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ladybug · 05-10-2008, 02:10 PM

I would like to know is it possible to defer an offer with fellowship? I am considering to defer my offer due to my mom's health condition. Thank you all for the help in advance.

Luckykid · 05-10-2008, 09:14 PM

depends on the dept...call them

zappa24 · 05-11-2008, 08:42 PM

Whether you can defer admissions at all is up to the department as was mentioned by the last poster. Some schools won't allow it, saying that you'll need to take your chances and reapply. Others will allow you to defer admissions to a later year. Whether you can defer funding is a completely different story. It's probably likely that your department will give your funding to another student and force you to compete for funding again even if they do allow you to defer. So make sure to ask your department not only if they will allow you to defer admissions, but also if you will still be guaranteed funding when you return.

Edit: I forgot that you said it was a fellowship. If it is a university-wide fellowship, it might even be less of a guarantee that it will be there when you come back. In this case, definitely confirm that not only can you defer admissions, but whether you can defer the fellowship (it would suck if you deferred and then discovered that your funding wasn't there.)

05-10-2008, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
ladybug Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14	Defer an offer with full funding I would like to know is it possible to defer an offer with fellowship? I am considering to defer my offer due to my mom's health condition. Thank you all for the help in advance.

05-10-2008, 09:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Luckykid Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 283	depends on the dept...call them _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ 9 for 25 out of 25 Attending: FSU Accepted, Declined offer: UAZ, MSU, UTenn($), UGA($), University on Houston ($), UKY($) Admit to MA, Declined offer : UW-Milwaukee, Connecticut Reject : Purdue, OSU, Texas A&M, NCSU, Rice, Penn State, Mich-Ann Arbor, ASU, UI-Bloomington, Iowa State, UVA, Vanderbilt, U of Iowa, UMass, U of OR(Ouch!), VTech

05-11-2008, 08:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
zappa24 Within my grasp! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 106	Whether you can defer admissions at all is up to the department as was mentioned by the last poster. Some schools won't allow it, saying that you'll need to take your chances and reapply. Others will allow you to defer admissions to a later year. Whether you can defer funding is a completely different story. It's probably likely that your department will give your funding to another student and force you to compete for funding again even if they do allow you to defer. So make sure to ask your department not only if they will allow you to defer admissions, but also if you will still be guaranteed funding when you return. Edit: I forgot that you said it was a fellowship. If it is a university-wide fellowship, it might even be less of a guarantee that it will be there when you come back. In this case, definitely confirm that not only can you defer admissions, but whether you can defer the fellowship (it would suck if you deferred and then discovered that your funding wasn't there.) _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ The Ohio State University Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and me (setting back economic theory since Fall 2007.)

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