<p>hey CCers!- I'm still stuck between 3 colleges in the US, 2 in UK and one in Singapore. (Yes, I'm a VERY VERY indecisive person). Is it acceptable that I submit my SIR to all the colleges? Will I lose ONLY the money (the registration fee) or can this also lead to future complications and rescinding of admission or anything else serious?? Has anyone sent their SIRs to more than one college? Looking forward to your replies! :)</p>
<p>-A VERY CONFUSED FISH (TUNA)</p>
<p>If you get discovered all the institutions involved will rescind you. Donāt do that.</p>
<p>Agneisse, are you sure about that? Because, Iāve never seen any such warning when you pay the enrollment feeā¦ Surely, the university will warn you that submitting the SIR to more than one place could lead to complications, blah blah blah right?</p>
<p>Iām a lay manā¦what is an SIR?</p>
<p>SIR = Statement of Intent to Register, accepting the offer, committing to attend in the fall etc.</p>
<p>phyz: I seem to remember warnings that āyou can only submit a SIR to one university and if you get admitted off the waitlist of another you must notify us immediatelyā from most universities. I know my William & Mary response card definitely had something along those lines - whether or not there were threats following I do not know, but itās one of those things that everybody is warned at my school not to do or bad things may happen/have happened before.</p>
<p>I have been told that some colleges and universities exchange information about students who have applied to, and been admitted by, both institutions. Whether or not any of your schools are in contact with each other is something that none of us know. If you are truly undecided, you could write to each of your schools and ask for an extension of the reply date. Many are happy to fulfill this request.</p>
<p>If your indecision is based on specific factors that you expect to be able to resolve in a certain period of time, you could explain that in your note, and you could give them a clear indication of when you would be able to commit.</p>
<p>thanks for all your responses! 
hereās my situation- i got into UCLA, Michigan, Purdue and CMU (non-ECE).
i just donāt like Michigan and Purdue- so chucking them outā¦ weather for Michigan and just the prestige levels for Purdueā¦ UCLA- i think i reallly like the school and will be attendingā¦ CMU- iāll attend only if i get ECE (priority waitlisted) and appealing to Berkeleyā¦</p>
<p>so, in short, for the colleges iām interested in-
UCLA- YES!
Berkeley- Appealing
CMU- Priority Waitlisted</p>
<p>So, if i DO accept my place at UCLA, i wonāt get into trouble, right? for i canāt be sure that iāll get into berkeley and CMU! (and the chances are minimal).
Also, can i accept offers in the UK and Singapore- or will that cause problems too?</p>
<p>thanks again for your help people! :)</p>
<p>āAlso, can i accept offers in the UK and Singapore- or will that cause problems too?ā</p>
<p>I am also very interested in knowing what happens if you deposit at more than one university but in different countries. From what my counselor has said, I think its fine but can anyone else confirm this?</p>
<p>Yeah I donāt think universities maintain contact across borders :D</p>
<p>Cool,</p>
<p>Also what happens if you accept a conditional offer from a UK university and donāt go?</p>
<p>@ysbera: Hahah! we both seem to have EXACTLY the same questions! :D</p>
<p>@others:
āso, in short, for the colleges iām interested in-
UCLA- YES!
Berkeley- Appealing
CMU- Priority Waitlisted
So, if i DO accept my place at UCLA, i wonāt get into trouble, right? for i canāt be sure that iāll get into berkeley and CMU! (and the chances are minimal).ā
please do anwer the question i put above! thanks</p>
<p>Oh you can only deposit at ONE US school and then if your hear back from your waitlist schools, you can politely write a letter to the school you deposited and tell them you are going to the school where you got off the waitlist/etc and you are happy to loose the deposit.</p>
<p>Do not do that, even internationally. There was a guy who turned down ED UPenn to go to Cambridge, and got into complications (his school got blacklisted by UPenn, and Cambridge kicked him out). Surely, itās not precisely your situation, but it shows that they can talk overseas.</p>
<p>To summarise: You can deposit at ONE school. You can respond to waitlists/appeals at as many schools as you want. IF you are then admitted off a waitlist/appeal and decide that you prefer the new school, you will then write to the deposited school ASAP saying that you are withdrawing from their school and deposit at the new school. So for 100%Tuna, you can deposit at UCLA while waiting on Cal and CMU. If one or both of them accept you (pick Cal :D) you must then quickly tell UCLA you donāt want to go there anymore.</p>
<p>As for UK + SG, Iād argue itād be acceptable to deposit/respond affirmatively at two places if the UK offers are Conditional while the SG one isnāt and/or they have different offer requirements, so one is effectively an āinsuranceā (so if you miss your offer you can still go to university, but you need to check the specific policies (email/ring someone there).</p>
<p>For UK conditional offers, Iāve heard stories of people pulling out after offer acceptance (e.g. change in family [financial] circumstances) after results day (for example getting much better results than expected and wanting to try for ābetterā unis) and obviously no uniās going to force you to go, but you may get blacklisted or leave a sour taste with the admissions tutor if the withdrawal was for no good reason. Clearly itās not desirable to string them along either way.</p>