Do kids really withdraw all other applications when they get in ED?

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Anonymous wrote:I think more people back out of ED than you may think. My husband and I saw a stat recently (wish I could remember where) that showed an ED rate for a school and those who were accepted ED and those who actually attended were quite different numbers.
I remember it because we had a discussion about how quite a few people must back out.
I thought that if you were accepted ED but did not get enough aid you could get out of the arrangement.
We would follow the rules as I think that is appropriate but it seems reasonable for people to back out of ED if they can’t afford it.
Why do the schools have all the power?

Lucky you think it's appropriate to honor the agreement you and your child and the school signed. Every school has a calculator so you can see how much it will cost you. Is it too much to ask that you use that before you apply ED? i just don't understand why people allow their children to apply to schools they can't afford.

ok so what about this scenario - your child applied to EA schools and has been granted significant merit aid (family does not qualify for any financial aid). Child had planned to apply EDII to a certain school. Can the child apply to the ED school (which is known to give merit aid), but if they don't receive merit aid, back out of ED? ie if the family needs merit aid (but would not get financial aid), can they still apply ED? Obviously the clear answer is to apply RD, but this school gives a very significant bump for ED. So could the child apply ED or not?

This is a situation where you cannot apply Ed. Merit aid is not the same as financial aid and is not a basis for getting out of Ed. So no, your kid shoukd not apply ED.

So you only get the admissions advantage if you can afford it. I can see why people get annoyed by this ED system, but thanks for the response. I am personally surprised that this ED system has prevailed.

Why wouldn't it prevail? The goal of unversities is to get the yield they want, and that includes with the correct percent of full pay students. ED1/ED2 are a key part of this. Anyone can participate that can afford the school. If can't afford it, then do EA/RD so you can compare merit/FA packages.

Not everyone can afford everything in life. Many would rather do private K-12 than their public, but if they cannot afford it, they have to do public. Most things in life function like this.

Shorter version: be happy with what you get, poors! Fancy schools are for rich people! Upward mobility stops with the basics!

You may not have meant it, but this is exactly what you sound like.

Do you do this at car dealerships too? Or do you just "deserve" a Lexus?