Lunch with grad students

[chronicx]

Who pays? What is the norm

[Rachel B]

I visited a college this past weekend and the grad students took me out to lunch. The program director gave the students his debit card, but I'm not sure if this is the norm.

[Eigen]

For our department, we pay when we take prospectives out, and we get reimbursed at some point in the future.

[rising_star]

This can vary. At my MA institution, one grad paid and the department reimbursed that person. My PhD department doesn't really do recruitment and doesn't set aside funds for it. My advisor might decide he'll pay, depending on who the visiting student is. Otherwise, we take them some place nearby and affordable and everyone pays their own bill.

[Spriteling]

Every lunch with PhD students I've been on, the students paid, and would later be reimbursed by the department.

[chronicx]

Ohh k...so if you offer to pay...do u take care of them too