An offer deadline earlier than I hear from another school

[McDull]

Dear all,

I received an offer from a Sociology Ph.D. program from a Canadian school, which has a deadline to accept the offer on 3/30.

However, I haven't heard from all of my schools yet. I wrote to those schools immediately I was informed I was accepted into the 3/30-deadline program. I got some rejections back. Then, there is one school which is still in the process of reviewing applications. The graduate coordinator said that offers will not send out until late March.

My question is: it is 3/19 now, if this remaining school accepts me and tells me this week, I guess their Recruitment Day (if they have one) will not be earlier than 3/30. How am I supposed to make an informed decision?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Regards,

McDull

[ohhello]

Have you been in contact with any of the faculty or graduate students from the one remaining school? You certainly won't be able to determine whether you'd like to go to the school simply through email exchanges or phone chats, but you can certainly eliminate the school if it doesn't meet any of your specific criteria. For example, I can't attend a program unfunded and have eliminated a school using this standard. PM me if you need a list of questions to ask.