About applying early and acceptance letters

[Hopeful20]

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Is there a specific month when schools start sending out acceptance letters?

My worry is this: I apply early, receive interviews early, get acceptance letters early, and because each school will ask you to respond within x days, I might be in a situation where I accept an offer to my 3rd choice even before receiving interview offers from my 1st choice.

 

[bennijai]

When you get early offers you have a few weeks to decide. If you have money to waste like some of my friends, they just deposit their money to the schools to hold a seat. It's non-refundable but to them they are willing to use it to see what other schools they get into.

 

[Vicviper]

The schools all agree that no one will send out acceptance letters until December 1st. And yes, what you are describing can be a problem, but remember that if you really want to, you can put down a deposit to hold your seat, and then drop it later - but don't wait too long since you're taking an extra spot from someone else then, who could very well be in the same situation as you.

Don't stress =)

And yes, some schools do very late interviews, I had an interview from Loma Linda in March (which happens to be my number one choice).