<p>I swear…this whole application process has been a total headache for me…so basically here’s why…I’ve been accepted to about six schools so far and have about 3 more to go…alot of these school’s admission/housing deposit (which are refundable) due dates are approaching quickly but my parents are saying that they are only going to pay the deposit for UGA…now the problem is that I won’t get my decision from UGA until April 1st and I’m not even sure if I’ll get in or not…so if I get rejected from UGA (God forbid) I’ll pretty much be left in the cold because housing fills up VERY quickly for the schools I’ve been accepted to…I have so many documents to send in (housing, medical records, orientation registration) and I’m being held up by my parents…and to make it even worse is the fact that my parents make near $300k a year so it makes me feel as if they’re putting a purchase of a new house and car(s) before my education…they keep coming up with reasons for me not to go to the school I want to…if it’s not too far away it’s too expensive…if it’s not too expensive it’s too far away…</p>
<p>I’ve already been accepted to my #2 school so I’d like to send in my refundable deposit and housing app. to them just in case I don’t get into my #1…</p>
<p>Your parents probably just don’t think that it is worth the extra money to attend the colleges that are not UGA. You would only put a housing deposit down at one college, and after you replied that you were going to attend there. (Actually I don’t see how a college, much less six, would be filling up on dorm space at the beginning of Feb.) You need to decide if you want to attend someplace other than UGA and then have a nonconfrontational talk with your parents. Instate tuition at UGA is about $4K per year. A private college would be about $25K per year more. That is about $2K per month for four years, and it is perfectly reasonable to think about whether or not that money would be worth it even if they are making $300K per year before taxes.</p>
<p>^^ok…I wasn’t even considering going to UGA until I received an invite and fee waiver (don’t know WHY I got it)…and my parents ended up seeing that stuff and they made me apply because according to my parents “I’ll most likely get in if they sent me a fee waiver and everything”…so yea I applied and went to visit the campus and I fell in love with the school…but I’m not sure if I’ll get accepted…and the schools in GA suck (with the exception of Tech and Emory)…I’ve even gotten full scholarships to some out-of-state schools but my parents say that they’re too far away…</p>
<p>so at this point I don’t know…</p>
<p>and housing at schools like Auburn fill up very quickly…</p>
<p>You don’t mention the school but if NYU is one get the housing deposit in on time…for sure. Others have posted they don’t believe housing fills up in Feb…they can choose to believe that. Facts will demonstrate otherwise.</p>
<p>If experience shows that housing fills up in Feb at some schools, then I guess it does. How does that happen, though? A person would only put down a housing deposit after they replied to the college that they were actually going to attend (I assume?), and the universal decision date for RD is April 1. Nobody except for binding ED applicants have to pick a college to actually attend until May 1.</p>
<p>At any rate, the OP needs to talk it over with his/her parents. If you make it clear that UGA is your first choice, but that you aren’t sure that you will be accepted, then your parents should be more than willing to make contingency plans. Fortunately, you want to attend UGA.</p>
<p>and you include rolling acceptances how? and you include the fact that not all campuses guarantee housing to new students how? Some schools take half the class ED and the housing availability at most colleges is not adequate.</p>
<p>Even if you are accepted Rolling, I believe you don’t have to reply until May 1st. </p>
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I just noticed that the OP said “refundable”. When I read it the first time, I thought it said nonrefundable because that was the only way that the post made sense. If a college wants the housing deposit in Feb and then refunds it if you don’t decide to attend in May, then I don’t see a problem. I don’t know why a college would do this, though. It seems that 1) they would be giving alot of deposits back and 2) it would severely disadvantge RD applicants. Perhaps it is only done at colleges with rolling admissions??</p>
<p>Certainly it wouldn’t be a complete rule, but colleges typically guarantee housing to freshmen. It is interesting how some colleges give preference to upperclassmen based on senority, but typically freshmen get the housing first.</p>
<p>It only disadvantages the RD applicants if housing is awarded on the basis of when the deposit is received: earlier deposits get better housing assignment.</p>
<p>I assume from this that some colleges are taking housing deposits from people who haven’t been accepted yet. I did not know that. It seems like it would be hard to manage if the school had a relatively low yield. They would have to have a waitlist for housing, and waitlisted people would get housing as people decided to go to other colleges or were denied. Sounds like a mess.</p>