I'm torn on exploding offers for schools. On the one hand, schools usually have a number of potential students on the waitlist, and these folks would certainly

I'm torn on exploding offers for schools. On the one hand, schools usually have a number of potential students on the waitlist, and these folks would certainly like to know that they aren't going to be left hanging indefinitely. On the other hand, exploding offers are absolutely a BS tactic to the extent that a student can accept at one school and then, if they get a later offer from a school they like better, reneg on the acceptance with relatively few consequences. They'll probably be out a tuition deposit, though, which may or may not be a significant burden depending on how wealthy the student's family is. That worries me because it becomes a serious abuse of non-privileged students' relatively vulnerable situations. And even without that, it's certainly still a craven exercise in shaking students down for pocket change.