RA vs TA ... VTech vs UF

New_User
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:19:20 +0000

I am not sure “dynamic character” is really in play here. Again, I can only speak from my experience but in my master’s the TA position was the one you fell back on to make money. Those working in funded labs could sometimes score an RA for a semester or the summer, everyone else was lucky to get a TA to get funding. Keep in mind, I am also coming from a situation where no one that I know of ONLY had an RA. Everyone taught at some point. You might get an RA for one semester, teach the next, RA in the summer…so the RA was still the better option (than only TAing) but you still got the teaching experience.