Raise your hand if you gave deposits to multiple schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are people waiting for shadow days before making decisions? How close to the June 1 deadline will families make decisions?

What schools don't have shadow days until after decision deadline? I've never heard of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are people waiting for shadow days before making decisions? How close to the June 1 deadline will families make decisions?

What schools don't have shadow days until after decision deadline? I've never heard of that.

Some schools, especially the large Catholics, have their shadow days fill up quickly, so I suppose some folks might not have a chance to shadow before decision deadlines, but other than that scenario I’ve never heard of it either.

[Anonymous]

Eh, it's fine. In the scheme of things this is not a big deal and i doubt it happens enough to be a thing.

[Anonymous]

So for those who gave deposits to multiple schools - how do you withdraw "in writing" as required by the enrollment agreement? Is e-mail sufficient? Certified mail? Nobody wants to be on the hook for two tuitions!

[Anonymous]

Why don’t you email admissions and ask—then you’ll have the answer from them in writing. It’s also likely in the fine print somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you email admissions and ask—then you’ll have the answer from them in writing. It’s also likely in the fine print somewhere.

Not in the fine print - and awkward to ask before the deposit is due.

[Anonymous]

Has anybody heard of schools coming after people who pay multiple deposits? Could you end up disenrolled from both schools if they find out (potentially after one school who is declined later in the cycle contacts the other school they know is the other school that accepted DC)?

[Anonymous]

No idea if your child would be disenrolled.

[Anonymous]

That’s really terrible IMO. kids are waiting to get off of the waitlist. You are taking up a spot. We waiting until the last minute to tell our school our decision but don’t hold your spot. That’s really unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anybody heard of schools coming after people who pay multiple deposits? Could you end up disenrolled from both schools if they find out (potentially after one school who is declined later in the cycle contacts the other school they know is the other school that accepted DC)?

I don’t think school admins have the time to be this petty. They know they are a wide variety of reasons that kids might not enroll even after the deposit/contract (still waiting to hear from other schools, moves, health/finance changes, etc). That’s why they take a deposit. I think it’s obnoxious to string schools along and I’m sure the schools would rather folks didn’t, but I also don’t think it’s worth their time to try to track these people down.

[Anonymous]

You can just tell the school you are withdrawing from that you got off the waitlist at the other school. How would they know you were in the entire time?