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Life
8 articles tagged Life.
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Building an Emergency Fund on a Grad Stipend (Yes, It's Possible)
A realistic, small-scale approach to emergency savings that works within stipend-level income rather than pretending it doesn't exist.
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Can Grad Students Have a Side Job? What Your Funding Terms Actually Say
Why funded grad students should check their appointment terms before taking on outside work, and what's usually allowed.
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Credit Building 101 for Broke Grad Students
How to build credit on a modest, irregular stipend income, and the mistakes that quietly damage a score without an obvious warning.
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Grad Housing Math: How Much of Your Stipend Should Rent Eat?
A realistic rent-to-stipend framework for grad students, since the standard 'rent is 30% of income' rule breaks down on a stipend budget.
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Grad Student Grocery Guide: Aldi Meals for About $35–40 a Week
Real, filling meals a graduate student can build on a stipend, sourced almost entirely from Aldi.
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Should Grad Students Even Think About Retirement Savings? Yes, and Here's Why
Why starting retirement savings on a stipend, even a small amount, has an outsized long-term effect thanks to compounding, and how fellowship income complicates IRA eligibility.
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The Grad Student Health Insurance Cheat Sheet
What's usually included in a university student health plan, what commonly isn't, and the questions to ask before you need care.
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Time Management for Graduate Students: Coursework, Research, and TA Duties Without Burning Out
A realistic system for balancing the three competing demands of graduate school, built around the fact that research time doesn't protect itself.