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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

[b]Unethical behavior is not a great way to start a military career.[/b][/quote]

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.[/quote]

Then the “back-up plan” is a school your child can get into through EA or RD.
If your child only has a shot of going to said school through the ED route but is not willing to withdraw all other applications upon acceptance, then the answer is this is NOT the school for your DC because your child actually does not prefer the ED option to all other options.

I get that service academies are a longshot, but so is getting into HYPS, etc. And keeping one’s hat in the ring after an ED acceptance on the off chance that HYPS or a service academy comes calling is completely UNethical. A violation of the agreement. Poor integrity.
TBH, if your DC does get admitted into a service academy, I would hope your DC shows stronger character and sense of right than you have displayed here, OP.[/quote]

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