An international student has got a conditional admission offer to a PhD program in the US that s/he has to complete his/her on going masters program first. Suppose, he/she were to start their PhD program in fall semester but their final exams of the masters program is yet to be held. In such situations, how do the universities usually respond to admission deferment requests?
It's understandable that this is something that could vary from institute to institute but does making such requests make a bad impression about the student.