<p>I wake up this morning completely dismayed at some kids, but moreso, some parents.......</p>
<p>My daughter revealed to us last night that three of her friends, who have had their admissions in hand since mid-March have either double or triple deposited....</p>
<p>Yes, she read them the riot act....no, they don't particularly care what she has to say and basically told her it was none of her business........</p>
<p>ugh.....</p>
<p>So, let's make a list....how many of you personally know of kids double/triple/quadruple whatever depositing....</p>
<p>I'll start:</p>
<p>rodney: 3</p>
<p>No one we know has done this.</p>
<p>I don’t know of anyone either.</p>
<p>I have not heard of anyone in my son’s circle of concern doing this… but I don’t imagine it is something one would be advertising?</p>
<p>Rodney, more than I can count. Did it myself, once upon a time. Would not do it if the school specifically prohibits it and, now for common app schools without a truly outstanding reason. When we did this some years ago, we ended up telling each school of the situation because son’s high school was outraged and insisted we do so. None of the schools cared, just wanted to know if he was coming. So much for that. There are schools that do care, however, and if you are involving such schools or if your kids high school cares, you can have issues.</p>
<p>Some schools deserve to be double dipped when they leave kis hanging on financial aid. One family I know has quadruple dipped an for very good reason. All kind of possible aid hanging in there because the financial aid offices and the ROTC scholarship system made it impossible for kid to get his full choices by May 1 and they refused to move any faster. So as far as I’m concerned, that’s just too bad.</p>
<p>The May 1 consensus is a big step but schools need to also get financial aid issues in place by then as well. And if kids want to take the chance of losing the option if the schools find out, it’s a risk some of them are willing to take. I draw the line at breaching any contractual agreement, and this is now on the common app, but in absence of that, my feelings are to go right on ahead. </p>
<p>If your D’s friends used the Common app at at of those colleges where they are multiple dipping by the way, they may particularly care what she has to say to those colleges if she or someone tells those schools what they have done. Nice to be arrogant when you think there are no consequences. When one of mine did it , we were upfront about it.</p>
<p>Usually the HS guidance office will only send a final transcript to one school, and the guidance counselors stop working shortly after school ends, so the kids will have to make a decision well before August</p>
<p>^^exactly what I said, but what is so appaling is that these kids think they are “above it all” and their parents do too…so why should they have that extra month or so to decide when THOUSANDS of kids have doneso by May 1?</p>
<p>btw, NO FA involved (in these cases) nor honors programs invites being waited on…just complete indecision…</p>
<p>^^^ When financial aid is in the balance, the family has been prompt in getting all necessary documents to the schools, and the delay is clearly on the school, I have always seen the family request a delay for the deposit, thus multiple deposits are not necessary.</p>
<p>That’s terrible. Especially if your kid is WL at one of the schools where these kids are holding a spot. I haven’t heard of anyone in D’s class doing this. There has to be some honor system here that we all abide to. It’s not right and it’s not fair.</p>
<p>The school holding things up will grant the delay, but often not the other school. Also if other outstanding issues are in play, schools just won;t grant the delay. As one who made 10 such requests once upon a time, and was denied from every single one, I can vouch for that. thus the multi deposits. </p>
<p>That thousands of kids have made the decisions has nothing to do with the fact that they have not. They can take their risks in multi depositing. And high schools will send final transcripts to multiple schools if you stagger your requests even if they have rules against multi depositing. There are many reasons to need that final transcript sent to a number of schools for any number of programs and it’s none of their business why you need one sent. Plus few colleges willl dump you for no final transcript until the very last minute so you have plenty of time for that. I got a request for one son’s final high school transcript in the middle of first semester of college. Somehow the college either lost it or never got it. </p>
<p>I don’t think it is appalling at all unless it is a breach of contract. These days with the common app having that clause, it is and you do risk a consequence when you breach that consequence. You wanna take that risk, it’s on you. Bothers you so much, tell the colleges. Bet they won’t do a thing. They have better things to do than chase after stuff like that. The schools that do care are pretty specific in saying so when you send the deposit.</p>
<p>Also, it is a common misconception that each spot held means a spot that will be released if the kid holding it doesn’t show. Most every school knows the term “summer melt” and has adjusted their acceptances for that. If everyone who did deposit showed up or more than they expected, there would be a problem just like overbooked flights. It happens all of the time as evidenced by freshmen stuck in triples and in hotels and other housing that clearly is backup.</p>
<p>just read someones post over on the BC forum who triple deposited. What it seems this will eventually accomplish is driving up admission deposits so high that it will discourage most from doing this.</p>
<p>A cautionary tale:</p>
<p>Several years ago a student double deposited at a HYPS school and a Top 10 school. Top 10 found out and rescinded its offer. HYPS then rescinded its offer. Student took an unplanned gap year.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s a despicable thing to do, and one which, I believe, will come back to bite the students on the butt, frankly. Double/triple/quadruple depositing is much like having multiple sister wives–makes for a lot of headache, ultimately, and living with the spectre of being caught, eventually.</p>
<p>Yes, I know a student who has triple deposited. All to local LACs. He is a recruited athlete so I can’t believe they won’t find out soon.</p>
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<p>Well, they are right. It isn’t her business. Let karma work itself out.</p>
<p>It is not like having multiple wives. Absolutely not. It is also not illegal. Breach of contract, yes, if you signed something saying you would not do so, but if you sign something saying that if you do so, you’ll risk losing your spot in the school, you can still do so and assume the risk. But don’t go crying to others when that happens. You took the risk, you got the consequence.</p>
<p>Do I believe this is good practice in general? Absolutely not. I think in most cases it just extends the misery longer if there isn’t financial aid or some other reason that is hanging in balance that is going to make the decision. Also a waste of money unless there is some good reason. Considering I’ve already put over $1000 in my son’s choice, the idea of having other schools in the field would be preposterous in his case. Enrollment deposit, room deposit, plane ticket and expenses for Accepted Student Day, not to mention the stuff he has bought for the school. (Hmmm maybe it is like having multiple wives) And the time being invested in the school already. If this were being repeated 2X or 3X,it would be a problem. The only reasons I see anyone doing this is if they have some issues that are seriously affecting the decision or they want to spend a lot of time and money to ruminate over several schools. Not a good use of either, in my opinion. Most of us parents want this danged thing to be over and let’s go on.</p>
<p>Inthebiz… do you have real evidence of this happening? Asking because I was curious a while back and looked on CC though lots of threads to try to find a concrete example of an offer withdrawn for double depositing, and could not actually find one. It obviously is prohibited, and we have no intention of doing it (not our year anyway this year, but didn’t/won’t). But I was looking for an actual example, either on CC or referenced in an article online. And couldn’t find one.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine my daughter even knowing whether or not her friends had double deposited, and I REALLY can’t imagine her “reading” anyone her own age “the riot act” for anything like this. Eyeroll at most. I really, really, really can’t imagine she would bother telling me about something like this, and I know, for a fact, I would not be thinking about it the next morning if she had. </p>
<p>Really. Time to go out for a long run, or bike ride, plant some flowers, or start a vegetable garden, take up watercolor painting, or french cooking, tennis, or even video gaming. Sewing. Write your memiors. Volunteer at the local soup kitchen. Go hold the babies in the cicu. Volunteer with a local community theater. Start a band. Start a puzzle. Take up crosswords. Take up tournament gin. Take up tournament bridge. Go swimming. Go to the movies. Get out all the old photographs and make your kid a scrapbook to take to college. Start a quilt. Bake some brownies. Paint the inside of the house. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>My daughter told me last night of a girl double depositing. This girl goes to a private prep school and she and her parents disagree on which school she should attend. She deposited at her choice in early April and planned to attend. Her parents still want her to go to the other school, both top 50 privates, so they deposited to that school just before the deadline. I don’t understand what the problem is. They let her apply to the school, and paid the deposit for the school she wants to attend, so they should just let her go.</p>