This is pretty urgent... help needed

College Search & Selection
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<p>I just found out that I was pulled off of Illinois Wesleyan's wait list today.</p>

<p>I haven't sent my deposit to Hendrix, the school I was planning on going to... yet. (I plan to do this today, like right now).</p>

<p>They said they offered me $7,000 in scholarships and said to call them if I needed more information about financial aid.</p>

<p>Well, I do (obviously) need more information about my financial aid package, but since it's Saturday I obviously cannot call them until 5/4. And I'm already a day late in sending my deposit to Hendrix.</p>

<p>What do I do? Submit the deposit to Hendrix, just so that I can likely later decide to go to Illinois Wesleyan (a school I'd rather go to for an equal price)? But if I don't submit my deposit to Hendrix, banking on IWU costing the same or less as Hendrix with financial aid, and it turns out IWU offers me even worse aid than Hendrix did, I'll be stuck with option of going to IWU for way more money than my family can pay, or not going to ANY school next year (I was only accepted by Hendrix and wait listed at five different place; IWU is the only school that has pulled me off so far).</p>

<p>So, what do I do...? Would it be okay to send the Hendrix deposit on 5/4 or would they rescind my acceptance for being so late?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Call first thing Monday morning (if you can) and let Hendrix know…was it due yesterday? Most schools do not rescind acceptance until they are sure you are not going…</p>

<p>Last year, even after my daughter did not respond to a couple of acceptances until close to May 1st, the school’s contacted her to make sure the “check wasn’t lost in the mail.”…</p>

<p>More importantly, you have get a deposit in somewhere ASAP…even if you have to wait for the FA at Illinois Wesleyan.</p>

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<p>But I don’t want to waste money by sending a deposit to a school I may not even go to…</p>

<p>Would it be far too risky to wait until Monday to send the deposit to Hendrix (if I send Hendrix a deposit at all, because by Monday I’ll know whether I can attend IWU).</p>

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<p>No mail on Sundays anyway…you technically have to wait until Monday anyway…but if you do decide to deposit to Hendrix while you are waiting, I would call them and let them know that the deposit is coming (just late…)…</p>

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<p>But I could have it postmarked today.</p>

<p>All they care about is when it’s postmarked. 5/2 looks better than 5/4…</p>

<p>So you think I should wait until Monday so that I can find out IWU’s aid, and, if it turns out I have to go to Hendrix, just make up a story why it’s slightly late?</p>