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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is a scam to improve yield. It should be abolished.  [/quote]

It’s also a wonderful way for families like ours to demonstrate[b] absolute commitment to one chosen school and enjoy the statistical advantage that confers.[/b]  It’s a great option among many available options and it should be preserved [/quote]

Exactly.  It's affirmative action for the wealthy.[/quote]

How so?  We will need aid if my DD attends her ED school. If they can’t meet our need, she is free to back out. We confirmed this with both schools she was considering for ED. [/quote]

Are you officially allowed to wait to withdraw other applications in this case?[/quote]
NP. Yes. If the package is insufficient, the student can back out of ED. What the student cannot do is wait for the other packages to come in and then compare. Most schools have a very short timeframe for enrolling after ED acceptance, a few weeks. As a practical matter, it's possible that in some cases, a family may be in the process of appealing financial aid with the ED school, and in that case the student should not withdraw other apps until the financial aid package is finalized.

To repeat, if there is a financial aid appeal going on, students should NOT withdraw other apps until that financial aid process is finished. If the financial aid is insufficient, the student withdraws from the ED school, giving up that acceptance. This is a problem with so much judging in this forum. No one really knows the personal financial details of other families.

Just waiting to see if an accepted ED kid gets into their other reaches is obviously unethical, can be risky if the ED school should find out (student agrees their name can be shared with other schools upon acceptance to the ED school), and plain rude. However, even in this scenario, don't overlook the fact that teenagers are prone to lying on the subject of college admissions. Just because a kid said they were waiting to see doesn't mean they actually didn't withdraw. Some might want to pretend they got in, but whoops, couldn't go because they were already bound to attend ED school. Not nice behavior, yes, but wouldn't mean much other than the fact that they're under pressure and lied. Wouldn't be the first time teens lied for social reasons.[/quote]

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