Best Place to ED (low act, solid everything else)

[ucbalumnus]

@MaybeIvy2020

I have read that even if I apply ED, if finances are a burning issue (aka dad losses job) then they can either let me loose of the binding contract or strengthen my financial aid. Is this true?

Yes, but:

1. You typically will not have the ability to *compare* the ED school FA offer with the FA offer from other schools (unless one is coincidentally delivered at the same time, usually by an EA or rolling school).
2. If you do have to turn down an ED admission for FA reasons, that is effectively "wasting" your ED application and any admissions benefit you got from it.