Results tagged “grants” from Graduate Admission Blog

Sara Morgan discusses her path to receiving a Lagrant Foundation scholarship.

We all know the biggest (and scariest) decision in pursuing a graduate degree can be deciding how to fund it...or just the thought of the loans that will need to be repaid in the end. One of the most frequent questions I get from students is, "Are there assistantships and financial aid available?" The funny thing is, most students don't ask about or think to seek aid outside of the college. Trust me, it's out there. I am speaking from experience.

My first year in the program, I wasn't resourceful. I didn't even think to look for scholarships or grants because I assumed they weren't worth my time, but boy did I miss out. Halfway through my first year, though, I finally realized there must be a way to offset some of the loan debt I was accumulating. So I did my research. I found a scholarship and the description sounded like they were talking about ME! I found this scholarship right under my nose, on Emerson's financial aid website. I decided to go through the process, not even knowing how much the scholarship was for. To my surprise I not only won the scholarship, but it was worth $10,000!