Hi, I have also been admitted to Stony Brook this cycle and I suspect my funding is about the same range as yours. I'd love to go to the university if it could only be guaranteed that the stipend would be enough to live semi-comfortably on Long Island; i.e. I have pretty identical questions to those that were in your original posting. Since I can't make the visiting weekend, I'd really appreciate it if you could share here after your visit whether such range of stipend would be enough. I have asked similar questions about the cost of living to the recent graduate students at SBU around me (but no one current!), and will also share it here once I get something back. Cheers.