<p>Hi, I was just wondering, is it even possible to pay the non-refundable deposit money to two schools? </p>
<p>The reason I am asking is, I have been unable to choose between my top two choices, Amherst and UPenn. They are very different schools and unfortunately as an international student I have been unable to visit either of them. It will also be very hard for me to make a visit in the month of April. </p>
<p>My mom suggested that I deposit money at both places and then go visit them in May after my AP's are done and over with. I was wondering if that was even legit.</p>
<p>On a different note -- if you could shed any kind of light to help me make a decision, that would be greatly appreciated as well.</p>
<p>Not a good idea to pay deposits to more than one college. Increasingly more students are doing this, and colleges are getting ticked off. Multiple deposits aren't fair to the colleges because they don't know whether to go to their wait lists.</p>
<p>When colleges realize that a student has done this, some colleges are cancelling admission.</p>
<p>I am having the same problem deciding...except, for me, its between UPenn and Wesleyan. I just cant decide between a big university and an exclusive, smaller LAC. Also, Im an international student.</p>
<p>No. You cannot send in deposits to two schools; any decent high school college guidance office will tell you that at this stage you need to make your choice and send in a single deposit.</p>
<p>lkf725, that may be true for rolling admissions schools but for the single-response-date schools such as most of the top LACs and non-public universities, the deposit means you are going and what NSM said holds true.</p>
<p>With S traveling cross country and limited first come, first served, on campus housing I already sent in FULLY REFUNDABLE (up to 30 days prior to move in date, minus $5) deposit to a California State School. They even have a link that says something to the effect of "Can I get a refund if I decide not to attend" where they state the above policy.</p>
<p>We sent our deposit in good faith as it currently is my S top choice however we have not even visited yet - will do so next weekend. Also, no sooner had I put the check in the mail when we received word of a full tuition scholarship at a prestigious east coast school.</p>
<p>Bottom line was that sight unseen this school is my sons first choice and I would not have sent him there if he could not be on campus, so I felt that I needed to send in the deposit. However we will carefully consider that full tuition offer as well as any other scholarship offers that may show up over the next few weeks.</p>