incomingstatsPhD

@Stat Postdoc Soon Faculty What if my first semester grades are really great? The issue is that year 2 is essentially all research at my program as quals and coursework are finished. I would rather spend that year at my program of choice.

Any thoughts on people transferring in year 1? Say a student is joining in the fall and wants to send out applications in December for the next fall. I am an incoming PhD student, but I am having pretty serious second thoughts on my choice of school. I do not want to shake things up in terms of contacting my school and telling them I am having second thoughts, because I am unsure my other choice would be willing to respect the original offer. The pandemic has also made the situation even tougher on departments in terms of offers and funding. My issue is that I would not even really have an advisor from the school I am joining the fall who could write me a letter for fall 2021 because I would have just joined a few months earlier.