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<p>Did I say that? It really doesn’t matter what “anecdotal evidence” there is, because we’ve seen here that different people have had different experiences with different schools. That’s anecdotal evidence, and it’s all over the place. What the instructions say is what counts, if you’re getting a result that you don’t agree with.</p>
<p>Did I say anecdotal evidence matters?</p>
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…it is a rarity for parents to provide 50% of support to a graduate student.</p>
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<p>Exactly…once you add up the cost of tuition, housing, food, personal expenses, transportation (car, whatever), very few parents are contributing 50%+ to a student who still lives in the home during non-academic times. A grad student’s costs can easily be $60k per year plus…few parents are providing 51% of those costs. </p>
<p>And…most grad students are probably living in full-time 12 month apts and are only brief visitors in their parents’ homes. </p>
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<p>Nope, but I felt that was implied. Pardon me if I was mistaken. As I’m sure you’re aware, anecdotal evidence on an internet discussion forum is about as reliable as… hmmm, I can’t come up with a good enough metaphor right now. But I think you get the point.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, the grad student does not have to be living in the home to be counted as the “in college” number if parental support is in the picture. I guess this scenario would be for grad students whose parents are fully funding an apartment, food, etc.? </p>