Hello,
One of my safety schools admitted me very quickly but wants a decision by May 1st. Meanwhile they haven’t given me a financial aid package or told me which credits will transfer.
More importantly however, is that my target and reach schools won’t have admissions decisions available until mid May at least.
What should I do? I really want to keep them as a safety but am not prepared to make an admission commitment.
Thank you
I would ask them to provide the financial aid and transferability information before you can give them an answer. I think it is unreasonable for them to expect otherwise. Those are both huge issues.
Even if they are able to provide me with that information, I would still want more time to see if I get accepted to my other schools. Is there anything I can do about this?
Ask for more time. Politely.
You need to know about the financial aid issue, so ask for an extension of time until that comes through.
Many places can’t give you a good estimate of the transfer credits until you have been admitted, so that might not be possible to know yet. But it is OK to ask for that evaluation as well.