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victorperez Just Starting Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Dominican Republic	Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:50 pm    Post subject: I need help this is an emergency Hi Everybody, I last april a applied to a scholarship via the Russian consulate in Dominican Republic. I applied to a master's in civil engineering at People's Friendship University of Russia. In august i was told i had been awarded the scholarship, so i bought luggage, clothes, cancelled many curses i was going to take and almost bought an air ticket to russia. Then a week ago the responsible at the embassy told me that there was a mistake and that i wasn't going to study in Russia. I need an explanation of this because i am still shocked. After two months of planning i don't understand what happened. Can anybody please try to contact those guys and ask them what happenned ? This is the contact information i found on their website : Dr. Gennady G. Sokolov Vice-Rector in charge of University's international affairs Tel./fax: (7095) 434-66-41 Victor M Herasme Perez
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overseas_expat VIP Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 741 Location: Moscow	Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:59 pm    Post subject: I hear the distress in your post. I'm not sure how we can help you. Did YOU try to call them? From Puerto Rico you should be able to call that Russian phone number by adding a 011. Thusly: 011-7095-434-6641. That should get you through. Do you speak Russian?
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victorperez Just Starting Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Dominican Republic	Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:22 pm    Post subject: If i knew russian and if i could call them, i wouldn't post anything at all. I hope somebody who lives in russia and who knows russian can help me. If this person lives in moscow for example, all he/she has to do is make a call and find out. So please anybody help me. Thanks in advance, Victor Manuel Herasme Perez
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Ekaterina Talk Show Host Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Moscow	Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:01 pm    Post subject: I am sorry for the situation. It is useless if we call there. This is the phone number of vise-rector of the University and he wont talk to any of us at all. If you know the truth that they decided to give your place to someone who could pay good money, will you feel better? Anyway no one will tell us the truth. During Soviet time we had free education and talanted people could enter any Uiversity they wanted. Now it is going to a market, everything may be sold and bought. There are many Americans on this forum so they may explain why it is so good. I couldn't help my daughter to enter a University last year. She wrote a composition without any mistake and got 2 for it. It was department of mathematics and the comission said that she was very good at mathematics and they would be happy to have her at their department if we pay money for her studying. If you were a son of any African king you would study there but we can't change your situation now. So forget about it, actually it is a weak University, or try again next year if you are keen to study there.
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mister_wizzz VIP Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 582	Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:41 pm    Post subject: Victor, I don't understand why you want go and study in Russia while you even don't speak the language. If your main goal is getting a master in Civil engeenering I think you'd better choose a university in an english or spanish speaking country.
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mss Frequent Guest Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Moscow	Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:14 pm    Post subject: People's Friendship University of Russia - is not the worst choice. Plus it is much cheaper than in english or spanish speaking country (as I know), excluding third-world countries. Education level is high (much higher than middle-level university in Europe). And it doesn't need initial knowledge of russian. http://www.rudn.ru/eng/ - maybe it will help you? http://www.rudn.ru/eng/contacts.php - Have you tried this? http://www.rudn.ru/mail.php - here you can write mail directly to selection committee 1st field - text of message 2nd - your e-mail 3rd - your full name good luck!
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:39 am    Post subject: I need help this is an emergency Xela where are you ?... It's boring on here.
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LeeLee Frequent Guest Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Rostov On Don	Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:32 am    Post subject: Hi Hi I am Native English and work as a teacher in the South of Russia and know the system quite well Your place as 99% been sold ---- and corruption in the educational system is crazy---- 18 months ago I actually wrote an essay in English which was 100% perfect---- even using big words submitted it under a students name who I know never paid money to anyone--- just to see what would happen---- I even knew the person who would be marking this paper--- but said nothing As this girl who I did the work for was not on the bribing teachers list she only got a 3----- the top mark is 5 Just made me smile but also ashamed of people I know within the education system---- to find the corrupt teacher I just had to look in the staff carpark The end of this story is that I spoke to the examiner ---- ( who I knew ) she said she will look at this girls work again SHE then got 5 The point of my story is you could be the cleverest person on the planet--- but studying here will cost you Your place has been sold sorry to be so honest Lee
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:05 pm    Post subject: victorperez: Instead of guessing and asking for help, you should call them. If you were going to study in Russia, you must know some Russian, don't you? Or, if you were supposed to study in English, there must be a few people that deal with foreign students at this university that you can talk to on the phone and ask what happened exactly. Did you get a letter confirming that you were accepted by the university? How do you know they accepted you? Maybe the embassy made a mistake. No one is going to talk to other people about your personal information and acceptance. You should call. And if you speak no Russian at all, don't go to Russia for studies.
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