University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Stipend Amount

[immersion]

Hey Folks, I was recently accepted to UMIchigan and I am a little worried about the stipend amount. I wanted to have a forum for other folks who were worried about their respective stipend amounts from the program. What are other ppl. getting? I even have a fellowship from Rackham and I am still worried about the amount of money I am getting. Plus, its going to be cold and I don't want to be lonely...

[omgninjas]

I am in at Michigan and was told that stipend amounts are not necessarily inflexible. I'm not really down to discuss specifics, but if you really want to go and are willing to negotiate a better offer, I don't see why you wouldn't try.

[Comfect]

Ann Arbor isn't that expensive - their stipend didn't seem unreasonable. That said, if you want to negotiate, as omgninjas says, more power to you. Unlikely to hurt, might help. But compared to living on the same stipend in, say, Boston, New York, or Chicago, I wouldn't worry as much about Ann Arbor.

[immersion]

Really? I heard Ann Arbor was expensive as hell....Plus, it is the lowest amount out of all the school to which I was accepted..