Some advice about deadlines

[jidre413]

TALK TO THE GRAD ADVISOR!

For one of the schools that I applied to, the letter said I had 14 days to reply, well I spoke to the advisor today and he said that it's not true and I actually have until April 15th.

I wish I asked him sooner rather than freaking out for the first 5 days!

Edited March 1, 2012 by jidre413

[MediaMom]

TALK TO THE GRAD ADVISOR!

For one of the schools that I applied to, the letter said I had 14 days to reply, well I spoke to the advisor today and he said that it's not true and I actually have until April 15th.

I wish I asked him sooner rather than freaking out for the first 5 days!

In most of those cases I don't think they mean you have to decide in 14 days, they just want some acknowledgement of their letter. Even a simple email saying thank you for the offer, I'm considering it and will let you know is appreciated.

[jidre413]

In most of those cases I don't think they mean you have to decide in 14 days, they just want some acknowledgement of their letter. Even a simple email saying thank you for the offer, I'm considering it and will let you know is appreciated.

The letter says: "Your offer must be accepted or declined within 14 days of receiving this letter".

[CarlieE]

Thought this might be helpful... After all the talk on this forum about the April 15th Resolution I decided to look it up.

http://www.cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/CGS_Resolution.pdf

Not all schools adhere to nor HAVE to adhere to the resolution, so I think your freakout was fair.. it doesn't help the stress levels when there's all this ambiguity!!