wildsurmise

Okay, thanks so much! I’ve definitely been leaning towards Duquesne, but people I know in real life (who don’t know much about academia) have been pushing towards WF or NYU, though funding is worse. I appreciate these perspectives!

Thank you, this is a helpful perspective!

I was wondering this as well. It seems like their acceptance email is trying pretty hard to sell the prestige of getting into their program... but it almost feels like a MAPH situation.

I'm deciding largely between 2 MA programs in English: Wake Forest, tuition fully funded, but no stipend Duquesne, tuition funded and 15,000 stipend I care about finances and still have undergraduate loans, so I am leaning towards Duquesne, but I feel like Wake Forest would have more prestige to help get into PhD programs. Of course academic fit matters some, but from what I've heard, it's not as important for MA programs. Any advice would be appreciated!

Great, thank you for the advice! I will probably go with the stipended option. I did get tuition remission, mandelbub, at the other 2 schools, but I don't know if working a part time job will be enough to make ends meet, especially as I still have undergrad loans.

Hello there! I've been accepted with full tuition to 3 MA programs, and the last one also offered me a $15,000 stipend. I asked the other 2 programs earlier about possible stipends, but I was told they weren't available. Would it be going too far to tell the other 2 programs about this third school giving me a stipend and leverage that to re-ask whether a stipend is possible? Ugh academia etiquette. And if no stipend for the first two is possible, would it be crazy to choose an unstipended school over a stipended one and hope to get a well-paying job? All are in relatively affordable areas. Thanks!

Another lurker here! I have received tuition and a good stipend for an MA program and they invited me to visit, but nothing on travel expenses. How much of a faux pas is it to ask for a possible travel stipend? Thanks!