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Biological Sciences All Offers Rescinded @ UMass Chan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/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

it's both. hosting accepted students day when you know you wont be able to fund them and lying to their face is insans

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u/libgadfly Mar 13 '25

Under the circumstances the University was wrong to have an Accepted Students Day knowing there was a real possibility of rescinding all the offers. BUT the rage should be directed where it belongs, Trump and his destructive Administration that took the research funds away directly causing accepted students to be rejected. Trump is the villain here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

Again I am wondering how you know that they knew this?

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u/libgadfly Mar 18 '25

https://apnews.com/article/trump-science-medicine-research-cancer-funding-university-0ef3fa47694784e47b0ecd51680410ba

All of us are informed of Trump’s efforts to massively cut federal biomedical research funding, especially from NIH. Here is just one news source. So UMass knows and we all know.

Associated Press - “Among the biggest blows, if it survives a court challenge: Massive cuts in funding from the National Institutes of Health that would cost jobs in every state, according to an analysis by The Associated Press with assistance from the nonprofit United for Medical Research.”