獎學金怎麼申請好

[may-best]

大家好 我今年準備要去美國念教育MA 想請問 如果我已經收到學校的decision letter(Minnesota at Twin Cities 和 Wisconsin at Madison)，錄取了 但是沒什麼獎學金的消息(因為經詢問 系所說 可以自己跟指導教授做聯繫看看)該怎麼寫信給教授好呢? 實在是很不多金 沒有獎學金 我想大概連第一年都撐不完就得回來台灣了吧?@@ 收到通知已經將近一個月 不敢寫信就是不敢寫信 怕是寫壞了 那就糟了 ?
再請問一下 美國的獎學金是不是教授決定的呢? 如果教授是"教授"和"助理教授" 那會有差別嗎?

感謝大家^______^ 祝新年平安快樂

[davidlee0222]

獎學金是由adcom及financial aid決定的
原則上跟教授沒有太大關係
頂多是有些指導教授會有研究專案
可以讓學生研究打工

原則上獎學金主要要從兩大方向
一是申請人本身的競爭力素質
從硬體分數到學經歷甚至研究能力等
會讓學校擔心如果不發獎的話優秀學生會跑去念別家
學校就會不惜用獎學金來搶人

另一方面就是表明財務需求
告訴學校您對學校有高度興趣
也很感激有入學許可
但有千萬個困難沒錢念就是沒錢念
念到一半會斷鍰斷糧
懇請學校予以資助
不然只好去便宜學校就讀
當然這也要學校覺得失不起這個人才
不然學校就兩手一攤說學校更窮發獎會倒
也很尷尬

不過一定要放手一搏試了才知道

[維尼]

我要更正Davidlee說的:
"獎學金是由adcom及financial aid決定的
原則上跟教授沒有太大關係"
這是指 MBA 而不是 MA

如果你的program要求你找教授指導論文及研究方向的話
的確有可能要由教授自己找funding來支援所指導的學生

Wayne

[Charlie Wang]

同意維尼說的,由adcom和financial aid可能比較適合MBA
大型研究型大學MA or MS的教授都是自己爭取經費,所以教授基本上來說有權力自己請人

我有認識現在在念University of Minnesota at Twin Cities教育系MA同學
如果你有需要的話,可以發你的聯絡方式到我的信箱
我可以把你的資料轉交給那位同學

[may-best]

Thank you!^^ All of your information is truly helpful.

可以再請問一下
那如果我是"第一次"要跟指導教授請益並詢問獎學金 我該寫麼好呢
是該開門見山 說明自己的需求 附上自己的resume(但教授不是應該都看過了?)
還是還要更詳盡地介紹一下自己 如 說明自己做過研究教學相關的工作 一些小成就之類
我從收到offer到現在其實已經快一個月 實在摸不著頭緒 又股不起勇氣寫出那第一封"見面信"
很擔心給了不好的印象

感謝這裡給個指教與溫暖
祝大家都有個美好健康平安的金鼠年^_______^

[MarkHsu]

Honestly speaking, I don't think any School of Education program in the US will offer scholarships to foreign students at a Master's level. Even most PhD programs in Education do not offer full funding.

Your best bet is to look for a TA or a RA position in the School of Education.

If this doesn't work, I would suggest looking at the East Asian/Oriental Languages department to see if you can be a Chinese TA or grader.

If this doesn't work, look at nearby private schools (elementary to high school) in your area to see if they are hiring Mandarin teachers, this is very much in demand. Pay can be up to US$100/hour (obviously you don't get a lot of teaching hours.)

Last option, start posting flyers and see if you can teach Mandarin "under the table." Pay range for one of my students at NYC is US$35-US$80/hour. The work can be as easy as meeting up w/ someone at Starbucks and teaching the student conversational/business Mandarin.

[Charlie Wang]

有三種方式可以拿到金錢上的幫助
兩個像是Mark提到的,可以尋找TA或是RA的工作
另一種方式是fellowship的獎學金,這個就不需要你做任何的工作

建議你寫信去問教授有關獎學金方面的事情
是否有沒有獎學金就要看教授今年拿到多少的外界經費
在教育學院裡,大部分fellowship都是給PhD的學生,但還是有非常少部分會給MA的學生
整理來說,像是Mark敘述的,教育學院給fellowship的數量遠比理工學院低

在學校當中文TA也是種經費來源

但個人不建議去外面打黑工或是未經由移民局應許在校外地方工作
雖然被抓機率低,但被抓的話,可能的罰款包括:罰金,坐牢,或是驅逐出境
所以建議還是走合法的路徑

PS: 我已經把Minnesota在校生的e-mail傳給你了
她可以跟你分享更多不同獎學金方式

[Jason Lee]

I apologize if this is a normal business practice in Taiwan, but I agree with Charlie Wang’s statement on the illegal worker issue. I highly do not suggest people start working without getting legal documentations. You are not one of those 10 million people entered the US illegally from Mexico. You could always obtain legal work permits although it does take sometime.

I apologize for the suggestion made by Mark. His personal opinion does not illustrate all the business students’ ethical behaviors or standards. Despite recent business scandals, Enron and WorldCom, or academic cheating, Duke University, business schools like Northwest or Harvard have regained public’s confidence on business students’ ethical behaviors.

[bscm]

如果你們系所有Ph.D.，我想master要拿獎學金應該不容易吧

[davidlee0222]

thanks for Wayne's correction
but still in some schools the scholarship for MA program are decided by adcom and fin aid
like our school

in the U.S., you need to earn what you want by yourself
just don't be shy and try your very best
Americans deem those who dare to fight for theirselves capable people
when you fight harder
people will respect you more

if you deserve a scholarship but you didn't fight for it
then you need to worry about the negative image

[may-best]

非常感謝大家專業的誠摯的建議
我會勇敢嘗試的^^
甘恩