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So I heard that some physics and astronomy graduate programs are going through major funding issues right now. For example, one school I know only accepted about 5 students out of 150 for the phD admissions this year for their Astronomy dept (they're haven't been super-competitive like that in past years). I got accepted to that school's Physics program, but they told me that I can't do switch my research interest to astro since I specified another area as my main interest. I was surprised by this because I emailed some astro profs there (they're in the Astro but not Physics dept) and they mentioned they are looking for students in their research groups. How serious is this problem at other schools? If I got accepted into Physics programs, but am also strongly considering doing research with a prof in Astronomy, then is it a gamble to go there in the hopes that I could do research in astronomy?