Do the assistantship awards take a sizable chunk out of tuition?
It depends on where the student is in the program and how much time they can commit to working with the faculty members. I wouldn’t say that assistantships take a sizable chunk off tuition. I think what they do is give a reasonable level of cash flow to the students who may be using it to help fund their living expenses or pay their tuition expenses or whatever it may be that they are using it for. But the discretion is up to the students.
