UConn 2012-2013

[thingsandorders]

Hello friends,

I am an incoming graduate student for fall 2012. I have received my stipend info. And as I have had a long experience following your chats concerning stipends, I have seen that everybody's notions of being able to live or not differs.

So I would like to ask graduate students at UConn directly. If you are enrolled right now, can you live on your stipend which is: 19.383 this year with a highly subsidized health insurance and with a summer funding which is 1.734 for less hours a week and for 6 weeks in summer only.

One grad student graduating this year told me that I can. What do you do? Do you need extra money or can you live with the amount if you are careful?

Best,

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[NYScholars]

We would need more information. It really depends on the state and city due to cost of living. $19k in NYC has a different purchasing power compare to Ohio.