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On UCAS Unis
Weeks ago, received an email from one of the unis I applied to, saying "thank you for... Masters of Honors in Economics & International Relations.
Though it twice and gpted to verify that it was actually Masters—not an undergrad degree, I then in a blink sent an email to the uni, requesting to amend my program to undergrad.
Hell. Didn't stress it over. Because there were still 4 left. +, that was not my favourite one anyway. Yet again I "trusted but verified" that "Masters of Honors in Inl Re. & Econ" equalled to Actual Masters.
This time, Claude with its emotionless tone said "sry, I flunked, that was actually an undergraduate program but just named "Master of Honors."
Turns out t's a quirk of some UK unis to call their 4-year-program "MaStEr of Honors" Wow. Yep. Yep. You read that right.
All in all, day was saved. Zero damage to my application armor. But, LSE has recently already given me an astronomical amount of health decrease. So let's see what the others will do.
On a side note, though, statistically, UK is the second most generous country to finance the education of intl. students. (US is first) But it's hardly going to give you higher than 50% tuition off—maxxx. Now that's IF. Not guaranteed.
Plus, internationally, most south asian countries would best suit such app process. Uzbek students, oth, not really. PS kids can make it, but even for them, scholarship will likely be low.
The reason is even at mid-schools in India, A-levels are provided, as far from my experience.
Essentially, as someone prepping for US schools, it'll be both easy & hard to navigate the UCAS process. For one, you underwent a relatively challenging process, so another like UCAS would be a no-brainer. For other, it's less technically, and more generally, that YOU DON'T have A-levels LOL and they, if any, give trifle attention to your standardized scores.
Haven't experienced the whole process fully yet---that's so far my experience.
What all this really tells us is that one must "trust but verify". That was a funny experience, ngl. And second, it might be hard for intl. applicants, but parodoxically this very difficulty is also what precisely colorizes the app process & inculcates crucial skills in us.
TL;DR If you applied through Common App already, navigating UCAS will be okay. Even if you stand a little chance of scholarship. But after all, those challenges are what make the process deeply interesting.
Weeks ago, received an email from one of the unis I applied to, saying "thank you for... Masters of Honors in Economics & International Relations.
Though it twice and gpted to verify that it was actually Masters—not an undergrad degree, I then in a blink sent an email to the uni, requesting to amend my program to undergrad.
Hell. Didn't stress it over. Because there were still 4 left. +, that was not my favourite one anyway. Yet again I "trusted but verified" that "Masters of Honors in Inl Re. & Econ" equalled to Actual Masters.
This time, Claude with its emotionless tone said "sry, I flunked, that was actually an undergraduate program but just named "Master of Honors."
Turns out t's a quirk of some UK unis to call their 4-year-program "MaStEr of Honors" Wow. Yep. Yep. You read that right.
All in all, day was saved. Zero damage to my application armor. But, LSE has recently already given me an astronomical amount of health decrease. So let's see what the others will do.
On a side note, though, statistically, UK is the second most generous country to finance the education of intl. students. (US is first) But it's hardly going to give you higher than 50% tuition off—maxxx. Now that's IF. Not guaranteed.
Plus, internationally, most south asian countries would best suit such app process. Uzbek students, oth, not really. PS kids can make it, but even for them, scholarship will likely be low.
The reason is even at mid-schools in India, A-levels are provided, as far from my experience.
Essentially, as someone prepping for US schools, it'll be both easy & hard to navigate the UCAS process. For one, you underwent a relatively challenging process, so another like UCAS would be a no-brainer. For other, it's less technically, and more generally, that YOU DON'T have A-levels LOL and they, if any, give trifle attention to your standardized scores.
Haven't experienced the whole process fully yet---that's so far my experience.
What all this really tells us is that one must "trust but verify". That was a funny experience, ngl. And second, it might be hard for intl. applicants, but parodoxically this very difficulty is also what precisely colorizes the app process & inculcates crucial skills in us.
TL;DR If you applied through Common App already, navigating UCAS will be okay. Even if you stand a little chance of scholarship. But after all, those challenges are what make the process deeply interesting.