Financial Offer but No Letter?

[mckenna81]

I've been offered a TA position at the university I really would like to study at in the fall. However, they are requiring me to accept their offer (including the TA offer) before they will send me a letter detailing what, exactly, they're offering me. This seems extremely strange and suspect to me. I wrote them back and said as nicely as possible that I don't enter into contracts without reading them first, and I would appreciate it if they would send me the details of the offer in a letter. No answer yet. What am I to make of this??

[Bukharan]

I've been offered a TA position at the university I really would like to study at in the fall. However, they are requiring me to accept their offer (including the TA offer) before they will send me a letter detailing what, exactly, they're offering me. This seems extremely strange and suspect to me. I wrote them back and said as nicely as possible that I don't enter into contracts without reading them first, and I would appreciate it if they would send me the details of the offer in a letter. No answer yet. What am I to make of this??

This sounds strange indeed.

Call them up! Usually, things get sorted out way quicker over the phone! All the best!