<p>As I said in my post, there are moral implications about this. You are taking a spot that someone may want (sometimes, sort of). The parentheses are there because it is not quite that way. Schools do take into account that there are kids who will not be coming even after they send the depost and say they are. Even to the last minute, until the kid arrives on campus and tuition is paid, there is some melt. In fact, there is a term in admissions “summer melt” that refers to this directly. </p>
<p>Most high schools I know have a policy in place that they will only send 1 final official transcript to 1 college at the end of the year. If you want more than that, you would need a good reason that would have to pass muster through the guidance office. However, until that final transcript needs to be sent, the high school is rarely involved in the process of the students accepting the college offers. </p>
<p>If more kids start doing mulitiple deposits, the college will have to revise their yield stats that they use for those who send the deposits. If this is really a problem for them, they can request a commitment with the checks, which some schools do require, and signing that commitment statement can be an issue. Some colleges don’t care. I know because I called and asked once upon a time. We did have an unusual situation, however. </p>
<p>It is not considered a nice thing to do in the college admissions circles.</p>