من امروز خبری در ارتباط با این تاپیک در یک فروم دیگه خوندم که اینجا میزارم.



I have heard that one school (that I'd rather not name) has told some accepted students that they must give them an answer by the end of March. That school, along with several hundred others, has agreed to the Council of Graduate Schools Resolution which I have copied below. A school did this last year (it was an admissions director who simply didn't know about the resolution)--I contacted a friend (who is also an admissions director) who complained directly to the graduate Dean at that school, and the deadline was immediately extended (with apologies). I am perfectly willing to do this again.

So if you get an offer that requires you to decide before April 15th, you should just accept it, and then you can change your mind before April 15th (actually, wait until that day---it'll serve them right).

Here is the resolution:

Acceptance of an offer of financial support (such as a graduate scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, or assistantship) for the next
academic year by a prospective or enrolled graduate student completes an agreement that both student and graduate school
expect to honor. In that context, the conditions affecting such offers and their acceptance must be defined carefully and under-
stood by all parties.
Students are under no obligation to respond to offers of financial support prior to April 15; earlier deadlines for acceptance of
such offers violate the intent of this Resolution. In those instances in which a student accepts an offer before April 15, and sub-
sequently desires to withdraw that acceptance, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the appointment at any time
through April 15. However, an acceptance given or left in force after April 15 commits the student not to accept another offer
without first obtaining a written release from the institution to which a commitment has been made. Similarly, an offer by an insti-
tution after April 15 is conditional on presentation by the student of the written release from any previously accepted offer. It is
further agreed by the institutions and organizations subscribing to the above Resolution that a copy of this Resolution should
accompany every scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, and assistantship offer.
The following list includes CGS member institutions that indicated their support of the Resolution:
http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?t...GION&VALUE=ALL