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It depends on your goal. Associate degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or even Doctor of Philosophy</p>
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<p>This option is not typically available for undergraduates (student working toward an associate or bachelor’s degree). Those kinds of positions (called RAs or research assistants) are exclusively reserved for graduate students (students pursuing their master’s or doctoral degree).</p>
<p>Undergrads who work as teaching or research assistants are paid a minimum hourly wage. Tuition remission or discounts are not part of the deal.</p>
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<p>Well then, is it available for international graduate students? And how available is it for each student, I mean, is it something that anyone can get into or is it very “competitive” (in terms of everyone looking to do it) and hard to get into that position?</p>
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Most international grad students are TA or RA as a part of graduate education.</p>
<p>Oh thank God :P.
Do you have any general idea of how much does it cover of the whole tuition cost? Just asking.</p>
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Are you a undergraduate student or graduate student?</p>
<p>You’re asking about community college and now the TA & RA.</p>
<p>Anyway, most RA / TA don’t pay for the tuition because they “work”.</p>
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<p>I am neither yet, but I asking about the TA & RA to know what options I’ll have in my graduate years.</p>
<p>They DON’T PAY?! THAT’S AMAZING!
But, I am guessing the work they do must be very big since it is covering up such huge tuition expenses?</p>
<p>You might want to try Ohio Wesleyan University, a very good liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, north of Columbus. They have a lot of internationals, but I don’t know about financial aid there. Also, another nearby LAC is Otterbein College, in Westerville, near Columbus. Someone also mentioned Denison – also very good.</p>
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Graduate assistantships are complicated. See one of example [Graduate</a> Assistant Tuition Benefits](<a href=“Home | University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources”>Home | University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources)</p>
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<p>Graduate TAs and RAs are available to internationals.</p>
<p>The availability of a TA or RA is going to depend on a number of factors–most importantly the subject area the grad student is studying and which school the student attends.</p>
<p>For science and technology fields (life and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, computer science), it’s routine for doctoral student to receive RAs or TAs. Availability of assistantship positions for Master’s degree students vary by subject and school. (Generally speaking, engineering and computer science–yes; biology–no.)</p>
<p>For social sciences and the humanities, TAs and RAs are much harder to come by. They are typically reserved for doctoral students and/or for students who are considered highly desirable by the department. So yes, those positions are quite competitive. </p>
<p>However, the size of the university will also play into the availability of TAs. Larger schools need many TAs to teach introductory level writing classes, serve as language lab instructors or be graders for professors who teach large lecture classes. So more TAs may be available at larger universities.</p>
<p>There are no RAs or TAs (or tuition remissions or discounts) for students attending professional schools. (Medical, dental, veterinary, law, etc). Students must pay for their own professional educations.</p>
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<p>Well then this basically means that if I become a TA or RA, I will pay for my two years of undergraduate studies only, and then have the two graduate years for free? That’ll be the only cost for my high education, the undergraduate tuition prices?
I’m planning to go for either Accounting in business or Digital Design and Animation/Computer Science, so I think I’m okay, I guess.</p>
<p>Undergrad is 4 years, not 2 years.</p>
<p>And, to get accepted to a fully-funded grad program usually means a PhD program and those are HIGHLY competitive requiring the very best stats…high GPA, high GRE, etc. Schools often only accept 3%-10% of applicants.</p>
<p>“Undergraduate” in the US generally refers to a 4 year bachelor’s degree, a BA or BS.</p>
<p>It is possible to do the first two years of those four at a community college, and earn an Associate’s degree. But you can’t go to graduate school with that, you need the bachelor, 4 year degree, to begin graduate school.</p>
<p>Generally speaking. There are a handful of exceptions.</p>
<p>At a minimum, you would need to be able to pay for your first 4 years of college. (Called undergraduate. A bachelor’s degree awarded upon completing all requirments.)</p>
<p>Unless you are directly admitted into a PhD (doctoral) program after completing your bachelor’s degree, you will probably need to pay for the 2 more years of graduate school (master’s degree) before you will be considered for a RA or TA. </p>
<p>Some fields will directly admit students into doctoral programs after completing a bachelor’s degree (most common in science and technical fields–biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, engineering, sometimes psychology), but most other areas of study do not. </p>
<p>What subject are planning on studying?</p>
<p>In another thread, you mention business or accounting as possible majors. </p>
<p>It is unlikely in the extreme that you would be able to get a funded ( have your education paid for by working as a TA or RA) graduate program in either. Not because you are an international, but because RAs and TAs in those fields are very, very uncommon.</p>
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Dept of State has an excellent website to help you understand about US higher education
[EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://educationusa.state.gov/]EducationUSA”>http://educationusa.state.gov/)</p>
<p>Okay so I read the link, thank you.
And thanks everyone for their replies.</p>
<p>So if there are two types of undergraduate degrees, the associate and the bachelor degree, and the bachelor lasts for four years and from there you can proceed to get your graduate degree, the Master degree, what does the associate degree work for?
Can I study for two years in a community college to get the associate degree and then study for only two years to complete the bachelor’s degree, or does that not count?
After completing these four years and receiving the bachelor’s degree, is this where I can “become” a RA/TA? So still, 4 years of undergraduate and then the two other years study as a RA?</p>
<p>Another thing I wanted to know, after completing these 4 years and getting the bachelor’s degree, am I “forced” to study for the master’s degree right away (I do intend to get a master’s degree, that’s a goal), or can I take something like a pause? Can I work and live inbetween this pause, IN the US (with just a student visa)?</p>
<p>Thank you again and sorry for the endless questions.</p>
<p>Most US embassy has the EducationUSA Advising Center (EAC) that provides quality, timely, accurate, unbiased information about all accredited U.S. higher education institutions for persons wishing to study in the U.S.</p>
<p>If you serious about studying in US, please post your home country and I’ll try find a link for you.</p>
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See an example of associate degrees offered by community college [Monroe</a> Community College - Academics](<a href=“http://www.monroecc.edu/academics/]Monroe”>http://www.monroecc.edu/academics/)
Also the Career Services [Career</a> Services](<a href=“http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/careercenter/stuserv/careerservices.htm?academics]Career”>http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/careercenter/stuserv/careerservices.htm?academics)</p>
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See [What</a> Is a Graduate Assistantship?](<a href=“What is a Graduate Assistantship? (with pictures)”>What is a Graduate Assistantship? (with pictures))</p>
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You have 12 months to 17 months of Optional Practical Training (OPT) See [Optional</a> Practical Training - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optional_Practical_Training]Optional”>Optional Practical Training - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I really am serious about my studies, I’ve never went this far before and I am really stressed because I feel like I’m running out of time… I live in Southeast Europe, a country called Albania (a hell hole, not surprised if you don’t know about it).</p>
<p>I will take a look at the links as soon as I get home as I’m writing from my school library, thank you very much :D!</p>
<p>EducationUSA Advising Center at Tirana, Albania
See [EducationUSA</a> | Center Profile - EducationUSA Advising Center](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/Tirana]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/Tirana)</p>