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He said he wanted to make sure this area was suitable for me by giving the project and would make his decision at any time. It is an unpaid work. My current idea is, I do some work but not to the 20 hours/week extent, because I believe it is unreasonable to take this work without being admitted. At least, this is a study opportunity and a mild solution (I think) to this dilemma. But I have a concern here. Can he turn my application rejected because of his personal feelings?

First he asked how much time do I have. I replied roughly 10 hours/week. He said at least 20 and I said I would like a try. Meanwhile I asked multiple times for what the topic could be but he did not mention. Then after 4 days, he suddenly gave the project and details inside with a new e-mail. However, I don't really know what the 4 days' gap really means. I assume he tried to contact other prospective applicants... I haven't responded by now after I received this project email. I personally don't think that it is for real that one applicant will be given a project for admission consideration. I searched similar cases on the Internet but got nothing.

Hi all, I am now a master student and have applied for 4 PhD programs and only 1 professor contacted me by now and it is quiet for the other 3. After several emails, he offered me a project, involving new concepts, 2 new programming languages (My familiar one is prohibited in this case), collecting data and creating a model to simulate a targeted activity. He gave me 8 weeks and advised me to work over 20 hours a week and report to him regularly which he marked "mandatory". This mail made me upset. I really do not know whether some other guys have faced the same situations before. I really do not know what to do next. My opinion is, I would not want to work for this professor. Also, this university is not my first choice. However, considering no news coming from other programs and the sacrifice I will make to conduct this project, I feel sick. What is more, given that I took this work, it still does not mean I would be definitely admitted in the future. Could some one give me some advice? Thanks very much.