May 15th = Must Decide and Withdraw?

[herewego]

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I tried doing a search for may 15 or may 15th but nothing really relevant came up, so I apologize if this comes up alot.

I read the AAMC website and saw this:

"By May 15 of the matriculation year (April 15 for schools whose first day of class is on or before July 30), April 30 for MD-PhD programs, each applicant who has received an offer of acceptance from more than one school or program choose the specific school or program at which the applicant prefers to enroll and withdraw his or her application, by written correspondence delivered by regular or electronic methods, from all other schools or programs from which acceptance offers have been received."

So on May 15th, I have email or call schools and withdraw my acceptance if I don't plan on matriculating there? Is this an absolute deadline or do schools have individual deadlines? What about schools I'm waitlisted for?

I'm just curious because I just got a final decision at UIC, which will arrive in the mail shortly. If I am accepted, my matriculating depends on the campus placement, which may or may not arrive by the May 15th deadline.

Any help would be appreciated.

edit: Disclaimer: I'm not a d-bag hoarding lots of acceptances for no good reason. My family situation would really benefit from me staying nearby ie state school. I'm only holding two at the moment.

 

[Geekchick921]

You only have to narrow it down to one acceptance. You can stay on your waitlists.

I honestly don't know what they do if you don't drop to one acceptance by May 15th. I assumed they just wouldn't refund your deposits if you don't do it by May 15th.

 

[zmb96c]

My understanding is that after May 15th you can only hole one acceptance. The deadline does not do anything for your waitlist schools. You could hold one acceptance and hope to get into another school off the waitlist, then drop the acceptance once you are off the wait list. You just can't hold multiple acceptances anymore.

 

[herewego]

Can anyone chime in on what happens if i don't drop by May 15th?

Disclaimer: I'm not a d-bag hoarding lots of acceptances no good reason. My family situation would really benefit from me staying nearby ie state school. I'm only holding two at the moment.

edit: Hmm I'm gonna call AAMC monday and clarify everything.

 

[Batzmarucy831]

I think if you drop after May 15th, you just won't get your deposit money back 🙁

 

[Catalystik]

It's my understanding that so long as you communicate to both schools the reason why you continue to hold two acceptances (both will already be aware of the other) that you may continue to hold both for up to two further weeks with their permission. This happens most often when one is awaiting financial aid offers. In your case you are waiting for a campus assignment. UIC tends to send this back quickly, so it's unlikely to be a problem in three more weeks. If you do hold them both past the deadline with permission, you will not get the second deposit back once you do withdraw.

 

[organdonor]

my matriculating depends on the campus placement, which may or may not arrive by the May 15th deadline.
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I have several friends who may be in the same boat. They are waiting for a decision from IU, one of the largest med schools by enrollment in the country. The reason it is so large is it has a full EIGHT campuses, all across the state. Some friends have acceptances to schools that would be much closer to home than some campuses from IU. They are notorious this year for missing (their own) deadlines.

This is the main reason why I did Early Decision, I got to pick my campus. All other matriculants "rank" their campuses, and I've heard of people being put at their 5th choice.

Please post what you find out, as I would be very interested.

Edit: I just looked up UIC, 4 campuses? puh-lease lol. My friends would be happy to put down deposits on apartments in ONLY 4 cities.

 

[Pusheen]

It's my understanding that so long as you communicate to both schools the reason why you continue to hold two acceptances (both will already be aware of the other) that you may continue to hold both for up to two further weeks with their permission. This happens most often when one is awaiting financial aid offers. In your case you are waiting for a campus assignment. UIC tends to send this back quickly, so it's unlikely to be a problem in three more weeks. If you do hold them both past the deadline with permission, you will not get the second deposit back once you do withdraw.

Bumping this thread to ask if this is still the case. One of my schools awards a substantiatial scholarship that I am applying for in May, so it would be really nice to know about that before making a decision. If the deadline passes and I do not withdraw, does anything happen other than me losing a deposit? Wouldn't everyone just prolong it if that was the case? $100 isn't that much in the grand scheme of the application year...

 

[LizzyM]

Bumping this thread to ask if this is still the case. One of my schools awards a substantiatial scholarship that I am applying for in May, so it would be really nice to know about that before making a decision. If the deadline passes and I do not withdraw, does anything happen other than me losing a deposit? Wouldn't everyone just prolong it if that was the case? $100 isn't that much in the grand scheme of the application year...

This is an old thread. Last year the deadline for decisions was moved back to April 30.
AFAIK, most schools give financial aid award letters before the deadline for decisions. If a school is awarding scholarships after applicants agree to matriculate, well, that's their business but they are losing the incentive that those awards provide to applicants who are deciding among several schools.

 

[Pusheen]

This is an old thread. Last year the deadline for decisions was moved back to April 30.
AFAIK, most schools give financial aid award letters before the deadline for decisions. If a school is awarding scholarships after applicants agree to matriculate, well, that's their business but they are losing the incentive that those awards provide to applicants who are deciding among several schools.

Thank you! What if one didn't withdraw in hopes of getting the scholarship? Would they be in trouble besides losing the deposit?

 

[Pusheen]

Even though this is an old thread, let me answer this as it is vitally important

1) most, if not all schools, have a formal
policy following the AAMC guidelines that can rescind the acceptance of any acceptee who holds more than once acceptance by the April 30th.
2) The policy would allow them to rescind your acceptance without notice.
3) each school can do this independently which means you could lose both acceptances for trying to hold on to 2 schools
4) you would have no legal recourse if you lose your acceptance
5) schools do not have any obligation to provide financial aid or scholarship information prior to deadline.
6) You may try to inform schools you are waiting for financial or scholarship info and request an extension. There is no obligation that any school do so.
7) while most schools will not withdraw acceptance with at least some notice (2-5 days), they are under no obligation to do so
8) Acceptees who try to get over on this are risking their acceptances at all schools.

Thanks, this is a great answer and what I was looking for!