2. RA, Research Assistantship: A university has some funds allocated for the research of professors. If you’re lucky enough, you might hit the bull’s eye. But professors do look at your research work and experience for this. But make sure you apply for this into your area of interest, else it might not be something you’d want to look out for.

3. TA, Teaching Assistantship: It’s a position usually open for Undergraduate level courses and even some Graduate ones. The TAs are expected to help out their professors with the subject they have been dealing with. It includes things like grading papers, clearing students questions, help the professor with quizzes, etc,.

4. GA, Graduate Assistantship: This is another post one can target. While at some universities, GAs are research oriented too, in others they handle the servers of the university library, develop and maintain the department website etc,.

5. Fellowships: There are certain fellowships for international students too. AAUW International Fellowship is one of them. And some fellowships are university and course specific too.

6. Scholarships schemes: Many universities have scholarship schemes they run. Some are need based, like the Amherst Scholarship. Others like Columbia College Scholarships award their scholarship only to exceptionally outstanding international student. The grant amount in such scholarships is usually decided by the committee.

While honestly, it’s not a child’s play to be awarded one of these scholarships, with proper research and efforts, one can surely make it to the cut. Apart from these, sometimes your home country provides you with some scholarship or fellowship program as well. Make sure you have a sound knowledge for the same.

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