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I asked permission from my first graduate school to release me (I told them that my new graduate school does not participate in the april 15 resolution). The reply was that they would let me go on one condition - that I tell them the name of the new graduate program. Is it risky to divulge the...

Ok. I just hope nothing happens to me at the port of entry to the country.

I did all the things you recommended. I checked the terms and I used your template and Vanadium 50's advice to customise that template and then I sent it.

I notified via email. There was no reply.

Oh, yes. I've read the terms. It says, among other things, that my offer had to be accepted or declined in three weeks and that admission deposit had to be paid.

I was a Physics student at Imperial College back in 2009, 2010 and 2011. As far as I remember, the majority of the brightest classmates (those I knew of course) in my year group did not eventually go into QFFF at Imperial, even though they had a deep interest in theoretical physics. One went...

Should I then not use the words unavoidable circumstances but rather just be straight to the point and let them know that I can't attend their program because I got an offer more in line with my research interests?

What if the difference in the ranking of the two universities is on the order of a couple hundred? I am an international student. I can't physically go to the universities and confirm.

... and go for the second graduate program. Except for the fact that the second graduate program has a bursary and not a scholarship, the second graduate program far outweighs the first one in all respects - ranking, research topics I want to work on, location, postdoctoral prospects, etc. I...

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I'm fairly certain I want to press the red button.

I guess I should then go with mentioning unavoidable circumstances and not bringing up the issue of an offer from another graduate program, since there's no point in making the conversation awkward with the first graduate program admissions chair. I'll only bring it up if she queries me further...

Well, there were no terms to the offer that the first graduate program made - at least they didn't say the terms explicitly. I only had to pay an admission deposit to accept the offer of admission. How would you advise me to got about the process of turning down the first graduate program?

Thanks for the support. At least in physicsforums, I find a lot of help from you guys on how to tackle difficult issues such as these.

Well, there were no terms - at least the first graduate program did not point out any terms. I had to pay an admission deposit, though, to secure my admission offer in the first place. But they offered me a very prestigious scholarship and I'm really nervous and afraid of sending an email...