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I accepted an offer in March. Later I got admission from my top choice where I am deferring my admission to spring(as per suggestion from poi as fund will be available in spring). Now if I decline the first offer, can they charge me for tuition? What should I tell them? The first school is not in cgs while the second school is a member. I signed the offer letter which states I accept the offer. There was no mention what might occur if I decline it later. I am very tensed now. Would appreciate any help.

I am from Bangladesh. I will get tax treaty up to $8000. My stipend is $24000. Fees $2770. Then what would be the tax? (University is in raleigh,NC.)

Thank you so much...I didn't see the post...thanks for the help...

I got RAship offer. $24000 stipend. But fee is huge. $2770 annual. Can anyone here tell me about the living cost?

I got offer from Ncsu for 1 year (RA with $24000 stipend). The ranking in civil is 22 and in environmental engineering is 30. I like the school but problem is that poi wants me to work in a project related to biology rather than environmental issues. Although he told me there are other projects and he has not decided yet in which project I will work finally. I don't know whether working in the project means that I need to do my PhD on topic related to biology or not. I want to do post doc but confused if I do PhD research on biology related problem, then will it hamper my chance to get postdoc in environmental engineering or not. The second offer is fellowship ($30000) from northeastern university( ranks 40 in civil & 55 in environmental engineering) for 1.5 years. Research is a good fit here. I will be doing collaborative research with two professors. But the problem is university reputation. I don't know what to do? Any help will be appreciated.

I am from Bangladesh and need information regarding tax. I got $24000 stipend from Ncsu. I have to pay $2770 for university fees. How can I calculate the tax? In north Carolina state tax is 5.08%. What is a tax treaty?

I will get a monthly stipend of $1400(after deducting tax and fee). I need to know the living cost in Releigh. I will be attending NCSU this fall. What is the monthly rent? How much are utilities and transportation cost? Is it possible to get an apartment near the campus in $500 range?

During my application, i have mentioned the name of the professors with whom i want to work for my phd. I have emailed them before applying although none of them replied, However, i have to mention their name as it was mentioned in the application to write the name of POI in the sop. Now, it's been 3 month since i applied. But got no reply still. I think the professors whose name i have mentioned have already made offers to other students. Now can I contact any other professor in the department whose name i haven't mentioned in the sop?

I have applied to NCSU on 22 january and got admission on 5th March. I have applied for phd in civil engineering (environmental).

Is there anyone waiting for decision from Virginia Tech. I applied for phd in Civil engineering and didn't hear anything..

Thank you for your reply. I am actually tensed about job opportunity if i change my research interest into computational biology. I have found that most academic and non academic jobs in environmental engineering requires knowledge on water treatment, water quality etc. I am tensed that if i work on computational biology, it may reduce my possibility to get job in environmental engineering...

I got admission for phd in civil engineering (environmental engineering concentration) in a university that ranked around 30 in my field. i have contacted my POI before applying and he encouraged me to apply saying that he is looking for students. I contacted him again after getting admission. Two weeks later he emailed me back and told me that he is considering me for a project and asked about my interest on the project. The professor also wrote that he has other projects but the funding decision is pending. I am now confused about what to tell him. Although i am very much interested to attend the university, the project topic is about computational biology which is not related with my research interest (water treatment). Now if i tell him that i am interested to work on the project, does it mean that i have to work on this topic for my phd dissertation?

Is there anyone waiting for funding decision? I am from civil engineering... Got admission on March 5th..but didn't hear anything about funding...getting really tensed now...

Still no update for my application.. I guess I am on the waiting list...is tgre anyone else? Do they accept students from waitlists? But again I need fund along with the admission. Is it possible to get fund if anyone get accepted from wait list?