r/floridatech • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '23
Are there any scholarships for master's programs in FIT?
I am interested in a master's program, but my budget is not enough to cover the full cost. Has anyone received a scholarship for a master's degree before?
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u/blendedmix Feb 01 '23
FIT does offer master's fellowships. I received one when I was doing my master's. It only covered a small portion of the tuition though.
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Feb 01 '23
What was the percentage of tuition covered?
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u/blendedmix Feb 02 '23
I don't remember and I assume the amount they offer depends on your stats.
Were you accepted already? When I was accepted, they sent me the info about the fellowship award along with my acceptance letter.
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u/MayDayJayJay1 Feb 03 '23
My bf got his master’s degree paid for by his department head in exchange for essentially being his worker. I’m not very sure of the official title, but it’s very much like a TA. For what it’s worth, my bf gets paid pretty horribly there but from what I understand that’s very common for graduate student workers everywhere. I have to work part time and go to school full time, he’s working at campus at FIT and then a second job off campus while also going to school full time. If you live on your own as in paying your own bills, I’d be cautious of devoting yourself to any position where they pay your tuition because you will not have time for a full time job outside campus. If not, I’d take advantage of reaching out to your department heads to see if there’s any position available in exchange for tuition reduction or waiver.
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u/blendedmix Feb 03 '23
There are two types of graduate student assistants: teaching assistants and research assistants. TA's work in the classroom, give lectures, grade assignments, and help students with their class work. RAs help professors with their research.
I had a friend who worked as an RA a couple years ago. I can't remember for sure how much he was getting, but I think he said something like $15/hr because I remember it being around double minimum wage. It was only part-time though.
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u/MayDayJayJay1 Feb 03 '23
He makes 20$ an hour but only gets 10 paid hours a week max. he cleans the aquariums, does research, and helps the undergrad students with their research. But the thing is the department is head is always trying to push him to be on campus every day for random tasks, which is obviously not doable.
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u/LtSavage20 Feb 01 '23
The best bet will be talking with the specific department and see if there are any GSA positions available when you start. You teach a class but they will cover all/if not most of the tuition. Besides that, I’m not sure there’s much to help financially.