Too soon to accept an offer?

[lapomegranate]

Hello everyone! 

I applied to just two programs, one MA and one PhD and got accepted by both. My choice is simple and I already know I will be accepting the PhD. The offer was sent to me around the 20th of last month. Is it too soon to accept an offer or should I play hard to get?

Also, I am thinking of negotiating the offer but I don't want to lie and say I have other offers because I don't, I didn't apply to other PhD programs. Should I try and negotiate anyway? 

I am ready to accept/decline and end all this grad school turbulent application phase, so any thoughts/suggestions are highly appreciated! Thanks!

 

 

[rainestorm]

First, congratulations on the acceptance! Second, there's no point in playing hard to get, just accept the offer if you already know you want to accept it! Personally, I accepted my offer a few minutes after receiving it haha. 

You could always ask and see if the offer is negotiable, doesn't hurt to ask I think  

[lapomegranate]

On 3/13/2021 at 6:18 PM, rainestorm said:

First, congratulations on the acceptance! Second, there's no point in playing hard to get, just accept the offer if you already know you want to accept it! Personally, I accepted my offer a few minutes after receiving it haha. 

You could always ask and see if the offer is negotiable, doesn't hurt to ask I think  

Thanks! I accepted since no one replied on time hahaha, I do feel bad I did not try to negotiate but that is ok, I feel I should have though. Congratulations to you too!

[Dr.EJM]

1 hour ago, lapomegranate said:

Thanks! I accepted since no one replied on time hahaha, I do feel bad I did not try to negotiate but that is ok, I feel I should have though. Congratulations to you too!

Congratulations! You probably didn't miss out on much for not getting into negotiations, and if you want I am not aware of anything saying that you won't be able to ask about a better package now anyhow.  

[lapomegranate]

Just now, EJM said:

Congratulations! You probably didn't miss out on much for not getting into negotiations, and if you want I am not aware of anything saying that you won't be able to ask about a better package now anyhow.  

? thank you!