It is difficult to apply for a part-time scholarship with the fiercest competition. What we usually call "full prize" refers to Fellowship. This kind of scholarship generally starts from enrollment and ends at graduation. Therefore, under normal circumstances, going to the United States for graduate studies with a full bonus will not only cost nothing, but also have a certain balance.
Application conditions:
1、GPA & gt3.8。 Of course, this is a bit difficult, if the standards of > 90=4 and & gt80=3 are strictly followed. But you can come up with an algorithm that is beneficial to you. In short, if you want to get a scholarship, you should have the highest GPA.
2. TOEFL and GRE China students' T/G can generally meet the requirements, but since your competitors are often from China, the higher the score, the better.
3. Very strong
Recommendation 7. Try to find an internationally renowned professor to write a letter of recommendation. If not, find a better professor and write as strongly as possible. A professor who is not internationally renowned is all the same to a foreigner, no matter whether his country is good or not (MIT seems to be in a bit of trouble because MIT has to fill in the referee background).
In addition, there are awards, professors' experience, and thesis awards of applicants during their college years, which need to be screened by the school at different levels.
Second, common scholarships for graduate students in the United States: Achievement Award Scholarships
Compared with other kinds of scholarships, this kind of scholarship is quite special. There is not much reference to the students' family situation or economic situation, and the number of scholarships is mainly determined according to the students' "grades". Compared with Fellowship, as long as you are excellent, it will be much less difficult for international students to apply for such scholarships.
Application conditions:
Different American universities will have different requirements, but they will definitely pay according to the applicant's family income. If the family income is too low, it is difficult for international students to get a visa to study in the United States. Therefore, the proportion of international students who get this scholarship is very small or very small.
Third, the common scholarships for graduate students in the United States: graduate assistant scholarships
This kind of scholarship comes from American universities and your work laboratory, so you can only get it if you work for your tutor for a certain time every week. Scholarships for graduate teaching assistants can be divided into different types according to different working hours:
(1) RA (research
Research Assistant: The evaluation criteria of this scholarship are the students' performance and research ability. Students who win this award can be exempted from paying tuition fees, but they need to work on campus. The main job is to assist professors to do research. It is paid by the professor's research funds, and the school gives certain rewards according to the students' working hours, which generally does not exceed 20 hours per week.
RA application requirements: Different professors have different application requirements due to different institutions and majors.
(2)TA (teaching
Teaching assistant: This scholarship is awarded according to students' academic performance and English level. His salary is similar to that of a research assistant, but his main job is to help professors teach undergraduates. Teaching assistants are issued by the department, and the weekly working hours depend on the specific situation, generally ranging from 10 to 20 hours per week.
4. Common scholarships for graduate students in the United States: tuition fees are reduced and tuition fees are free.
In fact, it is not a scholarship, nor will it directly provide financial help to students, but it will exempt students from tuition fees to a certain extent according to the situation. But it can also reduce the economic pressure of many families. In addition, it is relatively easy for international students to apply for tuition waiver.
Application conditions:
Non-science students; The results are excellent, but the family economy can't afford it all.
5. Common scholarships for American graduate students: off-campus scholarships.
Unlike other scholarships mentioned above, off-campus scholarships are not provided by schools. It is provided by some enterprises. Therefore, schools generally support students to actively find off-campus scholarship resources. For example, the MBA program of Columbia University Business School 20 17 strongly supports applicants to do so:
Intransitive Verb Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about American Postgraduate Scholarships
1. Is it better to apply for grants or assistantships?
Theoretically speaking, friendship is the embodiment of a person's ability, with the nature of reward. In the future, you can write it in CV as the background of your application, and you must apply when you can. The number of teaching assistant positions is more stable, and the possibility of application is much greater. It is worth noting that many master's programs do not provide teaching assistants, because American universities generally believe that masters mainly focus on the nature of "training" and less on "scientific research", and tutors are unwilling to invest money in a student who "leaves before becoming a skilled worker".
2. Will scholarships be richer than assistantships?
Not necessarily. There is a lot of money in assistantships. For example, science and engineering at the University of California often costs 3,000 yuan a month, while Fellowship costs only a few hundred dollars a year. 50% grants and scholarships equivalent to this amount are called full bonuses. Some students are 50%RA assistantships, and the monthly stipend is around 1500.
3. How to apply for partner scholarship and teaching assistant scholarship?
Applicants with sufficient conditions should indicate that they accept all possible rewards when filling out the application form, and don't be "modest", and don't think that giving up the scholarship competition will make it easier for them to be admitted to the bursary. Choice is your right, you can give it up, but the school has no obligation to add points to your personal behavior. As the actual distribution right of assistantship is in the hands of a single tutor, contact with the tutor is an important link to ensure admission. Basically, if you don't contact, you won't be admitted. Of course, there were too many people in contact and they were not accepted. If the grant is decided by the department instead of the tutor, the "admissions teacher" can't help you get it. It's best not to harass them.
4. Do you need to work for the boss for the assistantship? Is it true that Fellowship doesn't have to do experiments except in class?
No, this may be the biggest misunderstanding of grants by Chinese people. Although nominally, a teaching assistant scholarship works for a professor for a period of time every week, the research content belongs to the students themselves. For example, the experiment I did, not only all the results belong to me personally, but also the first author. If there is a patent, publication or award, it is my personal achievement. In other words, the assistantship does not require the professor to "get something for nothing", but is closer to "paying you to do something for yourself", and what you get is that your research results show that it comes from his laboratory.