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Hi @LUCASH and @jellyfish7. Thank you for your replies and kind thoughts. I truly appreciate this. I have asked the the department for more details about potential LOA in the first year. Let's see what they say and hoping for the best. Although it is good, I also have some personal fit issues here at this place as it was not in top choices, so that has been a cause of great anxiety as this is my only offer.

Hi, new on the thread. I hope everyone is well and that the admissions cycle has been going relatively okay for people. I was fortunate to receive one offer this year from a good school. I was hoping to defer after having a pretty hard past year personally (health) but this school does not do deferrals. I absolutely feel that I cannot start doctoral work this fall. Any advice or have other people been in this situation? Is my best bet to reapply to places next year and hope for the best? Or am I crazy to not take up the offer? Sorry, it's a hard question. Thank you.