<p>To all the people that are in graduate school now/ have completed graduate school. How were you able to afford tuiton and pay for rent/ utilities etc. Did you go to school full or part time? Does anyone have any advice?</p>
<p>I thought you were getting paid for being in grad school?</p>
<p>Most grad students in my university get paid, and tuitions get deducted from the pay directly. What's left over is enough for rent, food etc.</p>
<p>What about students pursuing terminal masters??? Do they also get aid??</p>
<p>what's a "terminal master"?</p>
<p>A "terminal Masters program" is a graduate program that does not offer the PhD. Some terminal Masters programs are "feeder programs" for PhD programs, some are not. </p>
<p>And yes, many terminal Masters programs offer assistantships that carry full tuition remission as well as a living stipend. It depends on your field of study. Most humanities terminal Masters programs do offer such assistantships. Some social science and hard science programs do. Most vocational programs (MSW, MEd, JD, etc.) do not. </p>
<p>In every case, it is necessary for applicants to research the programs to which they wish to apply, and determine if such assistantships are available. Contact the Director of Graduate Studies of that program if the information is not readily available on the department's website. Note that it is the DEPARTMENT'S website you should be consulting, not the GRADUATE SCHOOL'S more general website.</p>
<p>In addition, most assistantships require 20 hours of work per week as a teaching or research assistant, and absolutely prohibit any outside employment. (You'll have to sign a contract promising not to accept outside employment. While the Graduate School administrators are never flexible about this, some DGSs are lax in their enforcement of this policy.)</p>