Question About LOI/WL

[kbac13]

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I have heard that when you send a letter of intent to a medical school and are accepted, it is often looked at as unethical to matriculate at a different school. I am currently alternate listed at SUNY Downstate and waitlisted at Stony Brook. Downstate is my top choice and I have sent them a LOI. Suppose I get off the waitlist at Stony Brook and accept my offer and then am accepted to Downstate a few days before orientation. Assuming I am all settled in for Stony Brook (i.e. all forms are in, I have an apt., etc), is it considered unethical to decline the Downstate acceptance? This is all hypothetical, but I was just wondering what you guys thought!

 

[ndafife]

Nobody gives a rip about LOI's. Everyone knows they are non-legally binding ways for desperate students to beg for an acceptance. Go to the school you want. There are no ethics involved.

 

[Goro]

In situations like this, one has to ask "Does your word mean anything"?

You tell me.

I have heard that when you send a letter of intent to a medical school and are accepted, it is often looked at as unethical to matriculate at a different school. I am currently alternate listed at SUNY Downstate and waitlisted at Stony Brook. Downstate is my top choice and I have sent them a LOI. Suppose I get off the waitlist at Stony Brook and accept my offer and then am accepted to Downstate a few days before orientation. Assuming I am all settled in for Stony Brook (i.e. all forms are in, I have an apt., etc), is it considered unethical to decline the Downstate acceptance? This is all hypothetical, but I was just wondering what you guys thought!

 

[Goro]

Theoretically ethics are involved. In practice there is no expectation of any.

Just like politics!

 

[Pr1d3D0c]

Why not just withdraw from Downstate after a certain date where you'll be uncomfortable about relocating? Seems like a simple way to circumvent the ethical issue

 

[aprilfools]

Why not just withdraw from Downstate after a certain date where you'll be uncomfortable about relocating? Seems like a simple way to circumvent the ethical issue

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