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awesome. thanks for your help!

I'm a little worried that my lack of fit is not as obvious as I would like it to be. Since accepting the offer at my current university I put my interests to the side in order to try and make myself fit in the department. However, it is only recently that I decided that it is silly to not purse my own interests at a university when there are others that may be a better fit. So, for all anybody knows in department, I'm a fine fit. I'm concerned this will all come off as dishonest.

That's ideally what would happen in my situation. Essentially, you focus on how the fit is not right? My concern is that the people in the department will take it personally. I suppose I could start drafting a speech beforehand.

dewbackguy, if you dont mind me asking, how did you tell your department/advisor? While I have yet to officially select an advisor, I have been working with a faculty member and it is essentially assumed that I am his student. I'm very worried about telling him. I'm hoping he will be supportive and possibly write me a letter of recommendation.

great to know there is somebody else in the same boat! My pro and con list is pretty similar, however I am not as concerned about basically starting again, I've mentally prepared for that. It seems to me that, in the big scheme of things, a year or so isn't a big deal if I'm doing what's interesting to me and I have a good funding package. Also during these two years I'll have done other things besides course work that will have been useful to me.

I am currently in my second semester of a Phd Program. I've come to realize that my current institution is not the best fit for me. Since this realization I have contacted POIs at better fit schools about applying next fall. So far, I have received nothing but positive responses. I'm just curious if anybody here has successfully switched institutions part way through a Phd program. If so, do you have any tips? thanks!

CUNY it is!

rejected!

options options options, always good. I'm hanging around for UCLA as well, but Im not counting on it. I'm getting excited about New York. Let me know when you decide, maybe we'll be classmates.

awesome! will you take it? I have a friend going to CUNY this fall, it would be really cool to know another person

great! will do the same.

for realsssss

UCLA.... please.....

when will we know??? has anybody called recently? I e-mailed with no response last week. I'm really close to accepting another offer but I just want to weigh all my options.