What happens if you ED and then back out?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When the applied ED, they signed a document stating that they would withdraw applications to other schools after gaining admissions.

That they haven't done this puts their ED status at risk and they may not release the transcript needed to matriculate, to any other school.

Only applicable after ED decision is released. Doesn't sound that's the case with OP

As I understand it from the OP, the applicant chose an ED school. The Applicant and the parents signed an agreement. The applicant applied. The high school sent the materials to support the application. The applicant was accepted. At that point, the other applications should have been withdrawn. Period.

Question to OP - applicant was acceted at ED school??

OP here: yes, student was accepted ED.

Honestly I think the stressful application season has made the parent a little crazy to even be considering it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who mentioned wanting to do this. Several great unexpected acceptances came in right after which they weren’t expecting and favorite schools that don’t ED haven’t been released yet. Person is telling me that ED is not “legally binding”. What really happens? Do other schools find out and pull your acceptance? (one can hope, right?)

This is unethical, you agreed to accept if offered under ED. Not surprised though taht some want to game the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who mentioned wanting to do this. Several great unexpected acceptances came in right after which they weren’t expecting and favorite schools that don’t ED haven’t been released yet. Person is telling me that ED is not “legally binding”. What really happens? Do other schools find out and pull your acceptance? (one can hope, right?)

According to this, yes, other schools can pull their acceptances.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2016-10-24/what-happens-to-students-who-back-out-of-early-decision-offers

The early decision agreement is not legally binding and the school wouldn't go after the student for tuition, but there could be other consequences.

If, for instance, they found out a student somehow had applied to two different places early decision, or even another early action and the student had broken the early decision agreement, Nesbitt says they'd call the other schools and the student would risk losing both acceptances.

[Anonymous]

The acceptance to the non-ED schools will be rescinded unless you have some hard to meet financial hardship criteria. True a school can't force you to attend without taken legal action (highly unlikely) but all acceptances are conditional so you can't force a college to take a kid even with an acceptance with legal action. The contact is that if you get accepted you withdrawn your applications from other schools. That is perfect reason enough to rescind an acceptance.

If it was real easy to get out of ED contract, there would be tons on scenarios/advice to apply to match ED and see if you get into a reach EA or RD. This is not the first time somebody thought of this idea. It would just become EA.

No HS or college would want to go a long with the idea of turning down and ED unless the above mentioned financial hardship criteria is meet. It is not just I don't want to pay that amount for your college.

[Anonymous]

DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

[Anonymous]

Many colleges will send a list of students they've accepted ED to all other colleges that they know they have significant overlap with, and those colleges will then no longer consider apps from those kids. Also, as a PP said, many high schools will refuse to release final transcripts to any school other than the ED acceptance. The student and parents signed a document saying they would withdraw all other apps, and it's not fair to future students from that high school to tarnish their reputation with the colleges.

Also, as others have said, the only way any college is going to let you out of the agreement is if you can 'prove' that you can't afford to go given the financial aid package they've offered. They will not make this easy to do.

As an aside, if you apply ED and want to change to RD BEFORE the decision is made, most colleges will grudgingly do this. I've even had a couple of my students who were still admitted RD after doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

This is a whole another issue about being a not very nice person and I don't no why you are post it unless you are a troll. Why would you want to know about other schools would have gotten into? Most people are going to think you are just doing this to brag about it, but if you are just curious and don't plan to tell anybody, you are just creating a situation of potential buyer remorse on the ED school. It seems like not worth it.

Not mentioning that you are taking spot away from somebody else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

NP. What risk? The high schools send transcripts to all of the other applicant schools weeks/ months ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

NP. What risk? The high schools send transcripts to all of the other applicant schools weeks/ months ago.

Right. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do this. We aren’t going to accept any offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

NP. What risk? The high schools send transcripts to all of the other applicant schools weeks/ months ago.

They have to send final transcripts to the schools the student plans to attend at the end of the school year otherwise can't go that college. Have to show final grades and that you graduated from HS.

[Anonymous]

My DS got into Ivy and immediately withdrew other applications. He didn't want to take spot away from someone else. Each top school only admits certain numbers of kids from a high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

NP. What risk? The high schools send transcripts to all of the other applicant schools weeks/ months ago.

Right. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do this. We aren’t going to accept any offer.

It called being a jerk. You are taking a spot from somebody who want to go to that school and now maybe they will get waitlisted and eventually get in (base case). You also creating more work for AO. Bad Karma all around.

[Anonymous]

My kid graduated from TJ a few years ago. There was a kid in his class who got into a T20 ED. Didn’t withdraw other apps and then got into an Ivy. Long story short, the Ivy rescinded and the ED school rescinded and the kid had to take a gap year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS got ED. We haven’t withdrawn any applications. We want to see what other schools he gets into. We do intend to promptly notify of declination if he gets offers.

According to a PP, the ED school expects you to withdraw your other applications as soon as you received their acceptance.
Failing to do so could jeopardize the ED acceptance and if your school refuses to send transcripts to the other schools your child could end up without any options. Perhaps I misunderstood something but it sounds like a big risk.

NP. What risk? The high schools send transcripts to all of the other applicant schools weeks/ months ago.

FINAL transcript showing that you actually graduated.