Masters and scholarships abroad

Stage 6 · Lesson 8 of 9

Submitting early and carefully

Documents, applications and offers

Submit a few days before each deadline, not on the day. Portals crash, need their links, and fee payments with foreign cards fail. Deadlines are also often in the university's time zone, not yours.

Build these spare days into your . Before submitting, check the programme name and , and upload the right tailored statement. If required, confirm your has gone through the official channel.

Save a PDF of the full submitted application. Then check the portal weekly for requests for more documents, and update your tracker with the submission date.

Common trapuploading the statement written for another university, or assuming the application is complete while a missing referee letter keeps it from being reviewed.

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Resources for this stage

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Practise

  • Check you cite the right papers in your statement and proposal, with correct details

Keep handy

  • Flags long, hard sentences in your drafts so you can cut them yourself

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