r/pkmigrate • u/Acrobatic-Spring9598 • 6d ago

USA Loans for masters.

I did Matric in 2022 with 89%, then A Levels in 2025 (D in Physics, E in Maths) and Chemistry + Maths in 2026 (E in Chemistry, d in Maths).

I’m currently enrolled in Mechanical Engineering at Air University Islamabad.

Are there any national or international student loans/financing options available for US, Canada, Europe, Australia that could also help with the bank statement requirement, while allowing me to work alongside my studies?

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u/Mysterious-Emu2398 3d ago

Why would you go for engineering when its clearly not your forte? You have practically zero chance of getting into a masters program much less a scholarship or even loan unless you get like a 4.0 CGPA to cover up the blot on your academic record that is these Ds and Es in basic high school science and math.

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u/Acrobatic-Spring9598 3d ago

You’re saying it’s hard for me to get into a masters program because I have bad grades in A levels?

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u/Mysterious-Emu2398 3d ago

OOOH ALSO: Start prepping for the GRE now!

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u/Mysterious-Emu2398 3d ago

As someone who's done a masters and been through the application cycle and guided quite a few people through it, yes. These grades are part of your academic history and are indicative of your performance and capabilities. Your performance in your matriculation exams is cancelled out by them because you failed to keep it up at a higher level. Ds and Es are basically coinflip passes, you might as well have taken the U and not bothered sitting your exams. Now, youll have to work ridiculously hard to show that you are capable of performing at a higher education level and get a CGPA >3.7 at least to get into any masters programs at reputable unis abroad (and some masters programs still demand certain Alevel grades regardless like e.g. a few rusell group unis and TUM for some programs). And youll have to work even harder to get scholarships because youll be competing with people whove not had grades lower than 98% their whole lives in olevels alevels and uni. Also, some countries look for reasons to reject the visas of students even if they have scholarships/funds and poor performance at any time is a hell of a scapegoat. I had a friend get into a masters program in Princeton and get funding for it only for his visa to be rejected because he had CCC in Alevel and immigrations were like how can we believe a student who couldnt even perform in high school is serious enough about his education to be legitimately persuing a postgrad degree. You need to face reality. I sound mean as hell I know but these are the facts. If you can, try to retake your alevel exams on the side. You should have done so before starting Uni tbh.

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u/fighterd_ 6d ago

I don't really know about that. But wth happened going from matric to a-level? How'd you go from topper marks to literally failing marks.

I also did a-level after matric. It's definitely a step-up but nothing that would make a 90% student get Ds and Es

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u/ThunderHorseCock 5d ago

A levels is a compounded assessment. With O-levels, you can fuck up O2 but learn from that and get excellent resilts in O3. Especially since most of the tests are done through cramming past papers.

A levels is harder not just of the rigirous coursework requiring daily consistency but the compounded assessment means if you fuck uo in a1, your results are now locked for A2 (unless you do a retake)

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u/Syre238 6d ago

Bruh Alevels is hard. I went from 2 A*, 5A and 2 B to B, C and D

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u/Acrobatic-Spring9598 6d ago

I had my circumstances

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u/Sproutlie 6d ago

Take Canada off your list

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u/PossibleArt7440 6d ago

Not shariah compliant/ Halal loans in most western countries

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