Acceptance of an offer of financial support (such as a graduate scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, or assistantship) for the next academic year by a prospective or enrolled graduate student completes an agreement that both student and graduate school expect to honor. In that context, the conditions affecting such offers and their acceptance must be defined carefully and understood by all parties.
Students are under no obligation to respond to offers of financial support prior to April 15; earlier deadlines for acceptance of such offers violate the intent of this Resolution. In those instances in which a student accepts an offer before April 15, and subsequently desires to withdraw that acceptance, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the appointment at any time through April 15. However, an acceptance given or left in force after April 15 commits the student not to accept another offer without first obtaining a written release from the institution to which a commitment has been made. Similarly, an offer by an institution after April 15 is conditional on presentation by the student of the written release from any previously accepted offer. It is further agreed by the institutions and organizations subscribing to the above Resolution that a copy of this Resolution should accompany every scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, and assistantship offer.
1) 适用对象:
研究生项目的带奖学金的录取结果,本科录取和研究生普通无奖AD不受此限制;
2) 执行对象:
美国的部分学校(school list详见http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/CGS_Resolution.pdf)
3) 主要内容:
对于4月15日之前收到的带有奖学金的录取决定,如果学生选择接受,必须在4月15日之前做出承诺,否则将被视为放弃。当然,在这之前,学生没有义务提前答复。如果学校强制要求提前答复,则违反协议。如果学生在4月15日之前已答应入学,其后又想撤销决定,应该在4月15日之前书面进行申请并得到学校同意,方可接受其他学校的录取。4月15日之后,在没有原学校允许的情况下,学生不能擅自接受其他学校的录取,否则原学校有权通知所有遵循4? 15协议的大学都拒绝你入学。
4) 制约目的:
从学校的角度来看,如果所录取的学生在开学前很短的时间内才通知校方无法按时就读,将会给学校招生和教学工作的正常进行带来极大的不便,同时也剥夺了其他申请者可能具有的入学机会。可以说,该协议是美国人重视信用的一个表现。
5) 执行力度:
415是协议,没有法律效力,在实际执行中有一定的弹性空间。不同的学校、院系在不同的时间内政策可能不同,对于违反该协议的行为也有不同的处理态度。学校可能不予追究,也有可能导致学生无法出国。此外,即便有些学校加入了该协议,也可以通过与学校的协商对做出决定的日期进行更改。
6) 额外建议:
对于申请者来说,要时刻谨记自己代表了一名国际学生,特别是中国学生的形象。学校不合理的规定应该据理力争,而自己留学决定的选择也应该及时与学校进行友好的商讨,避免双方的损失。此外,在拒绝学校后,建议把收到的录取资料(包括I-20表格)寄回。