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    I'm interested in law/human rights-related jobs, but I'll have an MA in addition to my JD. Any anecdotes/feedback would be appreciated! ?
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    Sorry for the late reply! I have a JD and started a Judicial Clerkship in August 2017-these are supposed to be 1 year gigs, but my judge was satisfied with my work product and asked me to stay on another year, so that is why I deferred to fall 2019. Congrats on the scholarship! Will this be a terminal MA, or do you plan to get your PhD? I'm quite distanced from college (2010 grad), so I'm thinking I might be too old by the time I finish my PhD? (mid-late 30s). I also really want to practice law. I plan to live off campus, but in Morningside Heights. You have to be enrolled FT to live in campus housing, and I'll only be taking three classes a semester. Did you apply for the FLAS fellowship? I did for Hindi! I'm at an intermediate stage at the moment. I only applied to Columbia! I've heard good things about Michigan, but Columbia has the Ivy pedigree, and plus, NYC seems much cooler than Ann Arbor! It also has the UN, and I'm interested in international human rights work focused on South Asia. What specialization will you pursue? I'm interested in Religion. I hope to also take courses at SIPA and Columbia Law.
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    The Director of my MA program told me by email that I received $10K as a merit scholarship.
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    After the terminal MA I hope to go into human rights focusing on South Asia. I have a background in law.
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    Congrats! ???
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    @archimon unrelated, but Have you heard of Wooden Fish Monastic Retreat in China? It looks phenomenal-they pay all expenses save flights! http://www.woodenfish.org/hbmlp2017
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    @archimon What specialization within East Asian Studies will you choose? Mine will be Religion and/or Law (Buddhist here!).
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    No, I'm just getting a terminal M.A. (already 30 years old, lol) I'm Indian and can speak Hindi comfortably, and can read and write a little.
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    Thank you, @orange turtle! I shall reach out to Disability Services office at Columbia.
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    @lewin Interesting, I thought there was ample, peer-reviewed evidence supporting the idea that animals like cats and dogs can reduce depression, trauma and anxiety in people?
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    @archimonAlso, did you get a merit scholarship? Columbia gave me $10,000! I was shocked because much lower ranked programs gave me zilch!
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    @archimon I plan to live off campus but in Morningside Heights b/c I might do less than 12 credits/semester (grad housing only allows FT students). Didn't get my UNI yet-weird! (Admitted on 3/20, sent in deposit a few days later). Congrats! Did you apply for the FLAS fellowship? I did in Hindi! Also, do you plan to go on to get a PhD, or will this be a terminal MA for you?
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    Is anyone else applying for the FLAS program? I am in Hindi!
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    I'm fine with living with roommates. I want to be a comfortable (20 mins) walking distance from Columbia's campus. I will need to be able to keep an emotional support cat.
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    Interesting. I thought that the Americans with Disabilities Act would mandate that ESAs be allowed freely, but I guess student housing is legally a grey area?
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    How many credits each were those courses?
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    Incoming M.A. candidate here. I plan to get a terminal M.A. and not go the Ph.D. path and become a prof, so I was hoping to get practical experience during the semesters (volunteer work, internships, etc. 8-10 hours/week) so I could be in the best position to get a job at graduation. Is this feasible given the rigorous workload of a grad student? I also will hopefully be doing a PT work-study job, as unfortunately, internships in the public sector are unpaid, ugh. At Columbia GSAS I plan to take 9 credits a semester, 12 tops.
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    Will $40,000 be enough for cost of living for fall 2019, spring 2020, summer 2020, and fall 2020? That's how much I should have saved up before I start at Columbia! I'm a pretty low maintenance gal and would prefer to only take out loans for tuition.
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    I'll be entering Columbia GSAS in fall 2019. I have a psychiatric disability and would like to request to have an emotional support cat(s) in graduate housing, even though ordinarily pets are not allowed. Has anyone else been through the process of making such a request?
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    Did a search for "columbia 2018" and didn't find anything, so I thought I'd create a thread! Anyone else send in their deposit?
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    Has anyone heard back on FLAS funding for Hindi? Incoming student at Columbia here.
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    Hi folks! Last month I was accepted to the South Asian Studies M.A. program at Columbia GSAS with $10,000 scholarship. (There's another thread on it, but it's quite old-2011). I was allowed to deefer admission until fall 2019. Did anyone else apply and/or get accepted to the program, or is a current student/grad? A couple questions: Will $40,000 be enough for cost of living for fall 2019, spring 2020, summer 2020, and fall 2020? That's how much I should have saved up. How competitive is it to get the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship? Do most people who apply to one get one? I want to study Hindi. Do most grad students live in graduate housing, or at least in Morningside Heights? I plan to get a terminal M.A. and not go the Ph.D. path and become a prof, so I was hoping to get practical experience during the semesters (volunteer work, internships, etc. 8-10 hours/week) so I could be in the best position to get a job at graduation. Is this feasible given the rigorous workload of a grad student? I also will hopefully be doing a work-study job, as unfortunately, internships in the public sector are unpaid, ugh. At GSAS I plan to take 9-12 credits a semester tops. Also, does GSAS provide stipend funding for internships the way SIPA, the law school, etc. do? What are your impressions of the department in general? What do you wish you had known before starting it? What are the typical career paths of terminal M.A.s in this department? I'll be in my early 30s when I start. Are most folks 21-22 and coming fresh out of undergrad, or are there plenty of GSAS students with past careers? How is the counseling center at Columbia?
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    I got into Columbia's program with a $10K scholarship (terminal MA, tho)!
  24. MettaSutta
    Yes! I just got into the Columbia M.A. program in South Asian Studies. It's one of the top programs.
  25. MettaSutta
    Columbia University's South Asia Institute has Sanskrit courses. I just got accepted earlier this week!
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