<p>Did your parents not know what they were signing? Did you tell them not to worry about the money because your family friend said you will get plenty of merit? Since your parents agreed to pay if you were accepted to Duke, I think the decision to renege on this commitment pay up should be your parents not yours. </p>
<p>I think Duke will see a lot more people gaming the ED system because they stack the odds of acceptance so much in favor of the ED students. The percent of acceptance of ED compared to RD will be huge this year.</p>
<p>@Obxkid
I know this sounds bad, but YAY!! I’m glad it’s not just me… it just seems like no one at my school applied early decision to any schools, so no one can relate. If you want you should DM me what you decided.
PS I’m a girl lol</p>
<p>@ChiselCheeks
If you look earlier in the post, this issue was discussed.
Also I’m not sure I’m understanding your point in the second comment, lol.</p>
<p>OP, have you ever considered that you might not be worthy of a merit scholarship at a school like Duke? I don’t mean to be derisive, but it was undoubtedly foolish of you to apply ED to Duke based on the assumption that you would be one of the handful of people that receive merit aid. As far as giving ED applicants aid is concerned, there is absolutely no quota on how much aid Duke will award (Duke is committed to being a 100% need blind and I for one have been a beneficiary of this policy).
Also, why would Duke ‘waste’ a merit scholarship on someone who is committed to attend when they could use one to lure a potential POTUS away from Harvard?</p>
<p>Graduating with ($62000x 4) debt… That is the question you should be asking? Is an undergrad worth that much to you. My son applied RD and that is what we plan to ask as him as he wants to go on to med school after.</p>
<p>This thread has run its course multiple times and won’t die. It was about what obligations you have when you decided to apply ED (legal or ehtical). I can’t think of a point of view that hasn’t been expressed.</p>