Anybody? The deadline is on Friday!

Anybody? The deadline is on Friday!

I'll thank them but decline the offer.

:)

I have been made an offer for NYU@NUS. But my applications at 5 other schools are pending and I would ideally want to wait until I hear from them before I accept the NYU@NUS offer. The problem is that the NYU@NUS requires you to give a declaration that you have withdrawn yourself from all other applications and that you will take-up the NYU@NUS offer. Can I apply to NYU@NUS and wait and watch for results from other law schools and if accepted from other law schools, withdraw myself from NYU? Is there any way NYU can find out where I have applied to (the application form was silent) and write to other colleges of my acceptance? VERY VERY URGENT. Please HELP.

I sympathise with your predicament. It is a tough situation. If you accept NYU now and withdraw other applications, you will always wonder about what could have been. If you pass up the opportunity in the hope you are accepted to other schools, you risk missing out altogether. But I'm not sure it's wise to have your cake and eat it too by accepting NYU's offer but violating its policy by preserving your other applications.

This, and related issues, have been discussed before. See http://www.llm-guide.com/board/62812 and also this link http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/index.php/topic,4011394.0.html.

I think it is worth bearing in mind the following provision on LSAC's website:

Multiple-Deposit Notification

Each year, LSAC provides participating law schools with periodic reports detailing the number of applicants who have submitted seat deposits or commitments at other participating schools, along with identification of those other schools. These reports now also include the names and LSAC account numbers for all candidates who have deposits/commitments at multiple participating schools.

From the word 'commitments' above, I don't think you can legitimately accept more than one offer. If you merely preserve your application at other universities and fail to withdraw it prior to communication of a decision, I think it's a bit of a stretch to classify this as a 'commitment' and I don't think it would show up on the report. However, it is clearly a violation of NYU's policy. I don't know whether they can find out that you haven't withdrawn your other applications (legitimately or otherwise) and what the penalties may be. Personally, I don't think I would want to find out!

As your other applications are pending, why don't you try contacting the other universities and see if you can get an early decision from at least one or some of them? That may give you a better idea of whether it's worth passing up the opportunity for the other schools' decisions. I know it's early days in the admission process but it wouldn't hurt to ask, and you have a legitimate reason for doing so given the deadline for accepting your offer (and the fact that you must withdraw other applications if you decide to accept).

Thanks for sharing this information.
It is not my case but I will certainly keep it in mind!!

I enrolled in NYU@NUS 2011-2012 yest. I received a deposit confirmation mail. Did any enrolled students receive any other mail of enrollment confirmation?