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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many schools have not issued Early Decision decisions yet, and won't until the end of the week (or later). Have your kid call AND email the admissions office on MONDAY MORNING that he has had a sudden change of circumstances and he needs his application moved to Regular Decision.

Your kid should send the email to the general email address for the admissions office AND the admissions officer for his high school/state/region (you can find that person's info online -- most places have this public) and CC you (parent email) and his school counselor on the email. Problem could potentially be solved as long as he does this ASAP, depending on school. And yes, your child should be the one doing this. Make sure the subject line is clear about the change to regular decision. Tell your kid to include their full name, DOB, and HS name in their email.

Also have your child CALL the admissions office on MONDAY MORNING to ask for the same.

Schools don't want to admit kids in ED who are definitively not coming; if they can still do so operationally, they will change the round. Your kid's window of opportunity here is very short.[/quote]

DO THIS, OP.

Personally I don't understand how a parent could sign the ED contract without recognizing what it entailed. No one wants to pay full freight - and some of us have sacrificed for 18 years in order to give our kid this (possible) advantage of being able to choose his school without financial constraints. Especially since you have older kids, you have no excuse for not understanding the process, and your explanation seems oddly detached.

But now it's past time to take ownership of the decisions that affect your kid's future and your bank account. In the end, it would be generous for a college to release you from the ED agreement - since your circumstances haven't *really* changed, you just don't want to pay your kid's tuition - but they're likely to do so as long as you get to them before decisions are finalized. Oh, and be prepared for your kid to be rejected in the RD round as well.[/quote]

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