<p>Should I apply to early decision to Upenn for Wharton school. I know that if I get accepted than I have to attend, but what if they are not able to meet my fincial need. Is there any way out of early decision if I get accepted.</p>
<p>Also should I do early decison @ upenn and not apply early to any other or apply to early action at U mass- Amherst and bunch of other schools. </p>
<p>Ivy Leage is a reach for me, with t a GPA of 3.2</p>
<p>You can decline an Early Decision offer from Penn if the financial aid package is insufficient. And you can apply to non-restrictive (i.e., not single-choice) early action programs while also applying ED to Penn.</p>
<p>Without knowing more about you and your school, it would be unwise to generalize based on a single statistic, but it’s highly unlikely that an applicant would be accepted to Penn–or any other Ivy–with a 3.2 GPA (assuming that it’s based on a 4.0 scale, and is within the usual distribution of GPAs found at most high schools).</p>
<p>pigs: I give info sessions for another Ivy. I tell students and their families that if they are among the handful of top achieving academic performers in their school, known by the faculty and the principal, then they might be a viable applicant.</p>
<p>Penn will turn away thousands of 3.9 and 4.0GPA applicants this year. Something for you to consider. You should have a frank and serious discussion w/your guid counselor on the types of colleges you should be targeting. Also have the same discussion w/your parents on what is affordable.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>So, if someone gets in ED to UPenn and EA to another school, do they have a choice to turn down UPenn and accept the EA school that they are admitted to?</p>
<p>^ No. An ED acceptance is generally binding, unless the financial aid award is inadequate (in which case you can turn down the ED offer from Penn). But you can APPLY to non-restrictive EA schools (again, meaning not single-choice EA, since SCEA programs by THEIR terms generally do not allow other EA or ED applications), while also applying to an ED program like Penn’s, with the understanding that you must withdraw your EA applications or decline any EA offers if you are accepted through the ED program.</p>
<p>45 Percenter, thanks so much for clarifying this point. Also, the fact that Penn lets the student turn down the ED offer if a family is not happy with the financial aid award is good to hear. We have been debating whether to let my son apply ED or RD to Upenn.</p>
<p>^ You also can see if Penn will increase the FA award before you decline the ED offer, which it might do to avoid losing an accepted ED applicant, especially if you can establish that the award is truly inadequate (and probably would be bested by a peer school, such as another Ivy, in the RD round).</p>
<p>PS: When I first read your CC name, I thought it was “lousy mom,” which I bet would NOT apply to you. 
Maybe “bayoumom” would have been better. :p</p>
<p>^ True, bayoumom, would’ve been better. The “lousyana” name stuck with my family when we were moving from out of state, and the kids were really sad about it. So, when we were singing O, Susannah while driving down here, I came up with “lousyana”, and since then that name stuck on with my family.</p>
<p>^ Well, then definitely don’t change it! And best of luck to your son!</p>
<p>^ thank you so much.</p>