One of my high school counselers just sent an e-mail to all in our senior class, reminding us that enrollment notices are due extremely soon, and it is “unethical” for anyone to attempt to send in more than one enrollment card and deposit.
I know it’s unethical, but the thing that gets me here is: WHY? Why on earth would a person send in more than one enrollment? Can’t they just decide where they are going to go, like the vast majority of the population? Another thing: what is the logic of doing so-- I mean, how can one even send in more than one enrollment?
Do they plan on attending different summer orientations and completing different sets of housing and roomate requests too? It’s indecisive, a waste of time and money, and frustrating to the schools themselves, not just the uncertain student/family.
I just am not sure as to what logical validity there would be to dual or triple-enrollment. I would think that one might get in trouble for doing that.
<p>Perhaps they haven't made up their mind yet.</p>
<p>I agree it is unethical.</p>
<p>You can send in a deposit and then rescind later if you get off a waitlist though right?</p>
<p>My friend has two deposits in: one because the first school was rolling and the sooner you get your deposit in, the better your housing is. The second is because she just visited the school, loved it, but wasn't quite sure she wanted to go, but reserved her spot.</p>
<p>its illegal in some places, like smith they make you sign the card saying u are committed to go. illegal... as in they wont like sue u or throw u in jail. but they mite blacklist u or tell the other school u sent ur deposit to and they both end up rescinding u</p>
<p>Colleges communicate with each other. I'm not saying that every college is connected to every other college, but they do share information in groups. In the case of Emory, they inform the students that they can only accept one college, and if they do, the acceptance can be pulled. In another place, they provide a list of schools that they share information with concerning ED. Also, Emory has a very strong honor code.</p>
<p>RaboKarabekian,</p>
<p>Did your friend just send in a housing deposit? Some schools will allow you to send a housing deposit(without having to send in an enrollment to confirm your admissions) especially if housing is on a first come first served basis. The deposit is sometimes refundable if you with draw it by a certain date. </p>
<p>Eventually, friend will have to tell the GC where s/he is going to attend because the GC wil have to foward a copy of the final transcript and proof of graduation. The glich comes in if school B calls requesting the same information and the GC states that they sent it to school A. In a small network of people (remember many adcoms aremembers of some of the same consortiums ) it would not be unusual for school A to contact school B to let them know what the student has done resulting in losing a spot at both schools.</p>