Would this jepordize my chances?

goaliedad
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:05:15 +0000

Before putting money down on the local schools, make sure your parents read and understand the ramifications of backing out. Looking at my D’s school contract, technically, the parents are on the hook for the entire tuition amount if you back out.

Many local private schools don’t have a good yield on acceptance, so 20 or 30 percent (or even more) may not accept, leaving a second round of acceptance letters going out shortly after March 1. I would bet that a large number of applicants at the 2 schools you were accepted to cross-applied just like you and were accepted at both just like you.

And even that second set of 20 or 30 percent won’t necessarily yield a full class, so I would guess that your odds of being able to pay late are very good at one or even both local schools. Just be prepared to present a check on March 11th. Very few schools turn down cash from somebody they already accepted on their “A” list, even if it is late.

If it helps you, in our situation, we were dealing with the school my D attends and another school in May, as neither of these schools fills all of their slots on the first or 2nd pass. I would bet the same for your local private school as well. You should check this out though perhaps with current student families.