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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious why this topic resonates with so many posters. This whole ED business only matters for extraordinary kids applying to top 10-20 colleges that take very few students from the same high school. It doesn’t matter  for UVA or WM or UMD. Your kids friend not withdrawing after being accepted ED to Columbia is not going to kill your kids chances at UVA. [/quote]

I would just add, having no dog in this fight, that my coworker's daughter applied ED to Columbia four years ago and the financial aid they got back was $20K short of the EFC.  You really don't now where people are, or their personal situations. [/quote]

That’s why people like that should not be applying ED. You are at a great advantage applying ED. The admissions rates are typically higher for ED applications. So if you know you can’t afford the school, you DO NOT apply ED. I don’t feel sorry for families who can’t afford ED like your friend. Don’t you think there are a lot of people who want to apply ED who don’t because they have a realistic view of their finances? It is total B.S. to apply ED and not pull your other applications once you have been accepted. Period.[/quote]

Are people so lazy that they cannot or will not google a topic or even read through earlier DCUM posts.  Reposting what was already posted earlier.

Just because someone is playing by rules you do not like, doesn't mean they shouldn't play.  Everyone is trying to game the system to their advantage.

Read this New York Times article on what Early Decision means: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/your-money/payi...rly-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 [b]accept[/b] 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.”
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