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怎么样正确理解415协议？
四•一五协议英文名称为"Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees, and Assistants"，是在一九九九年的招生录取过程中正式实施的，它是由多数美国大学联合制定、用于约束某个申请人同时接受多个学校录取但在开学前很短的时间内才通知其中的一些学校无法按时就读情况的协约，毫无疑问申请人的这种作法会大大地影响学校的正常招生与教学秩序，并损害本国后来申请者的形象。
"四•一五"协议的主要内容是在每年的四月十五日之前，申请者可以在已被录取的学校中任意选择，或干脆不对学校的录取通知做出ZUI后的答复，在这期间申请者任何的接受学校录取的承诺或保持的缄默都不承担任何责任；但明确答复接受何所大学的录取的时间应当不超过四月十五日，并应当尽可能早地提先通知各个学校自己的决定、留足时间将已经收到但决定拒绝的学校的各类录取资料，包括I-20表格，在四月十五日之前寄回（当然，材料可能不一定必要在四月十五日之前到达被拒学校，但电子邮件通知一定在事先进行）。如果在这之后反悔，受损害的学校有权请求所有签署该协议的其它大学拒绝该生，从而将破坏协议的申请人排除在协议缔结的学校联盟之外。
应该说"四•一五"协议的实施对学校与申请人双方都是有利的，对学校而言避免了因被录取人突然反悔造成的混乱，对多数申请人而言这意味着更加平等的竞争及比以前更大的录取机会，因为只有在学校明确获悉被录取者的拒绝答复后才会将该入学机会提供给下一个合格的申请者。
协议原文
Acceptance of an offer of financial support (such as a graduate scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, or assistantship) for the next academic year by a prospective or enrolled graduate student completes an agreement that both student and graduate school expect to honor. In that context, the conditions affecting such offers and their acceptance must be defined carefully and understood by all parties. Students are under no obligation to respond to offers of financial support prior to April 15; earlier deadlines for acceptance of such offers violate the intent of this Resolution. In those instances in which a student accepts an offer before April 15, and subsequently desires to withdraw that acceptance, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the appointment at any time through April 15. However, an acceptance given or left in force after April 15 commits the student not to accept another offer without first obtaining a written release from the institution to which a commitment has been made. Similarly, an offer by an institution after April 15 is conditional on presentation by the student of the written release from any previously accepted offer. It is further agreed by the institutions and organization subscribing to the above Resolution that a copy of this Resolution should accompany every scholarship, fellowship, traineeship, and assistantship offer.
中文理解
1．4月15之前，你没有回答时候接受offer的必要，但如果学校强迫你很早回答，一定要据理力争！
2．在4月15日之前接受的offer，你可以在任何时间拒绝，包括4月15号之后！拒绝信要白纸黑字。我认为原文说得是4.15前接受的offer，你可以在4.15之前任何时间写书面据信拒绝而不违反4.15协议，但是4.15之后接受的offer或者4.15之后依然有效的已接受offer（即4.15前接受的offer并没有拒绝），想要拒绝，均需要有学校书面的同意。
3．在4月15日之后接受的offer，如果想再接受别的offer，必须要有原学校纸质的同意放弃offer书。
4．加拿大，英国等非美国学校，和不在415协议内的美国学校，不受415协议的限制。
5．415协议是有关财政资助（即提供奖学金资助）的协议，单纯的admission不受限制。
时间:2014-04-14
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