My salary and expenses as a PhD student at MSU

[@farihatasnim8811]

Thank you for your video. Would you make a vdo on international student expenses?

[@MaddieMettler]

I unfortunately don’t know much about international student expenses and how they differ from my own! I know most international students tend to live on campus, but I’m not sure how stipends work since international students have student visas which I’m not sure if they allow for paid work.

[@PerceptiveLiving]

Hello Maddie Thanks for sharing this video. But I was wondering why you pay for tuition, are there no tuition waivers for RAs/TAs in your department as a PhD student at MSU?

[@MaddieMettler]

Great question! At the start of that semester I was actually a masters student. The funding/waiver system works a bit differently depending on the program.

[@PerceptiveLiving]

@@MaddieMettler I get it. I just feel that no matter how the waiver system works no one should be paying for a PhD program.

[@MaddieMettler]

@@PerceptiveLiving I definitely agree! Luckily that was just a one semester thing I think. Also, I ended up getting a refund for most of that semester of tuition which was nice. One of the things that is so difficult about grad school is how little they tell you. As an undergrad, there is info everywhere and flowcharts and people explicitly telling you things. But that’s not really the case in grad school. I think I need to do an updated version of this video and give info about things I learned about finances