Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

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Taylor
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Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by Taylor » Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:21 pm

Stony Brook offers less amount of funding for its PhD compared with most universities. It is also in New York, and the living cost is high. Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by FreddieBiddleBooty » Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:32 pm

You could look online for apartments around the area. Factor in other living expenses and compare that to your paychecks you'd receive. Also see if there is summer opportunity - else you would maybe have to travel home every summer!

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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by mishania1996 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:48 pm

Have you got an offer from Stony ?

Taylor
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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by Taylor » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:06 pm

mishania1996 wrote:Have you got an offer from Stony ?
Yes, I just got the offer after an interview today.

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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by mhq » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:55 pm

Taylor wrote:
mishania1996 wrote:Have you got an offer from Stony ?
Yes, I just got the offer after an interview today.
Was the interview technical?

Taylor
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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by Taylor » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:09 pm

mhq wrote:
Taylor wrote:
mishania1996 wrote:Have you got an offer from Stony ?
Yes, I just got the offer after an interview today.
Was the interview technical?
Not at all. I mean they asked about my REU experience which was the only part where some technical details were involved, but I do not think they will ask anyone to state a theorem or so on.

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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by user1287 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:06 pm

I too have gotten into SB and got around the same amount. Did you receive acceptance to pure or applied math? It seems a bit low, since apartments are $1000+ even for a studio (at least when I looked it was around that). They also said that normally students make $10,000 during the summers from internships/research.

Taylor
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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by Taylor » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:25 pm

user1287 wrote:I too have gotten into SB and got around the same amount. Did you receive acceptance to pure or applied math? It seems a bit low, since apartments are $1000+ even for a studio (at least when I looked it was around that). They also said that normally students make $10,000 during the summers from internships/research.
I am in for pure math, what about you? I think if students can make $10,000 every summer then it sounds fine.

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Re: Is 22500$(9 months) a reasonable amount of stipend for PhD students at Stony Brook?

Post by user1287 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:21 am

Ahh, I'm in the applied math dept. And yeah, they said around $10,000 or so - but that depends on the prof you work for (or internship).



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