Unfunded PhD

[aarushibhargava]

Hi I recently got an admit from a Ohio State university. However, it is not funded. The administration has told me that my only chance of getting funding is through RAship. Since i have not been able to find a faculty who will fund me as of now, I am confused if i should accept the opportunity. The administration has told me that usually student find advisers after one or two semesters. It would be really helpful if somebody can  guide me on chances of getting advisers after one or two semesters at Ohio State university. If there is a good chance then will it be logical to fund myself for a year and accept the offer.

Thanks

[GradSchoolTruther]

Need to ask the graduate coordinator the number of people who started without funding and received it in subsequent semesters for the past several years.

[Nirvik]

7 hours ago, aarushibhargava said:

Hi I recently got an admit from a Ohio State university. However, it is not funded. The administration has told me that my only chance of getting funding is through RAship. Since i have not been able to find a faculty who will fund me as of now, I am confused if i should accept the opportunity. The administration has told me that usually student find advisers after one or two semesters. It would be really helpful if somebody can  guide me on chances of getting advisers after one or two semesters at Ohio State university. If there is a good chance then will it be logical to fund myself for a year and accept the offer.

Thanks

Hello. I am in a similar situation, except I have an adviser who is supervising me from the 1st semester. My adviser said that no student in the university where I got admitted has graduated without funding. Funding is usually given after completion of a project or research paper. So I would advise you to contact potential advisers and discuss potential funding opportunities before accepting the offer.

[aarushibhargava]

Hi, 

On 3/22/2016 at 9:36 PM, Nirvik said:

Hello. I am in a similar situation, except I have an adviser who is supervising me from the 1st semester. My adviser said that no student in the university where I got admitted has graduated without funding. Funding is usually given after completion of a project or research paper. So I would advise you to contact potential advisers and discuss potential funding opportunities before accepting the offer.

Thanks for the reply. I have already contacted faculty members and have not received any response from them. That is why i am contemplating if I should go for accept the offer and fund myself for 2 semesters. This however, entirely depends on the con version ratio of unfunded to funded students. I therefore, wan ted to kn ow the chances of such a possibility at OSU.

Thanks

[Nirvik]

20 hours ago, aarushibhargava said:

Hi, 

Thanks for the reply. I have already contacted faculty members and have not received any response from them. That is why i am contemplating if I should go for accept the offer and fund myself for 2 semesters. This however, entirely depends on the con version ratio of unfunded to funded students. I therefore, wan ted to kn ow the chances of such a possibility at OSU.

Thanks

Hello, it seems that either the department people are too busy or they are not really interested in whether you join the program. In my opinion, you should join some other program. In my case, I am already in contact with the prof who is going to fund me as soon as she receives the allotted funds from the department.