How to secure housing q- enroll or no?

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If you are putting down a deposit at a school your child might not attend, make sure your student reads the small print of the contract.

Housing fine (at a school my child doesn't attend)

Our youngest is currently a freshman and this week received a bill for 900 dollars from one of the schools she considered attending. I contacted the school thinking this was an error and was told she was assessed a “no show” fee from Housing. We were terribly confused and explained that our daughter very clearly communicated that she was not attending. The person we spoke with was dismissive and said she signed a contract and didn’t notify Housing she wasn’t attending. Our daughter, like most students today, cast a wide net during her college search and applied to 10 schools. She applied for housing at the 5 she was accepted into and could afford. When she made her decision she contacted the 4 schools and declined their offer for admission. And from just 1 she was charged a no show fee because telling the university was not sufficient and she needed to contact Housing individually. They are not budging and have become what I would describe as rude. “She knew the rules of the co…