Early Decision & a Change of Hearts

[brysia]

<p>What happens when a student accepted ED to a college changes his mind?<br>
Not for financial reasons, just does not want to go there anymore.</p>

[liek0806]

<p>Call and let the school know this and find out. You won’t be able to attend their school anymore. If your guidance counselor isn’t mad with you and won’t tell other colleges you applied to about what you have done with ED, good luck trying to finish applications on time.</p>

[T26E4]

<p>If you turn down an ED offer w/o extenuating circumstances, your school will likely be severely penalized (i.e. blacklisted) so you screw over subsequent applicants. At that point, you’re late in the game and you’ll likely have to apply to a regional public college or gap semester – once your GC cools off enough to forward your transcript to that college.</p>

<p>If YOU are having second thoughts about an active ED application, then convert it now to Regular Decision status – before their decisions come out. That carries no penalty.</p>

[SixthDeclension]

<p>What I can think of is pray you change your mind before decisions are released. Either withdraw your application or change it to Regular Decision</p>

[Youdon_tsay]

<p>Change your app to RD right now and fallout should be minimal.</p>

[Northstarmom]

<p>If you have any doubts about wanting to attend your ED school, call the school now and get your application put in the RD pile. E-mail and follow-up so you have a paper trail if they don’t do what you’ve asked.</p>

<p>Only apply ED if you’re 100% sure that’s the school you want to attend and can afford to attend. Otherwise, you will lose the support of your GC, may be rejected by colleges that learn you had an ED admission (colleges share lists of their ED admits), and may cause the rejection of students at your high school who want to attend your ED school.</p>

[Consolation]

<p>If you are having doubts, change your application to the RD round WITHOUT DELAY!!</p>

[Youdon_tsay]

<p>Are you sensing a theme, OP?</p>

[sanguinity]

<p>Better change it now, otherwise you will be in some pretty bad trouble.</p>

[vonlost]

<p>“Only apply ED if you’re 100% sure that’s the school you want to attend and can afford to attend.”</p>

<p>Not everyone feels that only the well-off should apply ED. Even CC disagrees:

You can decide in advance how much your family can really afford to contribute each year, and if the ED college meets that need, then you can accept an offer of admission, even if it’s not the very best deal you might make. If not, you’re off the hook and can politely decline without penalty.

[Financial</a> Aid and Early Decision - Ask The Dean](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000198.htm]Financial”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000198.htm)</p>

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Probably the most apparent problem of applying under the Early Decision (ED) option is that if you are accepted, you will get one — and only one — financial aid offer. If it isn’t what you need, this is the only condition under which you can decline admission.

[Applying</a> Early: The Financial Aid Factor - Peterson’s](<a href=“College Admissions & Lifestyle Blog | College Planning for Students | College Guide - Petersons.com”>ASVAB Practice Tests | AFCT Practice Tests)</p>

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Early decision plans are binding. You agree to attend the college if it accepts you and offers an adequate financial aid package.

[Early</a> Decision - Early Action - apply to colleges, search](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Facts About Applying Early Decision or Early Action – BigFuture)</p>

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Can I apply Early Decision if I am applying for financial aid? What happens if I’m admitted and my family can’t afford to pay for it?
Yes, you can still apply Early Decision if you are applying for financial aid. Make sure to follow the financial aid application deadlines and submit all the required forms as outlined on the Financial Aid website. ([Cornell</a> university - Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/)) When you receive your financial aid package, we expect you to work with the Financial Aid Office to make any necessary adjustments to your package. If both sides have done as much as possible and your family is still unable to afford Cornell, we will release you from your Early Decision agreement, and your seat in the class will be given to another student.

[Cornell</a> Engineering Admissions: International Students, Financial Aid, and Early Decision](<a href=“http://cornellengineeringadmissions-jill.blogspot.com/2009/10/international-students-financial-aid.html]Cornell”>http://cornellengineeringadmissions-jill.blogspot.com/2009/10/international-students-financial-aid.html)</p>

<p>^ This is typical of what schools say on their web sites.</p>

<p>If the ED FA offer is insufficient, you just say thanks but no thanks (perhaps after an appeal) and apply RD elsewhere.</p>

[Youdon_tsay]

<p>OP said it wasn’t a financial issue. He/she just changed his/her mind. No harm no foul if you just change your application to RD.</p>

[wastate]

<p>If I wasn’t accepted by a college by its early decision, what is the chance I could be accepted by the same college by regular admission later?</p>

[000ace000]

<p>i dont think you can apply regular after you had been rejected early.
and it’s highly unlikely.</p>

<p>unless you were waitlisted.</p>

[T26E4]

<p>wastate: ED applicants are accepted, deferred or rejected. If rejected, you cannot re-apply in the RD round. As for the deferrees’ rate of eventual acceptance, it depends on the school and the strength of the RD applicants that come in later.</p>

<p>BTW: you’re better off starting your own thread than just appending to another one with a different subject line.</p>

[ctyankee]

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BTW: you’re better off starting your own thread than just appending to another one with a different subject line.

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<p>Particularly THIS subject. We need to go back into this like we need bad weather.</p>