midnightsociety2 wrote:
Update: I've been accepted at UNC with $$! The downside is that I have to let them know my decision within 15 days (by accepting and then paying a nonrefundable deposit). Does this seem really short to anyone else? I don't have much experience with app deadlines, but it seems short to me. I only just turned in the last of my apps (to USC and Austin) on Dec 1 and there's no way I'm going to hear back from those schools in time to meet the deadline, especially since it's around the holidays. I haven't even received an interview invite from USC.
Not sure what the best course of action is here... I don't mind eating the $500 nonrefundable deposit for UNC if that's what it comes down to, but is it okay to accept and then withdraw?
Update: Got into Austin with OOS tuition waiver + scholarship. Austin was my first choice to begin with, so at this point it's a no brainer.
I'm still waiting to hear from Olin (Wash U) and to get an interview invite from USC. I really liked my interviewer at Olin and I put a lot of stock into how friendly/welcoming people seem to be, BUT the school itself just doesn't seem as great. And, well, I have a lot of sentimental attachment to USC and LA. But they'd have to offer me a full ride (lol not gonna happen) to get me to reconsider going to Austin.
mel328, I wasn't notified until a couple of days later about the scholarship/tuition waiver offer. Got notified that I was admitted on Dec 13, got my scholarship notification on Dec 15.
Congrats! Not that I'm biased or anything, but Austin is definitely the best place to be
I heard about admission on the 14th, so unless I hear otherwise today I'm going to assume I didn't get a scholarship, which is understandable with my below average (for UT standards) GPA and GMAT score.