Living in Ithaca - 19,000 (before tax) good enough?

[Guest digger]

Any Cornellians in here?

[Guest ptoliporthos]

I live in Ithaca (not a grad student - yet) but I made aboput 16K working and thought that was fairly comfortable as a living wage in Ithaca. My apartment was 500 + utilities and I spend most of my money on books and alcohol - so I imagine that 19k for a single grad student should be very comfortable.

[Guest]

Thats plenty. Rent is cheap in Ithaca, as is transportation and entertainment. I was looking for a new apt myself and found this site:

http://www.ithacarenting.com/other.html

$300 apts! You get what you pay for but thats just an idea.

[Guest Econ]

Digger,

I received the same award (you're in econ., right?), and am also wondering if it will be enough for Ithaca. I have a friend who received $30k from Stanford, and he thinks the Cornell offer will probably go farther in Ithaca, than his award will in Palo Alto.

Congrats on your admit. I'll probably see you in the Fall.

[Guest Qq]

There is nowhere in Ithaca for you to spend money, so I think you have far more than enough

[Bianca]

I got the same Cornell fellowship from the Human Development dept and everyone I talked to who already lives there says it's more than enough, especially if you share an appt

[Guest digger]

Thanks people.

Hey Econ, yeah I am Econ but Applied Econ. But I guess first years are the same. I am actually very much "Econ" at heart just too risk averse

Definitely see you in the Fall.

All the best.