plisar

I would still look into that more closely FSIA. If I don't have to pay taxes on stipend used for books and other educational expenses, I would be shocked if you need to pay taxes on supplemental income spent directly on tuition.

This is true. The IRS will occasionally come back and ask the university of this information, so be careful.

Can you explain how this is the case? Does the university withhold on it? Essentially, my understanding on the tax code, as well as my university's head accountant is that any income spent on tuition is automatically tax deductible.

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Yes, but the department can PAY your tuition for you. This is different than a waiver, and I'm all but certain that Texas does this for candidates they want to fund.

Even if you are a university employee, any money given out as remission for paying tuition, fees, or any other educational expenses is almost never taxable.

No, it is not.

His spouse is a medical resident. I doubt she's working half time. Jim, let me see what I can scrounge up for you on child care at Michigan.

Anything is better than the 10.5K some places offer.

Some schools will pay out fellowship during the summer...

Michigan's CS program is excellent, the faculty are committed, and the city is awesome. Ann Arbor is an amazing place!

I don't think you guys realize the sheer volume of material a graduate school receives, especially when you consider the fact taht much of it is processed by a team of less than 10 people (less than five in many cases). This is a VERY difficult process each year, requiring long hours for months at a time. If someone treated you coldly, especially at the central level, it's best to simply ignore it.

Lots of schools coming up. Ultimately, I am only waiting on three schools: news from Harvard and MIT, and who knows what is going on with Berkeley. Othewise, I already know where I'm leaning toward.

If anyone wants any info about Michigan, please feel free to contact me.

Also, your recommenders are going to know this has been a tough year and likely sympathize with you. Keep your chin up and contact them soon. They'll be more than willing to help you out and make sure you fix some of the mistakes you made!

Hey for those of you getting admitted to ND or JHU, any of you see any changes in status on your website, or are they still blank? Thanks!

LOL, take a look at the great Duke slaughter of 2009...although they only admitted ten people.

That makes three.

Congrats you're in!!!

Yeah, me too. That wasn't nice of them.

Rejected from Michigan on Wolverine Access. At least they made it short and sweet unlike Berkley which is keeping me on their string for another day.

It looks like the obligatory Berkeley rejections are coming out in full force now.

Congrats rlayla, this is positively fantastic--you should be proud. Now you have two difficult choices. Plisar

Just watch out for one thing -- "as long as money is available." Otherwise, it is a binding contract and there is very little they can do about it beyond failing you out of the program. Typically schools would rather take no one new than defund current students.

It's legit, she went to Harvard this year and it sounds like she has an in with someone on the adcomm. Expect that we should hear something by Monday.