<p>The school’s financial aid offer either accompanies the ED acceptance, or is provided shortly thereafter, and if the financial aid offer is not acceptable to you the school will allow you out of your ED commitment. Yes, with ED you lose the ability to shop one school against the others, but the ability to do that may be more theoretical than practical. Yoou may not have the time to do that during the four weeks between RD offers and acceptance.
If a coach really wants your son, he will ask him to commit by applying ED. If your son refuses, the coach may move on to another athlete.
As for whether the team fills up ED - what sport does your son play? If it’s a sport that only recruits a few athletes each year, I would worry that the team could fill up ED.</p>
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