Nhiều hồ sơ, một học bổng toàn phần: case study về cách ứng tuyển đồng thời nhiều trường

What the strategy was

This applicant applied to several institutions across two cities — Shanghai and Hangzhou — rather than concentrating on one. He received admissions from Zhejiang University of Technology and Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, and a full tuition scholarship at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, which he accepted.

It is the clearest illustration on this site of the portfolio approach: multiple applications spread across universities of differing competitiveness produced several live options and, in the end, funding at the first-choice institution.

Why business schools in Shanghai

The reasoning is about location as much as ranking. Shanghai Lixin is a business-focused institution in China's financial capital, and for a student of economics and international trade the proximity to that business ecosystem is a substantive part of the value of the degree.

The same consultancy reports a second student, Rodion Shitikov, following a similar path: applications to several Shanghai business schools, resulting in the Shanghai Government Scholarship at the same institution. Two cases from one cycle is not proof, but it does show that municipal and institutional scholarships at mid-ranked specialist universities are reachable for applicants whose files are complete and well directed.

How to read an account like this

A caveat that applies to every experience report on this site: this one is published by a placement consultancy, so it describes outcomes the consultancy had an interest in publicising. Read it for the strategy rather than the statistics.

The transferable element is the structure of the application, not the name of the university. Applying to three to five institutions across at least two cities, and including at least one whose typical admitted profile matches your own, is the single most repeated piece of advice across every account collected here — and it costs only the application fees.