Nguyen Gia Bao Nam (Michael Nam)
A funding-aware application packet for PSL University.
Intellectual AI stretch submission
The clearest France fit from your notes: a direct English-taught AI bachelor whose first cohort started in September 2025. It is real and newly launched, but the current official 2026/27 fee grid lists €19,500 for non-EU students, so it is not a tuition-free default route.
Estimated total cost to plan around before scholarship.
Full tuition-waiver scenario; Paris living costs still remain.
Prepared for a more selective review where fit, evidence, and packet quality all matter.
My strongest scholarship-facing case for PSL University is not only that I am a strong student. It is that my file already shows long-run discipline, practical technical direction, early external competition proof, and a route where funding would change what is realistically feasible.
This packet can make an intellectually serious AI case for Paris, but it should stay honest that the route only becomes realistic when funding is strong enough.
Centralized system plus university follow-up via Parcoursup + Campus France / EEF. The statement and school-specific framing matter, but only when routed through the required national system.
Verified school continuity, external competition signals, documented conduct, and the current 1Matrix line.
- Strong transcript continuity from grade 1 through grade 10
- Grade-8 peak year and a still-strong grade-10 record
- Overall ranking signal for the target: THE World University Rankings 2026: 48
- Grade 8 (2022-2023), whole-year average 9.6
- Internship at 1Matrix, a blockchain company in the One Mount-Techcombank ecosystem
- School-issued conduct and citizenship recognitions support reliability.
- Explain why funding changes this lane from optional to real.
- School-specific asks: Parcoursup plus Campus France / EEF route; Fiche Avenir / school appraisal form
- Still missing or future-dated: Grade-11 transcript / report (Future document); Final upper-secondary transcript (Future document); Final high-school diploma / leaving certificate (Future document); English-language proof (Missing); Certified translations / legalisation stack (Partial).
Export only when the packet quality is high enough to justify a serious Paris stretch submission. I want the funding reader to see that the route is coherent, not merely aspirational.