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Originally Posted by DrPhil
For those who are unfamiliar:
GA = graduate assistantship and consists of RA (research assistantship) or TA (teaching assistantship)
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Some schools define this differently. An RA and a TA are as you described, but then a GA is none of the above. GA's are usually administrative work, and very often outside of your department. Many that I see posted at my school are for computer programming work of one sort or another. They do, however, come with the same type of tuition waivers as RAs or TAs.
In many departments, masters students only get funded if there is money leftover after the phd students are taken care of. Some might suggest that a student looking to get a masters should apply as a phd student to get funding, and then "change her mind" once she is accepted. Also, if you want an assistantship, you must get your application in long before the real application deadline.
The bottom line is that funding is very different from school to school and department to department, and if you are applying to grad schools, you should find a way to get funding info sooner rather than later.
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