My Italy Applications as of May 2026
Hi! I am a Bachelor's student from India. I started applying to Master's much later than I should have, and because of my Bachelor's documents being incomplete (I did an exchange program in another country for one year out of three), I decided to go for Italy — late applications + scholarships, as I would need that.
I hired a consultant, and I paid him 20k INR as I was very much stressed in my personal life, with no focus and time to do the applications myself. However, the consultant, not being a complete fraud, is very unresponsive.
Sometimes he texts, doesn't prefer to speak on calls at all. Replies to some texts, then ghosts me, lmao. I called him yesterday, and I paid him on 27th April 2026. Here's the update:
Applied to 2 open access courses in UniBo.
Applied to UniMi, one course (I paid the appln fee additionally), and gave the entrance exam (which was quite hard).
Applied to UniTus through Google forms.
I had sorted some more courses at Uni of Trento and Pisa — not knowing that for Indian students without a valid visa, they were closed. Here's what set me off: he asked me for 42 euros each to "submit the application". Before paying, I double checked and saw that the deadlines are gone (in March). Now he isn't responding to my texts. I didn't pay, obviously, but IDK what's going on anymore.
Do you think I will make it in this intake? I can't afford to wait one more year... I really want to go.
On Reddit, I see so many rejections. I feel a bit scared, but from what I know — when you begin to anticipate failure, that's when it actually gets manifested into reality.
My avg GPA is 3.77/4.0 and an IELTS 8.0. I have minimal internship experience, but a best paper award from ICCCNET 2025, and LORs from professors of two countries... still, I see so many talented, educated people getting rejected.
Are there other countries I could do a master's in Innovation Management or Business Informatics from, under 30 lakhs in total? What do you think I should do?