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Thanks Behavingmyself, I already ask to 2 grad students, and it looks like is that much. I also ask about housing, and It seems is even worse than what I originally thought. Is impossible for me to go to the visit day, like I said I am international student and just the airplane ticket is more than 1500 usd. I have some savings, but the idea was never spending all in the first year. I can also ask for a loan in my country but I think is just not worth it. I´m on waitlist for funding in other programs, but it funding is a bad as this offer, I think is just not good to do a Phd.

Thanks Thagzone and Barista. I´m an international student, that´s why I´m really concern with funding. The resident tuition is almost the same that the nonresident tuition , like 15.000 usd. Even If i get some fee remission for being a TA, it looks like I still need to pay almost 9.000 usd for tuition, that means that I will only have 10.000 for living expenses. After seeing housing prices it looks like is actually impossible to live with that, so most probably I will have to decline the offer. Thanks again for taking the time to answer.

HI, I have been admitted to the Ph.D program in Economics in UC Davis. I got the following offer: (i) nonresident tuition fellowship for the first three years and (ii) salary of 19.000$ per year (TA). I would like to know how much I can cover of the living cost in Davis? Mi conjecture is that I will not be able to cover much with this money. Specially because I just got the nonresident tuition. HOw other people do it??. Thanks

what is your job in the Central Bank? I also came from Latin America and I also used to work at the CB of my country, and I know that the type of job you do at research division might not be research. Are you working doing just research?, as a research assistant to senior economist?, or are you working doing conjuncture analysis or forecasting??. I think that there a huge difference depending what type of work you are doing. Specially about what the letters that you get in the CB might say. Personally I used 5 letters to apply, 3 from professors, and 2 from work (my boss with a phd in UCLA and the boss of my boss with a phd in Stanford, neither of them has published in relevant journals in the last couple of years, just working papers and articles in the CB journal), and I got better results in the universities where I applied just using professors letters (one was my thesis advisor, other one I did RA and Ta with, and the last one a professor I just take 2 classes). Other thing you need to consider is which else is aplying, for example the year that I applied there were 10 people from my University appliying, and I suppose the same number from the other top school in my country. Normally the programs just select one person per country, specially latin america country, so its important to know who else is appliying. The year I did I knew most of the people applying with me has better grades, so I try to look for programs that fit my profile more specifically, where I could have some advantage. In conclusion, I think that just working at the CB do not change your profile a lot, so you should include more safetys, and drop some of the top schools you're applying.

If you have money to support yourself 1 year, in the case they do not give you funding, I will said go to Davis, if not, it is too risky, go to the funded one.

Hi, with respect with number 2), the 3 years are only tuition fellowship??, no stipend?? if that the case, you have the money to support yourself ? I don´t think this as a good offer, do yo have other options?