medielit

You can check with the department to see what scholarships are available to American students. The route around "citizenship" is permanent residency, but you can really only get that if you lived there for more than 4 years, and working full-time, not as a student. Or if your parents work there and you are in the country as a dependent. The difficulty with American tuition is that they charge you more to begin with, and a lot of the scholarships available only cover British tuition. You also can't apply for AHRC funding. There are a number scholarships available from American organizations however, you'll just have to look harder to find them.

With those statistics, I think you have as good a shot as anyone. That being said, without British citizenship you will struggle to get funding as funding for American students is very, very limited even at Oxbridge. Are you talking about the Mphil or the PhD? or both?

I'm a dual citizen (American/British) so I can't really help you with the visa aspect as I won't need a visa next year. However, I do know from friends who have gone abroad for study or gone to graduate programs that usually the school arranges it and all you have to do is provide them with your passport number.

I am a long term lurker, but I'm heading to St. Andrews next fall for the MLitt in Medieval English! Anyone else heading to the United Kingdom next year or have any experiences they'd like to share?

autocrat

Hi Everyone, I am also a medievalist. I will be applying for masters programs next fall in order to improve my credentials / language skills and make sure I'm ready to commit myself to further grad study. My English interests are female spiritual writers especially Kempe & Julian of Norwich and moral comedies especially Croxton & Occupation and Idleness. I am currently double majoring at undergrad in English and History, and my medieval historical interests are Empress Matilda (and William of Malmesbury's Historia Novella), heresies (Albigensians and Lollards), and women in the Vatican.

I'm interested in attending a masters program, and was wondering if someone could point me towards a few additional schools to consider. I'm going for a masters because I have not decided yet if I want to pursue a Phd and I need to strengthen my credentials/focus in the event that that is the path I choose. My focus is currently Late Medieval / Early Renaissance Literature (specially Chaucer, Morality/Cycle Plays & Milton). My GPA is a 3.6 and has been on an upward trend so I will probably graduate with a 3.65-3.68. GRE Verbal 710. I don't have significant research. Currently I'm looking at: Connecticut, Boston College, Villanova, Northwestern and St. Andrews. Any other Masters programs you would recommend with those stats & research focus?