1 Consider starting a psychology club at your school. 2  Look for volunteer opportunities in your community. 3  Start looking at universities during your junior year.  Get to know your teachers so that they will be able to offer good letters of recommendation.
A stipend is a fixed, regular payment, usually meant to pay for something specific. It's kind of like an allowance, but for grownups â a college scholarship might include a stipend each semester for books, for example.
This is called the workers' compensation offset. The amount of workers' comp that is taxable is the same amount by which Social Security reduces your disability payments. Thus, if SSA lowers your monthly SSDI check by $250 due to the workers' compensation offset, then $250 of your workers' comp is taxable.ccasionally workers' compensation benefits are paid with interest, often when the insurance company caused a considerable delay or was involved in egregious conduct. Any interest paid is considered taxable income.