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bottledpoetry -

I nominate that we change the name of this thread to CSC Scholarship support group



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extrapages -



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I'm a US citizen and I'm applying to for th CSC scholarship as language student....and I seem to
be running into problems in finding a "guarantor "as well. Can this be an organization or an
individual?

please read through the posts. i know its a lot, and some of it wont be applicable for your
specific situation, but if you're really serious about applying for this scholarship, youd do the
research and sift through the information already available. if you read this thread, youd know
already that you can use both an organization and an individual - and that ive offered to be
guarantors for a few people - and you wouldnt have asked this question, and you couldve saved
yourself from looking like a totally confused, clueless kid.



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A few other questions that are popping up:
- Just wanted to confirm: if I'm applying as a language student, I only need to specify the name
or organization that is recommending me for the scholarship? No additional attachments? What
"organizations" does the Chinese government deem worthy of giving such recommendations?

no additional attachments are necessary... but i (and a few others in this thread who applied) had
the recommending organization write an official letter of support - basically a letter with their
letterhead, formal heading, signature from the head honcho - saying that they highly recommend
me/us, they think im/we're fully capable of going to china and learning chinese, and that they
like me/us - that the chinese government would be doing the right thing by giving me/us the CSC
schlarship.

organizations that the chinese government would deem worthy would be schools/institutes of
education and non-political and non-religious organizations.



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- Is My OfficeMax Printer Paper 'Official' Enough?
As far as formal submission goes, just wanted to confirm that the application that I print off my
computer, which will be on "normal paper" will be sufficient? (i've read a few people running into
problems because they didn't submit it on the official application paper? who knows.)

and you've read this where, exactly?

no, you actually need this very specific paper NASA-approved, russian-inspected, kyrgystan-made,
australia-processed, south african tree-grown, argentina-packed specially created for the CSC
application paper that smells like apple sauce and is a light shade of crayola forest green.

regular printer paper is fine.



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- Describe your "study plan."
I wasn't sure if this was supposed to be your standard "short essay" describing why i'm such a
"great student", and my goals/intentions of study-- or is this supposed to be just simply a "cut
and dry" factual plan of what I plan to achieve and when i plan to achieve it? All the CSC
websites don't seem to make a big deal out this at all---"200 words or less", but then on the
application they suggest attaching an entire separate page? I'm still toying with how to write
this...I mean I don't want to write like 600 words and piss them off, but i don't want to do the
minimum either and lose the scholarship entirely. Any advice from anyone who won the scholarship?
How simplistic is this section supposed to be...especially from language student perspective??

you write your 200 words or less on a separate sheet of paper - not on the application itself. and
this 200 words or less should be kept at 200 words or less because that's what they asked for.
although i HIGHLY recommend THOROUGHLY reading the application directions because it says NO LESS
THAN 200 words, not 200 words or less.
i remember i wrote a freaking book basically on why and how im so awesome, why all the
goals/intentions of study i have are so awesome, and why the chinese government would be making a
great investment in me if they gave me the scholarship.



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- Additional Supporting Attachments...Employment?
In regards to additional documentation needed, I am also curious as to if there are additional
supporting documents needed for this? I just want to make sure to get all documents that require
notarization, completed by the deadline.

just follow the directions: diploma, transcript, the medical form and whatever else they ask for
notarized. BUT they ask for the original and a copy of the entire application
i think my original had notarized copies of whatever they asked - and then i got a notarized copy
of THE WHOLE APPLICATION and all supporting documents as the second copy to send.



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- Admissions Letter Attachment.
In terms of "attaching an admissions letter," I was told that this is not mandatory, (seeing as
the school I pick is entirely dependent on the scholarship). I am told that I can list my top
three choices on the scholarship application without additional admission letters...and things are
just supposed to "carry on" from there? I'll be applying for a full scholarship--and was wondering
if i'll have a better chance if I apply beforehand? (on the other end, I wasn't sure if my chances
would lessen if the three I happened to specify already had their scholarship quotas filled or
something...)

i really dont want to answer this one... because i answered every question in different posts
throughout this thread. but ill do it anyway. you only attach an admissions letter if you already
applied beforehand. i highly recommend that you DO NOT apply yourself because it will cause a lot
of confusion - you will end up having registered twice at the school (one by yourself, another by
the csc) and youll have to straighten it all out by proving that they are both you and that you
want to nullify the one YOU did - because only the one that the csc created can be used if you
want to receive the scholarship.

and as stated before, things just "carry on" from there. the csc people will register for you and
take care of EVERYTHING.

honestly, the chances of anything and everything are totally unknown to us... but all i know from
personal experience is that if you apply on your own, youre going to have to undo it all.



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- Medical Exam.
As far as the physical exam, can't this be done after the application is submitted, I find out if
I received the scholarship, and am accepted to the university? Also, in terms of the medical exam
itself, can I just take the official form to my family doctor and get an exam there? Or must this
be done by a Chinese authority or a special "approved" doctor in a specific office?

READ THE POSTS PLEASE. you MUST complete the physical exam when you apply - because if you apply
and get the scholarship, the csc will also take care of your visa application - which requires the
physical exam. if you dont send it, you could get the scholarship and then be disqualified because
you didnt send all the information they required you to send and they couldnt get your visa for
you. in which case, theyll just dump your application.

i went to an "approved" clinic in korea (because thats where i was at the time i applied)... but i
dont know if there are "approved" clinics in the states. almost everyone i know that applied
(including the ones that got the scholarship) just went to their family doctor.



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- Full or Partial.
Assuming I don't get the full scholarship...am I automatically eligible for the partial?

i dont know. i wondered this, too.. but no one had an answer.
just apply for the full and hope you get it.










extrapages -

CAN WE GET A MODERATOR IN HERE PLEASE?

we want to
1. change the name of this thread as bottled poetry suggested
2. get a sticky note for the top of this thread with basic information and links for the csc
scholarship because IM SICK OF ANSWERING THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
3. move this thread out of "studying chinese in beijing" because it can apply to people studying
anywhere in china.

please come soon.










Chrissy88 -

Extrapages, I appreciate the quick response, you're amazing.

Just to clarify: I agree with you entirely that "there is no point of actually filling out the
application before finding out where the hell you're going to send it." I have literally zero
intention of sending scholarship applications to any organization that is maybe an authority.
After jumping hoops for the past 4 days, having consulates not answer the phone, having emails
answered from not JUST one consulate, but three (o- and including the american embassy in
china)...I've opted to try my luck with the mighty and wendell@ce.cn

PLEASE, HELP ME!












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