Take the offer or not?

New_User
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:52:44 +0000

Assuming that you wouldn’t start in February, you can always accept the offer and come up with an excuse if you get a better offer in April…



Not to be rude to VastlyOverrated, but never never do this.

This kind of question has come up a lot, and I think the best approach is to just be honest, always. Look, schools aren’t stupid. They know you’re applying to more than one place. Monash is apparently very interested in you and would love for you to commit by January 9th, but that doesn’t mean that’s a hard and fast deadline. I would write them a nice e-mail thanking them for their offer, explaining that you are seriously considering it but are also waiting to hear from a number of other schools, some of which may not make decisions until April, and ask them for more time. The very worst they could say is no, but unless there is some Australian financial aid deadline that I don’t know about, I highly doubt that they will.

Good luck!