sophiemouse Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 Can anyone give any feedback on the fellowships MA ED programs offer? Stanford did give me a fellowship for about 1/3 of the tuition and I have no idea if that is the most I should expect for a MA degree? Just trying to gauge as I figure out how to pay for the rest. Also, I have not had success finding sources for outside fellowships...any advice would be welcome!
ASCAL Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Can anyone give any feedback on the fellowships MA ED programs offer? Stanford did give me a fellowship for about 1/3 of the tuition and I have no idea if that is the most I should expect for a MA degree? Just trying to gauge as I figure out how to pay for the rest. Also, I have not had success finding sources for outside fellowships...any advice would be welcome! I am in a similar situation and received an identical offer from Stanford. I had heard from others who had gone through similar programs that funding is limited and I should expect something in the neighborhood of what you received. That being said, I received a much more generous offer from Brown so I am now reassessing things. It is a difficult position because receiving the offer from Brown has totally changed my expectations in terms of funding. I am waiting to hear from one more school, and if I am admitted and offered funding I think that should give me a better idea of what is the norm. Although as I mentioned earlier, others have told me offers similar to yours are what is to be expected.
fxcassell Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I am in a similar situation and received an identical offer from Stanford. I had heard from others who had gone through similar programs that funding is limited and I should expect something in the neighborhood of what you received. That being said, I received a much more generous offer from Brown so I am now reassessing things. It is a difficult position because receiving the offer from Brown has totally changed my expectations in terms of funding. I am waiting to hear from one more school, and if I am admitted and offered funding I think that should give me a better idea of what is the norm. Although as I mentioned earlier, others have told me offers similar to yours are what is to be expected. ASCAL, are you referring to Brown's Urban Education Fellows? I received my acceptance today from the grad school dean, but all it had was an ambiguous statement that I had "received financial support" from my program, but nothing more specific. I applied to the Fellows program as an MAT candidate, but I assumed that since it wasn't listed in my acceptance letter than my financial support would be something less substantive. And I'm in the same boat as both of you; I just declined my offer from Stanford because I received a better offer from another school.
ASCAL Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 ASCAL, are you referring to Brown's Urban Education Fellows? I received my acceptance today from the grad school dean, but all it had was an ambiguous statement that I had "received financial support" from my program, but nothing more specific. I applied to the Fellows program as an MAT candidate, but I assumed that since it wasn't listed in my acceptance letter than my financial support would be something less substantive. And I'm in the same boat as both of you; I just declined my offer from Stanford because I received a better offer from another school. The program at Brown is the Urban Education Policy AM program. I received a similar or the same letter from the dean via email on February 18th, and then an award letter some time the next week. I like the program and the offer is great, but I also love the Stanford program so I am still going to take my time and decide between my choices.
GoodMoon Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 From what I understand, a 1/3 offer for an MA program is quite generous. I also received funding from Stanford, but not quite 1/3 of my tuition and am hoping for more generous offers from some of the other institutions that have offered me admission. I am wondering if there is any tradition of "negotiating" fellowship money. Does anyone know? Is it inappropriate to tell a school you'd like to select their program, but another is offering you more money? This kind of bargaining absolutely goes on at undergraduate institutions, but I am not sure if it's accepted in the grad school world, at the master's level. Any thoughts?
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