Most Psychology students who started graduate school in 2004 and earlier
were admitted with five years of tuition funding. The tuition grants
were automatic in your G-years 1-4, but not so in the G5 year and later.
Since students vary in how long the graduate program takes, your "final"
year might be your G5 year or your G6 year; for clinical students, the
internship year is also an issue.
If 2007/08 will be your final year and if you haven't already dealt with
the tuition issue, you may have tuition showing up as a charge on your
term bill. If that's the case, both you and your adviser will need to
send a note or e-mail to our financial aid officer, Janie Rangel
(sjrangel@fas) as soon as possible. The note should state your and your
adviser's expectation that you will graduate by June, that you have a
passed prospectus, and have completed at least one paper out of a
3-paper option dissertation or two chapters of a traditional dissertation.
Students who entered in 2005 and later are eligible for a dissertation
completion grant with very prescribed requirements and ways of
requesting final year tuition coverage; GSAS would prefer students in
your cohort adhere to those deadlines and requirements, but because many
of you didn't get that message they're trying to be flexible. BUT they
need to hear from you ASAP in order to be sure the money is there and to
clear you for registration. G4 students, please note that you will need
to request tuition coverage for next year this coming March if 2008/09
will be your final year.
If your program will take six years to complete, then you are
responsible for paying your own tuition in the G5 year.
Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
Celia
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Celia Raia 210 William James Hall phone: 617/495-3810
Psychology Department 33 Kirkland Street fax: 617/496-8279
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 cir(a)wjh.harvard.edu
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