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I posted a little while back about accepting an offer from a supervisor from a safety school when I thought all hope was lost for the others I applied to. Well the supervisor didnt give me a very reasonable time frame, said they needed to know my March, and of course I hadnt heard from anywhere by then so I had no choice to accept.

I did get rejected from two of the four I applied to but recently was emailed by a PI at the one school out of them all I thought was a long shot (super pumped!), anyway not that anything is set in stone but of course I will want to go there if there is a possibility

Im worried that if an offer comes I will have to bail on my current PI who Ive already told I would work with, and started summer research and everything!! Will they understand that I really believe its the best option career-wise for me? ORRR will it be a HUGE deal and;

-I lose my summer research job
-they email the PI at the other school who Id be working with and tell them what Ive done...ie, tell them nothing but bad things about me
-Both schools just flat out hate me........and I have nowhere to go

Kind of anxious about this.....ugh

I posted a little while back about accepting an offer from a supervisor from a safety school when I thought all hope was lost for the others I applied to. Well the supervisor didnt give me a very reasonable time frame, said they needed to know my March, and of course I hadnt heard from anywhere by then so I had no choice to accept.

I did get rejected from two of the four I applied to but recently was emailed by a PI at the one school out of them all I thought was a long shot (super pumped!), anyway not that anything is set in stone but of course I will want to go there if there is a possibility

Im worried that if an offer comes I will have to bail on my current PI who Ive already told I would work with, and started summer research and everything!! Will they understand that I really believe its the best option career-wise for me? ORRR will it be a HUGE deal and;

-I lose my summer research job
-they email the PI at the other school who Id be working with and tell them what Ive done...ie, tell them nothing but bad things about me
-Both schools just flat out hate me........and I have nowhere to go

Kind of anxious about this.....ugh

I posted a little while back about accepting an offer from a supervisor from a safety school when I thought all hope was lost for the others I applied to. Well the supervisor didnt give me a very reasonable time frame, said they needed to know my March, and of course I hadnt heard from anywhere by then so I had no choice to accept.

I did get rejected from two of the four I applied to but recently was emailed by a PI at the one school out of them all I thought was a long shot (super pumped!), anyway not that anything is set in stone but of course I will want to go there if there is a possibility

Im worried that if an offer comes I will have to bail on my current PI who Ive already told I would work with, and started summer research and everything!! Will they understand that I really believe its the best option career-wise for me? ORRR will it be a HUGE deal and;

-I lose my summer research job
-they email the PI at the other school who Id be working with and tell them what Ive done...ie, tell them nothing but bad things about me
-Both schools just flat out hate me........and I have nowhere to go

Kind of anxious about this.....ugh

Hey guys,

I know that title is very urgent sounding but its just because Im stressed about the decision I need to make. So I applied to several schools for M.Sc. programs, four exactly, one that i did my undergrad at and three others I was interested in. I had already had a supervisor lined up at my home school but the other three were a shot in the dark, I chose each of them for a different reason (like the province, academic reputation etc..) Anyway my supervisor put a time crunch on me to decide if I wanted to stay here or pursue elsewhere back in MARCH and said they needed to know by the end of that month. Obviously I hadnt heard from anywhere then so I had to take the offer my supervisor offered me. And anyway replies came back, rejected from one, and the other two were still in the process of cycling applications to faculty. But just today I received an email from the one school out of all them that I considered a long shot asking me if I had accepted an offer anywhere else............and that they offer me a conditional offer, provided that supervisors need students. And I was recently in touch with the admissions officer and they said theres plenty of faculty who want grad students.

So my problem is, Ive pretty much confirmed I would work with the supervisor at the school im at now, but that conditional offer kind of changed alot of things. I always assumed id pursue grad school elsewhere and I think it would be beneficial for me to go somewhere else too. BUT I cant even begin to think how horrible I would feel if I bailed on my current supervisor at this point. Do you think they would understand or just flat out hate me........

I feel like whatever i decide I need to do it soon because my "current" supervisor is already thinking up a research project for me...............

I posted a little while back about accepting an offer from a supervisor from a safety school when I thought all hope was lost for the others I applied to. Well the supervisor didnt give me a very reasonable time frame, said they needed to know my March, and of course I hadnt heard from anywhere by then so I had no choice to accept.

I did get rejected from two of the four I applied to but recently was emailed by a PI at the one school out of them all I thought was a long shot (super pumped!), anyway not that anything is set in stone but of course I will want to go there if there is a possibility

Im worried that if an offer comes I will have to bail on my current PI who Ive already told I would work with, and started summer research and everything!! Will they understand that I really believe its the best option career-wise for me? ORRR will it be a HUGE deal and;

-I lose my summer research job
-they email the PI at the other school who Id be working with and tell them what Ive done...ie, tell them nothing but bad things about me
-Both schools just flat out hate me........and I have nowhere to go

Kind of anxious about this.....ugh

haha grapefruit sitting in your moms basement playing world of warcraft again...arent you?

haha grapefruit sitting in your moms basement playing world of warcraft again...arent you?

dude totally not alone most frustrating period of my life haah. at the beginning of every week I tell myself "yeah things will happen this week" and next thing I know its Friday afternoon and not single email or letter. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

dude totally not alone most frustrating period of my life haah. at the beginning of every week I tell myself "yeah things will happen this week" and next thing I know its Friday afternoon and not single email or letter. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

dude totally not alone most frustrating period of my life haah. at the beginning of every week I tell myself "yeah things will happen this week" and next thing I know its Friday afternoon and not single email or letter. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr