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Thank you so much for your quick and thorough response. One last question before I can get out of your hair, is it usually possible to defer a PhD offer till next year? Or is the offer only valid for this academic year? No such option is mentioned as yet but I am just wondering whether it may make sense to take the year to save more money and apply to other funding opportunities.

Thank you takeruk. I've just clarified with the department, and they replied it is my responsibility to pay the tuition and unfortunately at this late stage all the funds have already been distributed. And apparently some international applicants will not even be receiving the assistance I am. There is a way of having the tuition directly come off of my TA funding which is a minimum of $21.5k but still the take home pay for me would only be $1k. My question is how likely is it that I will be able to secure funding next year? How much more will I be able to make through the TA position or other jobs if you were to guess? There are a few scholarship opportunities but I am certain there are highly selective. Lastly, since I will be paying about $80k for the four years out of my pocket (if I am not able to secure other means) is a PhD in law really worth the financial/time investment?

Hey everybody, I recently received an offer for the PhD program at Osgoode (York university) which I am very thankful for but the funding doesn't mention anything about a tuition waiver. It only asks me to apply for teacher assistantships as soon as I accept the offer, with the minimum funding of about 21.5k. I was under the impression that the financial guarantee would be more guaranteed than what the official offer has implied and also that the tuition would be waived. Perhaps this is different for international students as opposed to Canadian? In that case is it worth the investment, particularly since the tuition fees for intl students is around 20.5k? I only have a few weeks to decide, so any help would be appreciated. THANKS.