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Information about financial aid
Financial aid
Most students have issue on “oh-so-poor-graduate-student”. So here I would like to talk a little bit about financial aid.
Scholarship
There are different kinds of scholarship available within and outside SI. People with most patient and go through the whole financial aid webpage sometimes will get surprise. http://www.si.umich.edu/applying/fin-aid.htm This is really a great source to find funding. You can also check the UM financial website for other funding opportunity. http://www.finaid.umich.edu/guides/gradStudents.asp I strongly encourage new student to at least read through these two websites. You will find many resources there.
Graduate Student Instructor
This is what some people call TA position. Since SI doesn’t have undergraduate study, we have limit GSI positions. And GSI for the master level class are often granted to PHD student. But there ARE some master students who gain GSI position in the second year due to their outstanding performance in specific class in the first year. Also, you can look for GSI position in other department if you have other background or knowledge, such as Psychology, Art.
Graduate Student Research Assistant
This is granted by Professor individually. Although most GSRA positions will be provided to PHD students, you do have chance if you can demonstrate your skills to the Professor. You can first take a look at the research area here: http://www.si.umich.edu/research/default.htm Find the area that most match your interest and contact the Professor directly. You might first be hired as hourly-paid, depending on your performance, you are likely to gain a GSRA position.
Employment opportunity
Part time job is unlikely to be enough to cover the tuition, but it at least helps you with your living expense. http://www.studentemployment.umich.edu/ Here you can find the posting of different PT jobs on campus. You can sometimes receive information about PT jobs in our SI maillist once you enroll in the program.
Posted by chanwei at February 5, 2007 09:37 PM
