[求助]有了4.15协议，学校凭什么要保证金和response sheet?

To
assist students and deans in answering questions, about the Resolution,
below are explanations and answers from frequently asked questions:

1.  Students may be waiting for offers from several institutions so
that they can compare and make a decision. One of the complaints we
hear is that some departments make offers quite early and insist that
students respond quickly or lose the offer. According to the
Resolution, the option available to the student in this situation who
wishes to review several offers is to accept each one and then, by
April 15, resign from all but one. But this places the student in an
awkward position and really violates the spirit of the Resolution, that
is, that acceptances should not be made casually.

A better approach is for institutions to give students until April
15 to make decisions regarding appointments. Students often consider
multiple offers, and this option provides a reasonable opportunity for
them to do so. This would not preclude institutions asking students to
accept or reject offers in a timely manner. Particularly in the case of
some prestigious fellowships, institutions would like to know quickly
if the student is going to decline so that the offer can be extended to
someone else. An example of one university's approach to this issue is
the following statement, which is sent along with the CGS Resolution:

      "The Graduate School would appreciate your decision concerning
the acceptance or rejection of our award as soon as you are able to
give us a reply. In asking a student for an early reply, we wish it
understood that the [Your University] Graduate School is not asking the
student to relinquish any privilege, if it is felt necessary to wait
until April 15, 20xx. However, your early response would be helpful to
us in planning for the coming year.

      [Your university] will consider the accompanying award offer
valid until April 15 unless declined at a prior time. If your reply is
not received by April 15, the Graduate School may rescind the offer of
financial award."