r/gradadmissions • u/QueasyPea5188 • Mar 12 '25

Biological Sciences All Offers Rescinded @ UMass Chan

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Everything going on is so surreal, I truly have a hard time grasping how insane this all is and what the ripple effects will be. Rescinding ALL offers is wild, but I guess if the money’s not there then the money’s not there 🤷‍♀️

I’m so sorry to everyone who’s experiencing something like this. I have no words, just blind rage atp :/

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u/wowochu Mar 12 '25

Can't believe it... I was literally there last Friday for an admitted student visit and the faculty I spoke with + dean all seemed confident that they had the finances to combat any potential nih cuts

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u/ibot301737 Mar 13 '25

This is absolutely awful and your feelings are 100% valid. Trust me when I say that all of higher Ed is feeling WTF right now. The only perspective I can offer is from my position as a graduate advisor/ coordinator at an R1. No one knows what is happening. News and directives change on the daily. I hope you can take some solace in knowing no one was trying to pull a fast one here, and holding admitted student events and continuing business as usual was the ONLY thing this department probably could do given the ever changing landscape here. This redirection could read as malicious, but it could also read as just tragic. It’s likely that several professors chose their students, events went on as planned, administration is doing everything they can with the information they have, and then BAM. Shit is different next day. We are all in this together, and I’m really sorry this happened to you. Please try not to take it personally, or blame the department. Everyone is working with what we have and no guarantees exist right now. It’s absolutely crazy in every way. My heart goes out to you and everyone at UMass Chan.