Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Postgraduate!!

[realku2004]

Bangladesh!!

ANy one here from Bangladesh who got MEXT scholarship or applied for it (as for Research)?? I need some informations...
*There is any quota for Bangladeshi people,if yes then what's the number?
*In BD, what's the passing marks for written English test?
*Any idea for the question of 2010? (as in some country the written English test was already conducted)
*After passing written English test which questions probably asked in the viva board?
*If someone selected for the scholarship and deny to go, then can he apply for it in next time?

Pls answer someone (May or may not be Bangladeshi).....

 

[mobos]

am very disappointed because i did well in exam , but the interview was completely unfavorable , they asked me unbelievable question , because i have a bear they asked me if i am from AL-QAIDA , i don't believe that they even can imagine such a thing . today they call me and said , "" you did well on exam , but unfortunately we cant choose you "" the interview wasn't good ..
am very disappointed ...... i think this is a some kind of misjudgment ...

 

[oula]

am very disappointed because i did well in exam , but the interview was completely unfavorable , they asked me unbelievable question , because i have a bear they asked me if i am from AL-QAIDA , i don't believe that they even can imagine such a thing . today they call me and said , "" you did well on exam , but unfortunately we cant choose you "" the interview wasn't good ..
am very disappointed ...... i think this is a some kind of misjudgment ...

maybe they didn't like your look... i mean your bear might have given them a bad impression about you..
you know in an interview you should be well dressed and looking good, so maybe they found your bear as a irreverence or something so they might haven't liked it and tried to mock, when they said al-qaaida..

anyway, don't be that disappointed and try your best next year

 

[mobos]

thank you oula so much for your reply and support , and of course i will not give up , i will try harder next time .........

thank you again ...

 

[menrui]

matsuyamahime,
If you have the time, please do try again.

BlueCheese,
yeah I was a bit confused by that too... here is what I wrote, though I have no idea if it is right, but I managed to pass. I think I was just rambling...

Field of study in Japanﾂ（窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堙??堙固?ﾃｳ窶転ﾂ静ｪﾂ攻窶｢ﾂｪ窶禿ｬﾂ）
Chemistry

ﾂ（Detailed field of studyﾂ（ﾅ陳､窶ｹ窶?窶｢ﾂｪ窶禿ｬﾂ（ﾂ湘堋催猟）ﾂ）
Synthetic organic chemistry, determining method and pathway of a chemical reaction, identifying chemical structure and properties, analyzing products using scientific machinery, etc

mobos,
maybe you weren't selected because you repeated yourself too many times. Anyways, I'm sure you meant 'beard,' not "bear." I think their question is really offensive.

 

[BlueCheese]

Cheers menrui, that's kinda what I assumed it to be. It is a little strange though.

 

[Coco68]

I did it similarly as menrui, so I guess it should be alright.
Good luck!



btw just found out I passed the interview stage

 

[clipvain]

Hi All,
I'm pretty new to this forum, and have read through most of the earlier posts. thanks to the previous batches of applicants, I can say im not as confused about the procedures and stuffs as i had been! While im at it, i really do encourage the rest of us here to go through the previous posts as much as you can, or do a search to get the answers you might be looking for! =)

the application deadline for the embassy in singapore is going to be early july, so i will still have some time to buck up on everything i'm supposed to do haha... meanwhile, all the best who have already embarked on this 'endeavor'!

 

[Faulkner]

It looks like the majority here is doing a science or engineering related field of study; are there any other applicants/recipients in a literature, linguistics, or similarly culture-related department? I'm applying for a research project on Japanese literature; I'd love to hear the thoughts/experiences of others who have taken a similar path.

 

[ismori]

any filipino applicants here?

 

[menrui]

coco,
congrats, but come to think of it, its only early June... and passing the interview stage usually means that you received the embassy recommendation. wow, UK is rather quick. If that is so, then you should start contacting professors and getting acceptance letters and such.

 

[BlueCheese]

coco,
congrats, but come to think of it, its only early June... and passing the interview stage usually means that you received the embassy recommendation. wow, UK is rather quick. If that is so, then you should start contacting professors and getting acceptance letters and such.

I don't think coco is applying the UK, the application deadline isn't till Tuesday. Sending off mine today. (huraah!)

 

[Conjueror]

Hello everyone.

Though it seems this thread is directed to Monbukagakusho postgraduate program, I couldn't find any threads (on the internet) dealing with undergraduate studies as huge and informative as this thread is. Anyway, I am applying for undergraduate science B studies this year and recently I was pondering about how are students who win their scholarships differentiated. Is there a set number of science profile and a set number of humanities profile seats? Or do they just take whatever number of each who exceeded in their exams?

I was browsing through the past years examinations and realized that it is far easier to score well on humanities tests than on the science ones. Not only science students have more exams, but they get the very same English and Japanese tests as humanities students do, as well as a harder version of Math. The funny thing is, even though I have virtually no background in humanities I am quite certain I would score close to full points in humanities, while it will be pretty tough to get more than 300/400 in the science ones, as Math B is a killer. It appears that the embassy doesn't differentiate in what profile students they recommend, but does Monbukagakusho do? I sure hope they do, because it would really suck to lose this opportunity just because my field of studies happened to be more complex. Then again complex studies require complex heads, though I still find it ironical that I can enter History studies without any background in History. -_-;

 

[MatsuyamaHime]

Wow, just wanna say Libya has some real assholes in the consulate. How did they even get that job with that attitude?

I've been slaving/obsessing over my proposal for a little over two weeks, and I must say, I like it tons more than last year's. Here's hoping they do, too, since in the end, even if your interview goes well, she said they really chew on it.

That, and I kinda have to get the interview. I already bought the roundtrip plane ticket from Korea. ^^

 

[Coco68]

I don't think coco is applying the UK, the application deadline isn't till Tuesday. Sending off mine today. (huraah!)

Well, yeah, sorry I did it again. I think I have to change my flag in my profile, but they asked me where do you live and not what's your nationality. Well, I should have some multiple option how to represent my identity. Anyway, good luck to all of you.

 

[Yee Yin]

Hi everyone, I am new here, and have just sat for the English test on 31st May.

 

[tomayto]

waiting anxiously for the test result. i guess the embassy gonna have a headache choosing candidates this year...

 

[ykk]

Hello everyone!
I'm from Argentina, here the english/japanese exams are in July.
I'm very anxious about this because it's the second time I'm trying to obtain this scholarship. The first time I got very depressed but now even though I'm nervous I don't feel like it's going to be the end of the world anyway.

I'm applying for graphic design... any graphic designer here?

I've read all your impressions about the english test but what about the japanese test? Is it easier too? My level is 3kyu but still lack a lot of vocabulary and kanji, so I'm not very confident.

Thank you for all your comments!

 

[ekoy]

Hello! I am also anxiously waiting for the results. Are there anyone applying for Political Science here? I hope I'm not the only one.

 

[uranussama]

Did anyone take the Japanese exam? Someone had said that they heard it was difficult this year, so I was wondering if anyone had taken it and what their impressions were. Or if they could give me an idea of what to study ^^;; My level of Japanese is in the huge hole between 3kyuu and 2kyuu, so I want to study but Im not sure what to study for.

Thanks!

 

[ykk]

Did anyone take the Japanese exam? Someone had said that they heard it was difficult this year, so I was wondering if anyone had taken it and what their impressions were. Or if they could give me an idea of what to study ^^;; My level of Japanese is in the huge hole between 3kyuu and 2kyuu, so I want to study but Im not sure what to study for.
Thanks!

Have you downloaded the exam models? studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0308e.html#1 (add the www)
There's a about particles (ha, wo, ni, de...) and some excercises about verbs.
The texts are quite long and have lots of kanji and specific vocabulary, that is the worst part of the exam for me.
If your level is btw 3kyuu and 2kyuu you might take a chance and try the B Level.
The A is the easiest (between 4kyuu and 3kyuu).
Remember you have just one hour!!!

 

[uranussama]

Yeah I did check out the practise exams, of course. However I had heard that the test was harder this year but only one person had said that so I was wondering what everyone elses' thoughts were. Not to mention, I think they consolidated the test into one starting last year, right?

 

[conanf]

Yeah I did check out the practise exams, of course. However I had heard that the test was harder this year but only one person had said that so I was wondering what everyone elses' thoughts were. Not to mention, I think they consolidated the test into one starting last year, right?

Indeed, there were 3 papers for both english and Japanese. But it seems like they have merged into one. Nonetheless, take your time to review the past examinations. They could be helpful!

 

[Faulkner]

Out of curiosity, did you guys write your research proposals in Japanese or English? I'm particularly curious about applicants doing research that requires a high degree of Japanese ability (literature, linguistics, cultural studies, etc). I can see wanting to demonstrate your fluency, but certainly you're doing so at the expense of some of the clarity of your proposal (unless you have a degree of writing proficiency really on par with a Japanese graduate student).

Any thoughts?

 

[ykk]

Out of curiosity, did you guys write your research proposals in Japanese or English? I'm particularly curious about applicants doing research that requires a high degree of Japanese ability (literature, linguistics, cultural studies, etc). I can see wanting to demonstrate your fluency, but certainly you're doing so at the expense of some of the clarity of your proposal (unless you have a degree of writing proficiency really on par with a Japanese graduate student).
Any thoughts?

I have to hand in the proposal in spanish AND in english or japanese. I wrote mine in english.