until now.
Btw, personally speaking, I think we start at 2011, the money to us starts at 2011, though we start to apply at 2010.
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I think we should stop worrying ourselves out since things are not very clear for now. IMO, i don't think MEXT or Japan will make a sudden change in the middle of the screening. We know how consistent and precise the Japanese does their job and having to throw this issue out of a sudden is not exactly how they work. Since there's a clash in point of view by the embassy, perhaps things might not be as bad as we think. One thing is for sure, they did not receive order from MEXT about the reduction in quota, so this quota might start next year. I searched out for several fellow Malaysians scholars at Japan now and they said that they've heard no such news. Neither were they informed by MEXT that they will have a reduction in their allowances (which makes sense since if there is a reduction in budget, there might be some notification for reduction in their allowance). It's still September and i think it's not mentally healthy for us to sweat our pants out for something that even the embassy cannot confirm. Try to be positive, ask the past scholars of your country and try out best to share resources here. I'm sure all of us can benefit from each other's effort. Peace.
 
jackyoboy said:
I think we should stop worrying ourselves out since things are not very clear for now. IMO, i don't think MEXT or Japan will make a sudden change in the middle of the screening. We know how consistent and precise the Japanese does their job and having to throw this issue out of a sudden is not exactly how they work. Since there's a clash in point of view by the embassy, perhaps things might not be as bad as we think. One thing is for sure, they did not receive order from MEXT about the reduction in quota, so this quota might start next year. I searched out for several fellow Malaysians scholars at Japan now and they said that they've heard no such news. Neither were they informed by MEXT that they will have a reduction in their allowances (which makes sense since if there is a reduction in budget, there might be some notification for reduction in their allowance). It's still September and i think it's not mentally healthy for us to sweat our pants out for something that even the embassy cannot confirm. Try to be positive, ask the past scholars of your country and try out best to share resources here. I'm sure all of us can benefit from each other's effort. Peace.
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Yeah, what jackyoboy said is correct. There are several months more to wait. Nothing could be done by us :'(
 
guys, you can try university recommendation. choose the best university around Japan so you'll have higher chance of being chosen by MEXT.
 
Ok let's just CALM DOWN people

BuDZ, We can't try University Recommendation since we have already been selected through Embassy recommendation. Both ways are not possible. In case someone miss the scholarship this time, he/she would have to wait UNTIL next year, probably around July 2011 or even in the worst case, December 2011.

prettybunny, at least in my case, my professor stated very clearly and with a very high level of detail why he accepted me in the second page of the "Letter of recommendation form". He mentioned the email exchange, some highlights of my project and even the importance of attending the japanese language course. I don't see the point in contacing him again but I don't know if it a common practice.

Don't get me wrong, I am super scared too! but try to think positively and everything will be OK 👍
 
ykk said:
prettybunny, at least in my case, my professor stated very clearly and with a very high level of detail why he accepted me in the second page of the "Letter of recommendation form". He mentioned the email exchange, some highlights of my project and even the importance of attending the japanese language course. I don't see the point in contacing him again but I don't know if it a common practice.
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I heard that secondary screening is conducted based on the result of primary screening and the LoA from professors.
If your prof write a lot of good things about you in the LoA, IMO it will help in the 2nd screening...

Can't wait till December!!
 
Hello,
Your discussion above really makes me ... worried. here in Vietnam, we had about 40 for post-graduate last year (through Embassy Recommendation). This year 43 has passed the primary screening. And because my Prof said in LOA that my Research Proposal was out of focus and he wondered about the possibility that I could do it... Now they may also cut down the quota so i am going to fail for sure. Oh, no....
 
Hello everyone

Hello everyone.
I am from Bulgaria. I've participated in this year embassy selection for MEXT scholarship, obtained LoA from Keio and I am currently waiting for the final confirmation.
I only recently discovered JREF and I find it rather useful though in case of this particular thread kinda scary ;) I hope I don't sound very rude just my experience with the program was a little bit different. Rather irritating actually, because of all the waiting (20 days to mark English exam....really!!!) but overall things seemed to proceed smoothly.
But enough chit-chat. Good luck to everyone :):):) And thank you for the detailed input :):):)
 
boradibo said:
Hello everyone.
I am from Bulgaria. I've participated in this year embassy selection for MEXT scholarship, obtained LoA from Keio and I am currently waiting for the final confirmation.
I only recently discovered JREF and I find it rather useful though in case of this particular thread kinda scary ;) I hope I don't sound very rude just my experience with the program was a little bit different. Rather irritating actually, because of all the waiting (20 days to mark English exam....really!!!) but overall things seemed to proceed smoothly.
But enough chit-chat. Good luck to everyone :):):) And thank you for the detailed input :):):)
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*waves*
I got 3 LOAs (although much after the deadline), but I'm still not sure whether MEXT will give me the scholarship, after their budget cuts.
 
PeterSimon said:
*waves*
I got 3 LOAs (although much after the deadline), but I'm still not sure whether MEXT will give me the scholarship, after their budget cuts.
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Fingers crossed, right :-) I kinda don't get that part with the budget cuts. This year the number of recommendations is lower and as far as the information given to us by the foundation, that covered the budget cuts. But then again considering "the vast amount" of information during the selection process........
Congratulations for the LOAs btw (I am getting the feeling that I am the only person who actually sent a single request for LOA :eek: , ne) and good luck
 

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