kcmw_2014

Hello, I received an email yesterday night from Silvia Biedermann stating that I have received the ESOP award. I was interviewed on February 3, 2014 for the scholarship. Best, K

Both. She started of with questions about my motivation and then went on to more technical questions when we discussed my proposal and undergraduate thesis. Regarding my undergraduate thesis, she asked about my results and asked how I used the data (what tests I used and their limitations) to come to that conclusion. She also asked me about the technical aspects of my proposal and about previous academic research on the topic. Your questions should be similar since she told me that the questions are somewhat set since they are limited to 15 minutes per interview. Regarding the decisions, would you happen to know when it will roughly come out? My interviewer did tell me that she had to forward the endorsement ASAP since the rectorate wanted it already or something to that effect.

Hello Mike, Thanks. Yes, I received the official offer per email on February 17. I have yet to receive the official letter though (probably because the postal system in the Philippines is not reliable at all). Don't worry too much about your ESOP application though; I assume that different departments handle the scholarship applications differently. The professor who interviewed me just asked about my thesis proposal, my undergraduate thesis and why I wanted to attend the program that I applied to. The interview was only about 15 minutes and she told me that she would endorse my scholarship application at the end of it. Best, K

Hello wcwmd1614, Master of Arts in Comparative and International Studies

I received an email from a professor in the department that I applied to on January 28 informing me that I have been accepted to ETH and that she would like to interview me for the ESOP scholarship. I had the Skype interview on February 3 and after which, she told me that she was going to write an endorsement letter to the respective body in ETH. I still haven't heard from ETH regarding the scholarship since then though and I am getting really anxious.