Offers are here
My months-long efforts have now been converted into beautiful offer letters on thick paper with university letterhead. A lovely sight.
Now I’m in the negotiation phase. I have never liked negotiating before. Amazing how easy it is when you have more than one offer! You don’t need to be aggressive, demanding, pushy, or mean. You just explain the factors that would make you more likely to pick one place over the other and see if the numbers on the letters go up or not.
For anyone who is not sure what they want to do next… I’d recommend applying to everything you are interested in. It’s a very nice feeling when your hypothetical possibilities turn into concrete options.
very cool!
Comment by JM — May 24, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
Congratulations!
Comment by Bill — May 24, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
Congratulations!
Comment by working — May 24, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
Congratulations on getting multiple offers. It must be a very nice feeling, because even getting one offer made me very very happy.
Comment by sciencewoman — May 24, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
Congratulations!
Comment by dr. j — May 25, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
Congratulations!
Comment by trillwing — May 27, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
Awesome!
You Roque!
Comment by Lab Lemming — June 2, 2007 @ 3:47 am
Congrats, but I disagree. It’s a lot of work to apply for things, and if you get no offers, not fun at all. =(
You’re one of the lucky ones. Let us know when you decide what to do.
Comment by msphd — June 3, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
congrats! Do you like both (or more?) places equally? What criteria do/(did?) you use in picking where to go?
Comment by Anonymous — June 9, 2007 @ 2:50 am