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Leading on from the debt thread, I've just come across a decision that I'm really not looking forward to making. Earlier I applied for a stupidly prestigious scholarship to spend a year studying in the US (the Fulbright), however I haven't managed to get it. I have however got 800 on the GRE quantitative and 6.0 on the analytical, which is a little way above average for the course I wanted to apply for - MA International and Development Economics at Yale. While obviously I can't be sure of getting a place, the course isn't terribly oversubscribed (because of the cost) and I've got a pretty good academic background.
Which leaves me in a dilemma: my parents have said they'll lend me the $45 000 it would cost to pay for the course and live there, but is it really worth that much? I'm not sure I'm so comfortable having that level of debt, even to my parents. Considering I could do a really good MSc in at Bristol or Nottingham (both great schools, but not really Yale) for ~$20 000 including living costs.
The other main question is whether anyone knows of any sources of funding for an international coming to do that sort of course? Yale state that it's not applicable for Yale funding, and other than the big scholarship - Fulbright, Knox, Kennedy and Rotary - I'm not aware of any major sources of funding that I could apply for. It doesn't have to be a full scholarship, just anything that might ease the burden.
Really staying in the UK is the sensible option, as the course would be more academic and perhaps more relevant, as well as having friend here. But the Yale course is just set up so well - it's an academic course that's designed for people to do policy, not academia, afterwards. Meaning as well as theory it teaches how to analyse the effects of public policy, and how the theory relates to the real world.
Which leaves me in a dilemma: my parents have said they'll lend me the $45 000 it would cost to pay for the course and live there, but is it really worth that much? I'm not sure I'm so comfortable having that level of debt, even to my parents. Considering I could do a really good MSc in at Bristol or Nottingham (both great schools, but not really Yale) for ~$20 000 including living costs.
The other main question is whether anyone knows of any sources of funding for an international coming to do that sort of course? Yale state that it's not applicable for Yale funding, and other than the big scholarship - Fulbright, Knox, Kennedy and Rotary - I'm not aware of any major sources of funding that I could apply for. It doesn't have to be a full scholarship, just anything that might ease the burden.
Really staying in the UK is the sensible option, as the course would be more academic and perhaps more relevant, as well as having friend here. But the Yale course is just set up so well - it's an academic course that's designed for people to do policy, not academia, afterwards. Meaning as well as theory it teaches how to analyse the effects of public policy, and how the theory relates to the real world.
Where are they hiding on the internet?
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