So I’m a freshman undergraduate at SFA, and I’m always thinking Long term wise and I wish to go to graduate school, so any ideas/suggestions that’ll improve my chances of getting a full ride from a good school?
Graduate school financial,aid is merit based and is based on the strength of your application and the grad school’s desire to have you as part of the program cohort. Aid comes in the form of assistantships, scholarships, grants, sometimes work study, and loans.
SFA. school of fine arts? If so, your grad school funding will be based on your audition, or portfolio reviews.
What is your major?
Stephen F. Austin university, and I’m majoring in economics
Sorry…but that’s why it’s best NOT to use abbreviations!!
Well…my advice still holds except the part about portfolio review or audition.
Grad school funding is based on the strength of your application. So…what can you do? Get tippy top greases. Get tippy top GRE or GMAT scores (depending on what your eventual grad major is), get excellent letters of reference. Get some good internships and do well there too.
Then cast a broad net, because I don’t think those programs are usually fully funded.
Grad school in economics requires calculus - ideally three semesters. Then a course in linear algebra. PhD students are encouraged to take real analysis and calculus-based statistics. PhD students can get funded but many masters students do not, unless you focus on masters-degree programs that don’t offer a PhD and need the masters students to work as TAs. The GRE is especially important for PhD programs.
You don’t need as much math for MBA programs, and the top programs expect you to work for a few years first.
Some econ majors enroll in MPP programs and those don’t require as much math either although having some calculus and stats courses would be ideal depending on which program you enter.