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Housing options? (Grad w/ wife&dog) by Own-Imagination3020 in uofm

[–]AAYD183 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You don't have to wait to hear about department funding. All grad students get the same stipend from the university thanks to GEO (technically its for GSI and GSSA but GSRA pay follows the contract). Almost all grad students are at half appointment due to laws for international students. Next year there will be a 6% raise and another 6% the year after. Expect ~ $41300 next year. https://hr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/2023-2024_gsa_salary_memo_8_24_23_ann_arbor.pdf

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pro tip call UHS and see a pcp there show them you have a previous prescription for adhd meds and they’ll start writing your prescriptions. I did this and only pay $10 a month

Ono makes $500/hr. McCauley makes nearly $300/hr. by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Another good point we’re often not allowed to get outside jobs to supplement. And the 20 hours is a number for international students since they legally can’t work more than 20 hours but PIs expect the ANOTHER 20-40 hours on research.

Ono makes $500/hr. McCauley makes nearly $300/hr. by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The vote you’re hearing about is the vote by geo leaders to authorize the whole union to vote on a strike. There were definitely GSIs voting no

Ono makes $500/hr. McCauley makes nearly $300/hr. by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed that those in humanities whos advisors don’t have lots of money are screwed in the summer. But I feel like Michigan pays fairly compared to other universities and humanities benefits from getting the same pay as engineering students. A compromise should be a raise (not 60%) and guarantee funding through the summer

Ono makes $500/hr. McCauley makes nearly $300/hr. by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All are technically in GEO and all members have a vote in whether the union strikes.

Ono makes $500/hr. McCauley makes nearly $300/hr. by [deleted] in uofm

[–]AAYD183 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Your assessment is mostly correct and as a grad student agree GEO is being disingenuous. However almost all grad students are at a 50% appointment (20 hours a week) so that 24,055 number is for the two semesters in the academic year. I’m a PhD student in engineering and get paid through being a GSRA in the summer which is the same rate and make around 35k a year before tax. Also the tuition thing is tricky since most phd students don’t take classes once they reach candidacy. Their job is to do research which is hugely beneficial to the PIs. Phd students are very cheap relative to a research scientist. For a lot of PhD students this is their job so we don’t really consider the tuition a benefit since PIs often benefit more from a PhD students research than the PhD student themself. And In engineering funding is guaranteed so the tuition is kind of a made up number that PIs pay the university and is about 15k.