Anonymous
Post 11/07/2024 09:57     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone doing this?
Texas at Austin just sent an email about this---$50 (non refundable) to secure a space on a housing list. EA Acceptances are not out until mid January.
Do other schools do this? Should we pay the money?


$50 for an opportunity to possibly deal with less headache when you will feel like you are trying to put up a tent in a hurricane?
Please do it.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 15:18     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
$50 is a drop in the bucket!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 15:02     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Heck, this is such a good deal that I'm sending in $50 and I didn't even apply to UT or to any other school in Texas.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 15:00     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Anonymous wrote:NP but that sounds ridiculous. Why isn't an enormous university system capable of having acceptances, and then students decide if they are going there, and then start their lists? It's 2024. It's all on computers (and maybe a little AI). This should be easy for them.


Are you prepared to experience homelessness ?
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 14:05     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Anonymous wrote:NP but that sounds ridiculous. Why isn't an enormous university system capable of having acceptances, and then students decide if they are going there, and then start their lists? It's 2024. It's all on computers (and maybe a little AI). This should be easy for them.


because it's revenue for them. Pay it and do a chargeback if your kid doesn't get in
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 14:01     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
No, I waited until the absolute last minute. I’ve paid $250 and $800, so $50 is very cheap.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 14:00     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Running a business comes first, actual education is somewhere in the middle.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:56     Subject: Re:Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
I believe University of Minnesota does this.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:56     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
For $50, I would do it.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:34     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
NP but that sounds ridiculous. Why isn't an enormous university system capable of having acceptances, and then students decide if they are going there, and then start their lists? It's 2024. It's all on computers (and maybe a little AI). This should be easy for them.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:32     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone doing this?
Texas at Austin just sent an email about this---$50 (non refundable) to secure a space on a housing list. EA Acceptances are not out until mid January.
Do other schools do this? Should we pay the money?


I’m a 90s Texas-Ex and we had to do this back in the day as well.
If you want on-campus housing then do it.
But there’s lots of nice housing just off campus in west campus too on the other side of The Drag.

If you have a girl, look at SRD or Hardin House.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:30     Subject: Re:Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
I would do it, too!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:29     Subject: Re:Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
I would absolutely pay right now!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:27     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Yes ! Do it.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2024 13:17     Subject: Putting a deposit down for housing, months before getting accepted?
Is anyone doing this?
Texas at Austin just sent an email about this---$50 (non refundable) to secure a space on a housing list. EA Acceptances are not out until mid January.
Do other schools do this? Should we pay the money?