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Postgraduate Scholarship in Japan 2
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Random Scramble Crossing at Shinjuku.
For those who don’t know, last time I wrote about my decision about applying for the Postgraduate Degree MEXT Scholarship (Mongukagakushou) to study in Japan, particularly to Tokyo University (東大), the most prestigious University in Japan.
The idea of going to the Embassy was to select a specific field of study and the three Universities of choice, however, for some reason or another, the person in charge told me that private universities were very expensive and so I should refrain from writing them down. However, I’ve seen people apply and get accepted at Keio, Waseda, etc., without problems. Greatswifty is at Waseda and applied for the exact same scholarship.
Whether or not I’ll be able to get into a private university is not my concern — but unfortunately, by applying directly through the Embassy (and not directly to Universities/Ministry in Japan), they are in charge of the first screening process and their decision is final — that is, selecting the three candidates for the scholarship. So if they have the idea that the Ministry does not grant scholarships to Private universities, they might question my application and grant it to someone else ^^;
Anyway, based on recommendations from my comrades and everyone around here and Danny Choo, I’ll be choosing Tokyo University, Keio, and Waseda as my three choices. If I make it to the interview (highly probable), then I may say that other applicants have been elected in these universities, but that if I’m not admitted then the fourth choice (determined by the Ministry >_<) is okay too.
My election will be Computer Science, probably on the (Graphical) User Interfase / Media branch.
Finally, I just found out that a former friend from my same career will also be applying. He’s younger than me, and has better grades. It would be great if we were both chosen, but if he’s applying then that means I will need to draw my Katana and clearly state my achievements against his (I have better Japanese while he does not speak a word of it, I’ve published research papers, and was selected at San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference; my English is a tad better too). Since he’s probably going to write something very convincing about his field of study and I can only expect that we will both write something similar, I have no other choice but to use my other cards. Hopefully he won’t check this blog in the meantime. I’ve got myself a rival ^^;
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Tasty~
hope to see you here soon then! ^^
This is very much so relevant to my interests, so please do keep us updated. I’m very much so curious here, and good luck :)
Oh, also, why has your watermark moved to a different corner tonight?
Thanks!
Well, actually if you look at images from other posts like this one you’ll see that the watermark dances all over the place =) the default place is the bottom-left corner, but if it doesn’t look that all too well in there, I choose another place (I’m watermarking images by hand, but it doesn’t take too long, at least compared to the writeup and formatting)
Sería excelente que quedaras seleccionado en la Todai =) Tengo un conocido que estudió Ingeniería de Computación, y casualmente está en la Todai haciendo un postgrado en Informática Creativa (o algo así). Anyways, buena suerte! =D
¡Gracias!
Sí, sería bueno pero vamos a ver =) es muy temprano para generar aún más expectativa! Los de computación tenemos suerte y talvez yo también pueda entrar a Todai (o al menos ganarme la beca!)
Esa carrera de informática creativa es bastante conocida por allá y talvez en el futuro si gano la beca pueda conocer a esa persona ^o^
Have a western style gundraw…. but with Katanas and you two being really close to each other.
If you win, great. But if lose, then we will all miss you Hao. Hahahaha!
Jokes aside, good luck.
Off topic… whats the difference between san, kun, sama, and chan?
LOL ^^ I prefer an interview match, preferably in Japanese!
Hmm, let’s see…
chan: is used for kids, girl friends (I mean female friends), and close family members mostly. For example: Yoko-chan, obaachan (granma), okaachan (“mommy”).
san: can be used anytime and you’re the safest using san. Carries a tad of respect and if you just met someone you should use san.
kun: is used for younger or lower social status people, as well as friends (guys). For example, my boss or my teacher call me Hao-kun.
sama: is even MORE respectful. I don’t ever say it but it is commonly used in emails directed to staff from the Embassy, my Japanese teacher, work contacts, etc.
And on the other side, if you don’t say anything at all, it means that either you’re friends with the person or your social status is higher. But when you’re talking about your own family, friends, or yourself, don’t use “san”.
To be on the safe side, use “san” always (even when you’re called other stuff, except when it’s an 8-year-old or when the person explicitly tells you not to call you san), and when talking about people in your circle or yourself don’t add anything.
Your question is quite interesting and I’ll be writing up a post about it this week =)