<p>Any tips on how to prepare for college during my senior year? And should I send in my deposit well before the deadline, i.e. is there a chance that the spots will fill up and I won't be admitted?</p>
<p>You should not send your deposit until you are absolutely sure you want to attend. If you got accepted and send your deposit in before the deadline, there’s no chance that “the spots will all be full” or something like that.</p>
<p>If you’re accepted, you’re accepted – as long as your grades remain acceptable. All colleges require a final transcript.</p>
<p>However, what can fill up at some schools is housing. This particularly is true of state schools that don’t provide housing for everyone. They provide housing on a first come, first served basis. If you put in your housing deposit and change your mind later, deciding to go to a different school, you may or may not get back your deposit. It depends in the school.</p>
<p>To where were you accepted?</p>
<p>^Exactly. They accepted you, so you have a spot, guaranteed. But from the admissions sessions I’ve attended, freshman housing is often filled in the order deposit slips are sent in. So if you’re sure you want to attend this college, send the slip in! If not, having the dorm with the maid service isn’t worth rushing through this important decision.</p>
<p>USC (south carolina) Honors
and thanks!</p>
<p>If you send in your deposit for a school now, that means you must withdraw any other appplications, even if they are still currently being evaluated.</p>
<p>So if they are not all back in yet, don’t do it 
April 1st is there for a reason…</p>
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<p>I don’t believe that’s true. You can send in a deposit and withdraw it (sometimes with a refund, sometimes not) by May 1st. When my S was a senior (2 years ago), several schools told us we should do that, IF their school was a serious possibility, so that he could get on the housing priority list. (Schools do housing priority differently - some it’s date of application, some it’s date of acceptance, some it’s date of deposit, and I’m sure there’s other ways as well.)</p>
<p>You might want to call Admissions at USC and ask how they do housing priority (which can be essential at many state universities) and also their policy for refunding deposits if you decide to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>I was always under the impression that putting in a deposit was binding. I only thought you could break the agreement under specific conditions (getting off a waitlist at another school, extenuating family circumstance, etc).</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s true for RD admissions. Many people put down a few deposits at various schools to assure housing space.</p>
<p>You can put down housing deposits at several schools. Some people wisely do this at state schools to ensure that they’ll get housing at the school they pick. I think, one can get one’s deposit refunded until May 1, which is the date that students need to have their acceptances in to colleges. One can’t, though, accept more than one college’s admission. If you do and the colleges find out, they all will rescind your acceptance.</p>
<p>would call USC housing and check on the Honors building, I think if you are Honors you are guaranteed housing in the new building, regardless of how late your deposit is sent in…</p>
<p>If you find out - please let me know!</p>
<p>Apologies for posting bad info.</p>
<p>I was just going from what I assumed was implied on other places here and from what I know working for my GC.</p>
<p>Anyways, that’s pretty cool to know. I still won’t put down a deposit for more than one school, though ;)</p>