<p>@enthouse I had a similar issue with my parents many years ago and as a result lost out on an opportunity for a fill ride at my state school. UGH… terrible. You will be fine, it’s frustrated to go through it but it will work out. </p>
<p>enthouse - You may want to take a gap year and reapply next year as a freshman. A lot of schools do not have as much FA money for transfer students. Do some research. Contact schools you would like to transfer to, ask them what it would take for you to transfer, % of students they take for transfer, how many credits will you be able to transfer, and more importantly find out their FA policies. This way, you’ll know what courses to take, what kind of GPA is required and if you could afford it. </p>
<p>enthouse ^it’s very important to understand that if you got “merit” scholarships, those won’t be available to you anymore if you transfer. If you have a low EFC and transfer to a better state school (say, from a directional, like South State, to your flagship, the “big” “famous” public campus in the State) it won’t matter much unless you got merit scholarships at the directional. But if you were paying in-state costs, it won’t make a big difference. However if you got merit scholarships at any of the schools, those will be gone when you transfer and you may be stuck at your current school due to financial reasons even if you got into a better school, or a school with a better “fit”. And if you’re an international transfer, there will be no financial aid at all.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone! </p>
<p>That’s the thing, my EFC is pretty high and we can afford the out of state tuition plus other costs for a lot of public universities. It’s enough for some of the “big” state universities that I’ve looked up. Also, there’s a pretty high chance that my dad will get a big promotion this year in which case I probably won’t need any financial aid at all, even if I try out for the more expensive ones. And by “local” I mean a safety within my own country.</p>
<p>Okay then. So yes go to the best school you got into, or the cheapest one, or the one that “fits” best, then thank your parents and get the highest possible 1st year GPA in order to transfer.</p>
<p>@collegebvv1 You can still apply to schools you know. Check schools with rolling admission. Call schools. Kansas, Penn St. Texas, Michigan perhaps. If they haven’t filled up all their spots it’s probably worth trying.</p>
<p>I think apply to college is one of the most important things in your life, so you should be careful of your decisions. First you have to choose a college as a safety college as backup. No matter what happen, this college will let you in. After that you can go ahead to apply for your dream schools or the top schools, but if you only apply to these top schools and your dream schools. That means you are taking a huge risk about your future and your life. Even your score and your GPA are high enough to get into these colleges, there will be exceptions, so you are taking the risk which should not happened. No matter what you think, you should apply to some safety schools as backup plans. </p>
<p>Hope you get offers by now</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear back from UCLA… Anyone here going to UCLA?</p>
<p>My D is holding onto several acceptances even though she has no intention of going just because the schools require her to say in her response which school she has decided to go to (and she has not decided between her two top choices). Does this hurt other people who are waiting to get in off the waitlist? Do the schools hold on until May 1 to make waitlist decisions so this really doesn’t make a difference or does this stalling deprive people of an earlier notification?</p>
<p>You have until May 1. What is unethical is to pay a deposit on May 1st at several schools. But until then you hold off responding in whichever way you want.</p>
<p>Schools forecast how many acceptances they will get from their admissions. Waiting to the deadline is not a problem.</p>
<p>You have until May 1. What is unethical is to pay a deposit on May 1st at several schools but waiting until then to choose is perfectly normal.</p>
<p>As a college educator, I would say it is the applicant’s choice to pay a deposit at more than one college. However, I could see a situation where if asked to sign an acceptance letter that said “I will be attending” would be unethical.</p>
<p>It’s like applying exclusive ED and then saying “uh, I wasn’t really 100% sure when I applied…”.</p>
<p>A college with a loose policy such as “send in $50 and we’ll reserve your spot” no questions asked would be fine to add to the list of deposits paid until you decide.</p>
<p>^ Usually, the deposit payment link is after the page you check the box that you will attend that school.</p>
<p>What if you pay a deposit to a school while you are waiting on another school, either wait list or they notify late. Any legal consequences considering you checked a box “that you will be attending” and then you get acceptance from another school?
Also in this example, when you notify the school say June 1st, that you will not be attending, will that spot be offered to someone else or its too late and all rejections are gone?</p>
<p>No. You MUST deposit by May 1st; if you get off the waitlist and choose to attend elsewhere, there is no legal consequence whatsoever, you simply forfeit your deposit. This is so common there’s a name for it, “summer melt”. :)</p>
<p>This may not be common at elite colleges, but in many, people just don’t show up on the first day. They pay a deposit but end up going elsewhere or just not being able to come up with the money. There are no consequences other than losing the deposit.</p>
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That’s a request, not a requirement. If she wants to notify the schools that she won’t be attending, she should go ahead and do so. While it’s helpful for colleges to know what schools are enticing away their accepted students, they have no right to any information about anyone’s plans. </p>
<p>None of those colleges are guarantees. </p>