Bathsheba Everdene

@Ranmaag When we say the dept funds the Program, or the fellowship and TA you mentioned, does it include a complete fee waiver? Or funding is usually of a certain amount? I looked through various UC English depts and their funding divisions and fellowships are mind-boggling. Now that you're into UC Irvine, which one you suggest is more recommendable - the fellowship or a TA? I believe maximum depts give TA to their admits for a respective no. of years. My another concern is: I am an international student and my Masters is outside United States, would you think such a factor decreases the chances of being accepted. Are the UCs concerned with the previous university, besides the accomplishments. The statistic link of various UCs are really informative.

@mandelbulb That is one helpful and interesting overview of the funding programs, Thank you!

@trytostay Yes, I did have a look at their sites and got in touch with advisors as well. I am actually looking forward to hear from UC students who are presently pursuing their Graduate Program who could tell me based on experience. Thank you.

Hi all my Literary mates, I plan to apply for a Ph.D in Literature in various Universities of California (Berkeley, LA, Davis, USC). Could anyone please enlighten me how much competitive the UCs are? What are their fundings like? What do Depts mean when they say they fund their students, is it a total fee waiver or stipend? Is there anything specific or extraordinary I must focus on, in my application (Except the GRE, at which I suck :|) - that reminds me is there anyone who took the recent GRE subject? What was it like?