Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can call and ask, if the school did not meet their enrollment goal maybe they would say yes.

This. What do you have to lose, OP? I’d give it a try. Be very nice and compliment the admissions process and say your child has major regrets.
I did something similar for preschool, and it worked.

+1

I did this eons ago when I turned down a T10 school for an OOS where I thought I had full OOS tuition scholarship for 4 years---when the OOS played games and said it's really only in-state but we will give you OOS for 1 year, then only in-state, I got on phone with the AO and a specific professor at the T10 school and begged and worked to get back in. They immediately offered me the acceptance, but it took 2-3 days to get me back my FA in full (finances were the reason I had accepted the other offer---It would cost me less and I didn't have money so needed my full FA award back to attend the T10). 3 days later I had everything back in place. And I'm so thankful every day that it turned out this way---I got a much better education at a place I really wanted to attend.
If you don't ask you won't know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine tried this, turned up at their offices and begged in person. They told her to go away.

They told her “go away”? Or they told her, I’m sorry, we’ve already released your spot and there is no space left for you. Good luck in the future.

Same result.

Decades ago, when I was in high school, a friend had nearly immediate buyer's remorse. I don't know if she or her parent called the school of her heart, but she was able to get in.

But it needs to be because the student wants to change, not because the parents think it was a mistake.

Anonymous wrote:Kid is not so thrilled with choice they made. Has anyone ever called to see if they could get an offer of admission back in hand after the May 1st deadline. DD is thinking she should have chosen another school with a program more inline with her interests ( music).

The only way to find out is to call and ask. Call today. Most schools expect a bit of melt (thus the waitlist). Unless they are overenrolled, the odds are decent. One would think that, at the very least, they would put her on the waitlist. Good luck!

Are they selective schools?

Why did your kid pick the other school? Are they having buyer's remorse?

Unless a 5 star recruited athlete, your kid is just part of a puzzle they put together every year. They have a series of other people that they will turn to when DC declines.

Admissions has become very sophisticated over the past 3 decades, it is a numbers game. You decline and they quickly move on.

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine tried this, turned up at their offices and begged in person. They told her to go away.

They told her “go away”? Or they told her, I’m sorry, we’ve already released your spot and there is no space left for you. Good luck in the future.

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine tried this, turned up at their offices and begged in person. They told her to go away.

Ouch. Poor mother.

Anonymous wrote:I've been considering it but have not, it's making me sick we let it go and I was hesitant but figured it was his choice.

Sure. I feel the same. I understand.

A friend of mine tried this, turned up at their offices and begged in person. They told her to go away.

Anonymous wrote:You can call and ask, if the school did not meet their enrollment goal maybe they would say yes.

This. What do you have to lose, OP? I’d give it a try. Be very nice and compliment the admissions process and say your child has major regrets.
I did something similar for preschool, and it worked.

You can call and ask, if the school did not meet their enrollment goal maybe they would say yes.

I've been considering it but have not, it's making me sick we let it go and I was hesitant but figured it was his choice.

Kid is not so thrilled with choice they made. Has anyone ever called to see if they could get an offer of admission back in hand after the May 1st deadline. DD is thinking she should have chosen another school with a program more inline with her interests ( music).