Kiat Melamar Beasiswa ke Jepang (Bagian II)
Setelah menghimpun informasi mengenai budaya dan perilaku orang Jepang, sistem pendidikannya, serta informasi tentang beasiswa di sana, kini Anda harus membuat keputusan. Tanyakan secara serius pada diri Anda, apakah Anda benar-benar siap dan tertarik studi di Jepang?
Bila ada hal yang tidak bisa Anda penuhi, sementara hal itu merupakan syarat mutlak, mungkin lebih baik Anda mencari beasiswa di negara lain. Namun, jika Anda sangat teguh dan mantap, lanjutkan perjuangan Anda. Ini tahapannya:
Studi D-3 dan S-1
Anda harus tahu jenis beasiswa yang tersedia. Untuk S-1 ada beasiswa dari Monbukagakusho, Mitsui, serta dari Departemen Transmigrasi. Namun untuk D-3, sejauh ini hanya ada beasiswa dari Monbukagakusho.
Semua beasiswa tersebut bisa dilamar di negara asal. Silahkan pelajari di situs-situs terkait pemberi beasiswa di atas. Seleksi biasanya mulai dari seleksi administrasi, tes kemampuan akademik dan terakhir wawancara. Detilnya? Nanti akan dibahas dalam kiat-kiat mendapatkan beasiswa S-1.
Studi S-2 dan S-3
Khusus untuk melamar beasiswa program S-2 dan S-3, Anda harus mengikuti beberapa tahapan berikut. Umumnya, antara satu beasiswa dan beasiswa lain baik yang berasal baik dari Pemerintah Jepang maupun perusahaan Jepang untuk studi S-2 dan S-3, memiliki persyaratan yang hampir sama. Langkah-langkahnya antara lain:
- Pelajari dulu beasiswa yang akan Anda lamar.
Pahami semua persyaratan dan prosedur aplikasinya. Catat tanggal-tanggal penting dan tidak boleh dilupakan. Hal ini agar Anda tidak terlambat dalam proses seleksi beasiswa tersebut. Beberapa beasiswa untuk S-2 dan S-3 misalnya adalah Monbukagakusho, Panasonic, Hitachi, dan lain-lainnya.
- Tentukan minat Anda (Mencari Profesor)
Berbeda dengan sistem pendidikan di Indonesia, melamar masuk S-2 dan S-3 tidak melalui pintu universitas, melainkan lewat seorang profesor pembimbing. Ya, profesor adalah gerbang untuk Anda memasuki sebuah universitas. Artinya, jika sudah diterima oleh professor, kurang lebih Anda akan diterima di universitas, karena professor akan berjuang untuk Anda agar bisa masuk universitas.
Di Jepang, bidang-bidang kajian/penelitian dilakukan secara spesifik. Sangat jarang orang menyebut laboratoriumnya seperti di negara kita, misalnya laboratorium kimia organik, kimia analitik, atau biokimia, dan sebagainya. Hal itu disebabkan karena sudah sangat berkembanganya riset dan penelitian di tingkat perguruan tinggi di Jepang.
Sebutlah, misalnya, bidang biokimia yang akan berkembang menjadi departemen bioscience, bioengineering, atau bioprotein, dan lain-lainnya. Departemen-departemen ini masing-masing terdiri dari banyak laboratorium dengan beragam penelitian yang spesifik dan mendalam. Hal itu menyebabkan riset di perguruan tinggi di Jepang terpakai di banyak industri di negaranya sendiri.
Namun, untuk menentukan minat Anda dalam rangka mendapatkan seorang profesor, pelajarilah lebih dulu homepage salah satu universitas di Jepang. Bila masih blank, Anda bisa memulainya dari universitas terkenal seperti Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kyoto University, dan masih banyak lainnya.
Dari situs universitas-universitas itu, Anda kemudian masuk ke situs departemen yang ada. Akhirnya, di situlah Anda bisa membuka homepage masing-masing milik para profesor, baik yang masih berdekatan dengan minat atau penelitian Anda di Indonesia atau justeru bidang yang ingin Anda pelajari.
Anda juga dapat langsung membuka situs researcher. Di sana Anda akan menemukan beragam informasi tentang bidang yang Anda cari dan sekaligus professor yang sesuai dengan bidang Anda.
Bila semua langkah di atas sudah Anda penuhi dan Anda merasa menemukan bidang yang cocok, Anda sebaiknya mencatat dan memelihara alamat itu dengan baik. Bagi Anda yang telah mempunyai profesor, apakah melalui rekomendasi pembimbing di Indonesia atau kolega di Jepang, tentu tahapannya akan lebih gampang. (Kompas.com)
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Things to Prepare Before Applying a Scholarship
Getting a scholarship for an overseas study is a competitive process. This is because many people like you want the scholarship, but not all can be awarded. The cholarship money is simply not enough to fund all at once. Also, the scholarship providers want to ensure that only the best, well prepared applicants are selected and so the money is spent rightly and efficiently to what it is intended for. So, you have to be a winner!
Lots of people have won scholarship. You hear this every time. But how have they done this good job? Are they luckier or more superior or intelligent than others? No, they are not! If you ask them about the winning secrets are, they may simply give you the following lists: things to prepare or consider before applying a scholarship.
Academic certificate and transcript
Soon after graduation, do not wait. Obtain your original academic certificate and transcript, and make some copies of them. You need to certify them and, remember, that people at university are some times going somewhere when you need their signatures. More importantly, you need to translate both your academic certificate and transcript. Check around, there maybe some people have done the same. This will ease the task. If not, they are yours anyway. When you are done, it is wise to get other people to see them. They may give you valuable inputs, even correcting misspelled course names. Again, you need signatures of dean and rector on the translated version of your academic certificate and record.
Research proposal
You need to decide earlier which study route you are going to undertake – course or research or both. If you prefer a course-based study, you do not need a proposal. But if you are going to do a research, you definitely need a research proposal.
Good research proposal require time and energy to construct. So it is always better to prepare it earlier. Basically, the proposal will not be much different to the one you have done previously in your research as part of your undergraduate study. This will include background, objective, problems or questions to answer, hypothesis, methodology, and references. These are the essences of a proposal. For more on research proposal, read here and here
When you are done with those basic requirements, ask suggestions from others. When the application is open, check if the scholarship provider requires a bit more to what you have prepared.
Letter from intended university and supervisors
Download application form from the university website and fill it before send it back to the university. The university will respond you and issue you with a letter of acceptance. You may indicate in the form that you will begin your study next year, waiting for a scholarship which you are now struggling for. Most likely they will issue you with a conditional acceptance. They will keep reissuing this until you succeed with your scholarship application.
While your are in the website, go to your targeted department or school to find your potential supervisor. Even, this needs to be done first before filling in a admission form. The reason you will not studying in this university unless you have got an academic staff willing to supervise you. So get their email address, and make contacts with them. In the first time, you just need to introduce yourself, mention your academic background and your research proposal, and ask if he/she is available to supervise you. If they are busy because there are many students already under their responsibilities, don’t panic. Ask him/her if they know people around there who are still able to take additional students.
The good with the letter from university and supervisor when you have them at hand is that you can attach them to your application form and present them to the interviewers. These letters will increase your chances of winning the scholarship because the interviewers will so impressed that you are better prepared and have taken more advanced steps compared to other candidates. Read more..
Scholarship Applications that Win!
by Bill Reynolds at FreSch!
Tip #1. ATTENTION TO DEADLINES
Try and have your application arrive EARLY as possible, absolutely not after the deadline date! I like to send applications with a “return receipt requested” or “registered” to make sure they get there. I think that this also conveys a positive characteristic about the sender.
Tip #2 START YOUR APPLICATION WITH A “THANK YOU” COVER LETTER
Sample Packet Cover Letter
1111 WinOne Street
Pensacola, Fl 32503
9 September 1999
Mary Smith, President
Whatever Scholarship Committee
Orlando Central Parkway
Orlando, Florida (zip code)
Dear Ms. Smith,
This letter is an introduction of myself, (your name), and my desire to participate in the (whatever it is called) Scholarship Program. I have been accepted to (Name of your College) for the 1999 fall term.
I would like to thank you and the (whatever) Scholarship Committee for supporting college bound students with an opportunity for financial assistance through your scholarship program. Enclosed you will find my application form, high school transcript, ACT results, letters of recommendation, and other pertinent information. Again, thank you for your interest on my behalf and for the youth of our state.
Respectfully,
(your name)
Tip #3 ANSWER THE “MAIL”
While this seems obvious, you must construct your application to make it EASY for the committee to see that you have provided every thing that was required. I like to provide items in the order that they are listed in the application. If possible, do not mix items on the same page. In another tip I am going to tell you to add extra items that were not requested to give your application that something extra. However, DO NOT add extra items if you are specifically told not to add anything extra. This means that you can not follow directions if you add items when your are forbidden to do so.
Tip #4 ADD EXTRA ITEMS TO YOUR APPLICATION (if not forbidden).
This is where you get to be creative to find ways and things that present you in a positive light to the selection committee. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
1. Write a short essay on MY EDUCATION/CAREER GOALS. Try to keep to one page but no more than two.
2. Write a paragraph or two on how this scholarship award will help you reach your education/career goals.
3. My son’s guidance counselor gave him a paper that congratulated him on being in the top 10% of his class and acknowledged his hard work to get there. We included this because it put him in a “positive light” and his hard work at his academics was recognized.
4. Before my son reached his 18th birthday, he registered for the Military Draft as required for all males when they reach the age of 18. He received a letter from the draft board congratulating him for doing his civic duty prior to his 18th birthday. You guessed it, this was also one of our “extra items”. A lot of scholarship committee members have military backgrounds or see this as good citizenship for this applicant.
5. One of the best extra items is a letter of acceptance for admission to “any” college. If the scholarship application is not for a specific college, you will be able to use the award at “any” college. You do not have to use it at the college you used in your application. Later you can get more college acceptance letters and when your make your selection you can notify the scholarship award committee of where to send the award. Therefore, any letter of acceptance shows that your are serious but it does not “lock” you into using the award at that college.
These are just a few examples to get you thinking. I would limit my extras to three or four at the most. Too many and you “sour” your application. Again, MAKE SURE you are not forbidden to add extra items before you do so.
Be creative to find things that make you look good and share them with the committee.
Tip #5 PERSONALIZE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
This is a tip that conveys you took the time to make this application special. When you have a letter of recommendation addressed to the specific organization or person that is administering the application process it says that you took the time and effort to make this letter “Special” for them. If all you have is a letter that starts “To Whom It May Concern”, it is better than nothing. But if you can personalize the letter it says you cared to send the very best.
SUB TIP #5a Offer to do the work for the writer of your letter of recommendation. For example, you want to apply to twenty scholarship programs. When you ask someone to write you “1? letter of recommendation they say sure. When you say you need twenty letters they say “sorry” I don’t have the time. Once they write you one letter, ask if you can put it on the computer so the TO ADDRESSEE can be personalized for each application and your writer only has to “sign their name twenty times”. Now your writer is happy to help you because you have done the work and make it easy for them to help you. If they have nice letter head, ask for blank copies to be used in this process.
SUB TIP #5b This is an “ADD EXTRA ITEM/s” when the application does not require a letter of recommendation.
SUB TIP #5c Try and get three to five letters of recommendation in your files. This will let you pick and choose which one or ones to send in for a specific application. I would never send more than three for an application unless the directions ask for more. I will cover some tips to give your recommendation writer in a later TIP.
TIP #6 – PROOF READ ALL MATERIALS and NEATNESS IS A MUST
When you write anything you must use correct grammar and spelling. If you have a problem in this area ask your English teacher to help you with proofreading your essay, cover letter, extra items you have included, and even letters of recommendation prepared by others. When there are hundreds or thousands of applications to review, correctness and neatness become the first screen out factor. Only when the “pile” is smaller does the content of your application start to become a factor in the selection process.
TIP # 7 – SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN A CLEAR PLASTIC FOLDER
Now that your application is complete, the final “presentation” tip is to place all of your items in a clear plastic folder, with a slide locking binder. I like the cheap clear ones so that your “Thank You Cover Letter” (Tip #2) is on top. For that final “touch” I also like to include a wallet size picture of the student in the lower left side of your packet. The next item/s in you application packet are those required in the application (Tip #3 Answer the mail). Next I add any extra items (if not forbidden) and finally I place any letter(s) of recommendations.
If “extras” are forbidden, you should consider NOT using a plastic folder, however, this can be a judgement call on your part. Read the application carefully again regarding extras. Some judges feel the plastic folders “give them more work” (to remove the applications from the plastic folder) while others have no problem with it, even though they may forbid extras. I know, this can be confusing!
Your application packet is a great looking presentation of YOU, don’t mess it up by folding it to fit a small envelope. Use an 8X10 type envelope so your application arrives looking great. Consider sending it “Return Receipt Requested” so you know it arrived!
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January 29, 2010 at 11:04 am
Nama : Halomoan Simbolon, Amd
Usia : 22 tahun
Pendidikan Terakhir : D3 Jurusan Akuntansi
Saya berharap besar bisa diberi kesempatan ntuk mendapatkan beasiswa untuk melanjutkan studi Sarjana(S1)di jepang dari Mobukagakhuso,dan saya sangat bangga jika diterima untuk studi di jepang.
January 30, 2010 at 1:19 am
Nama : Risnawaty suleman, SST.Par
Pendidikan terakhir : D4 pariwisata
January 30, 2010 at 1:20 am
saya berharap bisa mendapat kesempatan untuk melanjutkan s2 pariwisata di jepang… semoga yah.. mohon infonya yah…
January 30, 2010 at 1:48 am
saya ingin sekali mau melamar beasiswa dari jepang tapi saya ada masalah :
1. saya dari keluarga miskin, tentunya ga bisa dapat beasisea atau giman saya tidak tahu
2. saya tidak tahu bahasa jepang untuk buat permohonan
3. saya dari papua tentu belum bisa
demikian permohonan saya, atas perhatiannya diucapkan terima kasih.
nabire-30 januari 2010
pemohon
ttd
apeliana sani
January 30, 2010 at 3:38 am
saya seorang tenaga staf pengajar SMk swasta dan dosen pengajar di tingkat perguruan swasta di kota tegal prov.jateng indonesia,saya berminat sangat minat sekali untuk melanjutkan program S2 dan melamar Beasiswa monbukagakusho,panasonic dan hitachi. demikian permohonan saya dan dapat diterima,atas perhatiannya saya ucapkan terimakasih.
January 30, 2010 at 9:41 am
Saya lulusan SMKN I Garut jurusan Akuntansi angkatan 2009/2010. Saya ingin sekali mendapat kesempatan kuliah di Jepang, itu cita-cita saya sejak kecil. Oleh karena itu saya akan berusaha mewujudkan cita-cita saya. Saya yakin tidak ada yang tak mungkin selama kita berusaha, tentunya disertai dengan doa. Terima kasih.
February 2, 2010 at 6:35 am
saya esta, di surabaya.
saya mempunyai cita-cita dapat berkuliah di jepang, karena saya senang sekali dengan apapun yang berhubungan dengan negara jepang. seperti kebudayaa,dan bahasanya.
saya ingin sekali, memperoleh kesempatan beasiswa berkuliah di jepang, karena latar belakang saya sebagai orang tidak mampu.
apabila saya diberikan kesempatan ini, pasti saya tidak akan menyia-nyiakannya.
terimakasih
February 4, 2010 at 7:09 am
Saya Nofita dari Jakarta.
Saya sangat kuliah di D3 Inggris, saya ingn sekali melanjutkan kuliah S1 Inggris di Jepang. namun saya berasal dari keluarga kurang mampu. Saya berharap bisa mendapatkan beasiswa ini gratis. Saya akan berjuang dengan serius bila bisa mendapatkan beasiswa ke Jepang ini gratis. Terima Kasih.
February 4, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Saya lulussn S1 BIOLOGI MIPA tahun 2007, jurusan apa saja yg bisa kita ajukan dalam memilih beasiswa jepang? kemudian bagaimana mengenai pendanaanya ? apakah ada beasiswa dan bagaimana mekanisme dalam mendapatkan beasiswa tersebut?
February 5, 2010 at 4:02 am
saya ifan hendriansyah,dari serang-banten,cikande kukun,saya sekarang lagi kuliah Iain sultan maulana hassanuddin Banten, dan kebetulan sekali saya tertarik untuk mengikuti beasiswa di jepang tapi saya masih kuliah baru semester 6, apakah saya bisa mengikuti program ini?
February 6, 2010 at 5:32 pm
i am really have desire to be elligible to get the scolarship in japan.
but i have not been knowing how the ways to get it?
please help me…
February 22, 2010 at 10:03 am
saya benar benar ingin berkuliah di jepang karena saya tahu bahwa di jepang itu semuanya sudah maju mulai dari teknologi dan pola hidupnya .
February 22, 2010 at 11:05 am
i graduate college d3,and i hope to go to collage S1 to japan.
February 23, 2010 at 4:32 am
saya sangat ingin melanjutkan studi ke jenjang S-2, d jepang atau negara mana saja asal d luar negeri, bagaimana ya cara nya, saya dari keluarga biasa, sekarang ini saya baru sarjana satu jurusan pendidikan bahasa inggris, kalau ada jalan pasti saya ikuti agar saya bisa kuliah S-2 d luar negeri
February 23, 2010 at 7:49 am
Saya seoarang penyuluh kehutanan di sebuah instansi pemerintah di Kabupaten Purwakarta. Saya berharap sekali mendapatkan S2 yang sesuai dengan pekerjaan saya di Jepang,tapi saya kurang sekali dalam bahasa Inggris. Kalau saja ada yang dapat membantu keinginan saya, saya akan sangat berterimaksaih sekali.
February 24, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Saya lulusan dari salah satu SMA swasta Tangerang 2009/2010 jurusan IPA..
Saya ingin sekali mendapatkan beasiswa ke Jepang karena saya berasal dari yg kurang mampu,saya & keluarga saya pasti sangat senang jika saya mendapatkan beasiswa itu ^^
February 25, 2010 at 4:26 am
please give me beasiswa for study to jepang, thanks very much