<p>I think it's only okay if you get off a waitlist and say yes to the school you got off the waitlist for, but then you should inform the other school as soon as possible you won't be going.</p>
<p>Yea it's generally only acceptable to do that if you hear from a school that waitlisted you. Other than that, double depositing is generally not permitted by most institutions. Double depositing gives you bad karma, too. An unbelievable number of students have been waitlisted this year. It would be quite cruel and nocent to screw over other students just because you cannot make up your mind.</p>
<p>I agree. I'd be mad if someone made two deposits and then rejected the school I wanted to go to. =/ That would be unfair. Make up your mind.</p>
<p>Sending multiple deposits doesn't really deprive any student of a waitlist spot; it only delays when that waitlist spot is offered, because ultimately every student can only enroll at one school. Plenty of students at the Ivies withdraw their SIR and enroll at a more preferred school after getting off the waitlist. It's called "summer melt" and all colleges expect it to happen.</p>
<p>another question:</p>
<p>Are you supposed to send explicit No's to your admitted schools through that same card, or is a no send default to NO?</p>
<p>You are supposed to send explicit NO's.</p>
<p>i have already sent SIRs to two schools. but its may 1st today, can i call one of the schools and cancel my SIR? i know which of the two schools i want to go to now and i dont wanna get screwed over by having two SIRs...</p>
<p>Listen to my story. D was waiting for Waitlisted OOS school to let us know, which did not happen. So last night at midnight(april 30th) we sent in the SIR to in state school only to get in to the OOS waitlist school today morning. Was highly excited and we sent in the SIR and 300$ deposit. An hour later after looking at the financial aid package etc and thinking it very throughly, we decided we could not afford OOS school. So called the OOS school immediately(1 hr after submitting the SIR) and told them we were withdrawing. They said we would lose the $300 deposit.The admission officer sent an email within 5 minutes confirming our withdrawl.We figured it was better than having 2 SIR's and waiting a few days beyond MAY 1st.</p>
<p>So please if you want to witdraw do so TODAY by midnight. You can send an email also.</p>
<p>i was wondering
has anyone ever double deposited in UC school systems?</p>
<p>if so, anything happen?</p>
<p>seniormom99
I would do online banking or visit my bank tomorrow and have a stop payment put on the check. Last year a friend of mine did that for a $500 deposit. She called the admissions office to tell them that her D would not attend, and they said that they did not process refunds. She told them that she would stop the check, and they said "we don't care, really, we just don't have staff to do refunds"</p>
<p>It cost her a $30 fee.</p>
<p>chocoholic-- Unfortunately the deposit was sent by credit card so they received the payment immediately. Oh well -- a loss of $ 300 is better than worrying endlessly if I waited beyond May 1st. I should have sent it postmarked-- in retrospect</p>
<p>Sending to 2 UCs is very risky. If you want you can send an email tonight before midnight and withdraw one.</p>
<p>Schools that do not want you sending more than one deposit or acceptance will state the case on the form you are supposed to send to them accepting their spot. It's pretty clear. </p>
<p>For those who are still negotiating financial aid or administrative mistakes, I would suggest you get extensions from those schools where the facts are not all on the table. That should not be a problem. Then accept the school where you would go if things do not go as hoped with the negotiating schools. If all goes well with the negotiations, accept that school if it is a preferred choice and let the first accepted school know that you withdraw. That is the way to do it if any of those schools or your highschool does not permit multiple acceptances. </p>
<p>How would a college find out that you have sent other deposits or acceptances? I don't know. I don't think there is any official way. The problem when you do things like this that involve signing something untrue, is that if somehow the fact surfaces, you can be in hot water. You aren't doing anything for your integrity either.I personally see no reason not to accept multiple schools as long as all parties involved understand that it is permissable and there is nothing out there where you are signing that a contract is your one and only when it is not. Again, your highschool might find out about this, and have a say, though I don't think it is any of their business. Some schools are part of a group that sign a pact that is poorly worded saying that students should commit to one school. I assume all colleges in this pact have a statement on their commital form regarding the situation. In the case of two UCs, there may be a cross check between schools. Again, I assume, they state you cannot commit to both. If you breach such contracts, you risk losing your spot or your package.</p>
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<p>Top schools like the Ivies collaborate with each other and compare enrollment lists to find duplicates.</p>
<p>What about a UC and a totally different school?? UC states that one cannot deposit to more than one UC, but what about a UC and some place else, like an expensive private?? For financial reasons and health reasons, not because of inability to decide. Do UC's even have wait lists for undergrads???</p>
<p>"Top schools like the Ivies collaborate with each other and compare enrollment lists to find duplicates."</p>
<p>What are you basing this statement on?</p>
<p>I don't believe this i quite the same as applying ED to 2 schools. I'm not sure schools actually compare lists. I fully agree that for the schools that are very specific about NOT doing multiple deposits, one should not. Many schools could not care. When possible, or necessary, call and request for an extension. </p>
<p>Only when you make that call will you know the facts, rather than all of the speculation here.</p>
<p>3 years ago, I called two <em>prestigious</em> schools with this question, and one said send in our deposit on time but you won't get it back. They did not care if we deposited elsewhere. All they wanted was the $. And the other school said you can wait 1 week more, and noted it.</p>
<p>how about waitlists? If I accept one Ivy's offer and remain on the waitlist for another Ivy, what happens if the second Ivy accepts me off the waitlist? Is my first Ivy place automatically withdrawn? that sounds highly unlikely though.</p>
<p>No, it's not automatically withdrawn. You have time to make your decision about whether to accept the spot offered at the second school. If you do, you should then notify the first that you are no longer coming. If you don't, you just tell them and they move on down the waitlist. And your first school doesn't need to be told anything.</p>
<p>i did that last yr</p>