LATECH2K23:
Please what does this mean…. I really do not understand the meaning of that last 60 semester credit

Phunmmielurlar:
Good day every one
I got an admission offer since August 2022, for masters study into the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE for Fall 2023 (which is the only school i applied to because the offer came in the following day) but with no funding and the total fee is $55k which will be paid by my uncle who is a customs officer, and on my i-20 the ending date is May 2026 (approximately 3 years) so i was speaking with someone (as per getting visa appointment date) and after some questions the person said the VO might have issues with the fees and not approve the visa because paying $55k seem a like with the current exchange rate (I wish i can find someone to explain this to with VN and screenshot), this has got me really worried, and i don't know whether to start looking for other schools or still try to apply for the visa first

Really looking forward to getting responses.

phen0m:
I got a love letter from MTU yesterday
we move....

phen0m:
I got a love letter from MTU yesterday
we move....

Phunmmielurlar:
Good day every one
I got an admission offer since August 2022, for masters study into the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE for Fall 2023 (which is the only school i applied to because the offer came in the following day) but with no funding and the total fee is $55k which will be paid by my uncle who is a customs officer, and on my i-20 the ending date is May 2026 (approximately 3 years) so i was speaking with someone (as per getting visa appointment date) and after some questions the person said the VO might have issues with the fees and not approve the visa because paying $55k seem a like with the current exchange rate (I wish i can find someone to explain this to with VN and screenshot), this has got me really worried, and i don't know whether to start looking for other schools or still try to apply for the visa first

Really looking forward to getting responses.

Najdorf:

55k/per year is much with or without the high exchange rate. Even US citizens will struggle to pay that amount yearly without taking out loans.

phen0m:
I got a love letter from MTU yesterday
we move....

Sisib15:
I hope that's not the only school you applied to Georgia Southern University is waiving it's application fee

Zihno:


This school do not fund Masters students ( Please correct me if I’m wrong). They also require you to secure a supervisor before you’re admitted into their PhD program and they need official transcript evaluation and GRE score.

Zihno:


This school do not fund Masters students ( Please correct me if I’m wrong). They also require you to secure a supervisor before you’re admitted into their PhD program and they need official transcript evaluation and GRE score.

Dreamsss:


When people say funding, do they often mean that their admission letters should come with free money that would not require them to do some kind of work in return?

Sisib15:
If you meet the requirements, you can apply

Zihno:


Typically no. RA/TA etc require you to do some kind of work. Fellowship on the other hand, do not require any kind of work.

phen0m:
I got a love letter from MTU yesterday
we move....

Phunmmielurlar:
Good day every one
I got an admission offer since August 2022, for masters study into the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE for Fall 2023 (which is the only school i applied to because the offer came in the following day) but with no funding and the total fee is $55k which will be paid by my uncle who is a customs officer, and on my i-20 the ending date is May 2026 (approximately 3 years) so i was speaking with someone (as per getting visa appointment date) and after some questions the person said the VO might have issues with the fees and not approve the visa because paying $55k seem a like with the current exchange rate (I wish i can find someone to explain this to with VN and screenshot), this has got me really worried, and i don't know whether to start looking for other schools or still try to apply for the visa first

Really looking forward to getting responses.

Dreamsss:


Yeah, I know about Fellowships. But I hear people talk about funding so much these days, that I began to wonder if Fellowships are no longer merit-based. Except, they're seeking some kind of reduction in their tuition, surely that many people cannot be qualified to want a piece of those Fellowships...and this is why I assume that every Masters student, especially from Africa, shouldn't be choosey as to start by ignoring graduate assistantships, when even PhD candidates apply for GA.

Anyway, I don't know what program you are applying to, but I know for a fact that Georgia Southern has GAs. For Masters students.

engrcorrect:


Same here...
Three love letters in three (straight) days...

Zihno:


I previously checked out their mechanical engineering MS program and their Emvironmental Science PhD program and I don’t think their MS in Mechanical Engineering funds their students and the PhD requires one to find a supervisor. The fact that they require official transcript and gre score is even more annoying.

Dreamsss:


But they recently posted a GA ad for Mechanical Engineering for the Fall 2023 term. Yeah.

Also, you can try Virginia tech..they love engineers. There, even though they listed the WES as a a criterion, people I know only just sent the one they did with the gpa calculator...

Zihno:


Please send me a link to the ad.

I have Wes oo. I just don’t have the money to be sending official test scores.

Dreamsss:


https://w3.georgiasouthern.edu/cogs/upload/gadescript-1673372439.pdf

Dreamsss:
Oh, they might want the GRE ooo. Sorry. 🤦

Phunmmielurlar:
Good day every one
I got an admission offer since August 2022, for masters study into the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE for Fall 2023 (which is the only school i applied to because the offer came in the following day) but with no funding and the total fee is $55k which will be paid by my uncle who is a customs officer, and on my i-20 the ending date is May 2026 (approximately 3 years) so i was speaking with someone (as per getting visa appointment date) and after some questions the person said the VO might have issues with the fees and not approve the visa because paying $55k seem a like with the current exchange rate (I wish i can find someone to explain this to with VN and screenshot), this has got me really worried, and i don't know whether to start looking for other schools or still try to apply for the visa first

Really looking forward to getting responses.

Zihno:


Well it’s not a matter of meeting the requirements or applying, securing a supervisor isn’t easy. And sending official Wes evaluation and gre score cost money especially if one isn’t sure of getting in. But thank you for the information. Others who are interested can apply.

Phunmmielurlar:


Thank you so much for your response, although i do not intend to attend the school when i get there, do you think there's any way i can get a visa approval for this or do i start looking into other options?

Sisib15:
The thing is not all courses require you to secure a supervisor before admission and regarding WES, just because you don't have doesn't mean others don't have. Mind you, i only said the school is waiving app fee.

Zihno:


This school do not fund Masters students ( Please correct me if I’m wrong). They also require you to secure a supervisor before you’re admitted into their PhD program and they need official transcript evaluation and GRE score.

Zihno:


Sorry😢. But we many. Tell us the schools if you can.

mantics:


This is not true. I have friends here doing MS with funding. Depending on your department. Another thing about this school is, apply and get admission, there is a site where they post vacant GAs, try and monitor the site to apply for GA on time once posted. But you must have been admitted before been able to apply for GA.