Is this inappropriate?

[febreze]

I'm about to decline an offer and I had a really tough time deciding. I had been in contact with faculty at the school I'm declining and in my email to them with my decision I was planning to mention where I will be studying in the hopes that they might possibly remember me later on because I want to reapply to this school for the PhD (I applied to the masters this time).

I just don't know if it's appropriate to say where I'm accepting to a school I'm declining...

Thanks for any thoughts about this!

[iphi]

I wouldn't tell them unless they ask for it. You can let them know it was a tough decision if you want though. E.g. "thank you very mch for your offer but after much deliberation I have decided to accept elsewhere".

Edited April 13, 2014 by iphi

[TakeruK]

In my official decision email to the DGS or equivalent, I didn't say where I was going. However, I also followed up with more personal emails to a few profs that I spent a lot of time with during my visit and/or via email before/after. I thanked them again for their time, expressed interest in seeing them again in the future and let them know where I was going to be next year--i.e. the same things I would say if I met them in person again. And I did see a lot of these profs again just 2 months later at a conference!

[rising_star]

I did what TakeruK did. In my case, I see a lot of those people on a regular basis. Not just the PIs but also the grad students I met while visiting. I still catch up with some of those grad students at our annual meeting each year and it's nice to have that broader network.