<p>refer to the title. has anyone actually been accepted ED somewhere, changed their mind, and attempted to not go. I read about the story when someone got ED to brown but had already been accepted to Oxford which required the student go there through some contract, but that's different. my question is what happens if you outright refuse. Do they send a representative and forcefully take you to the school? do they arrest you and throw your ass in the jail for the death sentence? do they sue you? i'm just curious haha</p>
<p>I believe the institution will simply rescind admission, and if both did so then you are kinda screwed.</p>
<p>No one can force you to go school somewhere. But vasudevank is correct. The concern is that if you apply ED to college A, get accepted, also apply to college B (not ED) and then bail on college A to go to college B... you can end up having your acceptance rescinded at both schools. How often does this actually happen? That question has been asked here on CC frequently. All the evidence is anecdotal, I don't think there's any published statistics on this. The vast majority of students, it seems, who apply ED do so in good faith and are really happy when they get accepted to their first choice school. The one area were there seems to be the most stories about rescinding and colleges communication with each other about ED acceptances are Ivys and other top tier schools.</p>
<p>I've heard of this before. I know one example that occurred with Gtown about 5 years back at my school. She applied single choice EA to Georgetown (you aren't allowed to apply ED to anywhere if you do this). The guidance department screwed up and sent out an application ED to another school (I don't recall which one but it was comparable to GTown). She was accepted to both schools. She preferred the school she ED'ed to and decided she go there. Georgetown got word of this and found out she had ED'ed somewhere while applying single choice EA to GTown. GTown blacklisted our school (5 years later and no one has yet to get into Gtown, out of the numerous that have applied, and it's not because of academics--1/2 of the graduating class are AP scholars). Furthermore, Gtown tried to talk our guidance department into telling them what was the college she ED'ed to (in order to call them up to rescind her acceptance). </p>
<p>Moral: play by the rules.</p>
<p>It seems there is some communication between top tier schools and if you go back on an ED agreement the school will make it known among the top schools.</p>