Hi Nathalie,

Thanks for your advice. The problem is that I'm traveling outside the country and I need to initiate the transfer process before I'm back otherwise I wont be able to meet the deadlines. And this is already hard to do for me and I'm thinking having to do it through email or phone call will be unprofessional and just make it worse! Any suggestions?

I'm a PhD student and I have been in my current program for one year. I had another admission last year as well and I wasn't sure which one to pursue. Finally, I chose my current program but soon I realized that I have made a huge mistake! So I decided to transfer to the other school but I had to wait one year as they only had Fall enrollment for new students. I decided to stay in my current program as had assistantship and I couldn't risk being unemployed because of my financial issues. Some other things have happened that made it impossible to pursue my current program for me so I'm 100% sure that I want & need to transfer.
But there is a big problem here, how to tell my current advisor? I have never said anything about this to my advisor and I have been his assistant for a year. It's terribly hard to tell him and I need him to approve of my transfer and sign the forms. How should I tell him?? What would be a good excuse as I can't tell him my real reasons?