Pros • It’s totally free and costs you nothing to apply for the scholarship. The only cost is GRE and TOEFL • Your ticket and visa cost are also taken care of, and if you are traveling to Pakistan to renew your visa, you will also receive financial compensation for that. • You have to apply for the scholarship only, and they handle the rest, which means you don’t need to apply to the university itself. • It’s a cultural scholarship and extracurricular activities, leadership experiences, etc. play a big role in selection. • Some fields are given preference and people from unprivileged backgrounds and gender are given priority. • Depending on the rest of your profile and essays, you can possibly get placed into top schools with low grades that might otherwise not be possible (vice versa is true as well). • Scholars are provided with networking opportunities as part of the program and you get to travel to another state within the U.S. once a year for Fulbright seminars, at their expense. • If you are facing problems at your university, you can get help through Fulbright, and in a few cases, you might be able to change your school. Cons • You will entirely depend on USEFP throughout the process and have little control over your application. • Your final placement is not in your hand and many students had issues in the past, you may end up in a place you don’t like. • USEFP tries to maximize their funding and prefers schools with lower tuition fees. You can get a placement into a low-ranked university which depends on the funding options of USEFP. • For Ph.D. students, you won’t know about your advisor beforehand so after placement, your options can be limited. • You can only apply for Ph.D. through Fulbright if you already have an MS. • You are bound to come back and serve in Pakistan as soon as you graduate. Both the J-visa residency and HEC bond will be applicable. • The monthly stipends may not be competitive enough compared to most of the fellowships and the payroll stipends in most universities for research assistants. • Some states might not allow you a social security number, which means you can’t really experience the life of the U.S. Without the SSN, you can’t build a credit report and it has many drawbacks in the U.S. To Learn More About Fulbright Follow Our Blog
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