<p>I was also accepted to another ivy league, and I said yes to them because of money (to hold a seat etc.) but now I am leanin towards going to Yale, where I was also accepted. Is there any way I can reneg on the previous offer acceptance so I can choose Yale??</p>
<p>Yes, go ahead. The only rule is that you can’t hold a place in two colleges at the same time. If you want to choose Yale, choose Yale and send notice of withdrawal to the other college. Do this before May 1, as if haven’t alerted Yale by then, then Yale will assume you don’t want to come and you will lose your place.</p>
<p>Don’t the ivy leagues match each other’s financial aid? I’m not an expert but I know at least Dartmouth does this for sure. You should call yale’s financial aid department and ask.</p>
<p>It happens all the time. My son had accepted an offer at another university and then was accepted to Yale off their waitlist. He sent an e-mail to both admissions and financial aid thanking them for the offer of admittance be withdrawing his acceptance. The only caveat is if you had to pay a deposit to the other school you would forfeit that if you changed your mind.</p>
<p>The other caveat is if your other admission was ED (presumably it wasn’t, or else you wouldn’t have had an active app in to Yale).</p>
<p>Kdog044 wrote: “It happens all the time. My son had accepted an offer at another university and then was accepted to Yale off their waitlist”</p>
<p>Going the waitlist route is an “officially sanctioned” way of changing your mind after committing to a college - and not quite the same as what OP is trying to do. He would need to be really careful about managing his situation, otherwise he may very well lose his spot at Yale and the other Ivy league school to which he has already committed.
These schools are really serious about not wanting anyone to “play games” with their admission management system and have too many equally qualified students to chose a replacement from</p>
<p>If a school insists on a student committing prior to the May 1st deadline by indicting they might lose a housing spot or some other reason, I don’t see why they cannot withdraw as long as they have not double deposited.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any problem withdrawing before May 1. I would do it as quickly as possible, though. Did the OP actually notify Yale that he was declining the offer of admission? If so, he should definitely talk to someone at Yale before withdrawing his acceptance at College X, but I wouldn’t assume that there will be any issues.</p>
<p>What JHS said ^ ^.
Verify with Yale, immediately, by phone and email that you are attending. And only after that is confirmed, withdraw the other. </p>
<p>So long as the first one was not an ED acceptance, it is no big deal at all. You are not reneging nor gaming any system.</p>