A simple truth unpopular with some: Harvard PhD stipends (~52+ k USD p.a. plus health insurance) are extremely generous.
If you're 25 y.o., get into Harvard, are getting paid ~83% of the median FT wage to study whatever you want, you're extremely fortunate.
If you're 25 y.o., get into Harvard, are getting paid ~83% of the median FT wage to study whatever you want, you're extremely fortunate.
A $51,000 annual stipend, combined with free tuition and health insurance, produces a total annual compensation package exceeding $100,000. In exchange, students work approximately 20 hours per week for say four 14-week semesters over five years. This amounts to just 1,120 hours of work over the entire five-year period, yielding an effective hourly compensation of more than $450 -- over 18 times the median hourly wage of an American worker. Even if you write off the free tuition, this wage is around 9x that of the median US worker.View quoted post on X
Not to mention that you walk away with a Harvard PhD when all is said and done. Good work if you can get it.
