What happens if you tell multiple schools they're your top choice?

[canibeadrplease]

If they both admit you and you turn one down, can the other rescind you if you told both they're your top choice?

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[Stumpyman]

If they both admit you and you turn one down, can the other rescind you if you told both they're your top choice?

I don't like you.



But the answer to your question is no.

 

[mmmcdowe]

If they both admit you and you turn one down, can the other rescind you if you told both they're your top choice?

They could if you ticked them off enough. Play it honest and safe.

 

[canibeadrplease]

I don't like you.



But the answer to your question is no.

Haha don't worry, this didn't happen to me. I don't have two amazing options to choose from - I was just wondering for waitlist purposes.

I do legitimately have two schools that I like equally. So, what should I do ... ?

 

[otggwmfs]

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[dmf2682]

Tell one, then the other like a week later. If the first school comes back to you say its too late you've already matriculated

 

[RedSox10]

Tell one, then the other like a week later. If the first school comes back to you say its too late you've already matriculated

I think its fair to say it, but might be best to say that a school is "one of" your top choices. Nevertheless schools should know that your "top" choices can change pretty quickly depending upon financial aid. For instance, if I like school A and school B fairly equally, but B gives me 10K per year in aid and school A gives me nothing, then school B becomes my top choice. I think that unless you have all your financial aid data its really hard to determine which school is "top".

 

[munchymanRX]

If they both admit you and you turn one down, can the other rescind you if you told both they're your top choice?

There's a deadline that prevents you from holding multiple acceptances to schools to defend against this. If you told both that they're your top choice, I sincerely doubt either school would learn this from the other-and even more unlikely that they'd rescind you as a result. While ethically questionable, they're not going to devote time and money to persecuting you. They get thousands of LOIs every year-you're small potatoes.

 

[NickNaylor]

If they both admit you and you turn one down, can the other rescind you if you told both they're your top choice?

No, but you'll be perceived as shady and untrustworthy.

 

[EBTrailRunner]

Shady, indeed. Either send both letters of interest, or send one a letter of interest and your true top choice a letter of intent.

 

[Bro Dude]

No offense, but that would be a d-bag move.

 

[Narmerguy]

Honestly this is why a lot of adcoms don't put any stock in LOI's.

 

[circulus vitios]

I love this thread.

 

[SpecterGT260]

How exactly will they know?

 

[twizzlers713]

How exactly will they know?

excellent question

 

[CoolWhipp]

Just say "one of my top choices" and you can send it to as many as you are comfortable.

 

[NickNaylor]

How exactly will they know?

They likely won't, but this is where that whole preserving your character thing comes in. You know, actually having a strong moral fiber and things like that.

 

[RockMed Doc]

You will spontaneously combust.


But honestly, I don't think its a fair or moral thing to do. A letter of interest would probably suffice.

 

[SpecterGT260]

u guys... hilarious. There is nothing wrong with selling yourself to a program. "My number 1...." is not a requirement nor does it really mean anything to an adcom. Instead say very interested and give several specifics about the program to illuminate why.


Gotta love pre Meds.... idealistic to a fault and most have never really competed for anything before. The.above is pretty common practice when looking for a job and med admissions can pretty much be viewed that way

 

[Morsetlis]

They likely won't, but this is where that whole preserving your character thing comes in. You know, actually having a strong moral fiber and things like that.

ragged moral fibers might be a mitochondrial disease

 

[Law2Doc]

... say very interested and give several specifics about the program to illuminate why...

this. In theory, lying to multiple schools can burn bridges and you never know when you need all bridges intact. As a Practical matter it's a lot like asking multiple girls to the prom. You will make people upset, but whether they do anything about it is highly questionable. But as SpectorGT suggests, there really isn't any reason to use those words.

 

[MT Headed]

I wrote several small individual letters of interest to each of my schools explaining why I wanted to attend each one, how they were my dream school, etc, and I even slipped a $100 bill in along with this bundle of letters.

Is this immoral?










Or is this a secondary?

 

[SpecterGT260]

I wrote several small individual letters of interest to each of my schools explaining why I wanted to attend each one, how they were my dream school, why I wanted to attend each school, etc, and I even slipped a $100 bill in along with this bundle of letters.

Is this immoral?










Or is this a secondary?

+1 internetz

 

[octupus]

I wrote several small individual letters of interest to each of my schools explaining why I wanted to attend each one, how they were my dream school, etc, and I even slipped a $100 bill in along with this bundle of letters.

Is this immoral?










Or is this a secondary?

best post

 

[Dr. Ducky]

I wrote several small individual letters of interest to each of my schools explaining why I wanted to attend each one, how they were my dream school, etc, and I even slipped a $100 bill in along with this bundle of letters.

Is this immoral?










Or is this a secondary?

Wow....this adds a perplexing twist to the topic at hand..... +1

 

[NickNaylor]

u guys... hilarious. There is nothing wrong with selling yourself to a program. "My number 1...." is not a requirement nor does it really mean anything to an adcom. Instead say very interested and give several specifics about the program to illuminate why.

Gotta love pre Meds.... idealistic to a fault and most have never really competed for anything before. The.above is pretty common practice when looking for a job and med admissions can pretty much be viewed that way

The old strategy of "since everyone else is doing it, I must too" (a la Obama about SuperPACs) is pretty weak. If you don't want to have a moral backbone because you see material success as the most important thing achievable, by all means go for it. That doesn't make it the right thing to do.

 

[SpecterGT260]

The old strategy of "since everyone else is doing it, I must too" (a la Obama about SuperPACs) is pretty weak. If you don't want to have a moral backbone because you see material success as the most important thing achievable, by all means go for it. That doesn't make it the right thing to do.

Did u read what I wrote? No... no u didn't.

 

[NickNaylor]

Did u read what I wrote? No... no u didn't.

Indeed I did, namely, the last paragraph.

 

[SpecterGT260]

Indeed I did, namely, the last paragraph.

And the last paragraph referenced the first where it said not to say "first choice" but instead say u are "very interested" in the school and enumerate the reasons why thereby not lying.

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