What is the "respond by" date for Ivies?

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>If an applicant applied RD to Ivies and was accepted, when does (s)he have to respond to the offer of admissions by? Or, is the date different for every Ivy?</p>

<p>I am just wondering because I’m an international student, and the respond by deadline for my country is early June. I don’t know what the date is for Ivies (I applied to a few, such as Harvard and Dartmouth). </p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>I believe almost all schools are May 1</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think May 1st is actually called “National College Decision Day” in America…or something like that…And April 1 is “National College Acceptance Day”…except IV’s are March 30 :p</p>

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<p>Oh man, that’s a month before the Canadian respond-by date, and it’s also a few weeks before some of my programs (in Canada, obviously) release their decisions. One of my favourite Canadian university programs do not release decisions until late May! What to do…</p>

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<p>I believe you can still withdraw after accepting if you are accepted to another program. It’s what some people do after getting off waitlists.</p>

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<p>Yeah I don’t think it’s binding or anything like that, especially since I would imagine that they would understand that international applicants are often in a different situation. You might lose your deposit though</p>

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<p>Yeah, non binding response by May 1 (only non binding if you accept, obviously if you reject the place, that is that.) You can then unaccept the offer (if a waitlist comes through for example) but forfeit what is usually a couple hundred dollar deposit.</p>

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<p>also if you are an international student who needs to make a decision before 1 April (Oxbridge students for example) harvard will, if they are going to accept you, give you a likely letter so as to let you know in a way in which you can make an informed choice.</p>

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<p>This is not true; I am an international student holding an offer from Oxford and I do not have to accept or decline the place before Harvard releases its decision.</p>

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<p>In response to comment #7, Harvard does not ask for a deposit.</p>