Hani2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Hello Everyone, I applied for Phd in Civil engineering in USA. I'm international student. I attached with my application a formal letter stating that I'm full funded. ( tuition, monthly salary and health insurance) I have a grad GPA 3.67. honestly my file is not that impressive comparing to others profiles here. I do not know if the external funding I have will help or not. any idea guys? Edited March 2, 2015 by Hani2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 External funding will definitely help your chances of admission. The school views it as free money. Try and talk directly with a POI and discuss it with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Where is your external funding from? A prestigious grant will definitely help you- funding in general won't necessarily help. STEM programs in general have enough funding to support the students they want to accept, so they're more interested in finding students who fit with the program, and look like they will produce good work/go on to be successful than just finding people with funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 External funding will definitely help your chances of admission. The school views it as free money. Try and talk directly with a POI and discuss it with them. I did not contact any POI but I mentioned his name in the statement of purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Where is your external funding from? A prestigious grant will definitely help you- funding in general won't necessarily help. STEM programs in general have enough funding to support the students they want to accept, so they're more interested in finding students who fit with the program, and look like they will produce good work/go on to be successful than just finding people with funding. I'm a lecturer in a university in my country. the funding is from the university. Edited March 2, 2015 by Hani2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 I think it will help in some universities but not in top universities . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad_wannabe Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 in any regard, you should definitely make sure that the schools know you're bringing funding with you. can't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 in any regard, you should definitely make sure that the schools know you're bringing funding with you. can't hurt. I did that. hope it will help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) I saw some students admitted without funding in the same college I applied for. so the truth is that not all schools have enough funding. Edited March 3, 2015 by Hani2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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