grad funding... so clueless.

[patrickmtl]

Hi all,

I am so clueless when it comes to grad school.

Can someone who has some idea give me their 2 cents, can I get some decent funding in a top school in the US (or get in for that matter), or Canada with a 4.0 ish GPA on a 4.3 scale and honours in economics?

thanks.

[patrickmtl]

seriously, i know its not a lot of info, but say for UBC on a scale of 1 to 10????

[leguan]

as far as i understand it, any top program will fund you extremely well once you are in. this may less be true of schools below, say, top 10, and some public universities.

[igotshoe]

i'm not an expert, but specific info on coursework, research experience, and LORs would be helpful.

[patrickmtl]

i have no research experience. im only half way through my undergrad so i have few marks worth noting. But so far my gpa is just over 4 and i think i can keep that up. i dont even know what LORs means...

as i said, im clueless and need to get less clueless in this dept, :P

[Chicunomics]

Spend 2 days searching through the last 2 years worth of threads on this forum. I am extremely doubtful there is a single question you could have that hasn't already been answered here. Also, see my signature for a starting point also, even if it doesn't apply 100% directly to you.

[patrickmtl]

ok, will do, back in 2 days if i have any questions, thx :P

[TRDood]

how much is funding offers for a typical Canadian school for MA?
so far, I have been hearing $10-16k for being a TA and research assistant.

[canecon]

Depends on the school and the person. Toronto (for the Doctoral Stream) offered up to $23K to domestic students I believe. Most other schools offer less. (exception maybe UWO who makes funding offers on a case-by-case basis it seems). e.g Queen's 18K (domestic), UBC like 16K?

[elcapitano]

At UBC, if you get 'full' funding, which about 1/3 of the MA class do (I count full funding as at least a two semester TAship). It ranges from $10.5k to around $18.5, with most towards the lower end of the scale. You have to take fees off this though (-$5k). IMO even the top end of the scale is not sufficient to live well on for a year but you could survive. A place to live will consume about $8k over the year.