<p>Exactly. Look at it this way. He probably won't be able to weasel his way out of the ED contract with Princeton, just like he probably won't be accepted to Harvard.</p>
<p>That's what I was thinking. w/e, that's his prerogative.</p>
<p>They didn't give sufficient financial aid, and I'm withdrawing before Harvard even begins considering my application. I don't see anything wrong with it? Honestly, if I was waiting until I was accepted into Harvard to withdraw my application or keep it, that would be a problem. But, I don't want to go to Princeton anymore and they didn't give nearly enough financial aid.</p>
<p>Oh, and to all of you who want to send my posts into Princeton. Go ahead... I really do not care. If you have that little to do in life, then go ahead.</p>
<p>Can someone please close this thread now, thanks</p>
<p>Calculus. The only problem with your argument is that you did not read the certification form. Its like a contract. You don't break that contract. </p>
<p>And if you try after doing it Princeton WILL jeapordize your chances at other colleges. In the news recently they had a small segment similar to this. The kid got rejected at all his schools.</p>
<p>think about it. You take someone's position. You decide to leave that position and cannot be filled by someone else. You are harming other people. That IS disgusting whether you believe it or not.</p>
<p>And heres to quote you</p>
<p>They can have my spot, I just don't want to go to that school anymore.</p>
<p>How can they have that spot. Is princeton just going to call the 1st in line deferred student and say "you're in". No. They will review all the applications and your spot may be given to an RD applicant.</p>
<p>No I did not do ED at princeton.</p>
<p>You have to pay the price of your folly. People who need financial aid shouldn't apply ED.</p>
<p>By the way, this is directed at Calculus.</p>
<p>I just noticed that I have become one of the people bickering here. There really isn't any point. I second EliHopeful. This thread should be closed. Honestly, CC should just open an entire section dedicated to Calculus. </p>
<p>He/She doesn't deserve this much attention.</p>
<p>tsk tsk...off to state school</p>
<p>I come onto CC for the first time in a week and all I see is threads directed at Calculus. I recommend that everyone relax -- whether he "wiggles out" of the binding committment to Princeton or not is his own problem. If he gets his admission rescinded, that's also his problem. Also, if there really is a financial issue, as Calculus claims, then the binding contract is not completely binding. Whatever the case, don't send Princeton an email about it...what are you trying to prove?</p>
<p>Um...Princeton gives the best financial aid in the country (by the way, has anyone actually been offered a financial aid package yet?), so how is Harvard going to give Calculus a better package?</p>
<p>Question for those accepted: I was told that if one were to be accepted under an ED program, one would still have 2 weeks or so to make a final decision, consulting with family, etc.. Can anyone who got accepted please verify this. Because I'm pretty confident in my source on this.</p>
<p>I am not authority on this but eli that sounds pretty fake... i mean it is called early DECISIOn for a reason. But you may be right. I don't know princeton's full policy but it just doesn't make sense they would allow it even after reading the early decision consent form.</p>
<p>Eli, I would say thats false. Unless one consults regarding monetary issues, then that applicant is required to matriculate.</p>
<p>yeah that sounds kind of ridiculous. isn't that what EA is for?</p>
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<p>I believe that different schools have different policies. When I told my English teacher about Princeton's binding ED, he practically called me a liar in front of the whole class and said there was no such thing. He said that that was illegal and that you had "two weeks" to respond like Eli said. But then I started naming like 20 schools that had ED and when other kids who applied to other ED schools backed me up, he finally gave up.</p>
<p>So I think there are certain schools with that two week rule...just not Princeton though.</p>
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<p>You have my sympathies. A high school English teacher should know how to do basic research on college admission issues, and should already know the facts about ED colleges in this day and age. It's easy to look up information about Princeton's policies. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/06/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/06/index.htm</a> </p>
<p>I am familiar with the language of the contract/etc. However, that's irrelevant: I am wondering whether it is true that once the student receives the acceptance, he or she has 2 weeks to make a final decision.
That is different from EA, in which the student waits till April to make a final decision which is then binding.
Still waiting on accepted applicants to respond, though I'm sure it would have come out by now if I were right</p>
<p>This thread has finally blossomed into a constructive discussion. Woot!!</p>
<p>i was just trying to say that if the 2 week thing (as a general rule... not just because of financial issues) were true, it would kind of take the point away from binding early decision.
i don't really understand how the contract is irrevelant. it would be weird if the accepted EDers were allowed 2 weeks to decide if they want to agree to the contract, which they already signed, or not.</p>
<p>It doesn't sound professional or real-world to me to have an absolutely ED super-binding deadline. The 2 week window sounded a lot more realistic. I'm probably going to have to eat my words soon though :)</p>