Timeline for Politely decline an offer that I sort-of accepted
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| Jan 6, 2017 at 18:10 | comment | added | Gerry | The reasons are not professional only. There are two main reasons - 1. University B is a very prestigious university (professional reason), 2. University B is in a much better location as I have family in the same city that have offered me a place to stay. | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 15:57 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @famargar "personal" is just a polite way of saying that the reasons are none of University A's business. In this context it means nothing more or less than "reasons I do not care to, nor have any need to, elaborate." | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 14:38 | comment | added | famargar | Iindeed - I am being optimistic and hope Gerry will choose for professional reasons only. The reason being that if you want a career in academia, you will have to sacrifice a lot of your personal life anyway. Keeping in mind that you will succeed only if you won't think at the end that was a sacrifice at all. For the same reason, saying to an employer - academic or not - that you make your choices for personal reasons, IMHO makes you look as a person with limited drive. | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 14:28 | comment | added | BlaB | The author mentioned that University B was a better choice of various reasons. These reasons could be professional (better university), but also personal (University is closer to home, etc.). Saying that this is for personal reasons is a very generic formulation and, consequently, has little risk to offend anyone. Furthermore, we do not know the real reasons given what Gerry mentioned. | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 14:04 | comment | added | famargar | why would you say that you made a different choice for "personal" reason? I am assuming that if Gerry chooses University B is because he thinks that would help him meet his professional (not persona) goal. And there is nothing wrong in showing you know what you want in life! | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 13:24 | history | answered | BlaB | CC BY-SA 3.0 |