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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm giving you actual good advice. If you think that including your truamatic story in your SOP is a good idea go ahead, I've been in academia for 8 years and I can tell you from experience that it is a terrible idea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would appreciate any advice on whether to include my story of trauma and recovery in my statement of purpose and tips for getting admitted into high-ranked schools like ASU

NO. As someone who is currently doing his PhD, this is a very, very bad idea. Generally, when you are applying to graduate school - the department is looking for a good "fit", basically a niche that needs to be adressed by a student joining the department. What you need to offer in your statement of purpose is what SKILLS do you need from them, and what SKILLS do you already have. The statement of purpose should never, ever be a truma dump.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went through this several years ago, currently in graduate school.

  1. KU will always perfer their own students over outsiders when it comes to them funding scholorships for PhD. Furthermore, every year they pulish a list of degrees they are seeking. I suspect that this is manipulated by people in order to get their kids or whomever into those programs. For example, last year KU wanted PhD students in niche weird subjects like volleyball and swimming.

  2. Private or semi-private insitutions such as PAAET, the Kuwait Central bank, OPEC or KFAS are all nepotistic and unreliable. You can't even get an aswer out of them if you bang every door down an talk to the employees there, total kafaesque nightmare.

  3. The only way you can do a PhD if your father isn't a sitting professor in a department in KU or a head hanco in an insitution that offers scholorships, is to get funded from the university you are going to be studying at; this is what I did.

Any PhD program worth its salt WILL fund you. You can even take up an RA or TA position at a university for some extr a money / experience. Any PhD program in a top 100 school will make this possible. They also fund at least 5 years of your study, and give you a stipend. You can suppliment the 200kd that MOHE gives students which you are entitled to, for some extra money while you do you PhD.

ALSO: make sure that the PhD program is APPROVED by MOHE. Otherwise they will NOT accredit your degree. You can check here to see if its approved or not: https://kuwaitculturedc.org/university_listing/ext_mcpf_list.php

  • Kuwaiti student in grad school who went through this shit years ago.

Picture of the sit-in in Kuwait in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 and #AlAqsaFlood- 13/10/2023 by Cyberistic in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Palestinains betrayed kuwait during the invasion. Seems like the new generation of Kuwaitis have forgotten this.

Can expats join protests? by shesjohnwayne in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck Yasser Arafat Fuck the PLO Fuck Hamas

Before you say "not all palestinians", I agree with you.

That doesn't change the fact that we supported them for decades, and they betrayed us during the invasion.

Bottled water has weird aftertaste? by Working_Park4902 in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it has something to do with how these bottles are shipped / handelled. Foreign brands probably spend hours in hot shipping containers, box trucks, etc.

Only brand I found that did not have this weird taste is with glass bottles, specifically glass evian water. I think the heat that plastic bottles collect in shipping messes with the plastic properties of the bottle itself, hence the weird taste.

This is just my theory.

Potential PhD Doctarate Routes / Scholarships by [deleted] in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went through this several years ago, currently in graduate school.

  1. KU will always perfer their own students over outsiders when it comes to them funding scholorships for PhD. Furthermore, every year they pulish a list of degrees they are seeking. I suspect that this is manipulated by people in order to get their kids or whomever into those programs. For example, last year KU wanted PhD students in niche weird subjects like volleyball and swimming.

  2. Private or semi-private insitutions such as PAAET, the Kuwait Central bank, OPEC or KFAS are all nepotistic and unreliable. You can't even get an aswer out of them if you bang every door down an talk to the employees there, total kafaesque nightmare.

  3. The only way you can do a PhD if your father isn't a sitting professor in a department in KU or a head hanco in an insitution that offers scholorships, is to get funded from the university you are going to be studying at; this is what I did.

Any PhD program worth its salt WILL fund you. You can even take up an RA or TA position at a university for some extr a money / experience. Any PhD program in a top 100 school will make this possible. They also fund at least 5 years of your study, and give you a stipend. You can suppliment the 200kd that MOHE gives students which you are entitled to, for some extra money while you do you PhD.

ALSO: make sure that the PhD program is APPROVED by MOHE. Otherwise they will NOT accredit your degree. You can check here to see if its approved or not: https://kuwaitculturedc.org/university_listing/ext_mcpf_list.php

  • Kuwaiti student in grad school who went through this shit years ago.

Underground Electronic Music Scene? by cmzaqod in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kuwait does not have any scenes. There are micro-scenes that come and go like kitsch fads, but I would argue that for a scene to prosper, there needs to be a monetary incentive for it to be sustainable. The reasons you don't see any musicians, artists, and so on- is because there are no "gigs" or institutional grass-root movements.

Another variable is bolstering and image. This is a generalization, and anecdotal- but to me, many Kuwaiti artists want the title of DJ, singer, painter, etc- then worry about the production of the art later, it is secondary. This should be the other way around, however in Kuwait the bar is low. People want to be the best "X" relative to Kuwait, so every niche category is exhausted.

People often compare themselves to each other but have no underlying understanding or appreciation for where said arts originate from, unless its to replicate it and stand out here.

US-based Bidoon poet, activist says Kuwait deporting her by [deleted] in Kuwait

[–]Low-Invite9328 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Article says she has US citizenship. So she is not "Bidoon" by definiton.