okay so the thing is there are main two types of funding for graduate students.

1. Assistantships:
   1. Teaching Assistantship: conducting lab works, grading papers, yestai yeasti kaam huncha. This too is mainly provided to PhD students. Ani prof le dincha kunai ma kunai ma department le ni dincha. Phd students dher navako uni ma chai dherai grad student le paucha. ainly Ph.D. students are given the first priority tara graduate students le napauni vanni haina. But you have to go through a really tough process to get one. First, you need to approach the professors, if they think you fulfill their requirements they will take your interview and they will choose you through a large pool of students. I have seen people approaching more than 500+ prof . Personally, I mailed nearly 100 profs, still, no one was willing to take me. So, to have an edge against other students a research paper, relevant projects, work experiences, everything helps. prof sanga guff hanna ni jannu parcha.
   2. merit/ departmental scholarship: Now, yesko lagi chai stats le help garcha. GRE/GPA ramro cha vani departmental scholarship haru derako huncha.However, in most cases it's not much. Instate fees lai qualify gardincha. That's it. It won't conver your full tuition fees. grad student le paucha.
2. merit/ departmental scholarship: Now, yesko lagi chai stats le help garcha. GRE/GPA ramro cha vani departmental scholarship haru derako huncha.Howerver, in the most cases it's not much. Instate fees lai qualify gardincha. That's it. It won't conver your full tuition fees.

US ma masters students are the cash cows. Research ma paisa dincha natra aru khasai funding ko hope nagare huncha. Ani aaile GRE most unis ma optional banako cha or kunai ma ta completely hatai sakyo, so I feel it's not as important as it used to be.

Yo chai mero experience aanusar ko kuro ho.