Backing out of Virginia Tech Early Decision

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I believe the OP has made a decision. Regardless, they have received sufficient advice; I cannot imagine any future responses will be unique, so closing.

General thought on reneging on ED can be placed in the following thread:

Students reneging on ED acceptances more than in past?

I’ve already seen a few posts from students wanting to back out of ED acceptances. I believe we are going to see more and more of this as admissions to highly selective schools get ever more competitive. Everyone is looking for an edge. Students are panicking and applying ED to very selective schools to improve their chances, then realizing they might have made a mistake. What are you hearing? Are students managing to get out of their ED agreements? Is this a trend? Will this become a big enough problem that colleges and high schools will be forced to take action? Interested in others’ thoughts.