<p>midwestDad2: To somewhat echo MTnest & schrizto, the deposit does signal your child’s intent to enroll at a school, but should your child subsequently choose to enroll elsewhere, the only real risk is that you’ll lose your enrollment deposit which, as you know, at Pitt is $300. (BTW, I’m referring to either EA, rolling or RD admission scenarios, NOT Early Decision, which is binding)<br>
This happens often with students who are initially waitlisted at their first choice school and deposit with one of their “accepted schools” out of necessity, but then choose to enroll by their first choice schools once a spot opens up there, thus withdrawing at the school where they originally sent their deposit. Where I think that this can become a problem is when a student is applying to, and gets accepted at, multiple rolling-admission public universities. </p>
<p>Regarding Honors Housing: Here is a link to the Pitt website about UHC housing, and it contains further links that more specifically deal with first year housing: [Honors</a> Housing](<a href=“http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/housing/index.html]Honors”>http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/housing/index.html)</p>
<p>I also can’t address the NMF issue.</p>
<p>MTnest: I think that you’re right about the demand for first-year Honors housing. Based on past threads that I’ve read, it seems like about as many incoming UHC students opt out of applying for Forbes, as the number who choose to apply for housing there. Given her preferences, hopefully this will work in D’s favor if she does end up enrolling at Pitt. Thanks, again, for sharing the information.</p>
<p>I also really appreciate how active the Pitt CC forum is. It’s been a great resource.:)</p>