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“A discussion and sharing event for overseas scholarship

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Rully PrassetyaSahabat TOEFL Jakarta

Depok, 14 Mei 2016

Scholarship Experience Sharing Session

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Outline

Jenis beasiswa pasca sarjana

Persyaratan

Tips and tricks

Experience sharing4

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Beasiswa dari yayasanIndonesia maupun luar negeri, e.g. Ancora Foundation, Jardine

Foundation.

Beasiswa dari universitastujuan, e.g. Full scholarship,

grants, teaching assistantship, etc.

Beasiswa dari pemerintahIndonesia, e.g. beasiwaLPDP, Dikti, etc.

Beasiswa dari pemerintahnegara tujuan studi, e.g. Australian awards, Fullbright, etc.

Tipe 1

Tipe 3

Tipe 2Tipe 4 JenisBeasiswa

Jenis beasiswa pasca sarjana


Persyaratan• Application form (biasanya online).• CV. • Surat rekomendasi.• Bukti kemampuan Bahasa asing.• Motivation letter/essay.• Proposal riset (untuk program S3).• Dokumen lain pendukung aplikasi, e.g.

sertifikat penghargaan.


When to apply/the sequence?

• Apply scholarship first; then campus: Beasiswa dari pemerintah negaratujuan; Beasiswa dari pemerintahIndonesia.

• Apply campus first; then scholarship: Beasiswa dari pemerintahIndonesia; beasiswadari kampus tujuan; beasiswa dari yayasan.

Overall, akan sangat baik jika saat mendaftarbeasiswa, kita sudah diterima di perguruan tinggi.


Tips dan trick

Ketahui persyaratan beasiswajauh hari.

Ikuti berbagai program ekstrakurikuler

Ketahui jenis program pascasarjana yang ingin ditempuh; serta ketahuidepartemen/universitas yang dituju beserta persyaratannya

Overall, perlu aware dengan tipe program pasca sarjana.

Miliki life plan.


Sharing• Perkuliahan

– Sebagai graduate student, perlu membaca berbagai bukusebelum masuk kelas. Hal ini akan membnatu untuk aktifdi kelas.

– Perbaiki kemampuan menulis essay.– Usahakan juga bisa magang atua menjadi teaching

assistant.– Work hard.

• Kehidupan social dan masyarakat– The friendship and networking that you will build is

important; nonetheless be careful not to breach the religious boundary.

– Ikut MSA di kampus;– Ikut kegiatan masyarakat Indonesia, e.g. pengajian.

Kegiatan PPI juga bagus.


Sharing (2)• Budaya

– Budaya membaca, antri, kebersihan, dll.– Different culture in the class room, e.g. Asian vs

west.– Exploring the beauty of God’s creation.

• Biaya hidup– Berhemat/masak sendiri;– Kerja paruh waktu.

• Jenjang karir– Kesempatan bekerja di LN;– Kesempatan karir lebih baik di Indonesia.

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Syukran!


Teknik menulis essay• Dua jenis essay:

– Untuk pendaftaran beasiswa• E.g. Personal statement or motivation letter.

– Untuk pendaftaran ke kampus (program studi)• E.g. Study objectives, research proposal, etc.


Essays requirement across scholarships

Beasiswa EssayLPDP(any country)

Kontribusiku Bagi Indonesia: kontribusi yang telah, sedangdan akan saya lakukan untuk masyarakat / lembaga / instansi / profesi komunitas saya” dan “Sukses Terbesardalam Hidupku

Fulbright(USA)

One page (please do not exceed the 1 page limit) of aclear and detailed description of your study objectives.Give your reason for wanting to pursue them in the U.S.Describe the kind of program you expect to undertake, andexplain how your proposed field of study fits in with youreducational background, your professional background,your future objectives, and your future involvement incommunity development. Please type, do not write.


Essays requirement across scholarships (cont’d)

Beasiswa EssayCheavening(UK)

Personal statement: Explain why you are applying to the Cheveningprogramme and describe the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities that make you well placed to be a future leader in your home country. 300 maxAcademic background: Describe your educational achievements to date. You should explain why you feel confident in your ability to successfully complete your proposed courses of study in the UK, and specify why your courses were chosen. 300maxLeadership and networking skills: Outline your experience and style of leadership. You should discuss your commitment to networking within the Chevening community, and beyond, in order to find solutions or bring about beneficial change. 300 maxCareer plan and benefit to your home country: Describe your immediate plans upon completion of your Chevening award. You should explain your longer-term (5-10 year) career objectives and describe how your time in the UK will help you achieve these. You should also discuss how a Chevening award would benefit you and your home country. 300 max



Beasiswa Essay

Erasmus Mundus(Europe)

Q1: What drives you to apply for this program?Q2: What is your main focus for studying in this program?Q3: Why do you choose to study in this Erasmus Mundus program?Q4: What are your future plans after finishing this program?Q5: Why do you deserve to be awarded for this scholarship?

StuNed(the Netherlands)

Explain in 100 words the relevance of the chosen study programme to your personal and career development

Explain in 100 words the relevance of the chosen study programme to the current development of your organization (long term development plan) and the sector you work in.

Describe in 100 words how the chosen study programme will benefit Indonesia in general.



Beasiswa EssayUSAID Prestasi (USA)

1) Briefly tell PRESTASI about yourself and comment on your perception of your strengths and weaknesses

2) What challenges have you overcome in pursuing your professional development? What insights, perspectives, or skills have you gained in overcoming them?

3) Please describe an example where you demonstrated leadership skills in your work life or within your community.


Common theme for personal statement and study objectives

• Personal statement:– Your passion, your dream, your education and

professional background, strength and weaknesses, etc.

– How the program will help to achieve the dream.– How does it relate to scholarship provider’s mission.

• Study objectives:– Mengapa tertarik dengan program tersebut;– Mengapa di universitas tersebut;– Apa kontribusi yang dapat diberikan di kelas.


Teknik menulis essay (cont’d)

• Tips:– Understand well what they look for (e.g. public

service, technical knowledge, etc.).– Answer the question directly, i.e. tidak ‘muter-

muter’.– Original and personal à make it interesting and

stand out.– Give a personal example or case study.– Don’t just repeat what is in CV.– Use facts or data.– Be very confident: show that you deserve the

scholarship.



• Tips (cont’d):– Show that you really know the program, e.g. through

mention several courses that you want to take; Professor that you want to work with, etc.

– Mention research experience if any and mention your chosen area of specialty.

– Terstruktur, has topic sentence for each paragraph, and within limit.

– Use grammatically correct and common English; avoid long sentence and use simple sentence instead.

– Use active verbs.– Get feedback from others.– Check tips at www.indonesiamengglobal.com – Keep reading good essays and practice more.



• Don’ts:– Writing about what you think admissions officers

want to hear rather than sharing information that gives them a better sense of who you are.

– Writing a list of activities that are already reflected elsewhere in your application.

– Not answering the question that is being asked. – Not following the directions in the application.– Being too generic.– Not giving enough details.– Not researching the university.– Writing about someone else.


Sample: Please discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals (maximum 300 words)• had envisioned that moment for years, but that night, I was too delirious to grasp it. As I stood in

the podium and looked at the shiny medal of the International Olympiad in Informatics 2009 on my neck, teardrops blurred my eyes. Five years ago, a senior told me that there was no place for girls in the National Team. Yet there I was, standing among the best high school programmers, as the first rank of my country and second-ranked female worldwide.

• “You could create – what’s good in simply using?” my brother said in 2003, sparking my interest. I had no teachers or classes in informatics, thus since early on, I was led to perceive programming not as an academic subject, but as an exploration led my own curiosity. I was taken by how powerful a dozen lines of those cryptic words could be. Soon, I progressed from coding multiplications of big numbers to implementing advanced algorithms. When I designed the most efficient distribution route for my father’s business by using Maximum Flow modeling, I started to see this hobby as something that I want to do for the rest of my life.

• Through Computer Science, I want to invent. I aspire to continue my education in Computer Science until PhD level and delve in research throughout my undergraduate study. I am interested in Artificial Intelligence, especially with the idea of making a robot that can play sports. Badminton, for example. Can a robot within seconds react to the opponent’s ball and decide where to place its return? Can it play doubles by communicating with its partner and working together to cover the court? Fascinating!

• I have big dreams, and [UNIVERSITY NAME] provides the best faculty and facility to support me in achieving them.


Tips dan trik wawancarabeasiswa

• Again, two types of interview:– Interview dengan pihak kampus (program

studi)– Interview dengan pemberi beasiswa.

• Be your self.• Understand what you wrote.• Sharp in answering.• Be prepared to answer philosophical

question.

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