Just got an email from a school. Back story: I've been accepted with funding, and a TAship. Then the school sent me a letter to the effect that they needed to know if I wanted the TA job, and they needed to know by March 16. They sent me another email today, asking the same thing.
I thought we'd gone over this already, but I said it again: I wrote them a very nice email stating that, yes, I did want a TAship.
They wrote me back immediately and said, no, they needed to know "whether you accepted our offer of a TAship for fall (as this would also accept our admittance). We would then count on your enrolling in our program for the fall. Please clarify!"
I mentioned it to a buddy of mine who's also applying to doctoral in History, and he said Indiana U. wrote him the following:
"I realize that you may be considering admission and aid offers from other universities. You should be aware that American universities are party to an agreement that prohibits any of us from forcing applicants to make a decision before April 15."
So I'm a little confused. I wrote back to the school asking THEM to "clarify" if they are putting me on the spot.
Anybody know about this stuff? Is this alleged agreement true?