Mahmoud A. ShalabiDPET Scholar

Conditions of a scholarship• GPA of 80%, 3.0 in your first degree• IELTS (6.5 – 7.5) / TOEFL PPT (550) / TOEFL IBT (80)• Experience in the field of desired study of 1-2 years at least (work or

voluntarism)

• Which one of these makes you want to flip the table?

Rankings of Durham University

DPET• Durham Palestine Educational Trust• Same conditions as any other scholarship• Only three seats, now two

• https://www.dur.ac.uk/durham.palestine/

How did I do it?• No ID (-)• Weak GPA (-)• I do have experience (+)• I have the ability in English (+)• The postgraduate diploma from IUG (+)• The committee had no Palestinians in it (+)

Advice• Keep working on yourself.• Don’t let anyone tell you that you are a failure.• “Rules were made to be broken”• “ اليأس مع حياة وال الحياة مع يأس ”ال• “Don’t follow your dreams, chase them”