Accepted ED but not withdrawing applications

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS just found out that a classmate was accepted early to a school but still hasn’t withdrawn his applications for RD to other schools, just to see if he gets in. My son is livid b/c this is a top student in his class and some of those applications are at schools to which my son is also applying.

Isn’t this considered bad form? He told the school’s college counselors and they didn’t seem to care, should we make a stink?

Before you take action did your son see the letter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is on a personal mission it appears.

Where did I say I was actually going to do anything????? Just came here looking for advice and now regret it. Between the nasty tone of some responders plus the lack of reading comprehension in others. It's classic DCUM.

OP, take it easy. It is an anonymous forum. No one knows who you are. Focus on some good advice you got and just ignore the rest[/quote]



OP just name the school here and the counselor will get the message. He or she will rummage through their files and figure out what kid it is and make a call to make sure that the applications have been withdrawn or find out why they haven't been withdrawn. This is anonymous here. Just name the school and the counselor will do the rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does the financial piece work with other schools when you have been accepted ED to another school? I know a kid who got into a prestigious school but sounds non committed because they are waiting on FA at other schools. How is that allowed?

It isn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does the financial piece work with other schools when you have been accepted ED to another school? I know a kid who got into a prestigious school but sounds non committed because they are waiting on FA at other schools. How is that allowed?

It's not.

[Anonymous]

The tone of the conversation here is turning towards validating retaliatory action against “specific kids” for breaching a contract, ideally leading to a rescission of a college offer (see the “screw them” and other insulations and comments). We know nothing about the personal circumstances (financial, family, health, immigration) of particular cases so holding back on blanket moral judgements seems appropriate. If you want want to expose the kid “you know about” go ahead and do it. It will not be a solution to any systemic problem or to the problem of your kid in particular. If you still feel good about it then I do not know what to tell you. At the end of the day, this whole college admission system is the gateway for a brilliant scheme to milk students and parents financially, even promoting snitching within the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does the financial piece work with other schools when you have been accepted ED to another school? I know a kid who got into a prestigious school but sounds non committed because they are waiting on FA at other schools. How is that allowed?

If the ED financial aid is not workable, this is one scenario where you can withdraw from the commitment to attend. If they accepted the ED offer, they had to withdraw the other applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The tone of the conversation here is turning towards validating retaliatory action against “specific kids” for breaching a contract, ideally leading to a rescission of a college offer (see the “screw them” and other insulations and comments). We know nothing about the personal circumstances (financial, family, health, immigration) of particular cases so holding back on blanket moral judgements seems appropriate. If you want want to expose the kid “you know about” go ahead and do it. It will not be a solution to any systemic problem or to the problem of your kid in particular. If you still feel good about it then I do not know what to tell you. At the end of the day, this whole college admission system is the gateway for a brilliant scheme to milk students and parents financially, even promoting snitching within the community.

No one has explained how this accepting an ED offer and still keeping others applications open even works.

How do you get the guidance counselor to continue to send stuff to the other schools?

How do you know that the ED school does not participate in a large group of colleges that share this information?

How does this scheme operate?

[Anonymous]

This isn't believable unless OP's kid saw the admittance letter.

Whenever my teen tells me something controversial, I ask where she heard it. OP's kid might have heard through social media or just gossip.

Btw, it's terrible if it's true, ED is a binding agreement.

[Anonymous]

Read this New York Times article on what Early Decision means: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/your-money/paying-for-college/early-decision-binding-nyu.html. Some key highlights:

- Here’s a news flash: These supposedly binding offers do not, in fact, oblige you to attend. If you can’t afford to go at the price that the college has asked you to pay, you can back out.

- You’re supposed to withdraw applications elsewhere and not send out others only if you accept an early decision offer

- Consider this line from its early decision agreement: “If the student is an early decision candidate and is seeking financial aid, the student need not withdraw other applications until the student has received notification about financial aid from the admitting early decision institution.”

[Anonymous]

ED is a masterfully crafted anti-competitive method that benefits schools more than anyone else. The numbers suggest that ED increases the odds of admissions but this finding needs to be qualified more rigorously. It could very well be that, if you account for self selection and uncertainty, ED lowers the average financial package awarded by schools and lock in students that could have gone to higher ranked institutions. ED should be terminated as anti-competitive practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED is a masterfully crafted anti-competitive method that benefits schools more than anyone else. The numbers suggest that ED increases the odds of admissions but this finding needs to be qualified more rigorously. It could very well be that, if you account for self selection and uncertainty, ED lowers the average financial package awarded by schools and lock in students that could have gone to higher ranked institutions. ED should be terminated as anti-competitive practice.

I think without ED/SCEA no one but the top kid from competitive schools can get into top colleges. Sure not everyone plays by the rules as this thread suggests but I think the majority does. The top kid applies to HYP and doesn’t compete with your kid who might now have a chance with Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED is a masterfully crafted anti-competitive method that benefits schools more than anyone else. The numbers suggest that ED increases the odds of admissions but this finding needs to be qualified more rigorously. It could very well be that, if you account for self selection and uncertainty, ED lowers the average financial package awarded by schools and lock in students that could have gone to higher ranked institutions. ED should be terminated as anti-competitive practice.

Higher ranked by who? Us news? You think people just look at the ranking and assumes the higher the better? No. You get a good idea which are too institutions but number 15 could be a better fit than number 1 and so on and so on. Don't let some ranking system drive your decision about the best place for a student. It is one, and only one factor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure it’s ED. He plans to attend, just wants to see where else he gets in.

You could contact the college where he got in ED and tell them if your school won't do anything about it.

Just send a letter to the college where he got in. If he didn't get in ED, nothing will happen.
If he did get in ED but isn't withdrawing they will be happy to know.

[Anonymous]

Do you hate the kid for some reason? Or this is just for the sake of justice? Anyways, yes go ahead and send the letter if it makes you happy! The kid is in the wrong for sure but what do you gain from it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure it’s ED. He plans to attend, just wants to see where else he gets in.

You could contact the college where he got in ED and tell them if your school won't do anything about it.

Just send a letter to the college where he got in. If he didn't get in ED, nothing will happen.
If he did get in ED but isn't withdrawing they will be happy to know.

Why would the college care? And they have no way to verify if that is true.