SedRocks
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It's not a guarantee though that you'll land a job in oil right after grad school. If it was then that would be a different story. In my case the GRE kept me out of a lot of schools so improving might help. Overall I see a lot of grad students, including everyone at my current school, who aren't paying a dime for their degree. Wh should I ? I worked hard for four years I shouldn't have to pay either and luckily I won't. That's my opinion though
I think the honest truth is that a lot people expect grad school to be paid for fully, but it is more competitive than people think. I personally don't feel another 10k in debt would be that bad considering the 4 years of undergrad that was already spent. Also, the connections many of these schools have is what you are really looking for in a program.
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I understand why you wouldn't take those, but I would. Especially in oil and gas, it's almost impossible to get a job/internship without a masters degree. I think at those costs, the benefits of the degree outweigh the costs. Also, it's extremely competitive to receive full funding from mid tier schools or higher. Retaking the GRE will also do little to improve chances unless you do dramatically better. I have a friend who took a year off to work a mudlogling job and retake the gre. He ended up doing both and still didn't receive any funding.Personally unless I get a full tuition waiver I wouldn't take any of those
Edit: yes, mudlogging can be counted as an O&G job, but no one wants to do that for a living.
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Am I still the only one waiting on Rice and University of Houston?
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Just got my official notice from UCLA that they have no funding for me.
Snippets from the email:
"Should funding become available, after April 15, 2013, we will contact you.
We understand that you may have received offers of admissions (and financial support) from other universities. If you plan or have accepted their offers please let me know and we will no longer consider you.
...We would like the opportunity to assist you in your academic career and hope that you will become part of our department."
A few things: a) I was sent a generic email which has not been updated in two years (seriously?); b.) I officially declined the offer a couple weeks ago; c) they tell me they hope I will become a part of their department, but don't want me badly enough for funding. Haha, what?
Further, I emailed them immediately after notice of acceptance regarding funding (so, late January, I think?), and heard nothing back until now. They could have at least said they were trying to work it out, or something, in the meantime. Instead, I get this. Weeks later.
It's so clear how much they really did not want me. Why even bother accepting me, and putting me through that emotional roller coaster?
Anyways, it felt so good to email them back saying I already accepted an awesome offer from UC Davis!
edit: changed
to b.), stupid emoticon!Truth is, most professors care very little about their graduate students. They are more interested in their own research.
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Are you sure they were accepted without funding? Is it possible funding hasn't been decided yet?
According to him, his POI said that he could receive funding potentially his second year, but not his first.
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I heard from my POI directly. He wasn't able to secure a TA position, and is still waiting to hear back from his grants. So he said he would put me on a waitlist and see what happens basically.
I didn't know UH even admitted without funding... perhaps that might happen with me. I don't really know if I can afford it though lol.
Out of state wise at UH its around 20k ish for the first year (off the top of my head). However, after the first year you might get funding for your second year, and tuition for instate students would drop you down to only 8k for the year. Hopefully you get accepted.
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With being waitlisted for funding at UH, rejected at UT, and no word from OkState... I've started looking for jobs. Lol
Sjoh,
When did you hear from UH? I saw your name on the list of the other applicants from that school. Also heard from another credible source who was accepted without funding, so I don't see why they would waitlist you.
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Has anyone heard anything from Rice University?
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I agree, the debt might be overwhelming without any sort of funding. Also, it is a private school so regardless of in state vs out of state, the tuition is still around 35k. I've also been accepted to the graduate program at my school; however, the O&g opportunities are pitiful. I am still waiting on responses from a few more schools in Texas, but I don't wanna bank on getting accepted with full funding to some of the more competitive schools.
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Well, I was accepted to The University of Tulsa so far for MSc in Geology; however, my advisor told me that there was little chance of receiving funding due to competitiveness. My question, would you consider going for your masters, (to work for oil/gas companies), even though you were forced to take on a sizable amount of debt?
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Sounds strange. I also applied for MSc in Tulsa, the wait is killing me now !! Anyone has any idea if they have already sent all their offers?
I received my acceptance there last week. No word on funding yet.
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SedRocks,
I met with them at GSA in Vancouver and they said they were actively looking to fill graduate positions. I came away with the impression that they were lacking in applicants.
The professor I spoke to stated that they had over 100 applicants apply for the Fall Semester with only a handful of spot available.
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I heard from Texas Tech that they are only accepting a handful of graduate students this year.
2015 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
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Being competitive for a job and funding for graduate school are not necessarily related (they could be, but don't have to be).
I think what I am trying to get at is that most people I have spoke with have this sense of entitlement for full financial support. Somewhere along the lines of, "I refuse to go to Graduate school unless its fully funded, and I will not accept anything else." The honest truth is that a lot of schools only take students they can fund; however, other schools may take 20 students but only fully fund 3 of them. Does that mean the other 17 should pass on that offer until they too can receive funding? I believe if you absolutely need your masters degree to get the job you wish, then do not stress the extra money unless it is extremely expensive. The guy who originally posted had TA offers but would still end up with are 5k a year in tuition (and that is a good offer rather than saying no to graduate school in general).