Hey, I'm wondering how to go about getting my deposit for a school back after I told them to hold my spot. Do I just call them up and simply say nicely that I'd rather go someplace else?
yellowpersuazio said:I believe the point of a deposit is to ensure your attendance at that particular school. It's basically to hold your spot, so that they will not give your spot away to someone else who may be interested. Therefore, I believe you lost your money.
thegenius said:The better question is how to get your money back from secondary applications when the school has not verified that your application is complete. I'm waiting on about 4 to 5 schools and have not heard that my application is complete.
Now I don't want these schools to keep my money. I want it back. Has anyone ever gotten their money back for a secondary application?
silas2642 said:I thought that most deposits were refundable up until May 15th-- if you withdraw after that day from a school, you can say goodbye to your money.
I don't know how to withdraw a deposit; call up the school and ask.
Yep, but you won't get your deposit money back.shahab said:A little different question. I thought you can hold only one acceptance on or after May 15th. If I accept an offer from an out of state school and later say in July or so I get in from an waiting list at another school. What happens then? Can one decline the first acceptance eventhough that is after May 15th?
Thanks,
S.
MrBurns10 said:Yep, but you won't get your deposit money back.
shahab said:A little different question. I thought you can hold only one acceptance on or after May 15th. If I accept an offer from an out of state school and later say in July or so I get in from an waiting list at another school. What happens then? Can one decline the first acceptance eventhough that is after May 15th?
Thanks,
S.
silas2642 said:Yup. What the other posters have said. The key phrase here is that after May 15th you can only hold one ACCEPTANCE. You can hold as many waitlists as you want, and if you get off the waitlist, then you just drop your acceptance and cry about the $100 bucks or so that you've lost.