?????? Why do you say this? My understanding is that, after 4/30, you can have as many as you receive, with absolutely no limit at all, for as long as each new school gives you to decide. Where is the limit of 2 coming from?
not a "rule" KnightDoc just common sense and honor system
I didn't mean to be dense, fully realize that you are very knowledgeable and experienced, and was not intending to advocate for gaming the system. It never occurred to me, given that a LOT of the expected WL movement will be occurring over the next few weeks, that common sense or honor would dictate that holding 2 As would be permissible, but not more, if, for example, you had one PTE on 5/1 and received 3 As off WLs in the following week, where each school gave you a week or two to decide.
I try to state advice as simply as possible and leave off all the "what if this and what if that?" variations. People can ask for clarification if needed.I didn't mean to be dense, fully realize that you are very knowledgeable and experienced, and was not intending to advocate for gaming the system. It never occurred to me, given that a LOT of the expected WL movement will be occurring over the next few weeks, that common sense or honor would dictate that holding 2 As would be permissible, but not more, if, for example, you had one PTE on 5/1 and received 3 As off WLs in the following week, where each school gave you a week or two to decide.
I want to do the right thing myself, and wanted to know what the requirements are for when I advise anyone who asks. I have always been led to believe that it is perfectly acceptable to hold all As received in the two weeks prior to 4/30, as well as any time thereafter, as long as the issuing schools allow, with absolutely no ethical qualms or violations of common sense or honor. Why would, or should, anyone feel compelled to act before a school requires, merely because they are blessed with more than two choices, and common sense and honor dictate that they reduce to two immediately in order to expedite by a few days the next call someone will receive when excess As are dropped?
I honestly had never heard this before, and was truly wondering if I missed something. Now that you have explained, I just have to say, as someone who might be in this position next year, that I respectfully disagree with your logic, but now understand where you are coming from.
I was under the same impression as @KnightDoc. As long as we're following each school's rules, I'm not sure why we shouldn't take the time given us to consider our options as they become available. Obviously this assumes that we immediately drop any schools we're not interested in, and don't draw the decision-making out unnecessarily.
Yes, but only for that school! Nothing in the so-called "rules" implies that any school has veto power over any consideration, deadline, extension, exception, or anything else granted by any other school. That would be a form of acting in concert, or collusion. I don't need School A's consent to hold an A from School B, without selecting PTE, if School B allows it, for whatever reason (they are giving me more time to wait for fin aid, they're nice guys, they don't require the use of PTE, whatever).
I agree with you, and I think we are saying the same thing. Yes, each school sets their own policy, and we, as applicants, have to abide by each of them.
You are, as usual, 1,000% correct!
For the record, though, I was reacting to a reagent change introduced by a participant other than the OP, in order to clarify things for myself as well as anyone else reading later! 
