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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously?  It is pretty simple.  Schools offer this to get you to commit early. That is the prize for committing. If you don’t want to commit that is fine.  But paying to get to the front of the line is unethical, like it or not whether other people are doing or not.  [/quote]

Actually one of my kids had 2 schools who told them "our housing is first come, first serve" so we recommend you accept early if we are at all in your final list of schools, and as long as you inform us before May 1, we will gladly refund your deposit(s) (think there was a housing and an enrollment deposit at both).  So my kid did just that at their top 2 choices and then as soon as they made a final decisions (early April), notified the "loosing school" and got their deposit back.  
IMO, it is not unethical to do this, because you are an admitted student already.  You are not preventing another student from getting admitted to the school.  And if you don't end up attending, everyone behind you in the "housing line" will move up one place.  You could easily end up attending any of your schools---most are not doing this for 15+ schools, they are doing it for 2-3 final choices at most.

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