College Deposit Pressure

momofthreeboys
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:16:13 +0000

Step back for a second…from the college’s perspective a kid applied because he/she wanted to attend. If he wants to attend then the perspective from the college is "we accepted him/her and here’s the next step, send a housing deposit or a commtiment card or whatever. If you need more time, call the college and tell them you need more time. We did that with one of my S1’s colleges. No problem. In general they aren’t going to say “no.” I’m totally not understanding all the indignity here. Every single college both my kids applied to sent a merit scholarship offer with the acceptance. The only thing we were missing was how they would package up any federal aid and if my kids would get any ‘bonus’ money in the form of a department scholarship etc. If that ‘bonus’ grant/scholarship money is important then don’t make a commitment until you can figure out the finances, if you can make a commitment what is wrong with that? Unless the colleges hold your feet to the coals and threaten to rescind the offer they haven’t broken any rules. The NACAC are guidelines. They aren’t laws. I’m really at a loss here to understand what is so horrible.