<p>Can I call and cancel my Early Decision Application to Duke if they haven't started reviewing my application yet/ if they haven't released acceptances yet?
Will there be any penalties if I do call and asked for them to be canceled even if decisions haven't been released?</p>
<p>Yes - you can withdraw completely or simply ask them to move your application to RD instead of ED. Make sure to put it in writing via email to them, and keep any confirmation. You may want to also call them ASAP (and then in the email, say something like “To confirm my phone conversation today, I am hereby requesting…”</p>
<p>That’s fantastic news. I’ve been really stressed about this.
Just out of curiosity though, how do you know this? I tried searching for an answer to this and couldn’t find an official one anywhere</p>
<p>No I’m actually very sure about Duke, however, my parents made quite a few mistakes on the CSS profile and are missing some important forms that I would need to submit for Financial Aid. Even though I would 100% love to go, (should I be accepted) I would rather get the correct amount of financial aid at the time decisions are released, which I will not if I keep my application in the ED pool.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry about that . . . but it is okay to switch your app to RD. And, under the circumstances, sounds like the right thing to do.</p>
<p>However, you might want to contact Duke first and ask if it’s too late to submit a corrected Profile with the additional forms. It might turn out that you can still submit them . . . so ask before you switch your app to RD!</p>
<p>And, no, there are no penalties for switching. It happens all the time, for a variety of reasons. And you don’t need to give the an explanation.</p>
<p>Before you switch to RD, you might ask them if it’s possible to just update the information for FA. Assuming you still want to do ED, of course. </p>
<p>Since it’s still early, and you’re not changing the actual application, just the FA info, they might allow you to do it. And it all has to be updated Jan. 1 anyway, even for ED students.</p>
<p>** Obviously cross-posted with the above.</p>
<p>^^^ Great minds think alike!</p>
<p>You can do it easily by login in your duke online account. This can be done till nov 20. It should not have any negative impact except the one that rd selection rate is low.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you so much to all of you!</p>
<p>Pl let us know if you were able to move the ed to rd.</p>
<p>Just want to jump on board and say make sure you are clear to the admissions counselor why you are changing to RD by email. If you go through someone else they may only get the message that you don’t want to be considered for ED any longer without know that your enthusiasm has not waned.</p>
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<p>Simply not true. They don’t care why you’re changing from ED to RD, and it will NOT impact your chances of admission in the RD round.</p>
<p>The outcome won’t be impacted due to the change but outcome will definitely be impacted ED vs RD. ED at Duke gives people lot more leeway on accomplishments because they are trading strong interest vs accomplishments. </p>
<p>People in RD are usually competing with a much stronger pool for a lower admit rate.</p>
<p>If I were OP’s parent, I would get FA apps fixed in order to give him/her a better admission shot in ED.</p>
<p>Texasspg – can you talk a bit more about what you mean by this "ED at Duke gives people lot more leeway on accomplishments because they are trading strong interest vs accomplishments. "</p>
<p>[Duke</a> Accepts 753 Early Decision Applicants | Duke Today](<a href=“http://today.duke.edu/2012/12/earlydecision12]Duke”>Duke Accepts 753 Early Decision Applicants | Duke Today)</p>
<p>[Duke</a> accepts 2,897 applicants for Class of 2017 | The Chronicle](<a href=“http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/03/27/duke-accepts-2897-applicants-class-2017]Duke”>http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/03/27/duke-accepts-2897-applicants-class-2017)</p>
<p>Duke ED rate was close to 30% while RD admit rate was 9.9%</p>
<p>Anyone applying ED is saying this is the only school I would like to attend if I am admitted and making a commitment. You are essentially locking yourself to one school by applying ED and schools are reluctant to turn down too many qualified candidates applying in the ED process. It is easy to be noticed when being reviewed in a pool of 2600-3000 applicants and 3 out of 10 are being selected. Same person in RD round of 27,000 applicants - very hard to stand out when they are throwing out 9 out of 10 applicants.</p>
<p>Hi everyone,
I was able to change from Early to Regular Decision by submitting a request on my Duke applicant account and by emailing undergrad admissions, so everything worked out.
Thanks for all the help :)</p>