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I was recently accepted to the 1-year MSc Program on Literature and Society: Enlightenment, Romantic, and Victorian studies. It doesn't come with funding, and tuition costs 17,000 pounds. While Edinburgh is an excellent school and apparently is in the top 20 English programs in the world, most of the advice I've been given has been to reject the program and do something else for a year until reapplying for funded programs. The problem is my options for a gap year are dwindling, and the program in Edinburgh seems to perfectly match my research needs. The other MA students I've talked to seem perfectly fine taking the financial hit with the MA and trying for the funded PhD after their MA studies. I'm curious, though, what other grad students think. Has anyone heard anything about the MSc in Literature and Society at Edinburgh? Is it worth my time and money? Below is a link to the program's information. I'd appreciate any comments or feedback. http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees/index.php?r=site/view&id=426