Accepting University Offers

happymomof1
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:57:00 +0000

Transfer admissions is not like freshman admissions. The acceptances don’t all come at once, and there is no standard commit-by date. It is more like dealing with waiting lists.

If you have several offers that have more-or-less the same acceptance cut-off date, and a bunch of other applications are still pending, then it is perfectly fine to accept the one you like best so far, and pay the deposit. If another offer comes in later that you like better, you can accept that one and pay its deposit. Just be sure to let the first place you had accepted know that your plans have changed, and you won’t be enrolling, so that you don’t get billed for classes and housing there. They will probably keep your deposit.

You can repeat this multiple times as better offers come in, basically up until the first day of classes, if you really want or need to.