Why Fulbright Master /PhD matters?

1. Zero application fee!
2. GRE free vouchers in some cases if you get selected for Fulbright but your GRE score is low.
3. You don’t have to pay hefty applications’ fees for universities.
4. One form means an application to multiple universities if you get selected in Fulbright.
5. Even with moderate GRE score, you can land into a US university on full scholarship not only for PhD but also for Master’s degree (which otherwise is very rare in the US).
6. Full funding for your period of stay including air travel, room setup, books and laptop allowance.
7. Fulbright degrees’ brand name in Pakistan as a symbol of quality education
8. TOEFL score not needed at application stage (only when you are invited for interview after initial screening, you need to bring along registration slip)

APPLICATIONS for FULBRIGHT Master’s and PhD degrees will open very soon in February and will end around mid-end of May 2018!

Appear in GRE – It is not as tough as you think, they have to earn money so they make heavy books) – with a suitable 40-60 days preparation, you can easily sail over 310.
If you will not apply, you will never get selected. People even got in with 291 on GRE last time with dynamic and balanced profiles and well-crafted Personal Statement and Study Objectives etc.

Approximately 150-200 Master’s and PhD students get a Fulbright scholarship every year. The monthly stipend depends on the location of your campus. Normally for MS, it can range from 1300 to 2300 US$ and for PhD even more. So you can easily send more than good remittances to your home.

Once back to Pakistan you will have a fair degree of advantage over other similar candidates in your professional field.

The USA undoubtedly is the leader in the field of education and for Pakistan’s context, there is nothing like having the USA based higher education.

The LICENSE here is the GRE, score 310+ and you are already in the game, please note that there is no minimum CGPA requirement to apply.

When submitting your application, you may report the unofficial GRE score you will receive on the day of the test, or your official score if you have received it. Every applicant must request on test day that ETS send an official score report directly to USEFP using the code 9388 and to the Institute of International Education (IIE) using code 2326.
(You can send a max of 4 scores for free on test day, if you don’t send to these two for Fulbright, later you will have to spend 27US$ for each additional score report (ASR), that is total 54 US$ in this case.)

Collect as many certifications as possible for your work experience, volunteer work, attend relevant seminars/conferences/workshops, people with startups and blogs, e-platforms and good research experience also are given an advantage.

People from all fields are eligible to apply except for clinical medicine and there is no age limit. You must get your final degree and transcript by the end of December 2018 to avail your Fulbright Master or PhD in 2019 August.

You don't need HEC attested degrees/transcripts to apply if you have them that's all OK, if not just get them attested from issuing authority (that is from respective universities).

There is a high preference in the fields of Agriculture, Energy, Water and Public Policy!

*********************************************************************I am an academic and career counselor as part of my passion along some other aspects of life, this year I will help Pakistani applicants with their Fulbright applications viz personal statements and study objectives (the all-important two essays), letters of recommendation and resume building.

**This is a series of posts and I will keep on posting more stuff in detail for the components of application etc. up next. For GRE and Fulbright information and for Fulbright vs Direct PhD comparison, I have already posted material in this group.

#Sohaib