If I applied ED, got in, but haven’t paid anything yet, can I still go to a different school that I have gotten in to? I am afraid I can not pay for the college I applied ED and really don’t want to be left without a college to go to.
You can legitimately back out of ED if your financial aid package did not come through as expected. I would personal call the ED school’s financial aid office though first to see if there is anything they can do.
But if you didn’t apply for ED FA, other schools might not accept you due to breaking the ED agreement.
Not every college and university in the country cares about ED agreements at other institutions.
If your ED institution is unaffordable, let that place know your family can’t afford it, and back out of the agreement.
Have you received the financial package from your ED school?
–If the answer is no then you can wait for the package before making a decision.
–If the answer is yes then you must either accept the ED offer and withdraw all other applications if the school is affordable or turn down the ED offer immediately citing the unaffordability of the college.