Any UK applicants?

[moderatedbliss]

^^ 

Did anybody apply/ has anybody firmly resolved to attend a literature-related program in the UK? 

[Kamisha]

I was accepted to several schools for my MA in the UK and desperately wanted to go. What held me back, however, was money. Even with the scholarships I was offered, I would have still had to come up with a ton of money to live on before the UK would grant me a student visa.

 

I’m sure there are ways of doing it. I just felt hopeless and gave up. 

 

That being said, however, I’ve regretted it ever since. I say if it’s your dream, you should go for it. 

[moderatedbliss]

I was accepted to several schools for my MA in the UK and desperately wanted to go. What held me back, however, was money. Even with the scholarships I was offered, I would have still had to come up with a ton of money to live on before the UK would grant me a student visa.

 

I’m sure there are ways of doing it. I just felt hopeless and gave up. 

 

That being said, however, I’ve regretted it ever since. I say if it’s your dream, you should go for it. 

/: 

Money is definitely an issue as well, but I don't want to regret not going. 

What universities did you want to attend? 

[Kamisha]

/: 

Money is definitely an issue as well, but I don't want to regret not going. 

What universities did you want to attend? 

 

I was accepted to sixteen schools. My top choices were Edinburgh and York. Both schools offered me half tuition (which is pretty good for a Master’s program over there), but it wasn’t NEARLY enough to cover the expenses I needed to before I could obtain a visa.

 

The good news is, though, that they do better funding for their PhD programs. 

[moderatedbliss]

I was accepted to sixteen schools. My top choices were Edinburgh and York. Both schools offered me half tuition (which is pretty good for a Master’s program over there), but it wasn’t NEARLY enough to cover the expenses I needed to before I could obtain a visa.

 

The good news is, though, that they do better funding for their PhD programs. 

Just curious, what program was this that they offered you half tuition for? I've seen no such offers anywhere for Comp Lit. 

[ssimonin]

I applied to one PhD programme in Canada (Toronto), two in the US (Virginia, Chicago), and two DPhil programmes in the UK (Oxford, Edinburgh).

 

Although I'm a British citizen, I knew I'd be categorized as an international student and have to pay expensive fees. So I applied for several scholarships too, hoping that something would work out. 

 

Luckily it did! I was successful in my applications to both Oxford and Edinburgh, and Edinburgh offered me 3 years' funding sufficient for international fees + a living stipend, so I'm going there :-)