Double Depositing is NOT OK

College Search & Selection
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<p>It has come to my attention that some CC members here are giving the advice that it is "fine" to double-deposit, send two deposits in to different schools, and make up your mind later.</p>

<p>This is patently untrue. First, it is in direct violation of the standards set by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors - see <a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyre...dentsRtsNEW.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyre...dentsRtsNEW.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Colleges and universities do check, and they do and will rescind admissions offers if they get wind of double depositing. This year, with waitlists larger than ever at some schools, I expect they will be looking more closely at double depositing issues and the risk of having an offer rescinded will rise accordingly.</p>

<p>Additionally, students must send in final transcripts from their high school to any college where they have agreed to attend. Many high schools will refuse to send double transcripts.</p>

<p>When you double deposit, you are, of course, holding a spot that could go to a waitlisted student. You are also adding to problems for next year's applicants. One of the reasons that waitlists have become so large this year is that colleges can no longer make accurate predictions about who will be there on the first day. So, double depositing my ultimately lead to even larger waitlists.</p>

<p>Finally, if this practice is widespread, it is likely that the deposits required by colleges for next year's crop of applicants will rise into the thousands of dollars, not a few hundred.</p>

<p>In short, this is a VERY bad idea. In spite of what you may read here where others are saying it is OK to do this, it is not. If you do decide to take this unethical route, then please do not advise others to also do so, and please be sure you can live with the potential consequence of having your offers rescinded at both schools. </p>

<p>If you, or your child, honestly need more time, call the schools in question and explain the situation and ask for an extension of a week or so. They may grant it, and it would be far preferrable to the ethics questions and risks of double depositing.</p>

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<p>Thank you for posting this. It needed to be said.</p>

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<p>Double-depositing is very selfish. Not only is it a waste of money, but it keeps some poor kid on the waitlist who actually knows what he wants to do with his life from attending the college of his dreams, just so you can get a few more weeks to decide.</p>

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<p>Double-depositing is unethical and selfish. I can't believe anyone could do it with a clear conscience after reading all the sad waitlist threads here.</p>

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<p>I did it :) . Sike.</p>

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Colleges and universities do check, and they do and will rescind admissions offers if they get wind of double depositing.

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<p>Quoted for emphasis.</p>

<p>It's a wonder how there have been so many threads asking if someone can send in two SIRs.</p>

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<p>Hey, what if I clicked OK on the enroll button but never sent the money in?</p>

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<p>although i disagree with double depositing on principle...nothing wrong with being selfish when it best suites your interests.</p>

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<p>Someone's been reading Ann Raynd...</p>

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<p>Bobbobbob, integrity is an absolute. One cannot have integrity and act in one's one best interest when others are negatively impacted.</p>

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<p>sure one can. if actions are balanced then there is no reason why one must have to have no integrity or absolute integrity. Some integrity is a must, but to have absolute integrity to the point at which you are negatively harmed yourself is foolish. Each action must be judged independently, the only way you can judge one's overall sense of integrity is to create some sort of point system for actions.</p>

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<p>So, it's okay to murder as long as you do enough community service to balance it?</p>

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<p>should you not shoot someone that is charging you with a knife since shotting him/her will cause other people to be negatively impacted?</p>

<p>do you honestly think that murder and community service are equally extremes in action?</p>

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<p>I think about 1% of each freshman class pays a deposit but doesn't show up. At least this is the case at one large second-tier university. There may be legitimate reasons sometimes why students really can't keep their commitment.</p>

<p>If the 1% figure is true, then about 10 waitlisted students would not be accepted in a class of 1000 freshmen due to the practice of double-depositing. This would be especially disappointing at a highly selective college.</p>

<p>Admissions offices are pretty savvy. I think they would probably overadmit by 1% to compensate.</p>

<p>Still, I would feel terrible if my double-deposit kept someone else from being admitted. </p>

<p>I would feel the pangs of conscience for the other applicants, not for the university. Why? First, the university probably builds the no-shows into their admissions strategy. Second, the admissions and recruiting component of a university is itself motivated by self-interest, not the welfare of students. Admissions offices are greedy, deceptive, manipulative marketing machines motivated by money, just like any other big business. They don't deserve sympathy.</p>

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<p>what about those who are waitlisted? don't they kind of have to double-deposit?</p>

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<p>when you deposit, you are supposed to turn down those schools that you have already been accepted to. when youre on a waitlist, chances are that you are not going to be pulled off it...so youre not in at 2 schools at the same time.</p>

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<p>Ohhhhhhhhh...even if I was waitlisted, I don't know how I'd convince my parents to waste another few hundred bucks</p>