چون من هم با خواندن پست های دوستان و مشورت با دوستانم به این نتیجه رسیدم که کار اخلاقی ایمیل زدن به دانشگاه هایی است که نمی خواهیم برویم (اگرچه با استادی تماس نداشتم و کمیته تصمیم گرفته ولی بعد پذیرش یک استاد خودش بهم زنگ زد و گفت موضوع کاری مشابه دارد) و همچنین برای اینکه وجهه دانشجویان ایرانی حفظ شود و پل های پشت سر را خراب نکنیم این ایمیل را فرستادم. باشد که به درد آیندگان بخورد:

Greetings dear Dr. ۰۰۰ and Ms. ۰۰۰,

My name is ۰۰۰ and I have been admitted to your program in ۰۰۰.

First I want to thank you Dr. ۰۰۰ for your call and email. I appreciate admission committee for their time and consideration and the generous financial scholarship that graduate college offered me.

Making decision between my options has been really tough. All programs have outstanding faculty members, resources and research projects I am interested to work on. Especially your program which is really diverse and I want you to know that applying to University of ۰۰۰ was not an arbitrary decision. It was well-thought-out and it is really hard for me to decline this honorable admission offer.

I hope it is not too late for letting you know my final decision and that I have not deprived another deserved applicant of entering their school of dream.

Yours sincerely,
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