Advice - Letter of Intent

[LilHouse]

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[Retsage]

They're not allowed to accept people before October 15th, so forget the October 3rd deadline.

 

[chessknt]

Yea that definitely wont fly since they get heavily penalized if they accept someone before Oct 15.

 

[FlowLimited]

Yeah, you won't get an acceptance before October 15th. It's not allowed. Some schools will tell you unofficially over the phone, but the vast majority will make you wait.

Regardless, I wouldn't send this particular letter if I were you. School's don't really like being told when they should accept you, no matter how nicely you phrase it.

 

[LilHouse]

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[FlowLimited]

Ah, didn't know about the Oct 15th deadline. That's good to know!


I didn't really mean it like that. I really just wanted it to be an offer.

Looks like I've got to dig up money from somewhere. Maybe I'll save money in the end. I just wish the whole process was simpler.

Oh I have no doubt that your intentions are good. I'm just letting you know how it could be viewed. The whole process is expensive, but it's something you only want to do once. Going to all your interviews until you have an acceptance in hand is the best method, so do everything you can to scrape together some extra funds. It'll only cost you more if you end up skipping interviews and not getting that thick envelope.

 

[RoyBasch]

Here's the situation:



Here's the problem:
I'm poor. I mean really poor. I will have money in the future, but right now, I've blown most of my money on tuition and medical school applications. It's going to practically kill me to make it to the interviews.

If this is the case, a good scholarship/cost of attendance of the school are major considerations, if a school knows they have you locked in, they will be less tempted to give you great financial aid. It is rare, but after doing a search on this forum I saw some stories of schools that "bid" on an applicant with multiple acceptances with financial aid packages to try and entice them. Although you might save some money in the short run by bagging the interviews, in the long run you are hurting your financial aid options. By the way is this school you are interested in sending a letter of intent to your cheapest option? You might want to consider the baseline tuitions of the schools and at least keep interviews at some of the less expensive ones.
-Roy