funding yourself

[radquish7]

Hi all,

I believe I was waitlisted/accepted without funding at one of my top schools. I wanted to get some advice from you guys on self-funding the first year of the PhD. Is it considered a faux pas to fund yourself for a year through federal loans etc? Is this even possible, seeing as the program would have to agree to fund me the next 3 years? Is this something that is usually negotiable?

thanks!

rad

[jlloyd87]

Hi all,

I believe I was waitlisted/accepted without funding at one of my top schools. I wanted to get some advice from you guys on self-funding the first year of the PhD. Is it considered a faux pas to fund yourself for a year through federal loans etc? Is this even possible, seeing as the program would have to agree to fund me the next 3 years? Is this something that is usually negotiable?

thanks!

rad

I don't think funding yourself would cause anybody to think negatively toward you. I know the maximum Stafford loan for a single year is $20,500. I have no idea what kind of sources there are for private funding opportunities.