<p>To me, as long as you did not apply under a binding ED rule, May 1 is a very reasonable decision day. </p>
<p>Every college has different rules about what you need to do to secure yourself a dorm room. As long as by May 1 you are down to one school, I really don’t see a problem with it. </p>
<p>If you are waffling between two earlier and you want to save yourself dorm room space at both so you tell both you are coming in order to buy yourself time til the May 1 decision date, in my mind, it is okay. If in February you want to save yourself a dorm room at a rolling admissions state school until you hear your admission and financial aid info from a private school in April, again, I really feel that it is okay. (You might lose your deposit money.) I think it is only fair to kids who might be on a waitlist that you should choose a school by May 1.</p>