Title says it all.
Title says it all.
If this is the case, depending on your career goals, this would not be a wise move. Research niches tend to be small and everyone knows everyone. You never know when you might run into someone again (conferences, grant or pub reviewer, search committee) and when something like this could come back and bite you. I would think very carefully before doing this.
Agreed. As soon as you (the OP) accepted, they told their alternates "no" and the alternates most likely took other offers, so this professor will be left high and dry without a student.
The April 15th deadline exists for a reason. It's March 26th, so why is this an issue? (aka why would you accept an offer you're unsure of more than 2 weeks ahead of when you need to?)
It would likely depend on both your reason for rescinding and the professor's temperament.
If you rescind your acceptance to accept a spot at another school, your name would probably be mud to that professor.
How long ago did you accept and did you sign anything?
Because it was for a Master's program and the deadline was in March, I have no idea why.
If I did rescind, yes it would be to accept somewhere else, at a doctoral program.
Because it was for a Master's program and the deadline was in March, I have no idea why.
If I did rescind, yes it would be to accept somewhere else, at a doctoral program.
Given that it's a master's program (which generally means the school and professor aren't quite as "invested" in you as in a doctoral program), the early deadline, and that you'd be rescinding to attend a doctoral program, I personally would probably have a hard time not doing so if the doctoral offer came through.