DS1 has applied to 3 unis, 2 that he really likes and 1 that he is less keen on and just put down as a safety net really. He thinks there is absolutely nothing to choose between the 2 he likes better and was going to decide his preference based on the offers they sent.
He has had exactly the same offer from the 2 that he likes (conditional, but easily achievable by him), and an unconditional offer from the one he doesn't like as much. This means he can't sensibly firmly accept one of the ones he likes and keep the other as his insurance choice - if he doesn't get in to one, he doesn't get in to the other. As far as we can work out, his only way forward is to choose between these two, firmly accept one of them and completely discard the other one and provisionally accept the unconditional offer just in case, even though he doesn't really want to go to that one. This is going to be hard as likes them both so much and literally cannot work out which one he prefers.
I would rather not name the unis or the course as it's quite identifying, but does anyone see any other way round this situation? DH thinks he should approach one of them and ask if they can amend their offer slightly but I just don't think they are likely to do that, and it wouldn't reflect well on him if he suggested it.
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Two identical offers... what to do?
daughterofliz · 04/02/2015 21:24
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