Hello everyone!
In short, a couple months ago I decided I wanted to continue my pursuit for higher education and get a Structural Engineering degree from Tsinghua University in China. I am currently working full-time now as a Structural Engineer and am paying off my undergraduate student loans. Because of this, I won't really have a lot of money to put aside for tuition. The money I can put aside will go to paying off my car, since I can't postpone those payments while I'm in school, but I can postpone student loans. ANYWAY! As I don't even plan on starting my application until September 2017 to be a student starting Fall 2018, I'm thinking in the mean time that I can apply for scholarship after scholarship until I have enough for tuition/cost of living (This is more than two years of just working and applying for scholarships) and then I'll take out more loans if I don't have enough.
Is this a feasible/reasonable goal? Is it possible to win $25000 worth of scholarships in two years? I just don't know this system works. When I graduated high school and went to college, it all seemed to be in the offer letter in a little financial aid packet. I didn't actively apply for scholarships, they just applied scholarships that I was eligible for into my financial aid packet (along with federal grants and loans). Can I apply for federal grants for international graduate school?
Sorry, this message is so messy, I guess I'm just wondering what route should I take as an aspiring Structural Engineering international graduate student with no money from America to raise $25000 in two years whether it be from scholarships, grants or loans (preferably the former two).
Thanks!
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