m.giugno Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 With a GPA of 3.2 is easier to get funding from low ranked schools rather than top, but rich, ranked? I'm an international applicant, Engineering Master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo7aisen Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 :roll: no relation. 3.2 is not that bad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belowthree Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 If they want you they'll fund you. GPA has little to do with that. If your GPA makes the top schools want you less they might not fund you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acup313 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Although it is not a huge factor I have seen some schools list different amounts of funding you will receive depending on GPA and GMAT/GRE scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belowthree Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Although it is not a huge factor I have seen some schools list different amounts of funding you will receive depending on GPA and GMAT/GRE scores. I'm pretty sure this is rare in engineering, but I'm on the crazy CS end of it, so maybe it happens in the other eng fields? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper.milvain Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 There also might be a difference between its role in getting basic funding (probably minimal) and its role in getting competitive university-level awards (likely much larger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelley262003 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Find a school that will accept you with funding only. When I applied to schools last go-around for my PhD, I only applied to school I knew would fund me. Meaning, they would not accept students they were not going to fund. There are many schools like this out there. You just have to find them. Best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twocosmicfish Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm pretty sure this is rare in engineering, but I'm on the crazy CS end of it, so maybe it happens in the other eng fields? I have seen this happen - the departments sometimes have "top-up" fellowships they give to their top applicants. Since these are awarded at the department level, "fit" doesn't apply and it usually comes down to your numbers. One school offered me $5k over their normal stipend, another school I didn't qualify. Any deparment (or above) - level funding usually works like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKassis Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Don't expect funding for a Master's, especially not this year. Funds are very limited and reserved in most cases for a Ph.D. unless you have a very high GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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