2017 CSC Scholarships

[Ramloc17]

@simplet Yeah if you apply through embassy, the process is as follows
Embassy Screening > CSC screening > university selection. if the university accepts you thats basically it. but u never know follow their instructions the final award will be out soon and u seem like your gona get it!

[VL02]

@Ramloc17 How about me? 

 

[Ramloc17]

@VL02 im not an expert bro, but its clearly written the CSC is still processing your application.....but has also asked the school about your admission. things look good but its still at csc approval stage.

[VL02]

@Ramloc17 Ok thanks. Btw im a girl.  i have applied through the Embassy. At least my document has passed the embassy appraisal. Right?

[Yamiiiiii]

Did your status just change today? @VL02 ,I Sent an email to two different universities,my options 1 and 2 three weeks ago ,and they still haven't responded.i also applied through the embassy and they also ddnt respond to their emails,and my status is still submitted,so basically im still blank and its killing me ,not knowing if my documents even passed the embassy screening.been waiting for a response since 20th march

 

also by the way,if any of you recall,i did ask for validation about sicas about a month ago,i felt i needed plan B in case plan A didn't work

and guess what happened,i wasted 200$,so basically what happened ,i signed up on the site,after confirming that it was legit ,by contacting friends in china and looking up through other forums,so i was given reason to believe and trust they could help me.

few hours after signing up in the sicas site i received a whatsapp message from one of the agents.obviously i was very excited seeing a +86... number,so she asked what i needed and i mentioned wanting a scholarship ,full,right now money is a big issue ,and of course she guaranteed 100%services,we exchanged information(grades ,personal information etc ) ,i did also mention to her that i applied for csc ,funny tho she kept on telling me i had little or no chance of receiving this particular scholarship,she had me convinced that i would surely get what she was recommending ,so i invested a lot of my time and what little money i had to get to what she had to do ,halfway through the process she kept on mentioning partial scholarships,and i told her i couldn't afford ,even if the scholarships covered up a bit,so i was very straightforward and blunt and cut her of when she kept on talking about partial scholarships ,i told her that if she couldnt help me then that was okay ,but what you're offering is not what need right now.from that very moment i stopped communicating with her.

 few weeks later she sends me a message thro app again,this time asking if i wanted full scholarship,i then said yes of course,obviously she had my attention again,this time only promising full scholarship,i believed now that we understood each other,and we where on the same page,so we spoke and i pulled my parents into the situation,another thing that kept on bothering me was how she didn't give me much of an option when it came to the university.so i told her what i wanted to study ,and she gave me one school.she said it was a good school and kept on praising the place,but i had reason to believe i deserved more then one option (you know),so i pushed her for other schools,that she knew where offering full scholarship for my course ,and after a long chat she finally pulled out a few schools,obviously making them look bad,telling me i wouldn't get the scholarships in those schools any way ,so is should stick to the first one she had brought up.so finally i agreed with her.i looked up the university ,the area it was in ,and i wasn't really pleased with the place,it was beautiful ,but not exactly what i wanted,but because i was desperate i just agreed and trusted her,

 

so we carried on and she told me an application fee was needed (obviously), 200$,i thought that wasn't so bad,cause i have friends that paid up 600$ for application fees through agents.so to me 200 dollars was not a lot,we sent the money,and she confirmed that it was received by the school,and that my application documents have been sent in, and that i should wait.so i waited.after a month of bugging her she told me the school had accepted me,and i was so happy,then she told me we have to wait for scholarship confirmation,which then a month later  she told me i got the scholarship,i was beyond happy ,i remember jumping up and down and calling my mother,so then i told her to send me the admission letter,so i read through it with tears flowing down my cheeks,i was just so happy,reading through the letter i realized i received a partial scholarship,one that didn't even cover a third of the tuition fees,first year i was to be self sponsored, then second year the scholarship would be effective,also it didn't cover accommodation and other things.

 

the pain i felt afterwards was unbearable.so i went back to her ,obviously i was angry,i asked her why she lied and why she falsely persuaded me into going through with something she knew she couldn't offer,she then said i should be thanking her,talking about if it wasn't for her i wouldn't have gotten any scholarship.i was so angry ,i just stopped talking to her at that very moment. to be honest i would have taken up the offer ,but right now ,financially we are struggling at home,to think i had told her in the very beginning that if she couldn't help get a FULL,then she shouldn't bother,but no she felt the need to ruffle up my emotions.so obviously i felt bad convincing my parents to pay an application fee for something that was sketchy.

 

so a month later she sends  a whatsapp message to my mom ,and tells her that some boy just  turned down a scholarship ,for the same course i had applied for ,she had the audacity,guess what ,she then says she can help me get it,but because my grades arent competitive enough she recommends we pay for the sicas package ,which includes the head of the branch going straight to the school and recommending me ,my mom asked how much,and she said 4000-6000$,honestly i laughed so hard,i just took my moms phone and blocked her,took my phone also and blocked her.

so basically what im saying is ,i felt completely ripped off,i dont know ,maybe some people actually got the help they needed from sicas,but for me,just gave me a reason never to trust agency companies,from now on im doing things on my own.Just thought i should let you guys know about my experience ,and hopefully help those considering getting help from sicas,my friend applied through cucas(ill let you know if that goes well)

sorry for having to read this,it was too long,but i just needed a place to vent out

[Ramloc17]

@Yamiiiiii Some things need to be said, AGENTS are there to rip you off. simple as that. always remember that
 

Yamiii if you arent too old, you can apply to universities directly next year and you will probably get in some school or the other no matter how bad your grades are.

in a country like china which offers so many scholarships im amazed at how many agents are out there! Dont lose hope you might still get CSC, the status isnt updated very often so dont go by that.... mine is still submitted and I am at the final stage lol.

 

@VL02 Yes maaaaam, if the university has your application you definitely made it through the embassy!

[Yamiiiiii]

of csc doesnt work out for me this year ,il make sure il do things on my own next year. @Ramloc17

[VL02]

@Yamiiiiii My status is In progress since May. 

@Ramloc17 Yeah,Thank you..Getting closer. We must believe we will get the scholarship. 

[Shawnkane]

"In progress" means there is a 99.99% chance of getting the scholarship and it means CSC is reviewing your application. And the result will be out before the 30th of June.good luck guys)

[Jina]

According to this , Final results will be annonced around june 30 right ? I applied directly to university (Chinese government scholarship-University program)

[Tiri]

@JinaI wouldn't expect too much. A friend told me she got to know results in late July last year just because the woman who was supposed to notify the students was on maternity leave. I think just because csc approves the lists before 30th doesn't mean the schools are obliged to publish results at the same  time. Sadly.

[karakorum]

My embassy told me that they are in the dark until "end of June". I'll call them again on the first week of July if I have no info by then.

[Sirbohr]

Hello everyone. I'm new here. my status says 'submitted'. What does it mean?

[philippo]

Optimism is the key. Reject any negative mindset. Whether u get admitted or not.

Never give up in the pursuit of ur dreams . God knows best

[MFlores]

July 23.

That's the date they're going to announce the list of the 18 winners. At least in my country/embassy.

 

[Jina]

Thanks for your answer. This wait continues till july.. 

I can't wait for the results 

[VL02]

@philippo Yes, I agree with you. Stay positive. Pray and believe. Pursue our dreams, We can do it.Our Dream come true. 

[paa]

20 hours ago, VL02 said:

@philippo Yes, I agree with you. Stay positive. Pray and believe. Pursue our dreams, We can do it.Our Dream come true. 

I couldn't agree with you any less...we must stay positive...

[Erich]

Does anyone know how we get the first notification of winning the scholarship? Is it by mail, email, or do we have to look at the CSC LaiHua application website? Right now my status is "in progress". Will it change to notify me if I am awarded?

 

Thx

[morgan wopara]

This is what I received about Chinese MOFCOM scholarship today ",Does anyone has any info yet about MOFCOM scholarship.

 

Dear applicant

The scholarship of MOC is still under processing by Csc,and we hasn't received your documents yet."

 

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Regards.

luna

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