<p>i asked this question in another thread, but was wondering if anyone else had insight.</p>
<p>"hypothetically, is it ever possible for someone to send in a reply to one school, deny another, but then change their mind?"</p>
<p>I just did that, except I hadn't replied to the school that I was going to deny. (This all occurred on May 1)</p>
<p>was the school that you accepted angry about it? when do you think is the absolute latest this transition is possible?</p>
<p>The lady on the phone didn't sound angry. As for your 2nd question, I'm not sure - but I would assume that May 5th is too late.</p>
<p>Why in the world would a serious college or university want to enroll a student who has decided that he or she really doesn't want to be there?</p>
<p>Would a good school benefit in any way by having a student there, FOR FOUR YEARS, who feels that he or she is being "held hostage"?</p>
<p>If you change your mind, even in May or even in the summer, then let a school know that. The secretary who answers the phone will not take it personally. The folks in admisisons know perfectly well that the whole process of applying to and ultimately settling on a college/university is "spooky" (as they say in the real-estate biz). It is stressful and, in some sense, fragile.</p>
<p>If you don't want to go to College X, just let them know. They'll keep your deposit and offer your spot to a candidate on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Good luck, all!</p>
<p>thanks, but there is still the matter of calling school Y and asking if, after already declining their offer, to later accept it</p>
<p>I didn't get that question from your original post. Sorry.</p>
<p>The answer to your original question is this: If the first school is selective, and if you're not prepared to donate a new science building to that school... And if you're neither a nationally/internationally known celebrity, nor the child of a current or former U.S. President: very probably not.</p>
<p>Technically, the answer is that, yes, it's possible for you to change your mind back to "yes." But, even so, it's EXCEEDINGLY unlikely that the college you have spurned will ACCOMMODATE that change of heart.</p>