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I certainly will, thank you, but I was also looking for some advise from people who might have been through the same.

I think I have to consider part-time graduate studies in this case. You said that you had been doing it for years. How much longer is your program lasting because you are doing it part-time?

I understand what you mean about the waivers and the stipends. I don't know whether I received any funding for this program. If so, I'd be required to teach my native language a few times a week for the university, which is probably impossible considering the distance. If I don't get the aid, I thought of taking a loan, probably because I would have to consider going to grad-school part-time (if this is even an option). I love my new job. It is full time and it pays well, which is extremely important for my family right now, but I also love it. My husband wasn't saying anything about my applications, because I had a few part-time jobs, which could always be sacrificed for the right educational choice. Now, both employment and education are important. What a dilemma, phew.

I am in languages and linguistics. I do not think my program restricts employment, but I will have to verify that with a graduate adviser.

Thanks for your reply. No, we don't have any children. I didn't think I would be accepted at all, to be honest. But I was and it is a big break for me. At the time of the application, I had two part-time jobs without much potential. Much later on, this employment came along, and I received an offer which I chose to take for many reasons, one of which is to help my husband finish his education.

This is what I will probably have to do. I believe that if it works out, I will have no life for the next two years, but it is worth the sweat.

Good question. The description of the program doesn't eliminate employment. So, I can't say that program isn't structured for an individual to keep their employment. I applied to this program also (among 3 others) sometime after immigrating to the States. I had two part-time jobs, both with overlapping schedules, a lot of commute and, as I saw it at the time, little opportunity for a nice job without local education. I applied in hopes of continuing to work part-time and managing other expenses and the commute to the school with the help of scholarships and loans.

Hello, all, I have been accepted into a graduate program I look forward to start, except that the University is about 100 miles away from me (in Ohio). I am a foreign national, but married and have a full-time job in a different city (in PA), which I can't afford to quit right now. My husband also has obligations here and goes to school here. What are the options to keep the employment and go to grad-school? As a foreign national with BA from a different country, this education is extremely important to me, but covering 100 miles one way with a F/T job seems unreal. What should I do? Thanks in advance for all your advise. Thanks!