<p>I'm interested in doing biomedical research, but I missed many PhD program application deadlines. My plan is to do a masters, and then transfer somewhere else to finish a PhD. My only concern is that some schools want one to do their masters at the same school as the PhD. </p>
<p>Also I was also wondering, are scholarships available for M.S. students?</p>
<p>Regarding GRE scores, I’m assuming scholarships would require high GRE scores.</p>
<p>Doing your masters at a different school can be tricky - most schools will give you some credit towards the PhD, but often it will be less than full. This might mean an extra year of study, but rarely any longer.</p>
<p>In grad school, “scholarships” are usually fixed awards not including tuition, and are actually relatively rare. Most of the ones that do exist are awarded as some part of competition during the program - best research paper, best conference presentation, etc. Fellowships, which represent a “living wage” (ha-ha) and tuition waiver, are much more common but are almost always restricted to doctoral candidates.</p>
<p>By far the most common institutional financial support for masters candidates is assistantship - either teaching or research - but preference is still usually given to doctoral candidates and the guarantees and wages are often lower. Many masters candidates pay out of pocket, or get an employer to cover the expenses.</p>
<p>Have you given some thought to working as a tech for a year or two? The financial situation for masters programs is grim and if you stay in research, you won’t ever make a large enough salary to justify having taken out debt for it.</p>
<p>Dear Belevitt,</p>
<p>Regarding working as a tech, it seems like a waste of time. </p>
<p>Perhaps a 1-year M.Eng. degree (e.x. at Cornell), although expensive, is worth it. They said that people often go from an M.Eng to research. </p>
<p>Another option is to do a Masters at a State school which is much less expensive. </p>
<p>People rarely get scholarships for a masters at UPenn/columbia right?</p>
<p>I disagree that working as a tech is a waste of time. Nearly have of the individuals in my cohort, myself included, worked as techs before grad school. Best of luck.</p>