I graduated with a CGPA of 4.0/5.0, I studied history and international studies. I actually did two different internships during my undergraduate studies, one at a shipping company and the other at a local government council. Also, I have many community service, leadership and volunteering experience. One thing about the DAAD scholarship (at the Brandt School) that I noticed is that, no one knows the exact criteria for their selection process. I chose only the Willy Brandt School, I know some of their students, though some of them have graduated now. Former recipients told me, one should do everything that'll give him or her leverage over other applicants, things like learning German and other relevant language before applying, telling them the areas you want to specialise on, writing a short abstract of your research proposal on the DAAD form. Actually, no one knows! I started working on my application since December 2019, over 20 people reviewed my SOP. In fact, I submitted my application very early, but that's never a guarantee, today i have forgotten about DAAD and I'm working on other applications. One key attitude we'd all have when it comes to scholarship application is that, whenever you're applying for a programme channel all your efforts to ensure you foot a very strong and competitive application, believing they can never reject you, at the same time hurting for other scholarships like you haven't even applied for one.