On Tuesday I received an acceptance letter from one of my programs through their online portal. It was an official acceptance but it didn't mention funding. I haven't heard anything from the department except a request for a new transcript because there was an issue with the file. My other two acceptances have come with a notice that I had been recommended for admission and that I would receive funding. Later I got the official formal acceptance in those cases. I am thinking about reaching out to the department and seeing if funding decisions have been made and if I can visit. The acceptance came three weeks earlier than the first acceptance on results in previous years (which I know has questionable meaning due to nonresponse bias) which seems weird to me. Should I contact them? If they aren't going to fund me or pay for a visit than I want to withdraw since they are more of a safety school and I have other funded acceptances with funded visits at two programs I like more (and 6 more responses to go). I am not ready to rule them out yet if they do fund me and pay for a visit, but I want to know what is happening. It is possible that I would attend the program under the right circumstanes, but only if I get a comparable offer and like it after the visit Any thoughts on what I should do? Is it too early to starting asking about funding?
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On Tuesday I received an acceptance letter from one of my programs through their online portal. It was an official acceptance but it didn't mention funding. I haven't heard anything from the department except a request for a new transcript because there was an issue with the file. My other two acceptances have come with a notice that I had been recommended for admission and that I would receive funding. Later I got the official formal acceptance in those cases. I am thinking about reaching out to the department and seeing if funding decisions have been made and if I can visit. The acceptance came three weeks earlier than the first acceptance on results in previous years (which I know has questionable meaning due to nonresponse bias) which seems weird to me. Should I contact them? If they aren't going to fund me or pay for a visit than I want to withdraw since they are more of a safety school and I have other funded acceptances with funded visits at two programs I like more (and 6 more responses to go). I am not ready to rule them out yet if they do fund me and pay for a visit, but I want to know what is happening. It is possible that I would attend the program under the right circumstanes, but only if I get a comparable offer and like it after the visit Any thoughts on what I should do? Is it too early to starting asking about funding?
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