<p>My daughter is trying to get to the self-serve Accept/Decline admission area on her portal, but for some reason it’s not coming up when she clicks on the link. Is it hiding somewhere? Does anyone know where she might be able to find it? Since she can’t apply to housing until she accepts admission, she wants to take care of it now. She knows housing for RD students opens on February 23 at 9:00 AM.</p>
<p>I seem to remember it showing up a few days after the decisions came out last year.</p>
<p>My daughters accept/decline didn’t show up for 24-48 hrs.</p>
<p>Hi 2Leashes! Is your daughter going to accept at Cal Poly and then apply for housing, even though she may change her mind and go to another school if accepted? Are you going to pay the deposit and then possibly forfit it? Is this because you are worried about her getting the housing she wants? Where does she want to live?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I may have heard wrong, but can’t you apply for housing then change your mind and you’ll have your deposit refunded? I seem to remember seeing that somewhere on here…</p>
<p>Can I get a refund if I change my mind about attending Cal Poly?</p>
<p>Students must cancel in writing 30 days prior to the move-in date to receive a full refund minus a $5 installment fee. Charges per day will apply thereafter. For last day to cancel without financial penalty please refer to the Housing Calendar for dates to cancel. The Cancel Form must be faxed or postmarked by the last date to cancel.
Back to the Top </p>
<p>found here: [University</a> Housing - Cal Poly](<a href=“http://www.housing.calpoly.edu/uh_faq.cfm#refund]University”>http://www.housing.calpoly.edu/uh_faq.cfm#refund)</p>
<p>Hi momofmv!</p>
<p>Exactly! Since housing is limited I think it’s to her advantage to go ahead and accept admission and apply for housing when it opens on February 23. I’m still not sure what the exact deposit amount is. I read $800 + some fees making it $823. I just wonder how much of that is refundable. Truth be known, unless she gets accepted to the school her dad attended, I honestly hope she goes with Cal Poly. And, that’s even over the three UCs she applied to. I just see it as a better fit for her. 
How about your son? I forgot what other schools he’s applied to and if Cal Poly is his absolute first choice. </p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>momofmv wrote:</p>
<p>Hi 2Leashes! Is your daughter going to accept at Cal Poly and then apply for housing, even though she may change her mind and go to another school if accepted? Are you going to pay the deposit and then possibly forfit it? Is this because you are worried about her getting the housing she wants? Where does she want to live?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, ralph4.</p>
<p>Is this refundable deposit for HOUSING or for enrollment? Or is it one and the same? I know many schools have separate fees. In fact, I’ve seen schools where you don’t have to accept until May 1, but you can still apply for housing with a deposit.</p>
<p>I just found my answer on another thread. Someone else had a similar question. Thank you, ralph116. I read where the deposit is actually for housing and not admission.</p>
<p>2leashes My son has applied to UCDavis, Santa Cruz, Irvine and Cal (reach) He also applied to Saa Jose State and UOP (pre-pharmacy program). Thanks for finding out about the housing deposit. Now we need to know what happens if we accept admission and then change our mind. Any penalties there? Maybe it is only a big deal with ED. I just wouldn’t want them to cause any problems for my son at the other schools.<br>
He hasn’t said what his top choice is. He knows that I really like Cap Poly for him. Like you, it is a good match. He is very happy to be accepted. i am sure he also wants to know where his friends end up. He hopes to have a friend wherever he goes. Lots of kids from his high school go to Cal Poly and Davis.
Which dorms does your daughter want? We like Cerro Vista and North Mountain for engineering.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago my daughter got admitted to SLO. It was my absolute top choice for her, but she was waffling. I had heard all the housing nightmares from friends, so I just put her SIR in myself and then did housing on the first day to make sure to get a place in case she decided for SLO. I knew if she finally decided for SLO later, housing would be awful not to mention parking if you end up in off campus somewhere. Well, out of everywhere she got accepted, she fell in love with CSULB. Go figure, I know, I know, but that’s a different subject completely. She talked her dad into getting me off her case about SLO, sent in an SIR to CSULB, and faxed SLO admissions and housing saying she was going to CSULB. And all we were out was the $100 SIR and a nominal fee for the housing. I still question her decision but she’s happy and a President’s Scholar at CSULB. Anyway, I don’t know if things have changed but there were no ramifications from doing it this way, even going from one Cal State to another. So there really shouldn’t be any ramifications going from a Cal State to a UC or private after signing a SIR, but you definitely want to figure out for sure how much you’re out for the housing deposit. Anyway, just my two cents. Which, after inflation from the few years ago that I did this, might not even be worth two cents.</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to UOP a couple months ago for Exercise Science-Sports Medicine concentration. She won’t attend, though. Doesn’t like Stockton. Thought the campus, itself, was very pretty, though. </p>
<p>So far she hasn’t really looked at the different dorms. I sent her some pics late last night, but she hasn’t been on her computer yet. I keep hearing that the Red Bricks are homey, albeit smaller…but centralized. I know she wants to be in a social dorm. I told her that after she chooses her three that I’ll go ahead and apply since she’ll be in school on Feb. 23 at 9:00 AM. </p>
<p>I read that ED students are the ones who sign a binding contract. I imagine they “overbook”, so if some kids choose not to attend, it’s probably not a huge deal. I’m not sure. From reading all the posts here, it seems most kids will gladly go to Cal Poly if accepted, so it’s not like they’re hurting for student population. :)</p>
<p>Cal Poly definitely seems like a good place for her. I’m not sure if I can picture my daughter at UCLA and definitely not at Berkeley. Davis, maybe, even if SHE doesn’t think so. I can actually see her at USC, but our wallet can’t. ;)</p>
<p>She wants a social dorm? My son loves Sierra Madre - he didn’t want to be in an Engineering dorm and he wanted to be around kids from other majors. They do have a lot of dorm activities and he has no regrets with his choice. Rooms are good size, rectangle instead of square, and no triples. It’s a little further to the Engineering buildings than the red bricks and mountain dorms, but he normally rides his bike over there. Yosemite towers are similar but a little farther away from campus.</p>
<p>I noticed on the map that the Kinesiology building is about the same distance from South Mountain halls (red brick) and Sierre Madre/Yosemite (connections). I’ll have to ask her what she might prefer. She said she doesn’t mind a triple because it’s just one more potential friend. (She had said this a couple months ago when she was checking out the housing at Indiana U-Bloomington, another accepted school.) Myself, I’m not sure I would want to be that cramped. I heard the Red Bricks are social, too. </p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>SLO_pop said:</p>
<p>She wants a social dorm? My son loves Sierra Madre - he didn’t want to be in an Engineering dorm and he wanted to be around kids from other majors. They do have a lot of dorm activities and he has no regrets with his choice. Rooms are good size, rectangle instead of square, and no triples. It’s a little further to the Engineering buildings than the red bricks and mountain dorms, but he normally rides his bike over there. Yosemite towers are similar but a little farther away from campus.</p>