MEXT Scholarship (Graduate Students) 2017

[hsark]

Here in Angola there's a candidate who didn't receive any LOA and even so he passed the 2nd screening. I believe that the embassy will try to contact the 3 Universities that he has chosen in order to obtain a LOA as a last resource.

my country is the same though they only ask for 1LOA and more would be nicer i remember someone also did get a LOA and the embassy helped in them getting one it usually depends on the country......

 

[Hamdi]

Hey guys!!! I got the second screening results today!! I PASSSEDDDD!!:woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:
After three years I finally passed lol
I got a letter from the embassy. No Email. It says the same stuff which you guys have mentioned, provisional acceptance and all ompous:


I hope rest of the members get their good news soon!!

Congratulations! Persistence definitely pays off!

Hopefully everything goes well until the end for all of us. Also, I truly like the idea to create a group on facebook.

 

[Frida]

Hey guys!!! I got the second screening results today!! I PASSSEDDDD!!:woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:
After three years I finally passed lol
I got a letter from the embassy. No Email. It says the same stuff which you guys have mentioned, provisional acceptance and all ompous:

I hope rest of the members get their good news soon!!

Congratulations!! I don't see many people saying this is their 3rd or even 2nd try, so kudos to us both and our persistence!!!

Don't you suddenly feel like this last 4 months of uncertainty have taken longer than the 3 years we have been waiting get this far? LOL

 

[indojindesu]

Congratulations!! I don't see many people saying this is their 3rd or even 2nd try, so kudos to us both and our persistence!!!

Don't you suddenly feel like this last 4 months of uncertainty have taken longer than the 3 years we have been waiting get this far? LOL

Seriously! It was horrible to wait and think about the results!

 

[Kod42_IndJap]

Seriously! It was horrible to wait and think about the results!

Congratulation indojindesu!! Hard work pays off!!!

 

[Kod42_IndJap]

I passed secondary screening too!!! Got a Provisional Acceptance!!! Cant wait to start a new life

Congratulations to All who passed secondary screening!!.

 

[dauntless]

Hey guys!!!
Embassy of Japan has contacted me this morning informing that I passed the second screening. However they didn't say which university I will be placed. They said that the MEXT makes the decision in around late December or early January (as we all know).

Wish the other guys will soon hear good news too.
Thank you all for supporting.

 

[hsark]

do you guys when we leave if your to start in April ? and how is the saving up of that $2000 dollars its quite a lot of money

 

[Kod42_IndJap]

do you guys when we leave if your to start in April ? and how is the saving up of that $2000 dollars its quite a lot of money

Hi Hsark, we are supposed to start between 1st - 7th April, but your embassy should let you know the exact dates..the embassy recommends 2000$ as a minimum amount to be taken before you leave to Japan because for initial one month period we wont receive the stipend..so better to carry at least 2000$ (approx. 2,00,000 yen)..this may be required for initial payment on accommodation, food etc....you should start receiving the stipend from the following month (i.e. May)

Probably 2000$ won't be required, but for safety reason its always better to carry extra $$$...

 

[Meifong]

Hi all, I think most of you here applied MEXT through your home country embassies. I applied through university recommendation. The institution that I applied is SOKENDAI. And I just passed the second screening! Just received the news today =P So thought to look for more information about the third screening.. Any idea about the third screening?

 

[indojindesu]

Hi all, I think most of you here applied MEXT through your home country embassies. I applied through university recommendation. The institution that I applied is SOKENDAI. And I just passed the second screening! Just received the news today =P So thought to look for more information about the third screening.. Any idea about the third screening?

OMG Hi!!! SOKENDAI is my first preference!! Which department have you applied to? I have applied to the Dept of Genetics.

I have applied via Embassy so no idea about the third screening , sorry!

 

[Meifong]

OMG Hi!!! SOKENDAI is my first preference!! Which department have you applied to? I have applied to the Dept of Genetics.

I have applied via Embassy so no idea about the third screening , sorry!

Hey, nice to meet you!
If applying through university recommendation, Department of Genetics is the only option. So ya, I applied for Dept of Genetics as well

 

[indojindesu]

Hey, nice to meet you!
If applying through university recommendation, Department of Genetics is the only option. So ya, I applied for Dept of Genetics as well

Really? Only NIG can recommend for university recommendation? This is awesome! If everything goes well we will be Classmates or something lol
you will be arriving in April I assume?
I have selected October departure.
And I looked around, Apparently chances of getting the scholarship are pretty good if you pass the secondary screening of University recommendation. They recommend 3 students , for example , if they have 3 slots.

 

[Hamdi]

I was wondering if anyone is part of the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Applicants group on facebook? Link: Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Applicants 公开小组 | Facebook

 

[indojindesu]

I was wondering if anyone is part of the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Applicants group on facebook? Link: Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Applicants 公开小组 | Facebook

Yes, I am a member since several years. Its not really useful I think. Mostly undergraduate applicants post there.

 

[AruanM]

So... despite the risk of being really disappointed in case I don't get the scholarship, in the past days I've been checking currency information in order to decide whether I'd buy Dollars or Yens to take to Japan. So far, buying Yens straight away using my local currency (Real) is seeming to be a better option, but some people informed me that buying Yen there with Dollars would cost less in the end, for reasons I don't really get. Have you guys started looking into practical matters such as this one? Any thoughts?

 

[indojindesu]

So... despite the risk of being really disappointed in case I don't get the scholarship, in the past days I've been checking currency information in order to decide whether I'd buy Dollars or Yens to take to Japan. So far, buying Yens straight away using my local currency (Real) is seeming to be a better option, but some people informed me that buying Yen there with Dollars would cost less in the end, for reasons I don't really get. Have you guys started looking into practical matters such as this one? Any thoughts?

Yeah I was thinking about this too. I already did a search about apartments and stuff near my lab :whistling: ( Over excited )

 

[Kod42_IndJap]

So... despite the risk of being really disappointed in case I don't get the scholarship, in the past days I've been checking currency information in order to decide whether I'd buy Dollars or Yens to take to Japan. So far, buying Yens straight away using my local currency (Real) is seeming to be a better option, but some people informed me that buying Yen there with Dollars would cost less in the end, for reasons I don't really get. Have you guys started looking into practical matters such as this one? Any thoughts?

Hi Aruna, just read your posts. I think one of the best options is to carry a Forex (travel) card which accepts Multi-currency. You can pre-load this card in your local currency, and then you can use this card in Japan where you can withdraw cash in Yen (using ATM of course). Don't use single currency Travel card because then you will withdraw in Dollars and then you have to again convert them to Yen.

Otherwise the way you said like directly converting local currency into Yen is a good option, else if you try to convert using Real-Dollars-Yen, you will have to pay cross-currency charges twice.

 

[AruanM]

Hi Aruna, just read your posts. I think one of the best options is to carry a Forex (travel) card which accepts Multi-currency. You can pre-load this card in your local currency, and then you can use this card in Japan where you can withdraw cash in Yen (using ATM of course). Don't use single currency Travel card because then you will withdraw in Dollars and then you have to again convert them to Yen.

Otherwise the way you said like directly converting local currency into Yen is a good option, else if you try to convert using Real-Dollars-Yen, you will have to pay cross-currency charges twice.

Thanks, Kod42. I had never heard of a multi-currency travel card, so thank you a lot for informing me about it. Unfortunately, in Brazil taxes for travel cards are really high (around 7%, plus the conversion rate, while taxes for buying currency in cash are less than 1%), but I'll give it a check anyway, as it really is more convenient.

Yeah I was thinking about this too. I already did a search about apartments and stuff near my lab :whistling: ( Over excited )

Indojindesu, after checking apartment prices, I REALLY want to go to a university dorm. Or share a house, maybe.

 

[Sylliuss]

Hello to everybody!!! I am a MEXT research scholarship candidate from Senegal (West Africa). Here the embassy recommends only Two candidates and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. I'm really grateful of this forum and your precious support , orientation and help. I've got 3 Loas (Titech, Tsukuba Univ and Yokohama National Univ ) and Since I have submitted my Loas to the embassy for the second screening by MEXT , now I have only to wait. It is really stressful. But with fingers crossed, I hope that the long wait is coming to the end soon .

 

[indojindesu]

Hello to everybody!!! I am a MEXT research scholarship candidate from Senegal (West Africa). Here the embassy recommends only Two candidates and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. I'm really grateful of this forum and your precious support , orientation and help. I've got 3 Loas (Titech, Tsukuba Univ and Yokohama National Univ ) and Since I have submitted my Loas to the embassy for the second screening by MEXT , now I have only to wait. It is really stressful. But with fingers crossed, I hope that the long wait is coming to the end soon .

Congratulations!

 

[Hamdi]

Thank you very much! I will study Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics. I think MEXT prohibits universities from contacting students about final selection, but some professors still contact students about their Study/Research plans

My prospective supervisor from Kyoto University contacted me today! He had this to say:

"A couple of weeks ago I was noticed that MEXT officially accepted your scholarship application. Congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing you next April. "

He went on to suggest me some good books to read. On the other hand, the embassy did not contact me at all, and this is the (weird and) stressful part!

 

[hsark]

My prospective supervisor from Kyoto University contacted me today! He had this to say:

"A couple of weeks ago I was noticed that MEXT officially accepted your scholarship application. Congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing you next April. "

He went on to suggest me some good books to read. On the other hand, the embassy did not contact me at all, and this is the (weird and) stressful part!

congratulations I think getting that response is the best, definitely means you are on your way as 1. Mext accepted you 2. Your university accepted you ......everyone else who just passed stage 2 is still waiting for a response on the university situation

 

[AruanM]

For those of you who are going to enter as a research student: What are your plans for that six month period? Study Japanese only, start researching your final thesis, study for the entrance exam in October...?

 

[Hamdi]

For those of you who are going to enter as a research student: What are your plans for that six month period? Study Japanese only, start researching your final thesis, study for the entrance exam in October...?

Study Japanese and study for the entrance exam in October. What about you?