rachelann1991 Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 So, I just e-mailed to check my status, and Prof. Bauer told me that "it doesn't seem likely" he could admit me to their Ph.D. program, but that he could offer me an unfunded M.A. position. ADVICE?!? I have fully funded Ph.D. offers from Stony Brook, Northeastern, Albany, and GWU, and a fully funded MA from Delaware (which is basically a feed-in to a Ph.D.), so should I consider taking only partial funding to go to U Maryland? I really would love to work with the Shelley-Godwin archive, and U Maryland is a super great program, but I don't know about taking out more debt . . .
ProfLorax Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 On 3/18/2014 at 1:53 PM, rachelann1991 said: So, I just e-mailed to check my status, and Prof. Bauer told me that "it doesn't seem likely" he could admit me to their Ph.D. program, but that he could offer me an unfunded M.A. position. ADVICE?!? I have fully funded Ph.D. offers from Stony Brook, Northeastern, Albany, and GWU, and a fully funded MA from Delaware (which is basically a feed-in to a Ph.D.), so should I consider taking only partial funding to go to U Maryland? I really would love to work with the Shelley-Godwin archive, and U Maryland is a super great program, but I don't know about taking out more debt . . . I love Maryland, but I wouldn't pass up fully funded PhD offers to get an unfunded MA from anywhere! Remember, you can still visit archive as a grad student from another program. However, if you are still tempted by UMD's offer, feel free to ask me questions about the program. More general info about the MA program: we do place people in good programs; some of our current MA graduates were accepted to Rutgers, Ohio State, UNC Chapel Hill, UMD, and UPenn. Also, although the MA is officially unfunded, there are graduate assistantships available. I know of at least one MA student who is a grad assistant in the economics department, and is getting tuition remission and a stipend for her work there was an administrative assistant. You can check here for the current grad assistantships.
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