I'm going to bring this thread back to life.
I have a similar situation. I applied to a four schools, mostly three year programs and one four year program just to be safe. I got an invite and interview to a four year program and between the time of the offer and the deadline to accept, I tried contacting all the other schools for interviews. Luckily, the aforementioned four year school was really cool and gave me a week long extension (which should have been foreshadowing telling me to accept their offer). Unfortunately the other schools couldn't offer me an interview until after the extension so I was either tasked with paying the deposit (which was $1500 and I work part time so that's like more than a month of work) or losing the offer. I chose not to accept and eventually received interviews with the other schools. I was offered acceptance into all of the programs, but chose one of the three year ones. Since I sent in my deposit every interaction with this school has been like pulling teeth. I don't get answers or even responses to phone calls and on the off chance I do speak to someone, they rush you through the conversation and give half-answers, it has taken them over a month to update my file in their system so I can apply for financial aid...basically I made a terrible mistake. I asked the first school to reconsider and now I'm on the wait list (fingers and toes and basically anything that can be crossed is crossed). I am willing to lose the $750 non-refundable deposit just so I don't have to deal with this baloney anymore, but there's not a money tree in my yard so I was wondering if there was a successful way to recoup any of the deposit I sent in because this school is just negligent in their duties.
Since it's a three year school classes start in a month and I have ZERO financial aid, which means I don't have a place to live or a way to pay tuition or support myself so that's fun!