A similar analysis has been circulating mailing lists at MIT over the past few days and all the grad students are already freaked out by this. As someone who i

A similar analysis has been circulating mailing lists at MIT over the past few days and all the grad students are already freaked out by this. As someone who is in the process of applying to phd programs and has already made peace with the lost earnings this really sucks. If this provision makes it into the tax code I will have to strongly reconsider my plans, as will many other students.