Comments on: You Cannot Get Financial Aid – Do You Know Why? http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/ GRE, Universities, Graduate School, Resume, H1B Visa, Job Search Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:03:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: venkatesh http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-19744 venkatesh Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:08:18 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-19744 hi i m venkatesh...the info here is very good and extremely useful...thanx for the post... hi i m venkatesh…the info here is very good and extremely useful…thanx for the post…

]]> By: db http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-17376 db Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:42:30 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-17376 Get into a program first - stop thinking of job. Get into a program first – stop thinking of job.

]]> By: db http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-17375 db Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:41:21 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-17375 Apply to a PhD program to increase chances of funding. Competition is everywhere buddy. That's how life is. Apply to a PhD program to increase chances of funding. Competition is everywhere buddy. That’s how life is.

]]> By: db http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-17374 db Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-17374 Keep this in mind - GRE isn't everything. They consider other factors as well - what else do you think your undergraduate grades, recommendations, etc are for? The other thing is that you only applied for a masters - why would they want to give aid to someone who is going to spend only 1 or 2 years? They would rather fund a PhD student who would be spending 4 to 5 years doing research that will lead to publications for the professor. Finally, they may simply have no money - they may need the funding to support existing students. With so many international students applying every year, the question to ask oneself is - what makes you so special? What is it in your application that makes you any different than the local students and the other hundreds of other applicants? It is fine if you want to apply to top schools - just adjust your expectations. Keep this in mind – GRE isn’t everything. They consider other factors as well – what else do you think your undergraduate grades, recommendations, etc are for? The other thing is that you only applied for a masters – why would they want to give aid to someone who is going to spend only 1 or 2 years? They would rather fund a PhD student who would be spending 4 to 5 years doing research that will lead to publications for the professor. Finally, they may simply have no money – they may need the funding to support existing students. With so many international students applying every year, the question to ask oneself is – what makes you so special? What is it in your application that makes you any different than the local students and the other hundreds of other applicants? It is fine if you want to apply to top schools – just adjust your expectations.

]]> By: Abebe aklilu http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-17120 Abebe aklilu Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:18:13 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-17120 First i have taken my Education ,then i will be able to pay education loan hopefully b/c know i am living in ETHIOPIA ,As we all know Ethiopia is the poorest Country in the world so that i can not pay prepaymnet to Study. First i have taken my Education ,then i will be able to pay education loan hopefully b/c know i am living in ETHIOPIA ,As we all know Ethiopia is the poorest Country in the world so that i can not pay prepaymnet to Study.

]]> By: Abhishek http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-16044 Abhishek Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:19:14 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-16044 The am happy i got this site of yours which have cleared loads of queries regarding MS in US.Thanks for the help. My question is(again something others have asked but i am looking for different answer). My parents wont be able to bare my expense to study in USA,for now they say they cannot lend more than 5 lakhs Rs ,so if i don't get a scholarship at first place,in no way i can take a chance to still pursue my studies,hoping of getting one in next semester. I even got your point that not everyone can get a scholarship.I am yet to give my GRE and would be giving it before December so as to apply for Fall 10. So can you please suggest me what i should do now,so that my chance of getting scholarship increases as i am an average student but deeply inclined in research work related to Artificial Intelligence. And i believe there are universities who have some dedicated scholarships schemes for foreign students,so most of us what to know these universities and how much scholarship/freeship they provide under these schemes. thanks in anticipation. The am happy i got this site of yours which have cleared loads of queries regarding MS in US.Thanks for the help.

My question is(again something others have asked but i am looking for different answer).
My parents wont be able to bare my expense to study in USA,for now they say they cannot lend more than 5 lakhs Rs ,so if i don’t get a scholarship at first place,in no way i can take a chance to still pursue my studies,hoping of getting one in next semester.
I even got your point that not everyone can get a scholarship.I am yet to give my GRE and would be giving it before December so as to apply for Fall 10.

So can you please suggest me what i should do now,so that my chance of getting scholarship increases as i am an average student but deeply inclined in research work related to Artificial Intelligence.

And i believe there are universities who have some dedicated scholarships schemes for foreign students,so most of us what to know these universities and how much scholarship/freeship they provide under these schemes.

thanks in anticipation.

]]> By: PNM http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-15759 PNM Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:09:50 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-15759 I had a good GRE score of 1400+, got admits from US colleges for the Masters program that I'd applied for, but none of them offered any scholarship. Will I be able to get funding after I join college? My reason for asking this question is that even after getting a good GRE score, if schools are not offering any funding then this might mean that they don't plan to give funding to international students at all, even if they do well academically, reason being the recession. What do you think? Do you think they just want to earn money off international students until the recession scene gets better? I had a good GRE score of 1400+, got admits from US colleges for the Masters program that I’d applied for, but none of them offered any scholarship. Will I be able to get funding after I join college? My reason for asking this question is that even after getting a good GRE score, if schools are not offering any funding then this might mean that they don’t plan to give funding to international students at all, even if they do well academically, reason being the recession. What do you think? Do you think they just want to earn money off international students until the recession scene gets better?

]]> By: Joe http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-13882 Joe Sun, 03 May 2009 01:52:42 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-13882 You cannot get federal financial aid if you are an international student. Only, US residents and Citizens are granted with Fed Financial Aid. Chances are that international students will have to pay out-of-state tuition, since they are not consider residents of the state where the school is located. Good luck! You cannot get federal financial aid if you are an international student. Only, US residents and Citizens are granted with Fed Financial Aid. Chances are that international students will have to pay out-of-state tuition, since they are not consider residents of the state where the school is located.
Good luck!

]]> By: Rojk http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-11896 Rojk Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:27:02 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-11896 @ ashutosh, hello...it seems we're on the same boat. I also want to know PharmD in US as compared to Europe and Canada. Although I'm still hoping to receive my H1b visa, i want to look for other options. Got my Fpgecert fr US. rojk @ ashutosh,
hello…it seems we’re on the same boat. I also want to know PharmD in US as compared to Europe and Canada. Although I’m still hoping to receive my H1b visa, i want to look for other options. Got my Fpgecert fr US.
rojk

]]> By: ashutosh http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/financial-aid-us-college/#comment-11862 ashutosh Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:32:27 +0000 http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/?p=2301#comment-11862 dear sir, i wanted to know the education system and chances of getting funding or scholarship in pharmacy phd programes in europian universities for international (indian)students compare to american universities, and which is better and also most importantly chances of getting job overthere. dear sir,
i wanted to know the education system and chances of getting funding or scholarship in pharmacy phd programes in europian universities for international (indian)students compare to american universities, and which is better and also most importantly chances of getting job overthere.

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