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Negotiating funding

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:25 pm
by julienguyen
I'm considering emailing this school that I'm planning to attend to negotiate funding (stipend,etc.) They haven't sent out financial package but they did say what their TA salary typically is. Compared to other schools that admitted me, the amount is lower (though not much). Do you think I should try to negotiate with the department or do you think it might burn bridges/give bad impressions?

Re: Negotiating funding

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:53 pm
by acrt19
A school I visited actually encouraged us to negotiate funding if we had better offers.

Re: Negotiating funding

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:54 pm
by MathCat
If you will choose to attend this school if they offer you more, then you can say so. (E.g. you are my top choice program, but the funding is not sufficient.) If you're just curious but it's not your top choice, don't waste anyone's time.

Funding shouldn't be the deciding factor... as long as it is a sufficient amount, go to the place that is the best fit for you. In the long run, that will matter more.

Re: Negotiating funding

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:19 pm
by kp
acrt19 wrote:A school I visited actually encouraged us to negotiate funding if we had better offers.
Can I ask which school?

Re: Negotiating funding

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:24 am
by pitalla
kp wrote:
acrt19 wrote:A school I visited actually encouraged us to negotiate funding if we had better offers.
Can I ask which school?
A friend told me Wisconsin encouraged her to negotiate. I negotiated with Ohio and they were very nice about it ( and gave me what I wanted)

Re: Negotiating funding

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:24 am
by soo
Anyone in last couple years has done this with math program for stipend or fellowship and how did you do it? Seems like no downside? https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/122 ... r-stipend/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2WS39J ... &utm=&nd=1