Got admitted to an IHE Delft short course but not sure if it’s worth the cost
I recently got academically admitted to a 3 week short course at IHE Delft on On-site Sanitation and Treatment, and I’m seriously considering it but I’m not sure if it’s worth the huge financial cost for me.
For context: I graduated in civil engineering from a third world country last year. My GPA is honestly terrible because of a lot of personal/academic problems during my bachelor’s, but both my graduation projects were A+ and most of my environmental/water engineering subjects were actually good too. My graduation project was environmental engineering related, and I currently work as a wet utilities engineer at an environmental engineering consulting firm.
I’ve been trying to pursue a master’s abroad and even applied to a university in Austria before but it didn’t work out. Long term, I’d love to do a master’s and maybe even a PhD abroad.
So my question is: realistically, how useful could a course like this be for someone in my situation? Could it help with networking, future master’s opportunities, maybe even improve my chances later at IHE Delft or elsewhere? Or is it not really that significant academically/career-wise?
The issue is that for me this is a LOT of money between the course fees, accommodation, visa, flights, living expenses, etc. I’d have to save for a long time for just 3 weeks, so I’m trying to figure out if the experience/connections/opportunities could realistically outweigh that.
Would really appreciate honest advice from anyone who’s done something similar or who at least has more expertise than i do.