Breaking ED for a Service Academy Appointment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you are accepted ED, you agree to withdraw all other applications.

You can be released from the ED agreement only if the financial aid package is unaffordable. "I got a better offer" is not an ethical reason to break the agreement.

Unethical behavior is not a great way to start a military career.

Unethical behavior is probably a great way to get your appointment revoked. You should not start out at a military academy by not following the basic simple rules of early decision.

[Anonymous]

How are you any different from all other students who want to ed somewhere and still keep options open? Ed would tell you before the end of the year and you suck if you follow through with this plan and hopefully karma gives you no decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The back up plan would be EA and RD applications

+1

[Anonymous]

People who go to service academies are (should be) honorable and do not lie or break promises. It might be a bad fit for DC if they are willing to game the system like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you are accepted ED, you agree to withdraw all other applications.

You can be released from the ED agreement only if the financial aid package is unaffordable. "I got a better offer" is not an ethical reason to break the agreement.

Unethical behavior is not a great way to start a military career.

OP here. I agree with that; however, the way the system is set up, there is really no other way.

Service Academy appointments are extremely hard to come by, in case you didn't know. They run on their own, parallel track with the general college application process, but are not executed in the same way.

Yes, "I got a better offer" is what it amounts to. But, as anyone pursuing the service academy route knows, you'd darn well better have a backup plan. Because the odds of getting in are very much not in your favor.

The backup plan is called Early Action (not early decision) or RD. Sorry if you don't like the answer.

+1 This is a very clear answer. It's not as if the OP's kid can't apply to thousands of other schools that offer early action and RD.

[Anonymous]

Last year, my kid had to decide between a top choice ED and a top choice that only offers RD that was more of a reach. Getting into a school that doesn't offer ED isn't a reason to break your commitment to an ED school -- my kid had to make a difficult decision and so does your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you are accepted ED, you agree to withdraw all other applications.

You can be released from the ED agreement only if the financial aid package is unaffordable. "I got a better offer" is not an ethical reason to break the agreement.

Unethical behavior is not a great way to start a military career.

OP here. I agree with that; however, the way the system is set up, there is really no other way.

Service Academy appointments are extremely hard to come by, in case you didn't know. They run on their own, parallel track with the general college application process, but are not executed in the same way.

Yes, "I got a better offer" is what it amounts to. But, as anyone pursuing the service academy route knows, you'd darn well better have a backup plan. Because the odds of getting in are very much not in your favor.

Is this a quote from the My Lai courts-martial?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The back up plan would be EA and RD applications

+1000 you do not "have" to do ED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This should be your source for all things Military Academy related. They address this

https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/early-decision-and-usna-a-definitive-answer.65108/

Very helpful link.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should be your source for all things Military Academy related. They address this

https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/early-decision-and-usna-a-definitive-answer.65108/

Very helpful link.

Not really…it says what everyone knows. Literally no one other than OP thinks her idea was good.

[Anonymous]

FAFO

Better yet, don't. We don't need weasle word technicians in our service academies. Mean what you say. Honor your commitments.

[Anonymous]

I am disappointed that a parent would consider such unethical behavior and claim "there is really no other way." There are a lot of other ways, but they just are inconvenient for you. Please reconsider teaching such values to your DC.

[Anonymous]

The service academies say you cannot do this. They require you to honor your ED commitment and withdraw the academy application.

And if your answer is “well I just won’t tell them” then you are so unethical you shouldn’t apply in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Do people not do any basic research of their own before posting here? Yikes!

[Anonymous]

I mean, how likely is your kid to get into a service academy? to their ED school? Probably unlikely for both. I would ED to the 2nd choice and then plan to withdraw the application to the service academy if you are lucky enough to get in.