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Subject: Education loan or how to get grant for education
Category: Business and Money > Employment
Asked by: timothyweber-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 27 Mar 2006 06:16 PST
Expires: 26 Apr 2006 07:16 PDT
Question ID: 712409
Can you give me the links on funds which can help international
students to get a loan or grant for studying in MBA or pre-MBA program
in the USA or in the UK? I want to go to the USA with my family.

Thank you
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Subject: Re: Education loan or how to get grant for education
Answered By: politicalguru-ga on 27 Mar 2006 08:25 PST
 
Dear Timothy, 

Here are several loans and grants for international students. 

Loans for International Students
<http://www.edupass.org/finaid/loans.phtml> - especially, note this: 
"Norwest Bank (1-703-749-0131 or the financial aid department at
1-800-366-6227). These MBA loans are for graduate business and medical
students who are international students. For more information write to
Norwest Bank/HEMAR Insurance Corp., GMAC, 2400 Broadway Suite 320,
Santa Monica, CA 90404-3064."

Scholarship-Search
<http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/> 
This site lists all possible school-specific and general grants and
scholaships possible for study in the UK.

A similar database (but for the US) is  : 
International Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search
<http://www.iefa.org/> 

Scholarship search could be also found at FastWeb: 
Fastweb
<http://www.fastweb.com>

See this article: 
"Financing an MBA Abroad: A How-To Guide ", Business Week, 25 March 2006
<http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jun2001/bs2001066_741.htm> 

Association of Management Consulting Firms - AMCF Richard Metzler and
Roland Berger Scholarship
<http://www.amcf.org/program.asp> 

If you can get someone to vouch for you, these can be also a possibility: 
Graduate Private Alternative Student Loans
<http://www.gradloans.com/private/>

International Students Loans
<http://www.internationalstudentloans.com/international_student/index.html> 

International Education Finance Corporation (IEFC) (loan)
<http://www.iefc.com/international/index.php?Cid=0007> - "Recognizing
that there was little available to help international students pay for
their education abroad, International Education Finance Corporation
(IEFC) created the International Student Loan Program (ISLP) as the
premier loan option to help them pay for their international
educations in the United States and abroad."

Scholarships.com
<http://www.scholarships.com/> - a general (American) scholarships site

Also check with the potential business school. 

Specific Schools' Loan/Grant schemes: 

Duke University: 
International Student Loan Assistance 
<http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/admin/stuserv/fin_aid/international.htm> 

Carnegie Mellon: 
International Student Financial Aid
<http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=142695> 

University of Maryland
<http://www.financialaid.umd.edu/MBA/Appprocessinter.html> 

Cambridge/HSBC Grant
<http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/finance/loans.html#hsbc> 

You should also check with your government, as there are government
specific loans.

Indonesia
<http://www.sampoernafoundation.org/> 

Norway
<http://www.lanekassen.no/> 

Mexico
<http://www.funed.org.mx/> 

Peru
<http://www.thembatour.com/applicant/Carta.htm> 

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
further clarification on this answer before you rate it.
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Subject: Re: Education loan or how to get grant for education
From: abhishekjdl-ga on 08 May 2006 23:08 PDT
 
You can see 
http://www.graduateshotline.com/loans.html

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