Job v. Grad School Admissions

cosmicfish
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:43:56 +0000

It depends a lot on when/how you decline admissions. I am not sure how the European and Canadian systems work, but (as an example) declining admission prior to April 15 is quite common (after all, many people get admitted to more than 1 school!) and results in no hard feeling. Declining AFTER April 15 can result in some problems, as it becomes hard to find good candidates after that date.

So if they are still able to get a comparable candidate to fill the spot, they will not care that you turned them down.