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. CYNTHIA'S CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIP PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/cynthiakimola 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) https://www.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 - https://elsiemusings.wordpress.com/ ABOUT COMMONWEALTH SHARED SCHOLARSHIPS http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/shared... UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW https://www.gla.ac.uk/ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/ta... Belgium scholarship she mentioned - https://www.vliruos.be/en/scholarships/6 ❤️❤️As a THANK YOU for watching the video, I'm giving you Two Months of Skillshare Premium for Free! Click the link to get it: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/cykimola Thank you for watching ❤️❤️❤️ PLAYLIST OF ALL #CHATWITHKIMOLA EPISODES - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... IMPORTANT CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIP PLAYLISTS FOR YOU Chevening Scholarship Essay Tips - https://bit.ly/2AKmZey Chevening Scholarship Application Tips - https://bit.ly/2AKmZey VIDEO ABOUT BEST WEBSITES TO FIND SCHOLARSHIPS -    • How to Find Scholarships To Study Abroad 2...   VIDEO ON DOCUMENTS REQUIRED WHEN APPLYING FOR ANY SCHOLARSHIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C63tQ... LET'S CONNECT Website: http://www.cynthiakimola.com/ Facebook:   / kimolacynthia   Instagram:   / cynthiakimola   Twitter:   / cynthiakimola   FOR BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIPS --- [email protected]