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My PhD program, in CS (top 20 school), for an American, was basically free back in the early 2000s. At times it seemed like there were more fellowships than st
by lokar 9mo ago
My PhD program, in CS (top 20 school), for an American, was basically free back in the early 2000s. At times it seemed like there were more fellowships than students. I'm not sure if that has changed.
- gs17 9mo agoMy CS PhD was not only free, I got a decent stipend, and that's still common, but it often depends on grant funding, which has been less stable lately.
- lokar 9mo agoOh, yeah, I mean by free, "net free", like the stipend cover almost all my expenses.
- Spivak 9mo agoI feel like I maybe should've been more explicit about him having gone all the way from undergrad to a PhD was all paid for by being a line cook. Yeah, he didn't actually pay for his PhD program because he got a fellowship but that's also not really the point. He was still able to pay for the expensive part on what was barely over minimum wage for the time.