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Quanics is correct. I would never recommend paying your own way at a graduate program--go where you are funded. A graduate stipend will net to about $20k/year (there are some amazi…

Often, you don't. When I applied to graduate school I intended to keep my full time "real pay" job. My PhD program only accepted students who would take a graduate student stipend …

It is certainly smart to spend some time outside of school after your undergraduate education before attending graduate school. However, I would still encourage potential applicant…

During the mid-90s, a high school math teacher gave me extra credit for presenting my class a slight variation of this CC verification algorithm, thus providing a real-world applic…

While it might be true that TAs are "undervalued" in their paycheck, you have to also account for the fact that the university is often paying 5-20k+ for your tuition, fees, insura…