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Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Postgraduate!!

I got final confirmation of acceptance from my embassy today. Still no word from my university on housing arrangements though...
 
fiveonefive,
seems like you are good to go to apply, and well ahead with your Japanese language skills. We all go through the same application process, so if you have any general questions, feel free to ask.

Nall-ohki,
wow, that really sucks. I hope you(or they) can solve everything soon.

abeeyo,
wow, you have a lot of stuff! i think i can fit my life(clothe, no computer) is 1 case... yeah im a boring guy.

everyone,
I receive an email from my embassy today~ They said that everything has officially been approved, including which university I will enter! I'm very ecstatic now. I think you guys should be receiving official results soon too. keep your phones charged.
 
Midorineka,
COngrats!
don't worry, i haven't got my arrangements for Dorm either.
Guess they're busy with the convocation. We still got one month to do that, a few emails and filling some forms should do the job.

Congrats Menrui!
haha, finally REALLY relieved right
=) HOpe mine goes smoothly as well....fingers crossed, twisted....
 
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I got a feeling that we are going to receive the call next week, rather than this week...

Ms Yin just sent an e-mail informing us about the change of her phone number, rather than the results of our application...
 
Haha.. she probably knows that we are all anxious and will panic even more if we can't get through her phone.

Menrui can finally jump up and down now!! I seriously can't work now... just waiting for emails, phone calls, or updates from others here....
 
Not getting calls at this time means the chance receiving confirmation today would be rare... No... another dragging weekend... (since embassy closes at 4pm, and it is 3pm now)
 
This is interesting:
From Ms Yin
Final Confirmation Out
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. (Note: If I receive a lot of calls, there may be a slight delay for the posting of your documents.)

I guess she was quite frustrated all this while...
 
General questions

I have some general questions about the MEXT application process.

I am interested in a specific masters course. I want to go try to enter a masters course right off the bat skipping the 'research student' status. Does anyone have any experience doing this?

Second question, related to the above question. The programs I am interested in do not require a traditional thesis and some do not require much independent research at all. How should I describe my research plan? Just write up a very detailed essay about why I want to study for an MBA, what I want to specialize in, and how I can contribute? Or should I concentrate on presenting a more specific traditional research plan?

I'd love to get in touch with people entering MBA programs with the MEXT scholarship. PM?
 
>Fiveonefive
Research Student Status
You can skip the research student status, but I don't think you can do that under MEXT Scholarship. This is because you already missed the entrance examination in April, and you can only sit for the October entrance examination. However, there are possilbilities that you can go into your MBA after the first six months of language class(most probably you will have to take that)

Research Plan
I would rather say that it is sort of like a proposal.

Please confirm with others. That's my opinion.
 

The MBA program is in English. I attend to apply for the scholarship this year for an October 2010 start. I live in Japan so I would be available to take the entrance exams in May. But I'm not sure if I'm supposed to try that before I get embassy approval, since I'm not going for domestic selection.

The reason I am asking is because I haven't really received any concrete information from any school. When I asked Hitotsubashi the same question I got this reply...


This is Hitotsubashi Graduate School of
International Corporate Strategy Admissions Office,

Thank you for your interest in ICS!!

We have some MEXT scholarship students.
However, we do not know their exact process.
Every year just we got their applications through Japanese government.

People who contact with applicants directly before enrollment each university is Japanese embassy in a country applicants are reciding in.

So, The best way for you is to ask the Japanese embassy.

It looks like if you get embassy approval then you might get some sort of mysterious backdoor entrance to the school.
 
Wowza! Almost everyone is online! ^^
Congrats to those with confirmations.
Results from the embassy are out here in snow covered Bulgaria.
Zi end of zi Big waiting! ^^
Next week all of the applicants will have to go to the embassy. Must sign some papers, stating that we'll obey the laws in Japan.
Flying to Japan – 1st or 2nd of April.
I'm going out to make a snow-man in honor of the great news! HohoHO! (silly me)
 
>Fiveonefive
I am not sure about US. But in Malaysia there is a clause saying that while applying for the scholarship, the applicant should be in the country he/she is applying from. I would suggest you to ask the international student office again for the domestic application.

>other receipients
Should we start creating a social group or something to discuss the preparations and so on?
 

It's a bit different. As long as we fly back to the US for an interview we are okay.
 
kouki said:
(Note: If I receive a lot of calls, there may be a slight delay for the posting of your documents.)
Click to expand...
I suddenly have the urge to call Ms. Yin a bunch of times...
anyways, we can make a group after EVERYONE gets results.

makkuro,
congrats, does everything feel lighter now?

fiveonefive,
I don't have exact answers, but I will try to give you some info.
jumping into masters:
It's much more common to enter as a research student, so everyone is quite use to that. So jumping into the masters course is much more difficult I think. The following is just my assumption: First you would have to be accepted into the universities masters course before you even apply for the scholarship. Then when applying, you explain to them that you have already have acceptance into the masters course. Finally, if you past the first round, MEXT will handle the rest. It seems like there is a lot of trouble using this route.
1. taking the exam/interview and waiting for results
2. maybe you will only be able to apply to 1 univ.
3. risk not getting the scholarship even though you were accepted into the univ.
we really don't have exact answers here, please ask your embassy.

research proposal:
I think kouki is right, it is a "proposal". I think you are on the right track and you can also tell them that you have already been accepted into a univerisity.
 
menrui>

That seems like solid advice but it conflicts with the info the schools are telling me. The admissions department said they get applicants directly from the Japanese embassy. What I'm getting from that is if you get mext support and the school likes you they will let you in the back door. I guess I need to get in contact with people in MBA programs through MEXT and ask them what happened in their situation.
 
so you are saying that, if you receive the scholarship, the university will accept you into the masters course without the masters course application process(exam/interview/app)? If that is truly the case, then you should be fine by just applying.
 
I think the international student office are talking about either of this two:
1 University Recommendation
2 Domestic Application
Try find out more from your embassy and admission office.
 

yeah that's what happened to me. i applied thinking that i had to start off as a research student. then when i was accepted my professor asked me if i "really" wanted to do the research part. i said "no." so now i'm starting my masters right away in april. no entrance exam no grad applications nothing. just the initial application that i gave to the embassy. i didn't even get a LoA. so mext definitely has back door magical powers
 

I can sense she's very damn rush while typing the email.
I guess the post from Tokyo reach the embassy very late afternoon today and they are scrambling to send them out on Monday. Perhaps even working late today to get them ready.
It's no point calling her now. I urge everyone NOT to call her.
If you receive the email, means you are part of the official list. So congrats to all who receive the email!!! It's equivalent to "THE CALL" d. =) obviously she can't call all 29 of us within 1-2 hours.
So guys, get ready for departure! =)
 
menrui said:
so you are saying that, if you receive the scholarship, the university will accept you into the masters course without the masters course application process(exam/interview/app)? If that is truly the case, then you should be fine by just applying.
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Actually, throughout this whole year, i think this MEXT scholarship thing is a bit tricky.

When applying, you might get something like this:

Uni replies: We will accept you into the lab/program provided you are granted the scholarship.

MEXT replies: We will offer you the scholarship with the condition you are accepted into a University.

hence we got bounced back and forth waiting for one side to take the first move. That's why when we got confirmed at one side, we still need to check the other, both are inter-dependent, both has the authority to deny us the scholarship. =)

Anyway, it's all behind us now. Congrats again, guys!

>Kouki,
I think we can continue on. As the preparations might be relevant/useful to future applicants =p
By the time many of them start using this forum to discuss about application procedures, we would have "vacated" it already.
 
Hey guys, I managed to get through to Ms Yin this afternoon (I was in long meetings the entire day, so was so hurried that I only saw my email when I was speaking to her). Anyway, she told me the good news personally, but I could sense she was feeling winded from all the work.

Yes, i got it too (you can't see this, but I was almost ready to cartwheel in front of my client).

Good point from ooilingfan. Let's all give her a break shall we? The letter is definitely on the way.
 
ooilingfan:
I'm going to wait with asking about the master programs until I'm at the university.
abeeyo_q8:
It would be great if I didn't have to take the entrance exam, in that case I would have to work on my Japanese only, so that I can follow classes. Great news!

I got my results from the embassy yesterday, as well as the dormitory information. Starting from April I'll be at Kyodai, staying first half of the year at Shugakuin International House. Congratulation to everyone who already got their results!
 
Preparations for Departure

Until it is official prepared, let us discuss here first.
>Malaysians
These are what I gathered from Ms Yin this afternoon:
Visa
You should apply the visa 1-2 months before departure. For those who are departing in April, I think you can apply now.

Passport
Your passport should have validity longer than six months while you are applying for your visa.

Documents
Documents are on the way. They are still waiting that document from MEXT in Tokyo. We will have to send back a letter of pledge by a certain date.

Date of Departure
Not confirmed. But expect it to be one or two days earlier or later. For April ones, end of March, say 31 March - 2 April?

I am posting here so that we can reduce the same questions being asked to her. I think she was on really good mode today. Others, please do the same. Thank you for your co-operations.
 
Maaya

Oh congrats on getting into kyoudai. I'll def be seeing you on campus then. What department you studying in btw?
 
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