Masters in the US

>>18182891
Depends, what subject?

Some stem fields will pay for your masters if you teach classes or labs or do research.

>>18182895
Sadly not.

History, unfortunately.

>>18182899
Hmm, unlikely then. Some schools aren't too expensive, but honestly there's no money in that field, which typically means no funding.

>>18182891
Look into Fulbright scholarships. They may only cover a one-year program though.

Masters in USA are scams.

>>18182899
>I want a Master's degree in reading books
Why?

>>18182905
That sucks, but thanks (why did I have to be interested in it...)

>>18182911
I'm vaguely aware of these but haven't looked into them properly, so I will, thanks.

>>18182923
Why do you say that?

>>18182928
It's what I'm interested in. History is more favourable to employers than most similar degrees, despite how it looks.

>>18182937
>History is more favourable to employers than most similar degrees, despite how it looks.
What does this even mean? I know that a lot of politicians have degrees in History, but I can't imagine how it's a good idea because it's slightly less useless than an art degree.

>>18182945
At least in the UK, I was repeatedly told that a history degree is a desired degree amongst many employers in non-STEM jobs. I asked my uncle who lectures in physics and he agreed, though he wanted me to do physics (obviously).

You get a *lot* of people doing history who don't care about the subject that much but just want the degree.

>>18182937
>get a degree just because you like it

For someone going for a master's, you're sure shortsighted

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>>18182970
Probably, I have no direction in life. This would probably be the most premeditated thing I've ever done. I have no idea what I want to do.

>>18182891
source

This is prolly a dead thread.

u still here?

>>18184186
I'm here.

>>18184186
Bump, what information did you have ;_;

>>18182891
What were your grades in undergrad like? There is certainly funding available (I'm currently attending a school for my MA in history with tuition waved and a generous stipend) but it is MUCH rarer than for graduate students working towards a PhD. As a general rule, universities use the money that make from fleecing master's students to pay for funding for their (more important) PhD students.

That being said, if you can demonstrate yourself to be a hard worker, have the grades to back it up, and you can write a kickass SoP and provide a kickass writing sample, the funding could be there.

>>18185790
And to add onto this, it is essential that you demonstrate a fairly deep knowledge of the historiography and history that you want to study. The schools won't provide funding if they have to teach you your subfield from scratch.

The way I did it was I started by reading general history books relevant to my field to gain the basic knowledge, then used the bibliographies to identify seminal works in the field and the leading professors of the field. Schools can be very easily impressed if you can demonstrate a deep knowledge of the history, and will throw money at you if you can demonstrate deep knowledge of the historiography.

>>18185790
>>18185812
If you mean undergrad in terms of my BA, I am currently cruising for an upper 2:1 (no effort) and if I try I can get a 1st (few personal problems that are holding me back).

In terms of the subject, we are expected to specialise in 3rd year (I am in 2nd) so hopefully I will be able to get a concrete idea of everything behind what I want to specialise in, but if not thanks for the advice, it's genuinely helpful.