Bargaining for higher Stipend

[samman1994]

Hello everyone,

There is something I have been hearing for quite some time now in my various interviews, and now that I've heard back from almost everyone (and am pretty sure as to the decision of those I haven't), I've started thinking about it. 

So from what I've heard, it is possible to basically ask for a higher stipend by informing the school of interest that another school is offering you admissions but with a higher stipend. From this, you proceed to basically see if they can match or even go higher than what the other school is offering. 

Is this a bad idea? I assume a stipend is calculated taking in living conditions and tuition, and whatnot. So asking anymore isn't exactly "necessary" (as what you might say if you were asking a raise for a job), but rather a bit greedy. Each school will give a stipend for each location and its living cost, so it also seems useless to compare one schools stipend to another. Be that as it may, I do also enjoy extra money and am curious as to how one would proceed to go about this and the potential repercussions. 

 

[Elephas]

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