In total it was necessary to go through 5 stages: collection of documents, submission of documents, Skype-interview, obtaining results and instruction on the program, visa claiming.
The competition was announced in January, and one of the important issues was timely registration, collection and submission of documents. It was necessary to write a letter-presentation to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, which involved stating personal data and also 3 potential universities to study in and the candidate's achievements. Margarita Antonova has an international Cambridge certificate CAE, certificates and diplomas on participation in various international and Russian conferences. It was also necessary to apply in the online system of Stipendium Hangaricum Scholarship, where the candidate had to specify all the necessary personal information, submit scanned copies of motivation letter, medical certificate, bachelor's diploma, certificate of language proficiency, and the list of preferred universities. The main difficulty was filling and collecting all necessary documents until February 16, 2018. All documents were presented on time.
At the second stage, an online interview was to be held, the questions of which had been sent by e-mail in advance. At the appointed time, an interview was held with three coordinators of the program of the Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church. In the first part of the interview, Margarita was asked to talk about herself in English. The second part was aimed at identifying the level of language proficiency. The applicant had to discuss one of the proposed topics with the examiner, the issue of Technological Development was chosen. In order to check the level of linguistic training, Margarita was asked to give definitions to such concepts as "active and passive voice" and "subject and predicate". The final part was devoted to testing the knowledge in the field of literature. Margarita told the coordinator about John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath". The interview took 20 minutes.
Within a month, a positive decision was taken by Hungary on the results of the interview and submitted documents.
At the moment, Margarita is expecting an official letter from the university in Budapest to start the visa processing.
According to the terms of the academic exchange program, the student must earn 30 credit points, which is universal for all countries in the Bologna Declaration, which Russia signed in 2003.
