Coursera一直是一个很好的线上学习视频，从中获益良多。Coursera可以免费旁听，也可以付费学习获得学位，但是旁听是无法参加作业批改的，包括编程Autograder和peer review。这里介绍下如何免费上Coursera，作为学生，如何白嫖是门学问$_$

Coursera 旁听

先介绍下怎么免费旁听，这个在漫长的助学金申请季可以先学习或者不在意证书以及批改作业功能的孩子可以用 :)
P.S.这里教程就方便大部分人，换成中文网页，英文网页一样

选择想学习的课程，选择免费注册
然后Coursera提供7天免费试用，但是我们在下角可以看到旁听按钮，就可以开始免费上课了
但是作业，包括Quiz、Assignment这些可以做，但是无法批改

Coursera 助学金申请

所以，如果想看看自己学习结果，追求更好上课体验的可以申请助学金啦。

申请流程

在刚才看到的课程网站，免费注册旁边有着有助学金的就是可以申请助学金的，如果没有就是不可以申请，很多Coursera自己搞的课貌似就不行，只能乖乖交钱，毕竟平台还是要恰饭的嘛
审阅申请需要15天，申请成功会邮件通知，点击继续申请
然后两个√上，以及复制粘贴一下，英文页面也是，只是换了英文，点击继续
然后界面是这样，教育背景、年收入、工作情况这些不需要纠结，填填就好。
我就填0了，当然别填那些分分钟几百万的 :)
背景我就这样了，一般没影响
然后是重头戏，主要是两个，为什么申请，申请有什么用。分别要150w+，英文！！！！
这里放下我自己的模板，然后也会放上网上找到的模板，如有侵权，非常抱歉，请联系我删掉~
然后建议就是仅供参考哦，毕竟Coursera提供助学金是非常感激的，如果大家用同一个模板，整个助学金申请因此受到负面影响就不好了 :)

小作文1：为何申请助学金

思路

主要是这几点
1）我穷你贵，小猫咪又有什么钱呢
2）我很喜欢这门课，能帮我学到什么，短期利益远期利益，不用太详细
3）我真的很穷，我也真的很喜欢这门课
4）审批官大人请可怜可怜我吧

模板

放我自己的模板，由于我自己主要都是申请DS方面的，所以每次其实只要改下课程名字(斜线部分)就好了，如果是其他方向的，其实也只要改改中间几句话。

Dear reviewers, I am a college student at Wuhan University which located in China. As a student, I am dependent on my family and have no income. My income is barely enough to cover my living expense, which means that I don’t have extra money to register for the class. However, this course (Applied Machine Learning in Python) really attracts me because I want to learn more about data science and how to become a data scientist while my department does not offer such courses. Furthermore, I want to apply for a program related to data science. Such courses will make sense during application. Without a job, I don’t want to put more financial burden on my family. I really appreciate Coursera offering such an opportunity for financial aid and I promise to finish my course if admitted.
Thank you for your consideration. I hope you can consider my application. Looking forward to your reply.

小作文2：如何帮助实现职业目标

思路

我的主要是这几点
1）该课程我其他地方学不到
2）该课程质量高，自学效率低
3）讲下目前或者未来职业规划，课程相关程度高
4）也可以提下职业特性，比如前景好，发展迅速，需要学习新知识
5）自己学了这个能怎么用，其实也可以提下对研究方面的作用
anway,可以写的点很多，大家自己发挥~

模板

其实偷懒每次可能直接套用，或者稍微改下即可。所以建议还是有自己的模板，方便自己有针对性的改。

Dear reviewers, though I major in remote sensing information science and learn something related to data science and something about python during my research, I have not learned data science systematically. After realizing self-learning may cost a lot of unnecessary time and energy, I turn to online courses for help, where such a course is one of them. Moreover, I want to apply to a program related to data science and maybe become a data scientist for my career. Such a course may help me have a better understanding of data science and how to use it properly with Python.
What is equally worth mentioning is that data science, as a new field, is becoming a new trend for the whole world. After my preliminary learning with data science, it really attracts me by its amazing abilities to deal with big data, which can be used in all aspects of life. Furthermore, it helps in my recent research, which focuses on the big data of geoscience.
As I have learned the related courses at the University of Michigan and I really learn a lot from these courses, I want to obtain more knowledge.