18, from Pakistan, applying for fully-funded bachelor's abroad (CS), currently deep in Italy's DSU/UniMi process, want to compare notes with others doing Turkey/Korea/China/Hungary etc.

Hey everyone. I'm 18, from Karachi, Matric 84%, Inter 1st year 75% (2nd year result pending). Currently mid-process with University of Milan, submitted the DSU regional scholarship application, registered for CISIA/TOLC, and now stuck waiting to hear if non-EU admission enrollment is even still open for this intake (general window already closed, waiting on the international office to confirm).

Don't want to put all my eggs in Italy's basket, so I'm also looking seriously at:

• Türkiye Bursları
• GKS Korea
• China CSC
• Stipendium Hungaricum (Hungary)

If you're in a similar boat, applying for fully-funded bachelor's abroad from Pakistan, or you've already been through one of these processes, I'd love to compare notes:

• What's actually worked for you vs. what turned out to be a dead end?
• Anyone else dealt with Italian bureaucracy (DSU, TOLC, Universitaly) as a non-EU applicant? How long did the admissions office actually take to reply?
• Anyone applying to multiple countries in parallel, how are you managing overlapping deadlines without burning out?

Happy to share exactly what I've learned about the Italy process so far if it helps anyone else going through DSU/UniMi.