Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:54     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depending on the timing, you don't even know yet if it will be a violation. If the student gets in to the EA first, then withdraws the ED applicaiton before a decision is made, that's fine.


That's not fine. They clearly should not apply to EA and ED at the same time. Withdrawal ED after EA acceptance is still a violation of the rules. This is clearly unethical.


Obviously not true. Why would the ED contract require you to withdraw all other pending applications if you weren't allowed to have other pending applications? Why would the ED contract allow you to withdraw your ED application at any time prior to notificaiton of the decision if they didn't anticiapte that this could be done?


You are an idiot! Dumb ass. Read your REA policy, not your ED! REA rules DO NOT allow you submitting ED application. This is unethical.


You are a little testy today.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:53     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
An ED becomes unbounded once decision is moved to deferred.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:53     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:I'm the OP. Kid accepted to the ED. EA is pending in Jan/Feb. Initial transcripts were sent to both schools when apps were due this fall.


Wouldn’t the private high school’s college counselor be aware and on top of this?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:52     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:Report to whom? The high school counselor?



Exactly?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:52     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depending on the timing, you don't even know yet if it will be a violation. If the student gets in to the EA first, then withdraws the ED applicaiton before a decision is made, that's fine.


That's not fine. They clearly should not apply to EA and ED at the same time. Withdrawal ED after EA acceptance is still a violation of the rules. This is clearly unethical.


Obviously not true. Why would the ED contract require you to withdraw all other pending applications if you weren't allowed to have other pending applications? Why would the ED contract allow you to withdraw your ED application at any time prior to notificaiton of the decision if they didn't anticiapte that this could be done?


No, you can ED and EA at the same time. That way, if you aren’t admitted ED, you are in the early rounds at other schools. Happens all the time. You can’t ED to more than one school. If you are admitted ED, you must withdraw all other applications including EA applications.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:51     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
To everyone saying the student is behaving unethically, what’s truly unethical is colleges misrepresenting early decision as a binding agreement and then operating as a cartel to enforce these legally unenforceable agreements. The effect is to drive up prices for higher ed across the board by preventing price competition.

Let the kid do what they want. This is all a racket anyway.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:48     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Report to whom? The high school counselor?


This should be reported to the colleges.


+1. There are a few issues, though. First, who should do the reporting? The parent of a kid who is also applying to said colleges? Would this jeopardize the kid's own application being a snitcher? Second, what if there are many such violations? The parent likely doesn't have time for all these baloney phone calls/emails. Third, what if word gets back to the unethical kids and their parents? It is not difficult to identify the snitcher unless the unethical kids are telling many people. Fourth, since reporting to colleges might cause the private school to be penalized, will the school counselor be on the reporting parent's side? There appears to be many potential complications with such a deed, although I'm all for doing things the honest way.


I think there are ways to make the college counselor aware while staying anonymous.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:48     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depending on the timing, you don't even know yet if it will be a violation. If the student gets in to the EA first, then withdraws the ED applicaiton before a decision is made, that's fine.


That's not fine. They clearly should not apply to EA and ED at the same time. Withdrawal ED after EA acceptance is still a violation of the rules. This is clearly unethical.


Obviously not true. Why would the ED contract require you to withdraw all other pending applications if you weren't allowed to have other pending applications? Why would the ED contract allow you to withdraw your ED application at any time prior to notificaiton of the decision if they didn't anticiapte that this could be done?


You are an idiot! Dumb ass. Read your REA policy, not your ED! REA rules DO NOT allow you submitting ED application. This is unethical.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:47     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
I'm the OP. Kid accepted to the ED. EA is pending in Jan/Feb. Initial transcripts were sent to both schools when apps were due this fall.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:47     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:This is highly unethical.

Seen a lot of kids EA MIT, at the same time ED an ivy (Penn or Cornell), on top of that, EA Chicago, EA USC. EA MIT is considered a grey area, a loop hole.

Even worse, some kids REA one of HYPS, then ED/EA to an ivy plus at the same time.

In my opinion, their acceptance(s) should be rescinded, both EA/REA and ED acceptance.


This is not believable. One kid wld have been a stretch
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:46     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Report to whom? The high school counselor?


This should be reported to the colleges.


+1. There are a few issues, though. First, who should do the reporting? The parent of a kid who is also applying to said colleges? Would this jeopardize the kid's own application being a snitcher? Second, what if there are many such violations? The parent likely doesn't have time for all these baloney phone calls/emails. Third, what if word gets back to the unethical kids and their parents? It is not difficult to identify the snitcher unless the unethical kids are telling many people. Fourth, since reporting to colleges might cause the private school to be penalized, will the school counselor be on the reporting parent's side? There appears to be many potential complications with such a deed, although I'm all for doing things the honest way.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:45     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depending on the timing, you don't even know yet if it will be a violation. If the student gets in to the EA first, then withdraws the ED applicaiton before a decision is made, that's fine.


That's not fine. They clearly should not apply to EA and ED at the same time. Withdrawal ED after EA acceptance is still a violation of the rules. This is clearly unethical.


Obviously not true. Why would the ED contract require you to withdraw all other pending applications if you weren't allowed to have other pending applications? Why would the ED contract allow you to withdraw your ED application at any time prior to notificaiton of the decision if they didn't anticiapte that this could be done?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:44     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
MYOB.
There are many reasons why a family would break an ED. If it’s not your own family, it’s not any of your business. The private school will find out.
Why is this even a question? It’s unethical but the reason why the counselors are involved to begin with. Rich people do what they want all the time. It’s not like the entire private will get blacklisted for her for one student.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:42     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depending on the timing, you don't even know yet if it will be a violation. If the student gets in to the EA first, then withdraws the ED applicaiton before a decision is made, that's fine.


Timing has nothing to do with it from how OPs post reads. Kid already got into the ED. They plan to break the ED if they get into the EA… a EA they should’ve pulled the app from when they got the ED.


That's not clear from the post.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2025 12:41     Subject: would you report a kid who is planning on breaking an ED for a EA school to your private high school?
Sounds like way too many ifs and hypothetical conjecture based on second hand info. Nothing to report to anyone at this point. High school counselor will be aware of any improper actions and handle as needed when the time comes.