<p>Okay, suppose I am a lucky man and I got into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. And suppose I want to go to Harvard.</p>
<p>Why would I tell Yale that I am not going there? Why wouldnt I tell all the colleges I am going to their college?</p>
<p>I know that waitlisted people want seats. But is there any other incentive or stick in the works? Like why would I tell Yale that I am not going there? Why cant they just have to figure out in class enrollment time? Why should I tell?</p>
<p>You have to pay money (several hundred dollars at least) to confirm your enrollment at the time you inform them that you’ll be attending.</p>
<p>Agree^! I don’t really understand the question though, why do you not want to tell Yale and Princeton you wont be attending. Do you think you’ll change your mind? Like you said, think about all those waitlisted. They would kill to take your spot, when you have no intention of attending.</p>
<p>Bc Fightthetide, you are wrong:</p>
<p>This is the website that proves it: <a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/timeline.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/timeline.htm</a>
(Look at bottom: May 1)</p>
<p>There IS NO ADMISSIONS DEPOSIT. Just Reply date. Which I support because the admissions deposit is tough on low-income families.</p>
<p>btw, I don’t know why I would ever want to do what I said. And honestly, I would never do that and I don’t know who will. But idk, what would prevent anyone from doing that….</p>
<p>I’ve only heard of deposits in several medical schools. Not sure about any undergrads that do that.</p>
<p>i think most undergrad schools have deposits-although they vary in size
i paid like 200 or 250 for my stanford deposit
but technically you can still hold a deposit at more than 1 school until May 1st</p>
<p>going back to the original statement, colleges can rescind your admission if you have committes to another college after may 1st.
(so say you commit to all 3, on may 1st, all 3 have grounds to rescind your admission should they find out)</p>
<p>^^^ Harvardlite, isn’t the deposit just usually part of tuition? So it’s money they’d have to pay anyway (unless they’re fully covered by FinAid).</p>
<p>Most schools require deposits for the very reason that the deposit of money requires a commitment on the part of the student. Harvard doesn’t, probably on the theory that most people who accept it are not going to back out to go to a different institution. While I think it is only polite and considerate to your fellow applicants to let colleges know as soon as you’ve made your decision (if you were waitlisted at a school you wanted to go to, wouldn’t you want people who were not going to notify that school?), if you don’t tell a college by May 1 that you’re going, they’ll assume you’re not and move on to their waitlist if needed.</p>
<p>harvard and princeton don’t require deposits. idk about yale. but r u sure the ivy league has committees to make sure of that, i highly doubt that</p>
<p>someone correct me if i’m wrong, but i believe that the ivies threaten to rescind you if they discover you’ve double-deposited (or double-committed) after may 1. of course this is complicated by the waitlists, but why risk it? why not commit? you can only attend one anyway, and what’s the fun in dragging it out? that way, you can get excited about the one place. depositing everywhere you’re accepted (or telling them you’ll attend) seems pointless and idiotic to me.</p>
<p>From my daughter’s response card from last year:</p>
<p>“Harvard College reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission under the following conditions a) if you fail to graduate and receive a diploma by the end of the current school year b) if you show a significant drop in your academic performance between now and your graduation from school c) if you engage or have engaged in behavior that brings into question you honesty, maturity or moral character d) in the event any part of your application contains misrepresentations or e) if you are holding beyond May 1 a place in the freshman class of more than one college.”</p>
<p>AND Harvardlite, even though you claim “you would never do it”, the fact that you have posed this question makes me wonder.</p>
<p>^don’t worry. I would never do that. I was just wondering how the university could stop people from that if they don’t require deposits. And I guess, loss of admissions is a stupid risk to take and will prevent unscrupulous people from taking that path.</p>
<p>but now i am thinking, is it possible to “double enroll” at colleges and get 2 Bachelor degrees or is there a rule to prevent that (another hypothetical question, i wont be able to commute back and forth anyways)?</p>
<p>especially loss of admission to a school that you may want to attend.</p>
<p>As for double enrolling, look at e) above - you cannot be a freshman at a second school.</p>
<p>Now, on another note. My husband close to 30 years ago was going to BC for a BS in business management & minor in CS and was driving up the street at night to Wentworth Institute and taking mechanical engineering courses one or two at a time. But, he was not “enrolled” at Wentworth.</p>