Day school enrollment contract due before BS admissions are announced

london203
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:24:50 +0000

We had this happen. Because we couldn’t be sure if she would be accepted to any of the boarding schools, and the day school was a perfectly acceptable alternative, we accepted her spot there AND paid the deposit. We did not get that deposit back, but were willing to accept that cost so that we had as many options as possible. Your mileage may vary (obviously, I can’t know if you are able to “lose” that deposit money).

Also, as soon as we decided on which boarding school to attend, I notified the day school so that they could offer our spot to the next person on the waitlist. We didn’t feel it fair to keep that spot when others were waiting.