<p>Hi,
I've recently applied ED2 to a school, however, they changed my program and offered me a space without it being binding but I had to accept by March 15th.
I accepted the offer, and after that, the school said it was now binding since I accepted the offer.
However, I have recently been accepted into a better school.
Could I possibly get out of this? Since the offer was like an regular offer.</p>
<p>I suspect that by “binding,” they meant that if you don’t attend, you’ll forfeit your deposit.</p>
<p>It happens all the time that people pay a deposit to College A, then get into College B (off the wait list, or something), and choose B over A. They notify A that they won’t be enrolling; A keeps the deposit. They pay a deposit to B, and they go there.</p>
<p>You should, of course, verify all of this with your College A, but, honestly, I don’t see how they can compel you to enroll if they’ve already released you from your ED2 obligation. (Do you have that in writing?) I mean, really, what are they going to do–send the campus police to your house to carry you off to college, and then siphon the tuition and fees out of your parents’ bank accounts?</p>
<p>I understand what binding means in the context of Early Decision. What I can’t understand is how that would apply to the OP’s situation if “they changed [his or her] program and offered [him or her] a space without it being binding.”</p>
<p>I suspect it’s likely that the OP has misunderstood something that the college was saying. One possibility is that the college was saying that the offer of admission was made under the terms of the ED2 agreement, and the OP misunderstood that. Another possibility is that the college was saying that the terms of the ED agreement were no longer in place but the deposit was non-refundable, and the OP is conflating the terms “binding” and “non-refundable.”</p>
<p>What is clear, however, is that the OP needs to get on the same page as the college or university to which he or she has sent a deposit.</p>