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Is it rude to ask for an extension on ato extend the deadline for a jobon an internship offer responsefor next year?

I'm currently doing a summer internship until the beginning of September, and today I received a formal return offer for next summer. I only have until next Friday to respond, which is before my internship even ends. I don't want to have to consider the offer while under a lot of pressure (I have a lot of things to wrap up at my internship), so I would like to ask for an extra week or so to think about it. I was thinking of sending this email:

Hi Recruiter,

I received my offer letter through email yesterday, and since the deadline to respond is set before my internship ends, I was wondering if I could have a bit more time--perhaps after the end of my internship--to consider the offer.

Thank you!

ZebraSocks

Is this appropriate?

Is it rude to ask for an extension on a deadline for a job offer response?

I'm currently doing a summer internship until the beginning of September, and today I received a formal return offer for next summer. I only have until next Friday to respond, which is before my internship even ends. I don't want to have to consider the offer under a lot of pressure (I have a lot of things to wrap up at my internship), so I would like to ask for an extra week or so to think about it. I was thinking of sending this email:

Hi Recruiter,

I received my offer letter through email yesterday, and since the deadline to respond is set before my internship ends, I was wondering if I could have a bit more time--perhaps after the end of my internship--to consider the offer.

Thank you!

ZebraSocks

Is this appropriate?

Is it rude to ask to extend the deadline on an internship offer for next year?

I'm currently doing a summer internship until the beginning of September, and today I received a formal return offer for next summer. I only have until next Friday to respond, which is before my internship even ends. I don't want to have to consider the offer while under a lot of pressure (I have a lot of things to wrap up at my internship), so I would like to ask for an extra week or so to think about it. I was thinking of sending this email:

Hi Recruiter,

I received my offer letter through email yesterday, and since the deadline to respond is set before my internship ends, I was wondering if I could have a bit more time--perhaps after the end of my internship--to consider the offer.

Thank you!

ZebraSocks

Is this appropriate?

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Is it rude to ask for an extension on a deadline for a job offer response?

I'm currently doing a summer internship until the beginning of September, and today I received a formal return offer for next summer. I only have until next Friday to respond, which is before my internship even ends. I don't want to have to consider the offer under a lot of pressure (I have a lot of things to wrap up at my internship), so I would like to ask for an extra week or so to think about it. I was thinking of sending this email:

Hi Recruiter,

I received my offer letter through email yesterday, and since the deadline to respond is set before my internship ends, I was wondering if I could have a bit more time--perhaps after the end of my internship--to consider the offer.

Thank you!

ZebraSocks

Is this appropriate?