Some general questions about graduate school.

Graduate School
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<p>I'm an undergraduate student and my major is not what I'm interested in: Finance
I want to do a master degree on political science.
I checked Fordham website, it said they wanted student who majored in political science.
I couldn't find out much from NYU and Columbia. I heard people said that undergraduate's major doesn't matter that much when applying to graduate school, now, I just don't know how true it is.</p>

<p>Another question is, based on the research that I did, I found that M.A usually doesn't offer much financial aid or scholarship, right? I heard that only a phD would receive decent grant, or basically, they are paid for that degree. But most of the time, people who want to pursue a M.A degree would not get much financial aid, right? Before I did the research, I thought I could get some sort of financial like what what I did for my undergradute. Can anyone tell me more about it? </p>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>Financial aid for a Masters degree in a Ph.D. granting department is generally not large. As to your question about major as an undergraduate. Programs look at your entire application including GPA, GRE scores, personal statement and letters of recommendation. They do consider students whose major is different and make their decisions based on all these factors.</p>

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<p>You may have better luck obtaining funding for a master’s at a university where the masters is the highest degree offered, then they could use your services to teach and pay you for that as well as provide tuition remission</p>