zagorthespirit

Yes that is why I said it. We should be making our choices in the coming weeks as deadlines approach and I think we should make our decisions knowing that they are guaranteed not to be dropped by them. I have a MSc offer from top european Uni and a PhD offer US Uni. At that point, european one is a safer choice for me. If i reject it in favor of US Uni, and end up in a situation where I won't be admitted, everything will be spoiled. So, we have to decide and this is an important aspect that should be considered during our decisions.

First of all, blaming a country and blaming people of that country are two different things. Although the whole sentence, who is to blame, me?, my university, US university, China?, was just to show that nobody expected the situation regarding to the admissions, and hence i wrote them all together and only commas to separate them. I was trying to say, nobody is guilty, so what will happen? But still, I have to be clear about one thing: China is responsible for not banning wet markets. As you may know this is seen as SARS-2, and China, having experienced SARS in 2002-3, should have banned wet market trade and shouldn't have endangered the humanity, both their citizens, most of whom had nothing to do with this, as well as others. Most of the world will sanction China for that after they will deal with the pandemic, this has nothing to do with xenophobia. I read the very same things on financial times last week regarding the economic impact of this and how the world will respond to China about wet market trade after Coronavirus.

same here. I am an undergrad. my university postponed the classes for 3 weeks. I might not even graduate this year. This thing has literally spoiled everything. So if I accept the offer i got, and I can't start my PhD, who is to blame, me?, my university, US university, China? I can't help but think about the next year. Do I have to apply again? What about the money I already spent on ten university applications, GRE Toefl Scores and etc. I also don't get how people here don't talk about this. THIS IS REAL AND HERE. They still post about how they should decide which school to go and etc. Guys come on. We should be talking about this, asking questions to admission offices and etc. many of us might end up with nothing in hand for next year.

my friend, i think it is perfectly reasonable to be anxious about it. Here in this forum, I see people that are crazy about the admissions and etc. yet do not realize the threat of this pandemic and possibly effecting everything including our beloved grad programs. I received an acceptance last week and i fear, it might be spoiled, i might not even be admitted next year due to unforeseen issues relating to covid-19. I also would like to know about it and ask the department but i don't have the balls to do so.