Funding, Scholarship : Are they different ? I20 samples for Scholarship, GA : FAQs

Money you get in Scholarship, Funding

One of our readers recently asked a question about Funding. The questions are as below: What is the exact difference between Funding and Scholarship? The tuition fee waiver that is given along with the I-20, is it considered as scholarship or funding?? and is it given directly by the university or should we put a …

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Apply to US for Fall vs. Spring? Advantages for Scholarships, TAs, RAs, etc.?

Fall vs Spring Advantages

When you choose to apply to US Universities for studying Masters (MS/MBA) or even PhD program, depending on the time of graduation and when you take GRE and TOEFL, you are often confused on what term to apply… either to apply for Fall or Spring. There are some misconceptions among students too about admissions and …

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Funding situation for PhD and MS in US state Universities with recession and state budget cuts

On my road trip this week, I happen to visit Purdue University. It is a very large university with an awesome campus! The only thing in West Lafayette, Indiana was Purdue University. Because of break, there was not much activity on campus. I ended up visiting student Union, libraries and Math Department. I was inquiring …

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