I have been accepted to four graduate programs. I have thrown out my fallback. And probably throwing out my dream school, Brandeis, because I don't think I will be able to provide the rest of my funding. So this leaves me with 2 potential schools, both for Public History.
One of these schools has accepted me with a great funding package. The other school has only accepted and said that funding decisions would be sent out by April 15 at LATEST. My problem is that the first school asked me for an answer to their TA position by April 3. That leaves 12 days that the other school (the one I would prefer to accept) could contact me!
I remember reading on the main history admissions topic that grad schools can't force a decision until April 15. Is this true? Is this also true for financial aid? I just feel like this is a bit ridiculous. I paid for all of those application fees and should be able to wait until every answer has come through before making a decision.