MEXT Scholarship for Postgraduate 2011: General Discussions.

ykk said:

Hello everybody, I told you that I was going to tell you the news right away, so here I go:
I have just recieved a mail from the lady from the embassy that informed me that I am an alternate, again.
As you know, the odds of me finally recieving the scholarship are very very slim.
Still, I am asked to confirm if I still want to be an alternate or not. I don't know what to do. I've come so far, that my heart says "just hang in a little more" but I am so devastated that I don't know if I can still manage some future dissapointments. My family and boyfriend don't want me to go over this again, I am usually a very cheerful and happy but this things really turn me into other person, not even a person, a shadow.
This is not the post I wanted to write but is the sad true.
I wish the best in your life to all of you, you have been the most amazing people I have ever known online, with all your support... god I wish I could know you in real life.
For all of you finally going to Japan, enjoy it for me too.
Live your dream.
I can't write anymore sorry

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Un abrazo hermana, cuanto siento esta situacion. Recuerda con siempre mantener esa fe que has tenido y tendras, es una de tus mayores virtudes. Eres una persona que muy dificilmente olvidare a pesar de los anhos, y como siempre nos has dicho: keep the faith! When God denies us something is because of giving us something better

ykk said:

Hello everybody, I told you that I was going to tell you the news right away, so here I go:
I have just recieved a mail from the lady from the embassy that informed me that I am an alternate, again.
As you know, the odds of me finally recieving the scholarship are very very slim.
Still, I am asked to confirm if I still want to be an alternate or not. I don't know what to do. I've come so far, that my heart says "just hang in a little more" but I am so devastated that I don't know if I can still manage some future dissapointments. My family and boyfriend don't want me to go over this again, I am usually a very cheerful and happy but this things really turn me into other person, not even a person, a shadow.
This is not the post I wanted to write but is the sad true.
I wish the best in your life to all of you, you have been the most amazing people I have ever known online, with all your support... god I wish I could know you in real life.
For all of you finally going to Japan, enjoy it for me too.
Live your dream.
I can't write anymore sorry

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hermana ykk,Siempre manten la fe,as brother mext and xyznD told you,Es la voluntad de Dios,trust me hermana,i've been through this,it cut me like a knife(especially that i can't pursue my studies in my own country)puede imaginar este dolor ,but DESPITE ALL THAT,i keep the faith,i keep praying day and night.
hermana,Fue un placer a conocerte,i wish i could come to Argentina and meet you
si,un dia,who knows
muchos besos hermana ykk,le deseo lo mejor,buena suerte

ykk said:

Hello everybody, I told you that I was going to tell you the news right away, so here I go:
I have just recieved a mail from the lady from the embassy that informed me that I am an alternate, again.
As you know, the odds of me finally recieving the scholarship are very very slim.
Still, I am asked to confirm if I still want to be an alternate or not. I don't know what to do. I've come so far, that my heart says "just hang in a little more" but I am so devastated that I don't know if I can still manage some future dissapointments. My family and boyfriend don't want me to go over this again, I am usually a very cheerful and happy but this things really turn me into other person, not even a person, a shadow.
This is not the post I wanted to write but is the sad true.
I wish the best in your life to all of you, you have been the most amazing people I have ever known online, with all your support... god I wish I could know you in real life.
For all of you finally going to Japan, enjoy it for me too.
Live your dream.
I can't write anymore sorry

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I'm sorry to hear that ykk. I really hate to see this happening and I realy hoped that you could come to Japan to offer us a good treat of some roasted meat from your own country that you have promised!
I'm really sorry! This is not your fault, and it just happens to be that MEXT cut its budget so largely this year, and as a result, almost 1/4 of the candiates have failed the 2nd screening which never happens before. Actually, there is a lot of opportunities to study in Japan and gain scholarships there, and there is also a G30 scholarship that offers a less money of around 110,000JPY per month. I do hope after the sorrowness, you could stand up again and try to search for some info on these scholarships. And who knows that you might get one of them!
Wish you all the best, my friend! You have giving us so many useful information and guiding us through from a noob before the embassy writting tests to the final result of MEXT, thank you very much!
If there is anything that I could possible do for you in the future for studying in Japan or scholarship info or something, please do not hesitate to email me or msn me!
Ganbatte!

I agree with flidar about the cut in budget of MEXT. The situation is the same here in Vietnam, about 1/4 candidates failed the 2nd screening...

MEXT 2011 said:

ykk,
I am so sorry for you. I am really convinced that you are the most suitable person for this scholarship. I don't know how they (embassy staff) could take such unfair decisions.
In such situations, I always tell myself (This is God's choice, and there is nothing better than God's choice). We don't know what future prepares for us. You may have better chances in other directions.
I hope you overcome such disappointing condition, and try to forget the past and look for the future.
All the best.

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Oh my God, this was unexpected at all, I agree with you Ahmed. However, I am really disappointed, there is no other options, please ykk try again you may get and the chance will recopy the previous bad situations. Ahemd I would like to say to you that, I called one of the regular candidate however, he had a mission from the government, he will no take it and take MEXT scholarship. I was sending a massage for him to tell me if you have any news from the embassy to tell me directly. He did not answer me, when I called him for congratulation, he answered me with cold blood, and I told him I will never ask you to do anything for me I called for congratulation. Damn for such person.I wish not meet him again. However he is from mansoura but really, he does not belong to them at alllll.
I agree that happened also to me however, I had already passed the secondary screening, they will put me as alternate

I read this and I'm really scare and I'm not even presented myself yet. This is so sad and I'm not even know what to say :? Just keep on going people, hold on! keep on fighting! Keep beliving in your dreams! This is no the only way to go Japan!

I been reading all this hole thing about G30, but I don't undersand, I didn't find information about a scholarship, it only said that they have a goel that is to have 300.000 foerign student by 2030 or something like that, and they are going to give more budget to do that to 13 Universities so they can offer more variety of courses in english in their school and can accept more students... This is good, right? if anyone has more information about it, please let us know it!

(www).mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/education/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2009/11/04/1222424_20_001.pdf

...if u have a time please read it, and erase the () that i put 'cause it wouldn't let me paste the web page.


it don't look like a scholarship, does it? ... How they want to increase the number of foreign student if they low the budget for the monbusho scholarship? or they want that more wealthy people go to study to Japan? ... I don't get it ... I'm a little bit lost...:?
☝☝ don't get it ☝

I'm a Monbukagakusho student who'll be attending Kyoto University. I'm trying to choose accomodation at the moment. Does anyone know anyone who's gone to Shugakuin? I'm used to living in a rabbit hutch in Tokyo but the rooms look ridiculously small...
Are they new/clean? I can't find any photos of them yet.
At the moment I'm seriously considering staying in a private apartment, then I'd be able to keep all my stuff at least.

rejected... I feel so empty asking myself how I got in this damn situation to wait for 6 months for someone to decide my destiny! I always did that by myself so far. They told me that Serbia is severely cut in scholarships. I don't know what does that mean in numbers and what would be the number of candidates for next year but I know one thing - from now on Mext is my plan B. Like ykk I was completely lost for last 9 months, especially this one, and I don't want to hurt my family anymore being a shadow because of the yes/no thing of some bureaucrat 10 000 km away.
I don't want to discourage anyone. I just feel awful and angry. I don't give up but I will choose this scholarship, I will not let it choose me. that's it.

ykk, hang in there, see you on a Mext 2012 thread

Good luck to everybody still waiting for the results

And I'm gonna change my username to waitingalmostkilledme

oakx said:

I'm a Monbukagakusho student who'll be attending Kyoto University. I'm trying to choose accomodation at the moment. Does anyone know anyone who's gone to Shugakuin? I'm used to living in a rabbit hutch in Tokyo but the rooms look ridiculously small...
Are they new/clean? I can't find any photos of them yet.
At the moment I'm seriously considering staying in a private apartment, then I'd be able to keep all my stuff at least.

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I'll be joining Kyoto U as well and now I'm also filling the form for the apartment. Where you from and do you have msn messenger or email?

Hello Everybody, sorry for not replying... I haven't been very happy these days...
I am trying to keep on with my life, trying to see the bright side of this. Your messages are, as always, inspiring and encouraging me to move on.
I really don't think I will apply next year. Time will tell. This was my 3rd. time and hoped to be the last. I am already 27, I feel like I should already know what to do from now on, but I don't.
Things are complicated in my country, I want to do something for a change, I want to help people from my own spot, which is design. I've been offered to do some volunteer work for an NGO, so I think I'll take a chance on that.

waitingiskillingme, thanks for your message. I admire you have still the strenght to try again next year. I wish you good luck.
Shenoo, you understand me like nobody. I know how you feel and hope you can recover soon. Don't give up! I don't know what to say, and believe my own words T___T

Flidar, thank you for your advice. I'll try to find more information about other scholarship, I'll see. The chance of working in Japan also interests me so I'll see what to do. I see everything black now.

Karinkitoka and xyznD, thank you for your messages in spanish. It's touching that you actually wrote things in my language, thank you very much. Muchas gracias a todos. I've been warned once for writting in spanish so be careful and try to keep the english it's good for practice too. XyznD:your last words really caused an impact for me, I hope God is preparing a VERY GOOD surprise for me, because my heat is already broken. Karintoka: please drop me a line if you come to Argentina some day! I wish you good luck too!

MEXT2011, as xyznD, your words about God's choice also mean a lot to me. I don't know why God is punishing me with this... fate, destiny, I don't know how to call it. All I know is that sometimes you do everything right and you get nothing in return. I hope my reward to come someday, I don't care much about the delay, I just want this effort to pay off, and stop feeling like I wasted time, money and lots and lots of nerves and tears.

Now I'll stop the whining

I've chatted yesterday with Alemid4, still no news from Brazil T___T she is having a tough time so let's prey for her too.

I don't think I'll be around this forum too much, so if you want to contact me via MSN, facebook, gtalk, you are welcome! Send me a PM. I'll try to log in from time to time to see how things are (I am pretty much used to it anyway...) I really want to keep in touch with you.

I know someone that might be interested in sharing his appartment with someone in Yokohama. He was going to share it with me but now he is on his own again. He is near the area of Minato Mirai, I've seen photos of the house and it's big and comfortable. Send me a PM if you are interested.

Now, that's it sorry for writing so long...

Thank you for your support all these months. Hugs, kisses to every corner of the world.

i don't have the words who can describe how i feel about everything, ykk...i am really sorry...
sometimes i think the waiting was actually the best thing, at least i'm living in a dreamland...

who decides when I'm going there?
Both me and the prof selected that i should be there by 1st of April
In fact, they're insisting much on that
So, is it the Ministry's decision at the end?

ykk, I'm so, so sorry. After all this time and effort and waiting, you deserved to go. *Hugs* I hope that whatever you choose to do now will bring you the joy that this stubborn program refused to give you. You're smart, and determined, and wonderful, and I know good things are coming your way.

FiFo said:

who decides when I'm going there?
Both me and the prof selected that i should be there by 1st of April
In fact, they're insisting much on that
So, is it the Ministry's decision at the end?

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follow you professor. inform the ministry about your professor's plan. everything you'll do in Japan will depend on your professor. if you research about Japanese culture, you know what i'm talking.

BuDZ said:

follow you professor. inform the ministry about your professor's plan. everything you'll do in Japan will depend on your professor. if you research about Japanese culture, you know what i'm talking.

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Thank you for the advice
I've just emailed him and probably he will reply in a couple of hours ☝

I've just had the reply from the professor, and the news are wonderful!
He said that I MUST be in the university before 1st of April
A Japanese traveling agency will call me and arrange my arrival from my country of residence to the door of the university, meanwhile the accommodation will be fully prepared
The friendliness of the people there is really overwhelming me that I'm ready to donate all my works in the next 6 years without asking for any recognition, seriously!!

FiFo said:

I've just had the reply from the professor, and the news are wonderful!
He said that I MUST be in the university before 1st of April
A Japanese traveling agency will call me and arrange my arrival from my country of residence to the door of the university, meanwhile the accommodation will be fully prepared
The friendliness of the people there is really overwhelming me that I'm ready to donate all my works in the next 6 years without asking for any recognition, seriously!!

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congratulations! may we know what university are you going to?

University of Fukui

Dear Friends!!

I hope, Everyone gona be fine and doing well at her/his end. By Mext scholarship, I hang up with strong inquries. As i hope that , you people would pleased me to give answers to my need at any possibe .

Here we go, Actually i applied Mext scholarship to the japanese uiversity and got back email of supervisor(executive program). He agreed to accept me as master degree candidate at his research lab. Nom i am going to submit material to him soonly. Some could explain me, What are the chances, if candidates have to obtain MEXT scholarship through university recommendation?

However supervisor agreed to accept candidate if he or she selected for scholarship. Right now i have this situation as where i should know unclear the final result untill june.

My experience speaks, if you are either selected by supervisor, you would be worthy to attain scholarship in case, university recomendation process, only professor (supervisor) involved to demonstrate the being conclusions of grammatical case of the applicants rather than international student affair office.

If any could give comment or advice, wramly appreciate for consideration !!! Thank a lot !!!

Hi everyone,
I am studying in china and my major is BE-Electrical Engineering & its Automation.
Someone would share bout MEXT scholarship in english verious program holding by japanese universities.
which universities are offered program in english as instructional language?
Thanks I am looking your being answer!!

Hey guys and girls,

Hope you all had some fantastic holidays with your friends and family!

I wrote an email to my supervisor at todai if he already knows if mext will send me there and he answered me 'you will belong to our lab. don't worry about it. bla bla bla we are looking forward in meeting you in april'. So I guess I will be sent to todai?!

Now I am super happy and super scared at once! I don't know any japanese yet! and I am entering the PhD course directly. So I will be over there for 3.5 years. This is sooo far away from home and such a long time...

How are you people doing and what are you thinking- am I the only one here who is scared?

Does anyone know when the Japanese language course starts in April and when we are going to fly over to Japan? I can't stand the waiting anymore!
Plus- will we be able to fly home in holidays?

Is there anyone else who is going to todai?

Thanks a lot for your answers in advance!

ijulia said:

Hey guys and girls,

Hope you all had some fantastic holidays with your friends and family!

I wrote an email to my supervisor at todai if he already knows if mext will send me there and he answered me 'you will belong to our lab. don't worry about it. bla bla bla we are looking forward in meeting you in april'. So I guess I will be sent to todai?!

Now I am super happy and super scared at once! I don't know any japanese yet! and I am entering the PhD course directly. So I will be over there for 3.5 years. This is sooo far away from home and such a long time...

How are you people doing and what are you thinking- am I the only one here who is scared?

Does anyone know when the Japanese language course starts in April and when we are going to fly over to Japan? I can't stand the waiting anymore!
Plus- will we be able to fly home in holidays?

Is there anyone else who is going to todai?

Thanks a lot for your answers in advance!

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For me I'm having a full-year for studying Japanese
As for being away from home, I've told the representatives in the Japanese Embassy that I'm not planning to leave Japan even after finishing my studies :japanese:

My Response in bold red font

ijulia said:

Hey guys and girls,

Hope you all had some fantastic holidays with your friends and family!

I wrote an email to my supervisor at todai if he already knows if mext will send me there and he answered me 'you will belong to our lab. don't worry about it. bla bla bla we are looking forward in meeting you in april'. So I guess I will be sent to todai?!

Believe him. You will be get the MEXT scholarship and will be in Todai this year. Congratulations!


Now I am super happy and super scared at once! I don't know any japanese yet! and I am entering the PhD course directly. So I will be over there for 3.5 years. This is sooo far away from home and such a long time...

Get some self-study books and learn the basics. If your program is non-English, then enroll in the intensive Nihongo course at Todai because you need it. When they say intensive, it is really intensive.

How are you people doing and what are you thinking- am I the only one here who is scared?

Being scared means you are alive. Don't worry, there are lots of international students in Todai. It is up to you if you can make friends.

Does anyone know when the Japanese language course starts in April and when we are going to fly over to Japan? I can't stand the waiting anymore!
Plus- will we be able to fly home in holidays?

Depending on your professor and your laboratory activities, you can fly home at your own expense.

Is there anyone else who is going to todai?

Thanks a lot for your answers in advance!

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Dear friends!!!

I need your assisatnce . My supervisor said to submit original documents.
Should i need to send him original my documents? Means i need to send him hard copy or photo state copy of documents? please help me in case, I am worried that how can i send him my all original documents.

About medical certificate, what copy i should submit ? original or photostate (Hard copy)of it.