vgery and madmex> I appreciate your optimism and support. I have been struggling with finding financing for quite some time now (and I lost a lot of sleep over it!
). My biggest nightmare is getting accepted and not being able to go because I have no money. I looked over LBS again and I realized that LBS actually does not seem to offer that many scholarships. For instance, women can apply for 4 less than 50% scholarships and 2 others to be confirmed (TBC). Last year's class had 25% women (out of 320), which is 80. So let's say this year around 80 women would be competing for 4-6 scholarships. My odds don't seem to be good. The same thing is with other scholarships. There are not that many of them! The best that I have seen are 2 scholarships for first year tuition fees. But everyone is eligible to those! Quite a few others are TBC, which can mean anything.
I have not seen any scholarships/fellowships for Eastern Europeans only. Lately, this region is not that popular, and the main focus is on the developing countries. And thank you for suggesting to look for funding at my own country. Unfortunately, there is none. I have gone over so many list of scholarships based on nationality, external funding and many various websites. My native country is so small that it's never listed anywhere, and it is in such a bad shape that its government (or private parties for that matter) does not offer any funding.
When it comes to loans, I have taken a loan for my undergraduate and I am still trying to pay it off. Taking a twice bigger loan and adding to what I have already is not appealing to me. I am willing to compromise and take a loan for 50% of tuition but 100% is just way too much to bear. So even if I would love to go to LBS, I just don't see how. I think that there are plenty of people who are willing to pay the price (or take a loan) that LBS does not need to offer merit scholarships. So I think that I just have to be reasonable and move on to other schools despite how hard it is. Thank you for your time helping me make a decision and good luck to you all who is applying!
24 Jan 2010, 19:37
, I wish I had more visibility into the future i.e., more time - a lot of things depend on my wife's job prospects in London.
