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Do programs that adhere to the April 15th resolution have to provide funding information (or announce that they will not provide funding to you) by that date? I still haven't heard from one of the schools I've been admitted to (that adheres to the resolution) and am wondering if they have to provide an answer by then or if that resolution just means I don't have to decide until at least the 15th?

Hey! I am hopefully attending Oregon State in the fall as well! I'll let you know if that's where I officially settle on. I was also not able to visit the program due to work and the pandemic but I was able to visit the campus on my own. My boss lived in Corvallis for many years and recommended some foodie places to me that I enjoyed and thought I'd pass on to you. -McMenamins Pub - American Dream Pizza - If you don't have a dutch bros near you, you should definitely check that out. Obviously not very many suggestions, and none of them experiential, but thought I'd give them just the same. If you want to make the ~1.5 hour trip to Portland here's some fun things to do: - VooDoo Doughnuts or Blue Star Doughnuts -Seeing a Thorns game at Providence Park - Walk or drive down Mississippi Ave for plenty of local shops and eateries - Powell's City of Books (a huge, multi-story bookshop) - Salt and Straw Ice Cream Hope this helps! Maybe see you in the fall!

Greeley is definitely a college town. Outside of UNC, there's not a ton to do. There's a pretty infamous smell and the community is very rural. You will be close to the mountains if you're looking for things to do on a free weekend. Cost of living is very student-friendly. You could live by yourself for 700-900/month. The town is predominantly White but the campus is pretty diverse racially. As it's not CSU or CU, the campus is mostly attended by Colorado undergrads. On campus transportation is plentiful during the school year but Greeley itself doesn't have much of a public transportation infrastructure as far as I'm aware.

I am now feeling discouraged about the whole grad school process. I received acceptance to my top two programs (yay) and visited both. I liked both of them but option A is definitely a better fit for me. My would-be mentor at B is shifting her research focus away from my core area of focus. My would-be mentor at A has many projects I would enjoy working on. I also didn't like the location of B. I could definitely adjust to it if I needed to but option A is a much better option for me. A is also rated better and seems to have more prestige. Everything else is pretty much the same between the two. Obviously, I was very much planning on going to A all things considered, and getting very excited about it. However, April came around and I still hadn't received any funding information at A. I reached out to the program head to check on what the timeline might be. During the interview, he promised all students get funding. In his email reply, however, he said that they were trying to figure out funding and couldn't make me any promises. So now I'm feeling pretty sketched out by the program with being promised one thing months ago and now being told there's no promise of anything. All the grad students I've talked to have said that they have received funding all five years and that the stipend is enough to live on. Option B has given me funding information (guaranteed for all five years) but all students have a part time job on top of their schooling responsibilities. Any insight on what I should do? Do I take the promised offer at a worse fit or do I risk needing to take out loans, work, and likely drop out from the stress at the better option?