My daughter is an athlete who was recruited DIII and choose to apply ED1. We applied hoping that merit award and outside schaolrhsips, along with grandparent help would be able to afford the tuition. It is May 1st and we have come to the realization that our daughter, while smart, didn’t receive much merit award and absolutely no outside scholarships she applied for. ALso, health issue concerning the grandparents will most likely eliminate that financial help option thus requirng us to look at requesting a release form the ED agreement and we willl now try and look for a school where 90-100% of the cost will be paid for by her athletic ability.
I feel bad as we waited this long hoping we would receive scholarships but we think we overestimated our daughters academic record and thus we are in this bind. I plan to request relapse this week but wondering if anyone had an real life experience breaking ed agreements? There is a lot of hypothetical discussion about what could happen but thought we would check here for any insight? Thank you