For those who got into multiple schools, how many schools are you submitting your deposits to save a spot?
abina81 said:For those who got into multiple schools, how many schools are you submitting your deposits to save a spot?
bfp said:You can submit to more than 1? When do you have to give your final decision, then?
jessUMD said:no, technically you are not supposed to put a deposit down at more than one school, but many people do because they can't decide by january 15 and they apparently have the luxury of blowing thousands of dollars.
however, schools do not have any way of knowing if you do this, so if you are pathetically indecisive, and rich, then you can do it.
jan 15 is still over 4 weeks away and hopefully that will be enough time to decide!! go with gut feelings you had when you visited the schools- they count the most.
Tzips said:some schools only give you until 12/31, and it's a really tough decision... i would totally understand putting down a deposit at multiple schools, especially if they are <$1000 and/or refundable. i agree that it's much better to make one's decision in the time alloted, but sometimes that's really difficult...
Dr.BadVibes said:just do what I did last year....I sent in my deposit to NYU just to be sure, but I knew I wouldnt go there if I got in ANYWHERE else, so I sent them a cheque that would bounce.
I knew that NYU wouldnt cash the cheque right away and it would buy me more time. When the office receives the cheque, they put me into the system as cheque paid and put me on the class list without cashing it, so Im all set.
Than when they finally get off their arse to cash the cheque and it bounces, they would inform me. Going back and forth with emails buy you PLENTY OF TIME. So if I didnt have another acceptance by then, I would play stupid and pretend I was having problems with my bank to try and buy as much more time as I could...but the key thing would be that I was still in their system as accepted. THats key! Then you just play stupid as far as it takes you. Since you are one of many they are dealing with, you would be suprised of much you could delay things!
It worked beautifully for me, cause I got accepted to Temple a month after, and saved the $500 on the NYU deposit and said adios to NYU.
Call me unethical, but I used that $500 and went to Costa Rica for the summer![]()
Biogirl361 said:sometimes it is inevitable that you will have to send multiple deposits, and not just because you're indecisive. for example if you are accepted to a few schools right away and they give you until jan. 15, yet your first choice school has not made a decision on you yet, you would be forced to put a deposit at your second choice just in case your first choice ends up rejecting you. but if your first choice doesn't decide on you until their first round of deposits jan. 15 and then accepts you, then you will have put in two deposits, one at the school you were accepted right away at and one at the one you end up going to. does this make sense?
Dr.BadVibes said:just do what I did last year....I sent in my deposit to NYU just to be sure, but I knew I wouldnt go there if I got in ANYWHERE else, so I sent them a cheque that would bounce.
I knew that NYU wouldnt cash the cheque right away and it would buy me more time. When the office receives the cheque, they put me into the system as cheque paid and put me on the class list without cashing it, so Im all set.
Than when they finally get off their arse to cash the cheque and it bounces, they would inform me. Going back and forth with emails buy you PLENTY OF TIME. So if I didnt have another acceptance by then, I would play stupid and pretend I was having problems with my bank to try and buy as much more time as I could...but the key thing would be that I was still in their system as accepted. THats key! Then you just play stupid as far as it takes you. Since you are one of many they are dealing with, you would be suprised of much you could delay things!
It worked beautifully for me, cause I got accepted to Temple a month after, and saved the $500 on the NYU deposit and said adios to NYU.
Call me unethical, but I used that $500 and went to Costa Rica for the summer![]()
bryan45876 said:That's awesome! 🙂 I need to remember this for next year at this time.
bryan45876 said:That's awesome! 🙂 I need to remember this for next year at this time.
DrTacoElf said:I sent out 4 rejection letters today: NOVA, TEMPLE, VCU, UAB.
eran76 said:...BUT BEFORE EVEN THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS BEWARE OF CHECK 21...
agaex said:Please people don't follow this example. If you like your credit, you won't be foolish to do this. Besides, $1000 is nothing in the long run. How much is that compared to the loan you're about to take? What 1%? Ya, it's nothing
Tzips said:just make sure to send them an additional, good check for $30, to cover the surcharge the bank bills them for trying to cash a bounced check. i just don't think it's ethical to make them pay for your dilemna.
Dr.BadVibes said:just do what I did last year....I sent in my deposit to NYU just to be sure, but I knew I wouldnt go there if I got in ANYWHERE else, so I sent them a cheque that would bounce.
I knew that NYU wouldnt cash the cheque right away and it would buy me more time. When the office receives the cheque, they put me into the system as cheque paid and put me on the class list without cashing it, so Im all set.
Than when they finally get off their arse to cash the cheque and it bounces, they would inform me. Going back and forth with emails buy you PLENTY OF TIME. So if I didnt have another acceptance by then, I would play stupid and pretend I was having problems with my bank to try and buy as much more time as I could...but the key thing would be that I was still in their system as accepted. THats key! Then you just play stupid as far as it takes you. Since you are one of many they are dealing with, you would be suprised of much you could delay things!
It worked beautifully for me, cause I got accepted to Temple a month after, and saved the $500 on the NYU deposit and said adios to NYU.
Call me unethical, but I used that $500 and went to Costa Rica for the summer![]()
Dr.BadVibes said:This does nothing to your credit..if you get accepted to another school before they try and cash it, just call the bank and make a stop payment. But if its after, all you gotta do is play dumb to both the bank and the school. its only 1-2 cheques and you can make up some stories. Its not like you are doing this all the time....its only a one time thing. Credit will be unaffected.
Sure its nothing in the long run of dental school, but after paying so much money on going to various interviews, I didnt want to blow another $500, so I resorted to this and it worked out BRILLIANTLY! By the way, Costa Rica was a beautiful, well deserved "before dental school starts" trip for me 😀
Profchaos said:BUMP! I would think about all this as a passion to be a dentist, who is a business owner, what we are gonna play is business, traps and tricks![]()
Dr.BadVibes said:OH yah...and I forgot to mention....even after the cheque bounced, NYU was still sending me stuff thinking that I was on their list of matriculants even though they didnt physically have money from me....it was not until the summer where they actually caught on and asked me if I was still going to NYU, so they were still giving me the option!!!!....so I was able to delay my NYU acceptance about 6 months and Im positive it could have worked for other large private schools as well...
Trust me....acting stupid has gotten me a lot in life...not only this, but through travelling it has worked wonders! How many times was I able to scam trains in Europe by acting like a stupid innocent, clueless backpacker....just go on the train and hope that the conductor doesnt come by to check tickets (in Europe its random).....but if they do, just do this:
Conductor: Ticket please
Me: How much is it?
Conductor: Why didnt you buy the ticket at the station
Me: Oh, I didnt know, cause in Canada, we buy our train tickets from the conductor.
Conductor: Oh, ok, so that is gonna be XX dollars
Me: Ok, here is my Visa
Conductor: sorry sir, but we dont accept Visa
Me: Oh...because I dont have any cash on me....do you have an ATM on this train
Conductor: No.....its ok, just remember to bring cash on the next train
Me: No problem sir
Or...
You can try the ole trying to find your ticket through your backpack and annoying the train conductor...the train conductor slowly moves on to the next passengers and by the time he goes to the end of the car and I still am looking for the ticket, he just goes on the next car and forgets about me...that worked for me in Switzerland and England
But sometimes it backfires...in Spain, I pretended to not understand spanish and acted completely stupid cause I was trying to scam a free ride...so when the train arrived at my station, the conductor turned me over to the security at the station...I explained to him that I was extremely sorry that I forgot to buy my ticket at the station, cause I ran out of Euros.....gave him the puppy dog face and he let me go
Damn, I should write a book of scams! 😀
Profchaos said:Dude that's nice of them in Europe, but if you are in asia you are gonna get ripped off completely![]()
Dr.BadVibes said:No way! When it comes to ethics, I have NO PROBLEM ripping off big corporations or rich people
but when it comes to patients, I would never ever rip them off....I have too much of a heart to steal money from average people....
its the rich mofos that I dont mind screwing![]()
Tzips said:I'm just glad that I'll likely never meet you, then; in my book stealing is stealing, and I don't really understand, or like dealing with, people with such "flexible" morals. But hey, if it works for you (i.e., your conscience gives you no problems), who am I to argue differently? I'd just rather not deal with you, lest I be catagorized a "rich person."
Dr.BadVibes said:This does nothing to your credit..if you get accepted to another school before they try and cash it, just call the bank and make a stop payment. But if its after, all you gotta do is play dumb to both the bank and the school. its only 1-2 cheques and you can make up some stories. Its not like you are doing this all the time....its only a one time thing. Credit will be unaffected.
Sure its nothing in the long run of dental school, but after paying so much money on going to various interviews, I didnt want to blow another $500, so I resorted to this and it worked out BRILLIANTLY! By the way, Costa Rica was a beautiful, well deserved "before dental school starts" trip for me 😀