Read Before You Apply
Long, practical guides on SOPs, proposals, PhDs and scholarships, plus quick reads on visas, tests and costs.


Scholarship Deep Dives
How to win Chevening, Fulbright, Commonwealth, Gates, Rhodes and more: success rates, winner profiles, essays and interviews.
Scholarship deep diveChevening Scholarship From Pakistan: The Complete Guide (Eligibility, Essays, Interview, Success Rates)
27 min read
Scholarship deep diveFulbright Scholarship From Pakistan: The Complete Guide to USEFP Master’s and PhD Awards
27 min read
Scholarship deep diveCommonwealth Scholarships From Pakistan: The Complete Guide to Master’s and PhD Awards Through HEC
26 min read
Scholarship deep diveErasmus Mundus Scholarship: The Complete Guide For Pakistani Students (Programmes, Applications, Success Rates)
23 min read
Scholarship deep diveGates Cambridge Scholarship: The Complete Guide For Pakistani Applicants
23 min read
Scholarship deep diveRhodes Scholarship For Pakistan: The Complete Guide (Eligibility, Statements, References, Interviews)
19 min read
Scholarship deep diveClarendon Scholarship At Oxford: The Complete Guide For Pakistani Applicants
20 min read
Scholarship deep diveKnight-Hennessy Scholars At Stanford: The Complete Guide For Pakistani Applicants
19 min read
Applications
SOPs, proposals, portals and HEC: the documents that win places.
Application documentsSOP vs Personal Statement vs Letter of Intent: What Each One Is and How to Write It
12 min read
ResearchHow to Write a Master’s Research Proposal (With a Section-by-Section Template)
10 min read
PhDHow to Apply for a PhD Through a University’s Application Portal: Step by Step
9 min read
HECHEC Scholarships: The Complete Guide for Pakistani Students
9 min read
Choosing A Degree
MS or MSc, taught or research, one year or two.
Degree typesMS vs MSc vs MPhil vs MRes vs MA: What Master’s Degree Names Actually Mean
10 min read
Degree typesTaught vs Research Master’s: Which Route Fits Your Goals?
10 min read
PlanningOne-Year vs Two-Year Master’s: Cost, Careers, Visas and Recognition
10 min read
PhDFrom Undergraduate Straight to a PhD: Direct-Entry and Master’s-to-PhD Routes
9 min read
PhD
Choosing a PhD, finding a supervisor and getting funded.
PhDHow to Write a PhD Research Proposal That Gets You a Supervisor and Funding
10 min read
PhDHow to Choose a PhD: The Factors That Actually Matter
11 min read
PhDHow to Email a Professor to Ask Them to Be Your PhD Supervisor (With Templates)
10 min read
PhDHow to Apply to Funded PhD Positions in Research Labs (Direct-Entry PhDs)
9 min read
Quick Guides
Short answers on visas, tests, costs and planning.






