CSC Scholarship Results - 2014

[ladyferoz]

I messed up my "period of major study" dates, basically I applied via the embassy for an undergraduate in applied psychology with 2 years of Chinese language study, but I messed up the dates and basically summarized everything into a year. Impossible. The Chinese embassy had no problem with my application and have been asking for extra photos and small stuff and I have yet to find out if I received the scholarships so what do you guys think...? Do you think they will adjust the dates or change my major? Will I lose the scholarship? I called the embassy and they said wait till,, 31st July but I can't sleep. Someone?

[ladyferoz]

I messed up my "period of major study" dates, basically I applied via the embassy for an undergraduate in applied psychology with 2 years of Chinese language study, but I messed up the dates and basically summarized everything into a year. Impossible. The Chinese embassy had no problem with my application and have been asking for extra photos and small stuff and I have yet to find out if I received the scholarships so what do you guys think...? Do you think they will adjust the dates or change my major? Will I lose the scholarship? I called the embassy and they said wait till,, 31st July but I can't sleep. Someone?

[jobm]

Hmm, isn't it that there is a quota for the scholarship for every country? So it means, not all who applied through the embassy will get the scholarship, right? But, if my dispatching authority sent my application to China, does it mean I will get the scholarship? No, right? So, only time could really tell. 

[shuoshuo]

ladyferoz - Doesn't matter if you filled in the form and wrote your dates wrong.

 

jobm - Yes, each country has a quota (this number can change from year to year). Recently in my country, there has been more applicants than scholarship seats.  So not everyone gets the scholarship anymore and they announce it at the same time.  If your country has a quota of 10 for example, and there were 20 applicants, only your embassy knows if they sent all 20 applicants to CSC.

 

I also do not know how my embassy handles it, if they send a surplus number of applications.  But, I honestly believe they do - because it makes sense to send a surplus.  If a country has a quota of 10, and the embassy only sends 10 applications to CSC, in the event that there is a problem with 1 application, the country will lose one scholarship seat if this is not replaced by another candidate's application.

 

However (and I am just speculating here), I believe the surplus is placed in some sort of 'waiting list' category.

 

I spoke to my MOE about this and they told me that they send all applications to the embassy (but I know they're lying).  There are also people who try to apply directly to the embassy and attempt to bypass the government department that handles scholarships. So at the end of the day, the embassy will receive a surplus and they are the dispatching authority.  Keyword: authority.  I spoke to the embassy in my country about this, and they told me that they do receive a surplus but they choose the best applications only and the rest are never sent to CSC.  So while everyone who applied waits for the results, some people's applications have never left the embassy's desk.

 

I think it's so cruel, to do that to an applicant.  We all have to plan ahead for this sort of thing.  At any point in the process if our application gets rejected, we should be made aware of it immediately so that we can proceed to plan B and move on with our lives.

[Melliesons]

@Ladyferoz, i read somewhere in csc website that csc reserves the right ti adjust duration of study according to requirements

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so nothing to worry

[Guest bobur_92]

1) What is your native country? Uzbekistan

2) Where did you apply? Huazhong University of Science and Technology

3) When did you apply?  March 2014

4) When was the deadline? March 31st

5) Have you applied for the scholarship before? No. the first time

6) What program did you apply for? one year Chinese Language Program + 4 Years Bachelor degree in ( International Trade )

7) What schools did you put for your preferences? only ) Huazhong University of Science and Technology

 

8 ) Did you apply for your school of choice beforehand?  Yes

9) What agency number did you use? Chinese embassy in Uzbekistan

10) Where did you get your physical done? ENTRY-EXIT INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION ( FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION RECORD FOR FOREIGNER OR OVERSEAS CHINESE )

11) Did you get your documents notarized? THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Wuhan star notary office

12) Were you accepted for the scholarship, if you were not then why? I was accepted for the scholarship starting September 2014

13) Did you receive any university admission letters (prior to receiving a scholarship)? Yes, from HUST, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

14) How were you notified? by e-mail

15) When were you accepted/rejected?  accepted to HUST in 14th March 2014

16) What school and program were you accepted to? Huazhong University of Science and Technology China Studies Bachelor's Degree Candidate major in International Economics and Trade taught in Chinese.

 

[CafeTim]

1) What is your native country? Australia

2) Where did you apply? Chinese consulate in Sydney (I had someone else apply on my behalf as I am in Hangzhou)

3) When did you apply? Late April I think

4) When was the deadline? April 30th

5) Have you applied for the scholarship before? No, this was my first time.

6) What program did you apply for? 临床医学五年制, clinical medicine instructed in Chinese

7) What schools did you put for your preferences?  I only chose one Zhejiang university

8 ) Did you apply for your school of choice beforehand? Yes (and I was accepted)

9) What agency number did you use? I can't recall, the consulate gave it to me, 

10) Where did you get your physical done? Hangzhou, same place to get the physical for working or for visas it is on  中河中路 I think.

11) Did you get your documents notarized? No, the consulate validated them.

 

Finally, for those getting results:

 

12) Were you accepted for the scholarship, if you were not then why? Today I got a hold of someone at the consulate and he said they faxed the results and I received it, YAY!

13) Did you receive any university admission letters (prior to receiving a scholarship)? I had a pre-admission letter from Zhejiang university.

14) How were you notified? I have yet to be formally notified

15) When were you accepted/rejected? should be the middle of July

16) What school and program were you accepted to? 临床医学五年制, clinical medicine instructed in Chinese

 

The story about applying for this scholarship is quite a good story. Sometime late in April I decided I'd like to apply for it. The website is very vague on how to apply for it. So I called up the CSC in Beijing to as about the dispatching agent number. I nice lady said I should call the embassy in Australia. I called the embassy in Canberra. I nice chap there said to call his colleague in Sydney and gave me a name and a number, this is because im from Sydney. I called the person in Sydney and said I wanted to apply. He said you need to get the form off the website, I said I need the agent number. He said he didn;t think the website was still working as it was too late. He gave me the number then told me to try the online form. If it worked he told me to call him back. It worked! I called him back then he gave me a number of another colleague. I finally got a hold of him and explained that I wanted to apply and that I know im a little late but I can express the documents to him the next day. He said no problem I will wait for your documents. The next step was getting the pre-admission letter. I called up Zhejiang uni found the right person, Tang Li, I told him that the embassy are waiting for my documents and just need a letter from the uni saying they will accept me if I get the scholarship. He told me to send him and email after the phone call. 10 minutes after I called him back and said did you get my email? he said yes I will email you a letter tomorrow. I said.... I am posting them tomorrow so please do it tomorrow, thanks. an hour after that phone call I got the pre admission letter in my inbox. I posted the documents to Australia and then had someone take them to the consulate and submit them. about 3+ weeks ago I called Tang li and asked how the scholarship was going he said your from Australia right? I said yes he said I have sent your documents back to Beijing. Last friday I called Tang Li and asked him about it again. He said you applied from an overseas consulate, they will know the result before I know the result. This morning I called the consulate and asked about the results, he said yes you have got it ! I asked him how many people applied from Sydney. He said nine people applied, two were bachelors, the rest were fundamental chinese and two didn't make it. He said the scholarship package will be posted soon. I will be picking it up when I head back to Australia in August.

 

If anyone is going to Zhejiang uni please come and find me. I have a cafe/pizza shop inside. It is called CAFE TIM.

 

sorry for writing lots of I said and he said and she said... by the way I spoke Chinese when dealing with all these people on the phone. Speaking English to them would not yield such effecient results.

 

Cheerio

 

Tim

[shuoshuo]

CafeTim - congrats! Clinical Medicine instructed in Chinese...cool! Is there an HSK requirement for the course? The foreigners I know who did clinical medicine all enrolled for the English taught programs.  I commend you for choosing the Chinese taught program (which I think has better ratings and more credibility).

 

I'll be doing TCM in another uni and I'm already shaking in my boots.  

[lexike24]

Hi everyone! 

 

I applied for the EU window scholarship part of the CSC through the EU window, Belgium.

I called the university I applied to whether they receive the list of names who were granted the scholarship and they confirmed that they received "some kind of name list" but there is only one person's name on it (and that is not me), but they said it is better to contact Belgium or CSC.

So I wrote to Belgium, where they said that the CSC haven't contacted them about the results and they told me to wait.

Today I managed to call the CSC, which said that they are going to send the results to Belgium until this Friday. 

 

So my questions are:

1.  If there is anyone here who applied to the EU window scholarship?

2.  What is your experience? Do you think that the university could have got the results weeks earlier than the EU window delegation in Belgium itself? 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[ladyferoz]

You guys are all god sent

[JackTheCrow]

Excuse me, someone of you received Mr.Chen Gong's answers? He seems don't like me

[Guest Karina]

JackTheCrow, I don't think he will answer the e-mail whether you have received the scholarship:( As for me, he answers very random...

 

As said before the results can be published this week, so we need to be patient!

Did you try to communicate with ur universities?

[lexike24]

I managed to call the CSC about the EU window today, the only answer they give that they will send the name lists to the Mr. Chen Gong until Friday, and they declined that they would have already sent the names to the universities, which is very interesting, because my university claims they already have the name list, and I am not on it.... so no idea. 

[BanZhiYun]

Is it possible that the university accepts and sends our documents to CSC and then they reject to give us the scholarship? Seems possible to me, but I would just like to double check.

[Dipen]

Its a great news news for me today...Huazhong university of science and technology replied my email state that: You have been selected by our univ.

we will not announceed the bilateral scholarship winners.

Please collect your admission package at the Chinese embassy.

Ragards,

MR.Lan Hanghang

 

@Shuoshuo  i have called embassy but embassy has no information till now.can It was my 3rd choice university but i love it though and happy too.can i be confirmed from this email or still i have to wait for admission package to be 100% sure till the end of july...

please reply....

Huraaaaay.......

[wpskinner]

Congrats @Dipen!  That's great news!

[chanda]

@Ladyferoz

Don't lose sleep over it. What happens is your application will be sent to the three universities you had selected. The university which will pick you will then send the details to CSC regarding the duration of your major as well as the duration for studying Chinese (if required). Let me give an example of what happened to a colleague when we arrived in China. He was awarded a CSC to pursue an MSc taught in English for duration of two years. Now, when he arrived at the University, he discovered that his course was NOT offered in English, only Chinese. So he was told to study Chinese for one year before he could enroll for his Masters degree. The duration of Chinese taught MSc was 3 years, so the guy spent one year learning Chinese and 3 years doing his Major; total 4 years. The University then wrote to CSC to amend the duration of his scholarship. So ladyferoz, don't worry, the university reserves the right to adjust the duration of your course accordingly.

[shuoshuo]

BanZhiYun - It's unlikely, but it's possible if there is a problem with the application.

 

Dipen - That's such great news! I'm so happy for you!

 

It always make my day when someone here has got some good news, I can imagine how excited everyone is to start a new chapter of their lives in China.

[Dipen]

@Wpskinner Thank you for the wishes......

 

@Shuoshuo Thank you for the wishes...i am searching for some frens in HUST who got Scholarship to study same as my major there......or old students of HUST how can i contact them???.....if any webpage there to contact old frens from HUST to get enough information about my major subject and university......any idea please reply......

[Guest bobur_92]

@Dipen ) congrats.. I wish you all the best! ! !   you can contact with them through web...http://iso.hust.edu.cn/index.php that is HUST website ! contact with Mr.Lan Hanghang