<p>I’m an OOS student who got admitted and really wants to attend. I initially filled out everything related to FA in time but early this month, a few days after being accepted I got a call from the financial aid office telling me to re-fill out the FAFSA and UFAA to correct some mistake and to also send in a couple of other things. I did that by mid-April but did not see an award or even my “to-do list” clear up. I called them on Monday and they said that it is unlikely that I will be seeing an award before the deposit is due and I might have to make a decision before seeing it. That is the main problem. I really want to attend but what if I don’t get a good enough aid package? On the other hand Syracuse University has already offered me a really generous award of $48600 which covers everything. So what should I do? Syracuse was one of my safeties and am not really enthusiastic about it. UVA on the other hand was one of my “reaches” and I really wasn’t expecting to get in. What are the chances of me getting a generous award, being OOS and filling out everything this late?</p>
<p>Also, this might seem kind of a stupid question but how do you pay the deposit? I don’t see an option in the SIS.</p>
<p>^ Same dilemma.</p>
<p>There is the option of depositing at two different universities. >< Ugh.
Or you can hassle them… more?</p>
<p>^ So what are you gonna do? I was thinking about depositing at both too but 250 dollars when converted to Pakistani currency does become a lot of money. I still might do it though.</p>
<p>I still haven’t found out how to pay the deposit either.</p>
<p>The deposit is paid right from the page where you accept your offer of admission.</p>
<p>Double depositing is not an option. That is the practice that causes so problems and keeps waitlist kids strung along. It isn’t fair and it is against the agreement you are entering into with the colleges when you deposit.<br>
You need to call our office to talk to the dean on call if your aid package is going to be delayed.</p>
<p>By the way, when did you initially submit your aid documents? If there was a problem, they would have called you right away. Did you submit before the priority deadline?</p>
<p>Yes, I just realized that I can not double deposit after I thought about it a bit. It is unethical and would be unfair to wait-listed students.</p>
<p>I initially submitted all my aid documents before March 1st which I think was the priority deadline. The problem was that I had filled them out using my father’s info even though I had been living with my mother (parents are separated) for the past year. I thought that since he was providing me with financial support he was my custodial parent. I got a call in early April telling me to correct this.</p>
<p>So my original question still hasn’t been answered. What are the chances of me still receiving a generous aid package? Should I go ahead and take the chance?</p>
<p>My son is in the same situation and he is in state for VA. However, received a very generous merit scholarship from a private school and we still have not heard about financial aide at UVA. Right now the private school is actually cheaper for us than UVA. My husband called Monday and was told it would come out either Tues. or Fri. Didn’t come Tues. so definitely hoping it comes by tomorrow. It has been very frustrating especially since we have a child at W&M and we never had to submit some of the information that UVA wants in order for the W&M child to receive some aid.</p>
<p>Dean J – So glad you mentioned the ethics of sending in double deposits. I was at a party the other night and some parent was talking about how he’d sent in two deposits to separate schools while his son was waiting on a third, waitlisted school. He explained that he really wanted to keep his son’s “options open.” </p>
<p>I was aghast. And to make it worse, the woman next to us said “Oh, yea, we did that too because my son was heading to [unnamed service academy] and we wanted to keep his options open until I-Day.”</p>
<p>Both acted like this was a perfectly acceptable thing to do!</p>
<p>As usual, questions about financial aid need to be directed to Student Financial Services. I have no access to your financial aid files, so I can’t answer questions about your packages.</p>
<p>Those who double deposit will have a big problem on their hands in a few weeks, when final transcripts are due. They’ll find that their counselors will only send one final transcript.</p>
<p>What’s more, some guidance counselors will contact the colleges at this point and both offers could be rescinded. </p>
<p>Double depositing can hurt the high school’s reputation…but those who do it probably don’t even care about that.</p>
<p>So I’m gonna go ahead and take my chances and deposit. Hopefully I’ll get good enough aid.</p>
<p>Why the hell isn’t there are an option to use a Visa credit card for paying the deposit?!</p>
<p>Dean J,
Thanks for the clear cut information. I have asked our guidance counselor to include this in the parent night for rising seniors next week. I find the practice of ‘double deposits’ very wrong, but was unaware that it could result in admissions being rescinded. Parents should know this when they are helping their students make decisions next spring. I would also hate to have these actions reflect poorly on our school!</p>
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I don’t know. For some reason, Visa won’t work with us. Don’t blame UVa, blame Visa.</p>
<p>It’s an e-check system, first and foremost, though.</p>