How can I afford to attend graduate school?
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If you have a house, get a home equity loan. The payoff at the end of your school will more than justify the hardship in paying off the loan.
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Your least expensive option (assuming you don't have financial aid or grants) will almost always be your public state schools, your local colleges (saving money by living with your parents is a big help!), and sometimes nearby religious colleges.  If you qualify for financial aid, it is supposed to be the same across all colleges - meaning if you have to pay $5000 for your local college, you'd also only have to pay $5000 for Yale if you got in.  Of course, the proportion of grant money to loans may be different too . . .
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Here's the way it works. (Trust me, I direct a graduate program.)\n\nGrad schools offer their top candidates a "package" which usually includes a fellowship, a research assistantship, a teaching assistantship, or some combination of the three.\n\nFellowships usually cover tuition and fees, and they also provide a stipend, which is a small (usually monthly) amount of money to cover basic living expenses. Stipend levels vary, depending on the discipline (sciences higher), and on the geographical area (higher cost of living in larger cities), and on the type of institution (private universities sometimes have bigger stipendiary budgets than public ones).\n\nResearch and teaching assistantships also cover tuition and fees, but the stipend is given in exchange for a certain number of hours of work a week (usually from 10-20), which can be either in doing research (for a professor), or in serving as a teaching assistant.\n\nGrad students often decide on the grad program they'll attend by comparing the "packages."\n\nHope this helps!
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you need to decide whatever you want to study first, then find a graduate school that has scholarship AND financial aid for foreign student. Then try to meet their requirements. Usually, if you are smart and get accepted, they will give you financial aid, if your or your family (if you not yet work) income is low, since you ask this question I guess it is. Financial aid is usually available in many forms, such as, scholarship, grant, loan, award, on-campus work (because if later on you are a student and hold an F-1 visa, you cannot work off-campus).
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You can do the follo\n1. Borrow money from parents or elders\n2. Approach financial institutes for special student loans and schemes\n3. Work temperory at call center or Mac Donalds\n4. Conduct private tutuion classes\n5. Win scholarships\n6. Save pocket money, dont be extrawagent, dont be fussy and choosy, concentrate on studies, avoid expensive things in college, avoid so called days, avoid spending money and time on gfrend/bfrend.\n\nGood luck.I believe that education is very expensive these days, esp engg. Even I am wanting to earn some money.\n\nAgain, Good luck.
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You speak to the financial advisor of that school.  You can apply for loans and grants.  They will assist you with all you need to know in paying for school.
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I worked at a teaching assistant for two years at the University of TX in El Paso.  To get the position I put on my application that I would like to work as a TA.  As a Master's student, I cleared about $800 per month.  PhD students received about $1500.  Needless to say that was neither enough to pay for tuition nor monthly living expenses.  As a graduate student loans are unfortunately considered scholarships, that's what I used to get by.  Departments usually offer scholarships and if you have a high enough GPA you can get scholarships from outside sources.  Check with the Financial Aid office, they usually have a list of scholarships you can apply for.
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This is a tough one. There are some things that you can try, i.e. if you haven't already:\n\n1/  Are there any scholarship opportunities available thru your govt or the school itself? I know there are not many for non-science programs but you never know.\n\n2  In the U.S., many graduate students are able to take advantage of Graduate Assistanships which usually cover full tuition and in some cases a living stipend (in return for working 25-hrs a week on campus). Does your school have such programs?\n\n3/  Would your current employer sponsor your education in return for a 3-yr contract with them?
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500 for rent, 200 for food 100 transports 300 books and stationary plus your school fee what ever is.. consider insurance or health treatment 100.  heavy clothing for winter 100 dolars\n\nmax 1500 dollars per month as minimum expenses... maxim is your budget\n\nyou deserve a scholarship if your honor student or sportive,\nyou may approach rotary club or any other association
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1. Identify school(s) that offer the program he is interested in\n2. Contact them, and ask what financial aid is available.\n\nMany universities can employ grad students in labs and teaching positions that produces an income enough to live on.
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Put enough away to pay for both our kids to go to Ivy League schools through graduate school.\n\nPay off debt of family and our church (which is like family).
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If no scholarships available think of where you can cut down expenses in your budget. Take lunches to work, bring your own coffee and snacks instead of buying them, rent movies instead of going to the movies, cook more at home instead of going through that drive up window...maybe see if there is work available at the school that can be done in exchange for all or part of the tuition.  Just look everything over ....  :o)
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Here's a place to start: http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp&#92;\nalso, if you are getting it at a Public University, you have more funds available. There aren't a whole lot of resources for Post Grad education but there are some! Also, most schools have a Federal Perkins Loan program. I STRONGLY recommend you contact the Financial Aid dept at the school where you will get your Master's. If you haven't decided on a school yet, call one of your potentials or look at their website, there should be a resources page. GOOD LUCK!!!!
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check with the schools financial aid office. ask for scholarships or student loan programs. check out tuition waivers based on gpa performance. also, find out if you qualify for that funding, being that you are an international student.
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Sorry Eddie, your question is much too general... what goals do you feel you need to reach for your Ph.D. to be "good"?\n\nFrom your question, I'm going to assume that you are not currently in graduate school.\n\nPh.D. Program: As a minimum, you should expect the Ph.D. program you attend to give you a tuition waiver and living stipend.  Some of these stipends are tiny ($5-10,000/year) and many have T.A./teaching requirements attached to them.  Working a part-time job is next to impossible so be prepared to be poor.  Depending on the program, you can often pick up extra money your 2nd or 3rd year working on a grant-funded project or doing other degree-related work.\n\nBeyond the minimum, go for the highest "ranked" program you can get accepted to.  If you are accepted to more than one similarly ranked programs, visit and try to get a feel for the academic culture - are the students cutthroat? Is it a "pressure cooker"?  Do any students have difficulty getting access to their advisor?  How long is the time to degree? Are the students getting jobs after graduating?\n\nAdvisor: Select a graduate advisor you feel comfortable talking to and make your post-graduation goals clear from the outset.  A good advisor will shape your training to fit those post-graduate goals.  \n\nThesis: In general, it is better to have a decent completed thesis than an awesome uncompleted thesis.  Many graduate students spend years (literally) doing a fantastic dissertation.  However, for many of their career goals, they should have done a simpler thesis (in half the time).\n\nBy the way, no matter how excited you are about your thesis to begin with, you'll hate it by the end.  That's just the way it works.\n\nSorry I couldn't offer more specific advice, but I hope this helps...
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You have to have the money to study, have documentation approved loans (not just an application) or a stipend offer from a US university which covers the cost of tuition and living.
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graduate programs and schools offer a variety of programs to  help pay for the education.  While loans are available, both secured and unsecured, there are also departmental grants, grad assistant stipends, work programs.  don't forget to check with your employeer, they may be willing to cover some of the cost if it helps with your job, and don't forget to check with who ever has your undergraduate loans, some programs will stop the loans while your at grad school.