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I got an external fellowship of $11K contingent on financial need. Should I tell grad schools about it? some rejected me already, so I guess I wouldn't tell them. One program (A) accepted me, but will rescind my admission if I can't find an adviser. I've spoken to several POIs that told me they don't have funding so they can't take me, but 1 POI hasn't rejected me yet. Should I email that 1 POI to say I got a fellowship? I already got a fellowship from program A, so I'm not sure what he is looking for, and I'm not sure if I'll even get to keep this fellowship if I go to A, since I may have no need remaining. Then there is school B- I didn't get an offer yet, but I will be accepted if I can find an advisor. One person at B told me he can't accept me because he has no funding; should i tell him I have partial funding? I hope this makes sense...

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you should definitely tell them about external funding, speaking to someone who sits on a graduate enterance committee, I was told that most profs would at least look at your proposal/application package again if you had external funding - seriously, no harm! go for it!

I got an external fellowship of $11K contingent on financial need. Should I tell grad schools about it? some rejected me already, so I guess I wouldn't tell them. One program (A) accepted me, but will rescind my admission if I can't find an adviser. I've spoken to several POIs that told me they don't have funding so they can't take me, but 1 POI hasn't rejected me yet. Should I email that 1 POI to say I got a fellowship? I already got a fellowship from program A, so I'm not sure what he is looking for, and I'm not sure if I'll even get to keep this fellowship if I go to A, since I may have no need remaining. Then there is school B- I didn't get an offer yet, but I will be accepted if I can find an advisor. One person at B told me he can't accept me because he has no funding; should i tell him I have partial funding? I hope this makes sense...

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