UIUC or Imperial College

drusba
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:08:14 +0000

Am not familiar with acceptance rules at Imperial. However for UIUC: you can accept by May 1 and then later withdraw. If you do not accept by May 1, you will automatically lose your admission. Other issue you have is applying for housing. You need to do that by May 15 and put up $150 deposit. If you later cancel you lose deposit. If you wait too long to cancel housing (not sure of last date but could be as early as July), they can actually charge you for the first semester. If you delay applying for housing until after May 15, you will be relegated to whatever is left over after giving housing to those who applied by May 15, which is often temporary rooms built where lounges are, and if you wait too long such as wait until August to apply for housing you will may have difficult time getting any at all.