is it a bad idea to commit before scholarship notification?

rose621
Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:40:07 +0000

I’m currently a high school senior and I will be attending The Ohio State University next year. I did not apply for need based aid and my family is able to pay the full cost of attendance, but of course it would be very helpful to get merit money. I want to commit now because housing and orientation dates are chosen in order of when your deposit is received, however I don’t want committing to decrease my chances of getting scholarship money (they haven’t started notifiying students about scholarships yet). Will committing affect my chance of getting merit money or is it unrelated?