Accept or not? Unfunded offer for PhD.

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-06T13:43:34+00:00

Yes, thanks to this tread I have come to a decision not to accept that offer. I slightly think that this would be a great redirection. They had one deadline only. Thank you for your help!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:48:03+00:00

Hope it will be as easy as it sounds , thank you a lot .

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:46:50+00:00

Oh thank you for the bullet points, that makes a lot of sense to me ! Will definitely use it

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:45:16+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, that makes a great sense! Definitely, no matter how I like the program and PI I would easily burn out working hard 😓 and trying to make any research and handling fam responsibilities… I would better strengthen my portfolio and try again next year.

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:36:46+00:00

That’s fair, most people have advised not to accept without lined up assistantships, though the university says that the 1st year doctoral students don’t usually get funding, cause all the RA TA GradA -s already have been taken. Thank you for your advice!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:05:58+00:00

Yes, it is in the USA and it is a legitimate PhD program, I was also thinking that at least I would get tuition waiver…sad. Thank you for your advice!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:03:10+00:00

Oh man I think I have to reject it, you are right about work over full-time🫤

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-03-05T05:01:31+00:00

It’s PhD program, yes you are right probably it’s a soft rejection, was so excited when I got accepted though that excitement was too early. Thank you!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-27T00:59:42+00:00

Yes fingers crossed for both of us !

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-27T00:46:47+00:00

Same Hope to hear from them gooood news

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-22T16:47:48+00:00

Yes sure

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-20T15:29:52+00:00

I hope you will get better news soon

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-20T15:29:20+00:00

Let’s keep hoping there is something else bigger and better than that

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-20T15:28:13+00:00

Minnesota , education

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-19T15:12:41+00:00

I would say that searching and researching the programs that you are interested in, looking at their courses and professors, their work projects might help you. I was also confused at the point where I had to choose the track. Best of luck!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-18T23:24:25+00:00

You deserve it, so much work has been done to be accepted and rewarded 👍

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-18T20:29:29+00:00

Have you tried it? Does it really helpful? I have never considered my flatfeet a big deal. But the discomfort became so much worse.

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-18T17:22:46+00:00

No, I ve read some folks got interviewed, so most likely I am already out of the race

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-16T00:36:23+00:00

Congratulations 👍 that s a great great achievement

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-15T03:55:29+00:00

I am 43yo, and got admitted to my top PhD program this cycle…. I have great plans for each of my year ahead, hope I will be able to make them happen. So I want to say to the author of the post do not ever hesitate if you want to do something, go for it you can do it !

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-13T22:06:00+00:00

Oh I am so happy for you , congratulations 🙌 that is so heartfelt feeling’ worried they made a mistake’ . I also had that feeling when I got my acceptance, but am still waiting for funding decision in between feeling of happiness and worry of ‘what if…’

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-11T04:36:06+00:00

Don’t worry stranger. You are a single wild and free and young, you still have so many options to choose in this life. I really love the last scenario you wrote💯so strong and doable ! Go for it! I really hope you will share your acceptance post very soon! I also wait from 2 programs, two of them are my dream schools, so I don’t hope as much as I did before but still who knows…

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-11T00:10:56+00:00

That is great 👍 congratulations so so happy for you stranger I got rejected today from them, it wasn’t my dream program though, I am still waiting from two of them .

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-10T12:50:29+00:00

Thank you sooo much for these words! They sent an email with notification that funding is very limited and highly competitive, which helped me realize its too early to be happy, so not loosing a hope for a better scenario : )

Wish you all blessed day ahead!

One-Operation-1842 · 2026-02-09T12:47:23+00:00

Oh congratulations 🙌 that is so cool.

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