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by bboston7 2256 days ago
> Many PhDs in America expect you to be self-supporting, so you have to take up a loan.

This is not true in America, at least not in the sciences. I've never heard of a reputable computer science PhD program in the United States that didn't wave tuition and provide a stipend for its students. Additionally, all of the of the other PhD students I've met in the sciences have a stipend from their program. Sometimes those stipends have strings attached, like teaching requirements.