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Having a similar dilemma myself. I can see how it is worth visiting if your program hasn't yet decided on funding...but what would people recommend about visiting when you've been told you won't be funded your first year? I am apparently on a waitlist for a fellowship (as I imagine everyone else is who was admitted to this particular program without first-year funding), but I absolutely cannot attend if I do not receive funding. The plane ticket alone would be $700-800, and I'm not sure that it's worth setting myself back that much. I have also been waitlisted by a program I am more interested in. They have been very good at keeping me informed about their decision-making process, and have suggested that I am towards the top of the waitlist, which is sub-divided by field. I am afraid that if I visit the program which has accepted me, I may then receive an offer at this other program, and really have to stretch to afford a visit (or not be able to afford it at all). I'm not sure there's a very good solution to this situation (other than the program that has waitlisted me calling asap to make me an offer), but it is really stressing me out! Also, I've been lurking here for awhile without posting...it may be the only thing that has kept me sane through this terrible process! So yeah, hi everyone.