marmotee

What are examples of math-related internships/ways of doing math research and getting LORs?

How hard is it to get full tuition waiver+TAships/stipends for *masters programs* at top 10 CS schools? When I was applying for grad school this past year, I didn't realize masters programs were ever funded (it looks like some people on these forums have gotten full funding from places like Cornell and Princeton), so I only applied to PhD programs. And I managed to get into some top 10 PhD programs, but I'm not as absolutely in love with them as I thought I would be (the advisors I had in mind weren't as good a fit as I thought, didn't meet any other students at the visitings days with the same interests as mine), and in retrospect there were a bunch of programs that I should have applied to but didn't. So I'm wondering if, instead of going to a school I don't think I'll be happy at, I should try applying for masters programs next year (and I'll hopefully be able to boost my application when doing the masters, and then apply for a PhD again). Any thoughts?