You Can Overcome Anything: Ep 298 - Exploring the Word through Education – Hossam Shahin - You Can Overcome Anything! Podcast Show

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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today I am excited to have our guests and I
want to give you a little bit of his background
before I introduce you to him. He is an entrepreneur
at the field of international education, a pharmacist and now
a company owner of CADC Career in Academy Development Center
for Studying Abroad. Hassam got the Danessa You grad Scholarship

(01:33):
from the State of Department twenty eleven. Then he got
an innership in Germany, then another innership in Serbia. Finally,
Hassan got the highest French scholarship from the French government.
I felt excellence to study at the Suborn University. It
is my pleasure to introduce to you, Hassam Shahim.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Are you fantastic? Thank you, It's great to see you
and to be here.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, no, definitely super excited to have you here. So
before we get we dive into that, tell me a
little bit about your upbringing, where you're originally from and
how was that for you.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Actually, I'm originally from Egypt. I was coming from a
very little city in the middle, like of the delta
between Caro and Alexandria. And I was a bit lucky
with my family. I had the really great parents that
they dedicated their time, their money, their resources to give
me and my siblings a best education. And that's how
it started my journey to like to be able, like

(02:32):
you know, to have better future. And the studying abroad
started when I joined the American School and I went
to the American School which has some connections with the
American Embassy in Egypt and the journey of exploring global opportunities,
started to learn more about studying abroad, the scholarships, ex
a change of program, et cetera, and then I started

(02:55):
from there. Then I joined Faculty of Pharmacy after the
high school. It's very tough school, a bit difficult, a
lot of studies, et cetera. But still I took some
advantages of being you know, student, and I did some
as you said already in an introduction, like I went
to a program in the United States, and then Germany, Serbia,

(03:15):
then Switzerland, and then I did some programs in Italy,
Czech Republic, Spain. So it was kind of just you know,
some opportunities. But the origin was because of my parents
that they really dedicated the time and the resources to
give us some chances. You know, in a very small city,
it was very difficult to be an international school or

(03:36):
to really have good school, and that's why I'm very
grateful for that.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, I know, that's huge, So tell me tell me
a bit more about that, because I think that that's huge.
And you know, obviotually a lot of people have different
upbringings and there's a lot of different things that can
affect that, right whether it's a society where there's parents, family, friends,
you know, the neighborhood that you're born into, and you
know a lot of them have a different background, and

(04:02):
I do believe that we all have a different path.
I also believe though, that part of that is what
you said. You know, you're grateful that your parents were
there to support you. That's huge, and that's that's a
big one. The second one, I also believe that it
also has to do a lot with you because I've
seen people that were the parents probably did everything they could,
and then the person just didn't take the opportunity to
be able to take advantage of that. And for you,

(04:23):
it's like being able to go from one place to
another in terms of the different schools and things like that.
What was going through your mind even going through that
journey yourself.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
That's exactly what exactly what you said, because you know,
you could have a lot of opportunities, like you know,
but the thing is how you're gonna use those opportunities.
How are you going to take the maximum advantage of
the resources that you have. So my family they gave
me like the seeds I can say, but I was

(04:55):
a person who is active I was following, you know,
following with their resources. So my family really because the
American school was very expensive in my country, like in Egypt,
to be an American school, that's a lot, a lot
of money. And the thing is my mom and my father,
you know, they decided to send us to this type
of schools. And then I started. My mom was like, okay,

(05:18):
now you can take advantage have a good education. Okay,
now you can start your own journey. So I was
kind of checking what's going on with the American Embassy.
For example, there are some events that they were like,
you know, they published about some events, but I was
the one who was following that. I was like, oh,

(05:39):
I want to go to that event. I want to
talk to the responsible in the embassy. I was going
to talk guys. My name is Hosem. You know, I'm
studying that. What like, you know, what are the resources
that I can you know, can you can apply for?
And then started from there. I remember the first time
I met the culture at the Shay and the American Embassy.

(06:00):
It was an event and I talked to her and
then she was like, okay, please give me your email.
I want your email. That's my card I want your email.
So I gave her my email and she sent me
the first announcement for the scholarship. And then I was
talking to my mom and my mom was like, oh,
that's great, Okay, apply for that. And I remember still
that was scholarship was for high school students and because

(06:23):
there was some exams, you know, we had to take
what's called set and this exam not to change. And
I remember one was the selection like you know, for
the selection process, you need to have some interviews, and
one interview was at that medal, like at that day
of the exam, and I was like, I cannot do it.
The exam is a priority. And I was like, okay,
my mom, what about my sister. She can apply for that,

(06:45):
like Rana can apply for that. And then Rana went
to the scholarship and that's what, you know, that's how
it came, like you know, you just take the opportunities.
And then after that I got another program, was another scholarship,
so it was more digging. I was digging more into
the opportunities trying to apply. It took me a lot
of time to sit down to learn how to write

(07:06):
a CV, how to write a motivation letter, we don't
learn that. In Egypt, we don't have this system. So
I was searching a lot, reading a lot, trying to
know some people so like who already traveled before, to
get their advice, et cetera. So it's not just you
know about the resources that you have, but how you're
going to use them. Yes, my family gave me opportunities,

(07:27):
but I was the one who was digging more and
looking forward, like you know, I was following these resources
to get more opportunities and to take the advantage of that.
So that's how the word no and and and that's huge.

Speaker 1 (07:40):
And again going back to that, the fact that you
had that support system is huge. And at the same time,
though it is your responsibility to say, you know what,
I want more out of life. You know, I want
to be able to for high can get more out
of life, right, and do borrow that. And oftentimes, again
you know, people unfortunately led the uppertunity go to ways

(08:02):
because they don't see it in front of them, and
or they might see the opportunity, but it's not it's
not this guy is very nice and in a shiny object, right,
and so you know, sometimes we let that opportunity go away.
Because of that, and so that's good that you did that. Now,
on the flip side, obviously you're in this and if
you've gone through that and you're you're doing a lot

(08:22):
of this. Now what in today's society? And I think
it might be the same pretty much all over all
over the world. You know, I would say at least
for them average size family, right, or the middle income family,
if you may, as were oftentimes the parents will they
might have some good intentions, right, they're so busy with

(08:46):
work or they're so basically doing other things that the
kids or the children do not feel like they have
the support system in or if they do, they feel
like their parents don't understand what is needed or require right.
I know me growing up, my parents were always really
busy and just like you, I have to go after
the opportunity. And while I might bring something to my parents,

(09:07):
they might say, yeah, this, this makes sense, so this
is good. They didn't have no clue. And so sometimes
I feel like you don't have that support system because again,
your parents are so busy working, they're not very involved
as they should be because again of work or other obligations,
or they just clearly don't understand what is needed, and
so what would you tell somebody that might be in

(09:27):
that position saying, hey, you know, I kind of feel
like you wanted, but then I give discourage or you know,
I know my parents mean well, but they're not plugged in.
Like what would you tell that person?

Speaker 2 (09:38):
Thank you so much for approaching this point, because again,
I was really lucky with my parents. It's exactly what
you explain. This is exactly what I have been through,
but in a different way. My family they were I
always say that they were like so advanced compared to
their time and the environment that they have, because you know,

(09:59):
my parents are coming from like you know, like like
the city is very small. They don't. They didn't have
the same opportunities, and I was really surprised from the
adaptability and flexibility and agility they had in terms of
our decisions and the opportunities that we had, Me and
my siblings. I'm talking about not only me, but also

(10:19):
my two sisters and my brother. Because one thing is
that my family, they really really basically was working. But
I never felt that they were away from us. They
were always there. When you're like, now they they are deceased,
But I have really great memories with them. I remember
they were always there with our studying, you know, the

(10:39):
trips in the summer, in the like in the weekends.
My mom used to come always to visit us in schools.
My father was the same, and that's not you know,
in a patriarch community like Egypt, the father usually doesn't
have this amazing rule. And I always remember my father
was always there. He was waking up in the morning,

(11:00):
taking us to school, preparing some food for us, like
always taking even in a vacation, the morning part is
always like to not to visit the museum, the civilization,
the history, et cetera. And all the evening is only fun.
We go to restaurants, cafeterias, like parties, et cetera. So
it was they really were like they succeeded and making

(11:22):
a really good balance and being in our lives. The
second part is that you know, you know, my father
died a bit earlier, so my mom, so that my
mom really had like a great rule and taking the
lead after that. And I remember taking us to American school.

(11:42):
They faced a lot of issues with the community, like
my uncles, my aunts, my you know, some people around
us they were like, oh, why you have to send
them to these big schools. It's very expensive. You have
to save the money. Or how you're gonna leave your
daughter to go abroad and be alone, like we are Egyptians,
you know, very conservative. How are you gonna leave like

(12:03):
your son to go in a very young age to
be alone in the United States. Oh, he will really
not you know, he will have really bad like consequences,
et cetera. And they never looked at that. They will
always know that's your time, go takes advantage, learn, enjoy
your life, build your own future. So they were really

(12:24):
thinking in a different way. So my only, like you know,
my my only advice for parents who are now taking
like you know, the lead or the decisions in behalf
of their children. Give them the opportunity because if you
really raised your son very well, so they have the fundamentals,
and if the if your son and your sons and
daughter they have the fundamentals, don't worry about them. Just

(12:45):
leave them alone to take the risk to enjoy the life.
And this is what exactly what happened with me. My
parents gave me this opportunity, so just leave them because
I remember after we know after like until now, I
need a lot of girl, especially girls. It happens with
boys sometimes, but especially with girls. When there is any
scholarship opportunity or study abroad or traveling experience, the parents really, like,

(13:08):
you know, they prevent, like the decision is, no, I'm
not gonna let you go away. Marry first, and then
you do whatever you want, et cetera. So you know,
my only advice is just to let them go and
they will really have great experiences.

Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah, I like what you said, Like there, and and
that's a that's a key element there. If a parent,
you know, did their their part right and and they
they helped and build that foundation right, the values and
and and and the disciplined and we've been respectful all
these different values that we as people need to have,

(13:44):
then definitely, you know, it's like that saying you need
to let your kids go and explore the world and
fall a couple of times on their own and be
able to get up based on those values and fundamentals
that you gave them, they're never going to learn right,
and so that I think that's huge And that's the
key because I given me I have a daughter and

(14:04):
I remember a while back, you know, when my daughter
was younger, I'm like, you know, I wanted to be
like no, no, no no, And I realized, you know, she's
the one that actually brought up to me and she said,
you know, like let me grow like I'm already you
know that person. And so that's a huge, huge thing
for sure that people need to definitely take on, specifically parents,

(14:25):
and so for you, one of the things obviously after
the death of your parents, you know, that's where you
went from a small city in Egypt to you know,
this global education, right, and a lot of times people
what they're looking for is in this life, I would say,
is how can I get into multiple different places? How

(14:46):
can I travel around the world? How can I get
to see different places, cultures and things like that. You've
been able to do that through education and being able
to study abroad. You know, again you mentioned a couple
of places US, France, German need, Swiss and Serbia. You've
been able to do that through your education. Tell me
about that, because now this is something that again maybe

(15:07):
a lot of people don't think about it yet. You know, again,
everybody wants to be able to be at a different place,
different cultures, differency, these different countries, whatever, that might be,
and you did it through education, which is hugehould tell
me about that benefit.

Speaker 2 (15:22):
To be honest, it was again that you. It was
a decision. I decided I want to travel, I want
to explore the world at a young age, and I
didn't have enough money to travel, you know, on my expenses.
And that was like the it started there. I was
looking for programs for international students what interested to study
a broad but those programs are sponsored. So I started

(15:45):
with the American Embassy. The American Embassy and each country
has a lot of programs. I think more than even
twenty programs for everyone starting from high school to the
people who are like at the age of fifty years old.
They can go for exchange program for a year, few weeks.
There's summer school. There's six months or like you know,

(16:05):
a semester. There's a full Bright program for masters students.
There's a full Pride program for teachers for people who
have really like technical school, and a lot of people
that don't know that. So I was like, okay, like
take it easy, let's see how what what's up there
for students, And I started with the American embasc It

(16:26):
worked with me and my two sisters, Me and my
two sisters. We all traveled on a US Department of
State sponsor programs in the different ways. My sister, my
younger sister, she went to the YES program to the
high school. I went to the NIES a grade that's
a year in the college like at the at the
college and always, and also the SUSSI program. For my

(16:46):
older sister, she went to a specific program for women leadership,
and like you know, after that, I was like, Okay,
I'm sure there would be some opportunities in other countries.
And I started to search, what about Germany? And I
found this amazing in tern in the university in Germany.
I applied, I got accepted, and then I searched it
in another country and in another country, and I realized

(17:08):
that in each embassy in each country there is what's
called exchange programs or global education or study abroad. So
the each embassy in Egypt, like the American embassy, the
French Embassy, the Canadian embassy, all these embassies, they have
a bi national agreement was Egypt in terms of the
global education. And these binational agreements are in the form

(17:33):
of scholarships or exchange of programs or study abroad or
summer school, and then I was like, okay, then I
will start from there. And I just checked each embassy
and the programs that are available there, and that's how
I started. Even the French Embassy, like THEFL as you
said already in the introduction, thefl exploenced how I would
know about So it was from the French Embassy, an

(17:54):
event in the French Institute. I was there, I was studying,
I met the culture at the SHAE, and I knew
about the filixcellons. So my advice for each student. I
traveled to almost all these countries for free I had.
I really didn't pay anything. And that's all because of
the power of the global education. Go to each embassy
in your country. If you are from Ghana and Nigeria, Columbia,

(18:17):
if you're from Mexico, anywhere in the world, check the
foreign embassies and the cultural affairs or the education the
Office of the Global Education or the Cultural Affairs, and
you will always find some opportunities for you.

Speaker 1 (18:31):
Yeah, are there any from your experience there any specific
feel of interest of education that needed to be in
or is it really open to really anybody? And then
also okay, cast and then in terms of like from
a global perspective, rite any specific language that you need

(18:53):
to know, like English is one of them that you
have to know, you know, globally for you to be
able to apply for those places.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
That's a really good question because that's what I face
now with a lot of students. Is the language for me,
because I traveled to everywhere the language that I felt, like,
you know, my personal experience that really like you should
have this language as your minimum is the English language
because wherever you are, you can use English, even in France,

(19:20):
even in Germany, Sweden, Serbia. Whatever. English is a minimum.
And I always say to students, you don't need to
be an American, you know, like like talker, you don't
need to have the accent of American people or Perchish people.
The minimum is the communication when you ask a question,
if you are in a session, if you are in

(19:41):
a classroom, if you are an interview, if you will
be able to communicate, understand, articulate what you want to
say and receive the message from the other person and
you answer clearly, that is the most important. Whatever is
your accent, So you really don't put an effort to
make your English like Americans or British, but make your

(20:01):
English very clear that that's what you need, and then
you can add on the English language, whatever the language
you prefer, so that that's what I like. From my
previous experience, English is the most important to have. And
then if you have French, that's amazing. If you speak French,
you speak to a lot of people in Africa, Middle East,
like North Africa you have Lemon and also in Middle

(20:22):
East do you speak French. You have access to Canada,
like a big part of Canada, I think twenty percent
or twenty five percent of the Canadian land they speak
French because of the Quebec and mon Montreal or morel
So you have really even Latin America. Some Latin America,
Latin American countries they speak French. I think Guina, I
don't remember the name, but this country, you know it's French.

(20:44):
So if you speak French, that's amazing. You have also
in Europe a lot of countries that speak French. Big
part of Switzerland, you have friends, lau Zumbur, Belgium, so
you will have access to really a lot of nationalities
and cultures and countries as well. German German language is
the same. So but firstly focused on your English language,
make it like you know, very good, and then you

(21:06):
can add on. So that's my Yeah, that's what I
had from my experience.

Speaker 1 (21:11):
Just curious, how many languages do you speak?

Speaker 2 (21:14):
I speak Arabic, English and French, so that's that's what
I can speak clently. So the other the other I
don't count because I don't speak that flow. Yeah, French,
English and Arabic. Yeah no, no, that's good.

Speaker 1 (21:27):
And then there's definitely also a a part of a
personal development, right and and going through the the education,
and and and going through all of these that personal
development obviously, you know, for you to be able to
go from one country to another country, I think there's
definitely a lot of sense of of edequacy, a lot

(21:47):
of sense of discipline, and and and again, you know,
just that personal development. Tell me a little bit more
about that, because I think that's huge, whether you're a
student or you're a professional. I think the fact that
you create the foundation of personal development. I believe that
the minute that you start dying is the minute that

(22:09):
you start growing or educating yourself. And while you're educating yourself,
regardless of whether it's traditional non traditional. While you're educating,
even to this podcast, you're educating yourself. You're growing, right,
and so tell me more about that's personal development.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yes, I remember the first time I traveled and I
came back and I met my family, they were like,
you are a different version. It's not the same value.
And I didn't feel it because it was a personal development.
You don't feel it. You feel it like you know
from time to time. Yes, you can measure your skills,
but people can really have this perception better when they

(22:42):
see you, like you know, after a specific trep or
specific age or whatever, and traveling abroad or studying abroad.
And I think the magic about it is the personal
development because to be honest, when you travel abroad or
you leave your country, you leave your people, your language,
your beloved one, your comfort zone. The first thing that

(23:05):
you really need to learn is how to be responsible
because no one is, like you know, no one is
cooking for you, no one is cleaning for you. So
the first thing is that you really you learn how
to be independent. And when you are an independent person,
that's a totally different levels. Especially I'm coming from like
you know, eat Egyptians in generals or I think it's

(23:25):
an Arabic culture. Really our family, like you know, the
Caddellas a lot, they spoil us a lot. Usually you
will always find everything is done by the mother. Very
few and that was not, by the way, in my family.
That's one of the things that was like you know,
in a journey with my family at a very young age,
we had to learn how to cook, how to do
the laundry, how to be responsible for our studies. I

(23:47):
remember my my mother never told me like go and study,
like not even my sisters. We were really responsible. We
never like hear this from my parents. And I think
this is what I say about the fundamentals. You really
need to put some fundamentals and values, like in your
sons and daughters. So the first thing is to be independent.

(24:08):
And when you are independent, you really think differently. When
you are alone, you learn how to be sociable because
you need community around you. You need to attract people
who have to share the same values to be friends.
Need you know, you need to have your own comfort zone.
So you create your comfort zone. And this comes to
adaptability because you are adapting to a new culture, new language,

(24:29):
a new place. So you know, it's kind of bad
by beat and step by step it comes to being independent.
You learn a new language if you're going to or
you enhand to language, even if you speak English. When
you study at broad your English level goes, you know,
on a different level. You really have an access to
what I call the melting pot of frames when you

(24:51):
really meet people from Mexico, from the US, from Germany,
from you know, Asia, any Asian countries, and then you
find your self you are dealing with everyone who are
really different from you. So you always learn a lot
of skills from those people. You build, you improve your
communication skills, you improve your presentation skills. So after just

(25:15):
one experience and studying abroad, you become a different person.
You are not the same person. I remember before I
was really scared to talk to people, you know, and
to do presentations or to present or to like no
public speaking in general. And I remember after my first
studying abroad experience, I was ready any time, Oh go,

(25:37):
like you know, like go and talk to people or
you have a presentation. That was very easy for me
and that came, like, you know, thanks to the experience
that I had was studying abroad. So studying abroad when
it comes to personal development. It takes your skills up
in all levels, all levels really, So I hope I

(25:58):
answered your question.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
You did not definitely, and and and and that that's
that's that's that's huge. So let's talk about Obviously you've
dedicated the you've learned a lot. You've not dedicated your
your your your your time right in terms of the
international education and uh and then you now have the
company uh C A d C. Tell me more about that.

Speaker 2 (26:22):
You know, I, as you said, I'm a pharmacist. So
I worked in the phar metical industry for a while,
and you know, I was even still while I was working,
I was always thinking about, you know, studying abroad, applying
for some programs to go here and there to attend.
And then at a certain moment, I was like, okay,
a lot of people they asked me for help, and
it worked very well. It started with my family members,

(26:44):
all of them, the traveled like you know, everyone who
like you know who sought my health before and their
application procedure they succeeded, and the application procedures and and
the troubled. And I remember even in my college, some
like some like colleagues in college, they asked me to
help them for the application, et cetera. And it worked

(27:05):
very well, and I was like, why I'm not, you know,
creating a company about that? And then I went to friends.
I did my Master Business Administration, and because I'm coming
from the pharmacy background, I had no knowledge in business
how to create a business, how to create a company,
how to do like a business model, the marketing mechs,
all these kinds of things. I never heard about that,

(27:25):
and I was like, okay, this is a time each session,
like every time I go to the Sorbonne like to
do a class. I was applying this to KAT. So
the marketing class, I was doing everything the teacher explains
to us, I do it but on my company like
in KAT. The same in the entreprenership class. The same
in a strategy class, the same in the accounting class.

(27:48):
You know. And at the end of the NBA, I
had a business model for a company that has everything,
and I was ready for that. And then I presented
this project into my final project, like you know in
the in the NBA, and the professor loved the idea
and it was like, that's amazing, car Sam. You have experience,
you have knowledge. You have really answers to any question

(28:10):
they ask, and I think that would be really good business.
And then I opened a company. I went to the
university in Francis called Parisian Lad for the like you know,
young entrepreneurs, and I presented my project and I passed.
They accepted my project, and I was, you know, like
again like a light, like a green light. Okay, that
that's working very well. And then I started. I was like,

(28:32):
that's great. I had the trip to Egypt. There was
a fair in the French embassy, the French Institute. They
hosted a lot of French universities, and the same with IDP.
They hosted like universities from the UK, Canada, the US,
like the English speaking countries in general. I went there,
I presented my project and I started to get some agreements.

(28:54):
The universities they wanted to sign contracts as me. And
then I had partners. So now I have partners with
universities in the UK, in France, I have in Germany.
I signed last week with American University as well. So
KAT the aim of CAT is called Career and Academic
Development Center. So if we divide the name or we
just explain the name, we help students who are interested

(29:16):
to enhance their academic level, if they want to study abroad,
if they want to apply for programs abroad and they
don't know how to choose the program. What are the
good universities? What are the best fit budget? Because you know,
the budget is different from student to another student. What
if I need some financial aid, how I could do that?
So that's the part about the academic part we help.

(29:41):
If you want to study abroad, we can help you
from A to Z. We're gonna discuss with you how
to choose a program, the best fit program, the university,
the finance, the even the like. You know, the system,
the educational system. It's different from country to another country.
And because we in kat we traveled in almost like
the big countries around, like the most important countries in

(30:03):
education and global education, we know the system, so we
always we can also explain that to students. And on
the other part is the career, we also explain to
them how to like you know, when it comes to oh,
I want to study abroad and I want to stay
in the country after I finish my master degree as
an international student, how are we going to do that?

(30:24):
How are we going to change our visa from student
to work at visa and this part is related to
career and also we did that. We all like me
and my team members, we stayed abroad, we changed our visas,
we had our teacher decedure or our residency's card, so
we also know this procedure and because we work it abroad,

(30:45):
we have experience and how you find jobs the career.
We explain about the career office, about the procedures link
the end, about different types on how to find job
opportunities for internationals. So that's what we really present. So
basically from A to Z starting an advice from your
academic program until your tea to decisure or your residency

(31:07):
in a country that you really want to stay in
or to live in. That's huge. I love that.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
And is this primarily for people that are students that
are coming out of high school and going to college.

Speaker 2 (31:21):
No, it's for everyone. Actually, we work with students who
are interested to study pature degree and also the graduate programs,
so they want to apply for a master degree or
an MBA degree or even a PhD program. We can
advise so in like you know, to all students who
are interested to study abroad in all like you know,
all stages. So and that's why we have partners with

(31:43):
universities because when we sign a partnership with university, it
means we are collaborating. So they give us the access
or they give us the authority to choose the right candidate,
the best fit candidate, and rematch the best fit candidate
with the good qualities with the right program. And that's
the trick in the collaboration with universities. We have with

(32:06):
really big schools in like you know, in the dimensioned
countries we have with skeedch Business School parts the School
of Business, we have with as Engineering School, and the
UK we have with Quen's University in Pelfas that's a
Rassell Group. It's a really big university in the UK.
And also like it's recognized the globally, we have with
Columned Business School in Germany, like you know we have

(32:28):
with the Romanian American University as well in Romania. So
we really choose very well the universities that we are
working with and the nature of the collaboration as well,
because we want the procedure to be very easy for students.
We want the student to feel comfortable and because the
big thing like with students is I am afraid to

(32:50):
be rejected. But we make this procedure really good in
terms of even the interviews because we work with the university,
we know really what they are looking for. We also
help students in their interview procedure. In some countries, like Friends,
you have what's called campus fronts, like before after you
get accepted into the program in France and before the

(33:12):
visa you have to bus through campus fronts. That's also
a very challenge of procedure. And we help students with
Cambra fronts procedure as well. So we help like in
really in all the stages of your application procedure until
you go and start and you start your academic program.
We are there for you.

Speaker 1 (33:30):
Yeah, and correct me if I'm if I'm wrong on this.
And I think I heard it somewhere that schools abroad
or it schools anywhere for that matter, they actually like
taking students exchange students. They like they like that because
there's also a benefit to the universites where they bring
students from other countries, right like like and so they

(33:51):
actually want to fulfill this This niece is like in
the US right, Like you know, the government will give you,
or the federal government will give the national government, you know,
a budget right or a fund right, and you're going
to be able to utilize that. Like the school district here,
they get a fund and if you don't utilize it,
then you're not going to get it next year. So
you want to utilize it. You keep getting that or

(34:13):
some sort of that benefit. Is that the same thing
for exchange US where these schools they want to keep
growing that so they can keep getting funding and you
know it's a benefit to them too.

Speaker 2 (34:23):
That's an amazing question. Really, thank you for that question,
because you when it comes to exchange A program or scholarships,
you know, we have two types. People who self funding,
like you know, they want to pay and there is
the Exchange A program or the scholarships. And that's always
a good question. Why they are funding international students to

(34:45):
go abroad? What is the reason to pay all this
amount of money to get students every year? And when
it comes to that, it really depends on each country.
But they have common like you know, a common ground,
which is all investing in human resources. It's all about
investing in the right people and the good people. When
it comes to scholarships, they give you all this amount

(35:08):
of money because you want in future someone who would
be like you know, or would be a very big scientist,
who would be the next you know, Facebook maker, or
you know, someone who will work in the AI and
will have like you know, a very international impact. And
that's what they are looking for. And that's why if
you check the Full Pride for example, it's the most

(35:31):
well known American scholarship. They are super proud of their
alumni and they tell you on the website, this Prime
Minister was a full Bride alumina or aluminus. This you know,
president of Gang he was, you know, this scientist and
the nuclear field he was a Full Pride aluminist. So

(35:51):
they when it comes to the fund, it's correct. Do
you want people to come from all over the world,
and they want to invest in the right people. Some
scholarships are different. So when it comes to Sweden, for example,
Sweden now are leading the world in the application of sustainability,
the sustainable development goals, and you will find their scholarship,
which is a fully funded scholarship. The only want to

(36:14):
attract students who are interested to study fields that are
related to sustainability or the twenty thirty Egenda of the
United Nations. Why because we want leaders in future who
would be This field is new. So Sweden are now
like enforcing universities to create new curriculum that is really

(36:34):
directly related to sustainability and they are bringing those international
students to study from forty countries. That's Whedish scholarship from
forty countries. Yes, they get students each year to study
at the field in the field of sustainability because they
want leader in that field. If you check the French
scholarship if eleixilons, it's clearly stated on their website. We

(36:55):
are looking for leaders for future who will work in
specific fields. So that's what I always say to internation, like,
don't be a friend. People are looking for you all.
What you need to do is to enhance yourself. Work
on your GBA, work on your language, work on your
like taking an English test for example in the islets

(37:16):
or the two food work to be an active member
in your society because that's one of the most important
parts and the especially for students who are interested to a
class for scholarships, is where you an active member in
your community. What did you do for your community? So
start to do an extra curricular activity or a volunteering work.
It could be in your university, it could be in

(37:36):
like in your city, could be anything. But the most
important is to have an impact in your community, even
if it's a very small empact. I remember one student
he got accepted into a program and they asked him
for a leadership position. And you cannot imagine how symbol
the leadership He said, Okay, I was very good in
the chemistry class. So I was, and that was very

(37:59):
the class. And I was teaching to my friends, like
to my classmates after school, like the chemistry class. So
for them, that's a leadership position. You are influencing in
a good way, like you know, in your community. So
it doesn't need to be really you. You're saying like, oh,
I want to like you know, to you to be

(38:21):
a very big leader in your community. No, it could
be very simple action but that and that's also one
advice from your platform. I would like to share people
are really like in my TikTok or on my Instagram.
A lot of people they won't study abroad, but they
don't invest in themselves, so they tend me oh, I
have GBA of fifty five percent for example, or you

(38:42):
know two or one point eight and they don't want
to take an on its exam. They don't want like
an interview, And I was like, no, the procedure. If
you want to study abroad, either on a self funding
or on a scholarship program, you really have to invest
in yourself and you have to really work hard for that.
It's not meant for everyone. You know, you really have

(39:02):
to have the minimum. I'm also not asking you to
be perfect. I'm not asking you to be the top
you know, from the top five percent in your class,
because even if you are from the top one, like
if you're from the one percent, like the top one
percent in your class, but you cannot present yourself if
you cannot handle an interview, how you can aviss that

(39:22):
you know how you're gonna abst So you really need
to be very good in each Like Beeler, your GB
should be good GBA. You really need to invest in
being you know, a public speaker, to do presentations, you
need to learn languages, you need to have an extra
curricular activity. So when the application or the admission officer

(39:43):
will look at your application holistically, you will be impressive
and this is the objective.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
Yeah, I love that. I love that, and again I
just love the whole idea of all of the different
benefits and the skills and the things that you learn
through this process. And I think that you know, as
you mentioned is you know you're got to be good
at some of those things and it may not be forever.
Everybody except that, I think that this is a good
way for people to really get out and learn more cultures,

(40:12):
look at these are different places, and also learn and
develop through through the process, which I think is huge.
If people wanted to find out on how they can
connect with you and work with you and you can
help them out. Where can they find you?

Speaker 2 (40:28):
We are actually on the oldest social media platforms. You
can always search with CAT Career and Academic Development Center
will have TikTok, we have the Instagram. We have also
a website. I can share all these data with you
so we can put it you know, on the like,
in the like on the screen or in the description
and podcast. But we are we have also the linked

(40:49):
the end so whenever they will check KAT or Carreer
and the Academic Development Center in each platform or any platform,
they will find.

Speaker 1 (40:57):
Us got an awesome So I'm curious, you know, obviously,
will you go in through all of this? I want
to know what kind of habits have you developed? What
are the things that you do? Like you know, and
you maybe you started doing during or after going through
these experiences, but do you have any specific habits that
you do every day to kind of keep you on

(41:18):
a pasitive state of mind or keep you going every day?

Speaker 2 (41:21):
No? And this is because you know, when I was
a bit younger, I was trying to read about, you know,
the best habit for successful people or you know, what
you need to do if you want to be successful,
And after like a while, I was like, no, that's
not how it works. Each person is different. You make
your own habits or your own way. For me, I

(41:42):
don't have any habits and I don't follow any regime
in terms of my habits. It's all about the passion.
And this is what I always you know, people think, okay,
you have like, you know, your passion for sam, or
you are so excited about something, or you are just
a hard worker, and I was like, no, it's not
about that. It's about the target. Because passion could go

(42:03):
you know, up and down. You know, it's it's never
it's never the same. You're also your patients, your excitement.
It's never the same. And whatever books or whatever regime
you will follow, it will never change this because this
is your psychology. You know, your psychological aspects inside your body.
And I always say, Okay, I have a target I

(42:25):
want to reach there, and this is always my you know,
my kind of the fuel. Even sometimes when my passion
goes down, I like, you know, I have this aim,
I have this target. I have to follow that. So
this is always a few it's what you really want
to do and the impact you want to do in

(42:46):
the world. About the habits or no. When I decide
when I feel tired, I stop working. When I feel
I need to have a vacation. Instantly, I go and
book a trip or a book, like to go somewhere
or to visit my brother or to go to my sister,
you know, just to decompress. And that's how I regain

(43:07):
my energy gain. So my only advice is just to
really follow what you think about yourself and follow your body.
That's what I always say. I don't sometimes people say, oh,
you have to wake up very early to work, and
I was like, no, that's not I work, and when
I have energy, I work, and when I have the
full power. This could be afternoon, this could be in

(43:29):
the evening, this could be in early morning. But if
you make it as a habit, it would be very important.
And that's my for sure, that's my personal experience. Now
that that's cool.

Speaker 1 (43:38):
And what I like about it though, at least, is
the fact that you talked about, well, what is that
that passion or that purpose you know, you kind of
mentioned that too, and then creating a target.

Speaker 2 (43:48):
What is that target?

Speaker 1 (43:49):
Right? And I think that's huge because a lot of
times you know it will be I think where it
becomes a waste of time for people, you know, for
your people. And I always tell people that the biggest
asset that we have, one of the biggest assets that
we have that came to us a no extra cost,
is the time, right, and and time goes by, and
whether we're mad, happy, sad, whatever it might be going on,

(44:12):
that the thirty seconds that just passed that said, we're
not giving that back ever again, right, And so definitely,
at least you've got to be intentional. And I just
I do like the fact that you're intentional on the
fact that you're if you want to, you know, book
a vacation, you're going to do it. And I actually
agree on that too. I always tell people that, you know,
a lot of people wait until they retire to go someplace,
and I said, no, how about you take a mini

(44:34):
vacation right now, whatever that might be, as you mentioned,
if that means go to my brothers or my sisters,
or my parents or my do that they compressed, or hey,
book a weekend get away in a nearby town like
whatever that might be, just to make it happen, because
I think that's huge. That's the first thing. The second
thing I like that you mentioned is the fact that

(44:54):
you want to be able to look at what is
that target, what is that I want to be or
you know, I want to get to and then start
accomplishing that, because if you don't do that, then then
you're just letting time go by and and have no targets,
you have no habits, you have nothing exactly what are you?
What are you doing right?

Speaker 2 (45:10):
And you won't follow anything. You will always change your
you know, your periorities, because if your passion goes down,
you're gonna stop that you're gonna find something else. And
that's I'm always saying, It's all about really the focus
on your target. So that's and one thing about studying
abroad is the mobility. And that's why I'm telling you

(45:31):
when I feel like, you know, I want to change
the mood. You know, if I'm in France, I go,
I book a train two hours. I'm in Switzerland, I
book a flight. You know. I want to see like,
you know, sun and see just you know, two hours
fly to Aden, Malta. I want some history, you know,
or you know, some like a medieval city. I checked

(45:52):
like it happened with me one time, and I find
Bruges in Belgium and I went there, you know, just
to decompress. And this is one of the things about
studying world as well, is how how you are really
having access to a lot of countries with just one
residency or teacher decizure, you will be able to explore
the world, even for a day or even for a
few hours. So that's also one of the things that

(46:14):
I like about studying abroad.

Speaker 1 (46:16):
Yeah, no, I definitely love that well Hasan. This was
definitely very helpful and I really enjoyed the topic so
thank you for sharing everything you have to share, anything
else you want to say, any less words of wisdom
before I let you go.

Speaker 2 (46:29):
Thank you so much. It was fantastic to be here
and to talk to you. It's amazing. I really had
a great time. Maybe I just finalized my interview with you.
For students, for parents, you really need to have at
least one study like study abroad experience in your lifetime.
This is a life changing experience. It will enhance everything

(46:51):
in your life. It will enhance your academic level, it
will entance your personality. It will give you a lot
of access to things in the wallet that you would
never expect in your comfort zone, like if you are
surrounded by your community, the people who share the same language,
same culture. That's why I always advise people to study

(47:13):
a broad at least one time and there in their lives.
And yeah, thanks for being here. I really had great time.
Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 (47:20):
No, definitely has that was great And definitely, guys one,
you got to do this at least one time in
your life and do me a favor. Definitely, there was
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