Question for Ancient Mediterranean Religions Folk

[newenglandshawn]

Even not working for only the first year would pose a problem for me as I would be trying to support my wife and three kids at the same time!! I guess I am not going to freak out about it right now, and just see where things go in the future and then cross that bridge when I get there.

Edited December 9, 2013 by newenglandshawn

[diazalon]

UT is the same (i.e you aren't allowed to work another job). That said, 1,400 / mo (no summers, but with health insurance) is enough to live in a decent apartment in Austin with a roommate.

 

"No summers" as in you do not get paid in the summer? Does that mean your stipend is $12-14k?

[MBIGrad]

The stipend is $16k and isn't supposed to cover summer. All this really does make Yale look like a knight in shining armor, especially has one a family. By the way, for those who receive an assistantship and still end up driving pizzas (as I am now), you can get a lot out of Phil Harland's "Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean" podcast while out on deliveries.

[newenglandshawn]

All this really does make Yale look like a knight in shining armor, especially has one a family. 

 

What is Yale's deal?

[sacklunch]

They have a high stipend, low cost of living, and apparently don't ban their students from working a side job if needed (though that likely isn't nec. for the aforementioned reasons).

[newenglandshawn]

How much is a "high stipend"? Living in the New Haven, CT area doesn't sound like my idea of a good time, though! And they have - what? - about a 3% acceptance rate??

[sacklunch]

I think it's slightly over 20k? A friend in NELC mentioned it when he got in about how it was quite a bit higher than the other big names.

[MBIGrad]

Yale's stipends are closer to $30k, their acceptance rate is about the same as everyone else's ("low").Their insurance is considerably better than elsewhere.

[sacklunch]

MBI, does FSU really not have an electronic recommendation deal? Haha...so old school. 

[diazalon]

Yale's stipends are closer to $30k, their acceptance rate is about the same as everyone else's ("low").Their insurance is considerably better than elsewhere.

 

Yale starts at 28.5, and goes up the longer you stay. Plus the teaching stipend is a generous 9k, though you will only get that a few semesters. Housing is quite variable, depending on where you want to live. East Rock, you're looking at about a dollar a square foot or more. But if you want to live on the other side of Prospect, or a bit further out in Westville or further up Whitney towards Hamden, you can get a nice place for relatively little money. 

Edited December 9, 2013 by diazalon

[dr. t]

Housing is quite variable, depending on where you want to live. East Rock, you're looking at about a dollar a square foot or more. But if you want to live on the other side of Prospect, or a bit further out in Westville or further up Whitney towards Hamden, you can get a nice place for relatively little money. 

 

Man, perspective is a wacky thing. A dollar per square foot sounds ridiculously cheap!

[MBIGrad]

No, FSU allows electronic recommendations, but once requested, you can't format, edit, resend the requests until you have turned in the rest of your application. I put in one of my profs emails in wrong, and now I have to have my entire application in before I can resend the request. I guess I'll finish the writing sample...

[AbrasaxEos]

New Haven is relatively inexpensive compared to Boston/NYC, but I wouldn't quite call it a "low" cost of living such as you would find down south or in the midwest.  Also, whereas in NYC and Boston you can live in a number of different places depending mostly on your tolerance for longer commutes, New Haven is an incredibly compressed city.  As in, you can walk a block or three west from the multi-million dollar homes on Prospect Hill and be in an area that is pretty rough.  I actually pay close to what I did in New Haven in Boston at the moment, but my situation is a unique one (i.e. a commune) that I know would not work for everyone.  I also enjoy Boston a lot more.  I have a number of detailed posts on the New Haven board over at the City forum for those of you moving there.