<p>Universities do not take your decision personally. Yours will be seen as one of thousands of students who opted for another, better suited university. In your letter, thank the university for having considered you and tell them that you have opted for another university that is better suited for your personal needs.</p>
<p>You do not need to send the $200 to Michigan at the moment. Your spot at Michigan will be reserved until the time your offer letter says it will. That acceptance letter should state that you have to get back to Michigan by May 1st or somthing like that. That pretty much means that your spot will be saved at Michigan until then. Why send them any checks until you hear back from Northwestern in late March/early April?</p>
<p>My advice to you would be to check the date in your application that states by when you should get back to Michigan and do not worry about get back to them until that date. Of course, do not wait until the last minute. But make up your mind between Northwestern and Michigan in the coming 3 months, that way when you hear back from Northwestern, you can send your letters to both the winner and the loser with time to spare.</p>
<p>As for the Rose Bowl, it was sad, but as my French friends would no doubt remind us, c'est la vie! Hehe</p>
<p>Good luck and let me know if you have other questions.</p>
<p>I have a similar question about sending in the Mich deposit for my son--If I'm correct, Michigan will be sending out the housing applications only to those who have indicated that they are coming. I'm worried that if I wait until he hears from his other schools, he may be closed out of his preferred housing. I'm thinking it may be wise to send in the $200 even if it is non-refundable. Alexandre, do you think that makes sense. Where do you think the best housing is? He is accepted to the honors program and is leaning toward the honors housing in south quad...</p>
<p>In terms of getting things started, it is indeed best to send the $200 deposit. That will get a student on the fast track to finding prefered housing etc... As far as housing, I am truly not qualified to answer. Since I did the whole "dorm experience" thing as a borading school student, and since I had over 6 close friends going to Michigan with me, I really did not feel it necessary to live in a dorm. So I lived in an apartment from day one.</p>
<p>That's basically what I was trying to get at through this. I'm kind of worried about the housing and getting a good orientation spot (in order to be sure I'll get into the classes that I want).</p>
<p>I see Reeses. In this case, you may want to send your $200 deposit now. Don't worry, Michigan will accept your decision to go elsewhere...just make sure you send them a letter the moment you change your mind.</p>
<p>okay, a little update. I'm officially not sending in the deposit until after I hear from NU in March. I haven't done it yet because I thought that it would be wiser if I asked someone that worked in admissions what admissions people thought about this issue (for my personal mental well being), and the answer was basically to not do it. It's not really looked upon too highly. So, for me, sending in the deposit would be a negative.</p>
<p>The office of undergraduate admissions' phone number is (734) 764-7433.<br>
Alexandre-thats just scary that you know the the # for undergrad admissions at Umich or any college for that matter</p>
<p>The only reason that I can think of to send the deposit in early is if you're unsure of attending, is for housing. They have a lottery early (way before the May 1 deadline) and if your housing application isn't in that, then you have less of a chance of getting the dorm you want. Note I said "less of a chance" because by no means are you guaranteed getting your first choice anyway. So if that is terribly important to you, and you don't mind forfeiting the deposit, then by all means send it in.</p>
<p>If you want to stay off of North Campus (Bursley Hall), send the deposit in ASAP. Having been there, admittedly 34 years ago, you don't want to spend your entire first year taking the bus back and forth, particularly late at night in mid-winter. My S and D have each done numerous summer athletic camps at U of M and they agreed that the experience was far superior if you weren't at Bursley.</p>
<p>Actually, I checked my admit package to double check about the housing issue after I got that response, and it does state that U of M doesn't even send out normal housing information until mid-March. Plus, orientation information isn't dealt with until mid-April. They don't count it against you as long as you tell them what's going on before the deadline so I think I'll be 100% all right if I want until I hear from NU to send in my deposit. However, I should have my mind made up before March so that when i do hear from NU, I can notify the colleges right away as to what I'm going to do.</p>
<p>maybe im mistaken. But i thought that this was known as double deposits, and is looked upon very badly or am i wrong. Or is double deposits only when you keep two active deposits after the May 1 deadline.</p>
<p>I think that's what it is, pman, which is why I'm not doing it and why I'm going to wait until I hear from NU. This way, I can choose between the two of them without having already made any commitments even though I do have my preference betweent the two of them (NU). </p>
<p>This is what the admissions officer I e-mailed said:</p>
<p>"You are under no obligation to deposit to any school until May 1, unless you were admitted to that school through a binding Early program and they have earlier posted deposit deadline. Depositing to more than one school is deemed unethical by college admission offices."</p>
<p>By the way, I meant to say "wait" instead of "want" in my last post.</p>