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Congrats!!!

I think program A is a no brainer! Besides, if they accepted you that means that they think you'll do great! And I'd tryst their judgment, since the admission committee definitely know what they're doing. However, at the end of the day it's all about the fit: where and with whom do you see yourself working better?

I agree with @NeverTooMuchTea! The mentality of Phd and MA's applications in Europe are very different from the US. I was accepted into a bunch of Ma's in Europe (Linguistics, in the UK and the Netherlands). I accepted three of them, and then decided later on where I wanted to attend, because the deadline to decide was like in two weeks and I hadn't heard back from all programs. It's not a problem to do that in Europe because you don't have personal contacts with professors before starting the program, there's no money or wait list involved (at least in the Netherlands), and the faculty is definitely not as involved in the admission decisions as in the US. It's also not as competitive as in the US, and programs don't actively try to keep you when they accept you. They don't do that with Phd applicants, so why should they with MAs? Of course, if you want to back out, you should still do that in a timely manner!

Sure!

Me too!

I totally agree! That's why I'm probably going to the school I had the chance to visit. Going to the one I didn't visit seems riskier

Thanks for this suggestion! I've been reached out and I'll hopefully get more info. But if I don't get enough info I think I won't go to school A.

I've been accepted to two programs and I'm stuck! I don't know what to choose I'd like to know what you guys think, and have an external opinion. Premise: schools have the same prestige in my field, and they offer me about the same money (also taking into consideration the cost of life). School A: 2 professors are a great fit (I'm citing them in my thesis) and I had a skypecall the other day with one of them. BUT I did not visit the department, and the only contact I had with the faculty was that 30-mins skypecall. Not enough to know whether you could work well with someone, in my opinion. Plus, I know that I would hate the winters there, because it's really cold (school A is in Canada). So basically this school is great on paper, but it would be a blind choice. School B: The professor who would be my POI is a good fit, but not as good as those in school A. However, there's another professor in school B that's really great, and a joint supervision with the two of them would be perfect (I don't even know whether that's possible). Moreover, my potential POI has a lot of connections in my home country and does a lot of fieldwork there, which would be great for me, both in terms of networking and RA-ships. I also visited the department a month ago and fell in love with it, the athmosphere is really great, I'm sure I could work well with both professors I mentioned (we're very compatible in terms of character) and I have a couple of friends in town, so moving there would be easier. Finally, school B is located in a somewhat warmer place.

Yes that's exactly my situation, so it should work! Thanks!

Thanks for the info! I will see whether they can increase my stipend or something

Yeah it'll be over in a few weeks anyway. Hold on!

Hi! I just got offered a phd position at the University of Toronto, with a stipend of 17k CAD. Is it enough to live in the city? I have no idea about the cost of living there, and 17k seems a little low.

From what I know, they communicated admissions about a month ago. I was invited to the open house and later I was told I am in the wait list, but for another concentration. I think that if you haven't been rejected then you should be in the wait list too. Maybe e-mail them just to make sure!

That's definitely a troll... Phd applications in Europe are completely different, you have to submit a research proposal in accordance with a professor there. It's just impossible to submit more than one or two applications per cycle.

It doesn't sound like a bad nor good e-mail. I think it just means that he doesn't have questions for you / has everything he needs for the dept to make a decision. At this point I would just wait, in the end it's just a few days good luck!