lbkova wrote:
shorttheworld wrote:
hmm you find out if you have a scholarship only around june right before youre about to start the program? doesnt that make it difficult to decide between schools? lol
Yeah, of course, it does! In addition, I don't think you'll find out earlier whether you get the HSBC loan. This doesn't help either...
This is true. I applied for my scholarship on June 4 and got it on July 3. Logic behind it is that the school wants to see the pool of scholarship candidates first rather than distributing all scholarships early and then having someone bright deprived of this opportunity just because he/she applied in later rounds. However as we heard there might be some changes to this approach, though nothing official yet.
Regarding HSBC - PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON IT AS SOURCE OF FUNDING. As it was communicated by school, scheme orepates only for the current class and there is nothing known for 2013 intake. They are working on it, but it is too dangerous to make any assumptions now.
Especially if you are not US/EU national.
As non US/EU national I was requested to open an account with HSBC Baker Str. first (of course, I could do so only after arriving to London). It took 3 weeks to open account with them, then I could apply for the loan and was rejected (i applied for living expenses). It was in the middle of September and you can imagine hpw it feels. I wouldn't advise anyone to go through this experience, so you better plan your funding now... I know, it doesn't sound encouraging but this is what it is.
However I need to admit that HSBC experience was much less painful for US/EU people.