<p>I was recently accepted for Winter transfer and the deadline to accept transfer enrollment was Dec 1, so I did, Michigan being the only school that had accepted me at the time. I paid the $200 and confirmed.</p>
<p>On Dec 3. I got acceptance for the school I really wanted to go to. I paid the $500 to confirm. But then I received an email that says if I have confirmed with another school my acceptance can be rescinded. Please help as I have decided not to go to Michigan for a variety of reasons although I do love it.</p>
<p>What should I do? Is confirming enrollment and paying the $200 deposit legally binding? Can I just contact administration and discuss this with them. Has this happened to anyone here? The worst case scenario is I end up having my acceptance rescinded from both schools. Thanks!</p>
<p>As long as it’s not an inferior school like NYU, I wouldn’t expect any problems cancelling your acceptance at Michigan. Seriously, tell Michigan you cannot attend. Just don’t expect your deposit back. Wow, a 500.00 dollar deposit to NYU, that seems rather high. They must be used to many students cancelling on them to charge so much.</p>
<p>Thanks. And they are both good in their own sense, Michigan being better in academics, sports etc but cant beat the location of NY.</p>
<p>Hopefully I only lose my 200.</p>
<p>do you have a job rjofnovski? besides hating on anyone that mentions michigan is the slightest negative light?</p>
<p>Blah, there is nothing wrong with expressing one’s opinion in one’s own forum. I expect hosts of a forum to be biased in favor of their own university. At least we do not go to other forums and trash the host university like so many posters do on CC. Besides, I agree with rjk; NYU is not worth going to over Michigan. It would be like choosing USC over Stanford because one wants to be in LA. Not a wise decision!</p>
<p>This said, security deposits are not binding. You can contact the university and inform them of your change of heart, but obviously, do not expect to get your deposit back.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go as far to say NYU vs UMich is like USC vs Stanford, more like UCLA vs Cal… Michigan academics are definitely top notch, but for an aspiring banker not many schools can beat NYUs location, especially in this economy… how many firms are willing to fly potential interns from michigan to NYC when they can take similar candidates from NYU</p>
<p>CollegeAC, when it comes to Wall Street placement, I would say that Ross = Stern and Michigan (non-Ross) = NYU (non-Stern). But in terms of college experience and academic excellence, Michigan is a better option. As such, if your option was Stern vs Michigan LSA and your only goal is Wall Street placement, you made the right choice. However, in all other cases, I think (and this is just my opinion) Michigan over NYU is a no-brainer. </p>
<p>I agree with your correction; Michigan is to NYU as Cal is to UCLA is definitely a more accurate comparison.</p>
<p>At any rate, the point I was making is that on a Michigan forum, you are bound to run into Michigan partisans. Withdrawing from Michigan is fine since Michigan does not make binding agreements (ED) with applicants.</p>
<p>the issue is rjofnovski does the same snide commentary at other school’s forums and in the open forums whenever Michigan is brought up. And you’re right, there is incredible Michigan partisanship on this forum. We’ll have to agree to disagree on this statement “But in terms of college experience and academic excellence, Michigan is a better option.”. That is an opinion.</p>
<p>As you said Blah, we will have to agree to disagree. Please notify next time a Wolverine posts anything midly partisan on the Stanford forum.</p>
<p>Did Blah say something negative concerning my obviously sarcastic post, which was meant in jest of course? I wouldn’t know, since I put him/her on ignore a long time ago. :-)</p>
<p>Blah should get a mirror… do YOU have a job? You do spend a lot of time trolling the Michigan board with no ties to the university. Just sayin’</p>
<p>my sister is an undergrad there now. so yes, bearcats, i do have a connection. thanks for your valuable input, however. Maybe you should also do some research on my sparse amount of posts in this board and in CC in general before you pass judgement. OH WAIT.</p>
<p>So what if your sister attends? How does that constitute a connection other than a very distant and totally unofficial one? Are you telling me that since my mother attended Columbia or since I was admitted into Brown, Chicago, Duke or Penn, I would be justified in going over to their forums to trash those universities? If anything, such a weak and superficial connection would only force me to respect those universities, not speak ill of them, afterall, I think very highly of my mother and therefore, think highly of her alma matter. Nothing you say can explain your horrible attitude on this forum. One does not insult his host in polite society, even if his sister happens to be a neighbour. Please do inform us when one of ours goes to your university’s forum and disrespects your university as you so often do on our forum.</p>
<p>"Nothing you say can explain your horrible attitude on this forum. "</p>
<p>Really? It’s the insecurity on this board that misconstrued my tongue in cheek comments when comparing Michigan to Stanford during that one football thread. Whatever floats your boat Alexandre. Rest assured your opinions of Michigan are confined to only to this dictatorial subforum realm moderated by you. I will be interviewing Michigan applicants this coming week. You can be thankful I will not be counting your attitude against them.</p>
<p>Blah, I recall your taking jabs at Michigan long before Stanford football was ever discussed on this forum. You have often expressed that Michigan’s student body is sub-par and that it is a “diploma factory”. </p>
<p>My comments about Stanford football were posted on the Michigan forum only after you made comments about how Michigan deserved to lose to Michigan State and that Michigan football was overhyped and should have lost to Notre Dame. </p>
<p>Even then, I stated that Stanford is superior to Michigan academically and that it is the best university on earth. You have disrespected Michigan before that discussion ever took place.</p>
<p>Again, let me know when a Michigan student or alumn ventures over to the Stanford (or any other university) forum and posts anything that can be remotely construed as disrespectful.</p>
<p>The best way to look at the posts by Blah:</p>
<p>This message is hidden because Blah2009 is on your ignore list.</p>
<p>I would like to apologize to collegeAC if my comments offended her/him. It was meant to be said in jest. I thought the word “Seriously” used at the start of the next sentence gave that away, but I guess it wasn’t obvious enough to some posters. NYU is a fine school of course and I wish the OP the very best of luck.</p>