03-19-2011 at 12:19 PM
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Accepting offer to mac?
Hey guys, first post here.
What exactly happens after I accept my offer from Mac. Mac was my first choice and the first school to give me and offer, followed by york. I'm waiting on Guelph and Western, but I'm really not interested in going anywhere but Mac. However, just curious if accepting my offer will burn any bridges?
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03-19-2011 at 12:22 PM
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I'm not sure if accepting an offer somewhere means you automatically reject your other offers, but just in case you change your mind, I wouldn't accept your offer here until closer to the deadline. You never know how you're going to feel a month or two from now, and you're not missing out on anything by waiting.
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03-19-2011 at 12:27 PM
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What Adelle is saying is 110% correct, you should just wait the offer won't go away unless your marks drop below the minimum they gave you. And even if you accept your offer and marks drop they will reject the offer. So there is no harm in waiting.
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03-19-2011 at 09:41 PM
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I might be wrong, but I know that you only have a certain amount of time to reply to an offer. For example I accepted Life Sciences in March. However I decided to accept another offer in May for Health Science, and there was an option to decline my original life science offer that I accepted. I actually also accepted another offer from another University (Dalhousie) and also later declined that. Basically what I am saying is you only have a certain amount of time to accept an offer, especially to the same university. Just decide before you make the deposit (I think like 500$). Otherwise whats the worse that can happen for accepting an offer, you can always decline it. Better be safe then sorry.
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03-19-2011 at 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chandlerowns
I might be wrong, but I know that you only have a certain amount of time to reply to an offer. For example I accepted Life Sciences in March. However I decided to accept another offer in May for Health Science, and there was an option to decline my original life science offer that I accepted. I actually also accepted another offer from another University (Dalhousie) and also later declined that. Basically what I am saying is you only have a certain amount of time to accept an offer, especially to the same university. Just decide before you make the deposit (I think like 500$). Otherwise whats the worse that can happen for accepting an offer, you can always decline it. Better be safe then sorry.
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sorry but i dont think that is true ... I never had such experience although i applied to 7 universities and got accepted into all AND nor did I ever hear such info ... maybe you are right i d k
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03-19-2011 at 10:57 PM
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I think for something as big as this you should contact the universities (I know this is an old response, but this is a pretty important decision).
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03-19-2011 at 11:01 PM
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If you accept now the other university offers will not disappear or get rejected. The only problem is if you accept Mac and then decide to change, you will be allowed to but your MAC offer will disappear.
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03-19-2011 at 11:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chandlerowns
I might be wrong, but I know that you only have a certain amount of time to reply to an offer. For example I accepted Life Sciences in March. However I decided to accept another offer in May for Health Science, and there was an option to decline my original life science offer that I accepted. I actually also accepted another offer from another University (Dalhousie) and also later declined that. Basically what I am saying is you only have a certain amount of time to accept an offer, especially to the same university. Just decide before you make the deposit (I think like 500$). Otherwise whats the worse that can happen for accepting an offer, you can always decline it. Better be safe then sorry.
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well firstly, dalhousie is not in ontario, so that's not part of the OUAC process. for life sci/health sci at mac its a different story because you applied for 2 different programs at the SAME university.
on the other hand, i'm pretty sure that if you accept one offer (for ex. Mac) then you automatically decline other offers from other universities. but i'm not 100% sure of this so you should double check...
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03-19-2011 at 11:23 PM
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I just skimmed over the thread so I may have missed it but what is wrong with just waiting until a few days before the deadline and then accepting? That's what I did :S
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03-20-2011 at 10:44 AM
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I just skimmed over the thread so I may have missed it but what is wrong with just waiting until a few days before the deadline and then accepting? That's what I did :S
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03-20-2011 at 10:44 PM
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OUAC, my specialty <3 Anyways, if you accept your Mac offer, it WILL NOT reject the other offers from the other universities you applied to. Your other offers will remain in tact and you will continue to receive offers from universities that you have yet to hear from. On the same note, if you accept Mac's offer (or anyone's) and then decide to go accept ANOTHER offer, it will automatically cancel the first offer you accepted so basically, if you accept Mac's offer and then accept another one and then decide you want to go back to Mac, sorry, you're out of luck, gotta apply again.
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