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  1. Just wondering if anyone knows whether there are any restrictions on the type of employment a J2 spouse can hold? Is the work authorization good for any job? thanks!
  2. This might help! http://stsnext20.org/stsworld/sts-programs/ Not sure what it's like at the undergraduate major level, if that's what you're asking (there are programs, perhaps connected to the ones listed in that link). At the graduate level, some are proper departments, in others it lives as certificates or emphases within other home departments.
  3. While I don't know your situation closely so I think it's best to approach your advisors for more insight, just as an option to look at, consider Science and Technology Studies. I began in Philosophy and loved the critical inquiry and was set to go for a PhD, but I changed disciplines because I found STS to be a much more rewarding field, maybe for similar reasons as yourself. It's interdisciplinary, and there are lots of programs and scholarship that draws heavily on philosophy so for me it has been a way to hang on to the good stuff about philosophy while also looking to other disciplines to see what else is out there, while still researching issues in science and tech, or those empirical or quantifiable subjects as you say. Happy to connect through DM if you want more detail! It was tough leaving phil but I've found STS to be a perfect and natural next step.
  4. Hi everyone! Just hoping to get some insight on university-wide/internal fellowships and how much they matter... So I'm deciding between 2 very similar UC schools, and one has given me an internal/university-wide fellowship which would give me a stipend to replace a TA salary and is a bit more money than a TA salary, and the other one hasn't but offers a full funding package anyhow. During visit day, I asked some faculty members at the school that hasn't offered me a fellowship in what ways having a fellowship matters, and they all more or less said that these internal fellowships really don't matter and don't mean anything on a CV or for other funding applications. But I feel like that's wrong? I think that while the money is maybe not a huge difference it's still big enough to matter a lot, and it is a good thing to have been nominated and awarded a competitive fellowship, right?! Like, I know these internal ones aren't of the same calibre as prestigious external fellowships but it must still count for something in the long run in addition to all the short term benefits... I don't know, maybe they're right but it feels wrong so just looking for some insight...
  5. This is amazing! I'm going to print this, this is gold. Thank you so much for all your help, and for taking the time to write all this out. Everything is so clear and thank you for the great examples and for breaking it all down so well. Amazing! You saved me hours of stressing.
  6. I'm new to gradcafe and hoping someone here can help! Very confused on tax regulations for Canadian PhD students studying in California at the UC schools. I was recently accepted with funding at Davis (TA salary, plus full tuition and non-resident tuition remission) and San Diego (stipend, plus full tuition and non-resident tuition remission), and I'm trying to figure out how taxes work and how much of my stipend or salary would be left over after all taxes. Do I pay US taxes at state and federal level AND Canadian taxes as well? Any others in similar position who can explain their experience? Basically, I'm trying to figure out if I can afford this. Any thoughts are much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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