Reasonable time to reject/accept offer?

Graduate School
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So as yall know, I have 4 offers in my hand, all of which came around the same time two weeks ago.

I am leaning toward UMD, but I just want a wee bit time to compare NCSU and UMD. I just need how much exactly UMD will help cover me for the first semester so that I can officially accept the offer and proceed to take care of financial certification. I wrote in my other thread that I won’t have to worry about RA/TAship.

I know that for fall admissions, April 15th is the last date to respond to offers for EVERY graduate school, but for spring, I haven’t seen such rule. What is a reasonable time to take to consider my offer? Do you think I should respond as soon as possible, like within 3 days from now? BAMA told me to respond until this Wednesday(exactly 2 weeks from the decision, which I think is a little tight).

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If you need more time, ask for it but you need to be considerate of others waiting for the spot. If the school can’t extend the deadline, they’ll let you know and then you’ll either have to accept or reject. I hope that if you politely ask they’ll give you another week.

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Of course I will! I am just happy that I was deemed worthy enough for these opportunities.Its just that I have so many other things to consider that takes me time.