How To Apply For Commonwealth Shared Scholarships - Tips from Scholar Elsie Jerop

This week I talk to Elsie Too, a Kenyan who won the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship and is currently studying a Masters in Public Health at the University of Glasgow.

She shares tips on how to apply for the scholarship, how to write the essays, her experience as an international student in the UK and how she handled depression and challenges of settling in.

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VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
00:30 - Elsie's Background
01:30 - How many scholarships she had applied to before
04:50 - Belgium scholarship she talks about (link is below)
vliruos.be/en/scholarships/6
05:40 - How she chose her scholarships
09:17 - Essay writing and time management
12:10 - Essay Tips and resources she used
19:07 - Commonwealth shared application process
23:19 - Next steps after university nomination
24:42 - What the Commonwealth shared scholarship covers
26:24 - Her experience as an international student
27:51 - How she handled culture shock
34:00 - Her social life in Glasgow
35:01 - Dealing with depression
37:33 - Tips For Upcoming Scholars

She loves to cycle, read and write. You can check out her blog here:

Elsie's Blog - elsiemusings.wordpress.com/

ABOUT COMMONWEALTH SHARED SCHOLARSHIPS
cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/shared-scholarships/

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
gla.ac.uk/

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/publichealth/

Belgium scholarship she mentioned - vliruos.be/en/scholarships/6

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VIDEO ABOUT BEST WEBSITES TO FIND SCHOLARSHIPS -
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