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I just saw the news that University of Arizona is withdrawing funded Philosophy PhD offers for applicants who have not committed to their program due to the current COVID situation. Is there any chance that we will see similar things happening in Stats/Biostats?
I have one funded offer and a couple of waitlists. I was thinking of waiting closer to April 15th to accept the offer, but what's happening at U of Arizona got me kind of worried...

GRE: 166 (Verbal), 168 (Math)
GPA: 3.92 (UofT Engsci undergrad), 4.00 (Harvard CSE master)
Quant GRE: NONE
Research: Monte Carlo, Markov Chain theory
Publication: NONE
Courses: Took graduate probability and inference at master; not much advanced math classes
Recommendation: strong letters, profs know me well. 
Admit: harvard, berkeley, duke
Rejection: University of Florida, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Columbia University in the City of New York, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania etc.
Decision: I will remain at Harvard even though Berkeley seems to be a better place to go with more "big names". This choice is personal because I know Harvard better and it suits me well so far.
Advice: I think it is more important for one to focus on thinking and problem solving than worrying too much about the institution they will be affiliated to.
Contact: you can contact me with yufan_li@g.harvard.edu if you have any questions about application or would like to collaborate on a research project/problem.
This forum has been helpful. Thanks!
 
 
 

@bayessays I have also heard that to be true. I don’t know anyone who has actually done that though even after getting a better offer after the deadline. People much more clever than me have said that might hurt my career. 

If both schools abide by the CGS’ april 15th deadline you might have to get a release from the first school to attend the second one. Just something to keep in mind. 

I've asked in the past, but has anyone/is anyone going to decline CMU Joint Stats Public Policy? I will literally accept their offer within epsilon small seconds after they contact me.

It sounds like many of you have been admitted to multiple amazing schools- congratulations!! That is such an incredible accomplishment! If you haven't already, would you please decline any offers that you know you won't be using as soon as you possibly can?  I know some of us are still waiting on schools and it would make our lives just a bit easier. Thank you!! Good luck with your difficult decisions!

Didn't apply to UCD, but got rejection very early from NCSU. I emailed TAMU and UNC in mid Feb and all they said was something along the line of "we're still reviewing applications and can't give an answer"
UNC had their campus visit on Feb 21 (one of my friends went and told me they were about to send out 2nd round offers soon). Some mid-range schools like UTAustin told me they are about to send out 2nd round offers in March. So I guess there's definitely more coming. Tbh I have no clue about TAMU, they said they still sent out offers until May. Anybody here got accepted? What's their response deadline?