NYU, Columbia, Brown, Yale, U of Minnesota, and U. of Chicago, all explicitly state on their department websites, that--at least for my field--terminal masters do not get funding, at least it's not offered initially. Fellowships are only offered to those willing to go after the PhD. I'm sure there is ways around this, but I'm just repeating what they explicitly state.
I don't care enough about any of you to lie, and why would I lie about something that you can just go to their sites and look for yourselves?
I just got my BA in August, and this is my first attempt at applying to grad schools--never been turned down or passed over for anything yet. But, that is the nature of the beast, so I am prepared for none of these working out.
Personally, you don't get better grades than mine, or higher distinctions, so if none of these work out, it's not going to be due to my undergrad accomplishments. In the humanities, a lot depends on having some idea of what you want to focus on in your graduate work, and this makes your statement of purpose extra important. My Honors thesis is an example of what I want to do in my graduate research, and thus my writing sample (enomorous bonus that these committees look for), and my statement details two clear directions I want to follow.
By the way, Bipsmound--that "scholarly gold to mine," was called preparing to take the GRE, dipshit...