Deb79

Hi, I have been reading all the questions and answers on this forum reagarding TAMU and College Station and noticed that most of the replies are pretty old. I would like to post few similar questions and would require answers about the current scenario. I am an Indian. I had applied in TAMU's Hispanic Studies department for the completion of my Ph.D. in Spanish Literature (Modern and Contemporary period, Fall 2014) and I have been selected along with a TA-ship. The stipend is 14000 for 9 months and the College pays the tutions too. I have to bear the fees for the first 3 years and later the college will take over. The Health Insurance is also payed by the College except for the first 3 months. However, there is no guarantee of Summer Job but there could be some opportunity. Now, I am confused about how good is the offer and how good is the College from the point of view of earning the degree. I heard it's reputed but it's not an Ivy League School. I was in Spain, in Madrid for 4 years. I have earned a Masters from there, had started my Ph.D. too but couldn't complete it owing to fund crisis. I came back to India and joined my old School from where I had earned my first Masters with the hope of completing the Ph.D. but the work scenario is terrible here and the payments are ugly!! Also the bureaucracy is suffocating!! My case is a bit complicated and thus I would like to ask how good TAMU would be. I have been selected by three more Colleges, namely, StonyBrook, Arizona State University and Florida International University. On the flipside I have been rejected by Columbia University and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, it was pretty disheartening for me. I will be very obliged if someone can throw some light on this. I wish to complete my degree within 3/4 years and start working. I am teaching in India currently but they are not very rewarding. Does TAMU have good placement cell? I am 35 and gradually getting very impatient. My research is getting interrupted again and again and at times I feel like leaving it altogether but again I know that I won't have any future in academia if I don't get my degree...any suggestions?

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Hi, I have reading all the questions and answers on this forum reagarding TAMU and College Station and noticed that most of the replies are pretty old. I would like to post few similar questions and would require answers on the current scenario. I am an Indian. I had applied in TAMU's Hispanic Studies department for the completion of my Ph.D. in Spanish Literature (Modern and Contemporary period, Fall 2014) and I have been selected along with a TA-ship. The stipend is 14000 for 9 months and the College pays the tutions too. I have to bear the fees for the first 3 years and later the college will take over. The Health Insurance is also payed by the College except for the first 3 months. However, there is no guarantee of Summer Job but there could be some opportunity. Now, I am confused about how good is the offer and how good is the College from the point of view of earning the degree. I heard it's reputed but it's not an Ivy League School. I was in Spain, in Madrid for 4 years. I have earned a Masters from there, had started my Ph.D. too but couldn't complete it owing to fund crisis. I came back to India and joined my old School from where I had earned my first Masters with the hope of completing the Ph.D. but the work scenario is terrible here and the payments are ugly!! Also the bureaucracy is suffocating!! My case is a bit complicated and thus I would like to ask how good TAMU would be. I have been selected by three more Colleges, namely, StonyBrook, Arizona State University and Florida International University. On the flipside I have been rejected by Columbia University and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, it was pretty disheartening for me. I will be very obliged if someone can throw some light on this. I wish to complete my degree within 3/4 years and start working. I am teaching in India currently but they are not very rewarding. Does TAMU have good placement cell? I am 35 and gradually getting very impatient. My research is getting interrupted again and again and at times I feel like leaving it altogether but again I know that I won't have any future in academia if I don't get my degree...any suggestions?