<p>Yes I know it may have been dumb to apply binding and then realize that you didnt want to go, but it happened. I can afford it so I cannot use that excuse. I realized that I want to have fun in college thats why I don't want to go there any more. =(</p>
<p>Sorry, but lack of fun is not a valid excuse for breaking a binding agreement.</p>
<p>To be fair, it is not unusual for students accepted ED to feel "buyer's remorse", especially when their friends start hearing from RD colleges.</p>
<p>I know that it is not a valid excuse, im not an idiot. I am just wondering if one is able to transfer after the first semester/year if one was accepted on a binding contract. I am going to give the school a try and see if I like it. But just in case...</p>
<p>You can certainly transfer if you don't like it. Give the school you're admitted to a fair chance. You may find you really like it a lot.</p>
<p>just transfer after the first year if u dnt like it.</p>
<p>but by respect to the school, to those who got rejected ED binding, and by respect to your integrity: go to that school.</p>
<p>You can transfer, but give the school a shot, you may love it as you originally thought you would.</p>
<p>Definitely not in your first year-but as previous posters have mentioned, you can indeed transfer in your sophomore year. And just out of curiosity, what's the school?</p>
<p>I am sure there has to be some way. Seelk legal counsel. Come up with a legitimate excuse other than affordability. It's just a few lines you signed under. I am sure they don't encapsulate everything.</p>
<p>You can transfer -- something you could do after your first semester, but do give the school a chance first. Presumably there was a good reason that you applied ED.</p>
<p>The school will not force you to attend despite your ED acceptance. However, the school will share --and probably has already shared -- the names of its ED accepted students to other colleges that are similarly ranked. Those colleges will not accept you if you back out of ED.</p>
<p>Also, if you back out of ED for no good reason, it's very likely that your GC will not try to help you with other colleges, and your ED college will likely reject other students from your school -- students for whom your ED school was their first choice. The ED school also will express its anger at your GC, blaming your GC for your breaking your commitment.</p>
<p>I also see that your ED school is RPI, which gave you a $60 k scholarship spread over 4 years. Given the economy, you have quite a sweet deal. If you don't like RPI, then transfer, but meanwhile, you're lucky to have such a good opportunity for college.</p>
<p>yes I know that I am probably going to go there for all four years. I just get nervous when I am stuck in a corner with no way out if something happens</p>
<p>Keep up your HS and college grades just in case if your want to transfer.</p>
<p>You can have fun in any college.</p>
<p>Ya, If you don't think that RPI is fun, but believe that you are, you could be that person who throws the parties! That's not such a bad stereotype.</p>
<p>I know a kid at RPI, and he loves a good time, always has. He is going into his third year and loves the school and is having a great time. </p>
<p>Life is what you make it. Plain and simple.</p>