<p>huh?</p>
<p>what’s up with this?</p>
<p>I thought that the top schools had a general agreement to give the students til May 1st to decide?</p>
<p>"My scholarship at Duke has a pretty short deadline to reply so whichever way would get me the quickest response, if there is one, is the one I would prefer. "</p>
<p>John Adams: It’s the deadline to accept the scholarship, which is different from the admission deadlines</p>
<p>quest, and why shouldn’t the deadline to accept the scholarship be EXACTLY the same as that for admission?</p>
<p>JohnAdams12 is right in that US-based students should be allowed to request extensions on any sort of admissions or scholarship reply deadline until May 1. </p>
<p>For colleges to do otherwise is a violation of NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling) guidelines, which state that post-secondary members must:
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<p>But in any case, I vote Duke in this case because the differences between Duke and Yale aren’t big enough to go into $50,000 in debt - especially when you are planning to go to med school and take on even more debt!</p>
<p>Our friend’s daughter had a similar quandary (full ride at u of chicago or Harvard no dough) last yr; she picked UC and after a 1 and a half, loves it and does not regret the decision. She was also thinking doctor/med school in four yrs, and so she thought she could save the money now for the future. From what I hear, duke is very good as an institution, and I suspect you cd equally get into med schools from there as from YH.</p>
<p>hm i never heard of that, the extra time to visit every campus would be really useful so i may ask for an extension. Thanks for the advice!</p>