I applied to UT Austin 12/1, the day the application was due. Since UT’s admissions are semi-rolling, I thought I would be admitted very close to late Feb/Early March. 2 weeks after I turned in my app, I was accepted ED, and it told me to withdraw all my applications. I started the process of withdrawing (still have 5 or more to go), but I completely forgot about UT Austin in the process. Yesterday, I found out I was accepted. It was a total accident! Will my college see this, and punish me for this?
Also, my friend did this with her ED agreement. She turned 18 very late 2015, after getting accepted ED. She was able to call the Admissions Office of her school, and claim she was an independent, and she got out of the ED binding agreement (it’s a legal thing I guess?) but still kept her acceptance. My mom recently got a new job (nothing I can do to stop it) and I’m now unsure about our financial situation (my brother has to go to college too…). In addition to this, I turn 18 before National Commitment Day (May 1). Since I’m legally an adult by then, and my family’s financial situation is now uncertain, if anything happens, is it possible to appeal for the repeal the binding aspect of the ED agreement?
To the first question, I doubt they will even know. Just decline the acceptance—and withdraw the others (you say you’ve “started the process” and still have 5 more to go—it doesn’t take long to send an email to admissions, why is it a “process”?)
As for the second, I’m not sure I understand how your mom getting a job makes your financial situation unsure (did she take a lower paying job than she had before?). And I don’t think it matters you are turning 18—many (even most?) are 18 before May 1st. You’ve stated in the past how your parents really wanted you to go to Scripps. Have they changed their mind now that you are in? Or is this just your own second thoughts?
@ClaremontMom I would be happy to go to Scripps, and there really isn’t any reason for me to stay in RD anymore ( I just can’t bear the thought of March Madness shudder). As for the situation with my mom, I don’t know what her new salary is, and since she just started, it might be a lot lower than what it was before. I have a younger brother a year behind me, and we have to pay for his college too. There’s a chance, of course, that they can still afford it, but what if we can’t? A $64k+ price tag per year is no laughing matter, and I don’t want my family to go into debt.
Assuming you did apply and are unhappy with the financial package they are providing, finances are a reason, almost the only one that can get you out of ED. Finances could in theory be based on a change that is beyond your control (although if it was a voluntary job change by your mom that may not count.) Also if one of the other schools is offering merit money.
Not sure why turning 18 matters. Bottom line Slavery ended 150 years ago so no one can FORCE you to attend a college. If you break your ED contract for an unacceptable reason, your school may get punished in the future (this college will no longer accept students from your school) and potentially the other school you applied could refuse to admit you since you double accepted. This would not be true with UT since it is a state school and more affordable (I would assume) so your basis would be financial.
Most college students are over 18. Not sure how this is unique to you. Nor is having a sibling that unusual. They take having a sibling concurrently in college into account for financial aid. Also, both of these were things you knew when you signed the binding agreement, so trying to cite those as reasons is going to look rather silly. You knew you have a brother, you knew you’d turn 18.
Depending on exactly what’s happening with the job, maybe, but you haven’t mentioned anything to unusual about it.
As for financial concerns, Scripps is meet-your-need, although with packaged loans. If they give you a financial package based on your mother’s previous wages and she is currently making less, you can call them and ask for them to take the new wages into account. Although since financial aid is calculated from more than wages, it might not make much difference. Particularly as you don’t even know if she is being paid less
And one of those other things they take into account is if you have a sibling enrolled concurrently in college. If you want to get an estimate as to how much more aid they’ll give you when your brother is in college, again, call/email them. They won’t be able to give you exact numbers since other things could fluctuate (ie mom gets a raise, unforeseen hospital bills, housing damage costs) for better or worse, but could help you have a better guess for at least if everything else stood the same.
There are also a few scholarships you can apply to while at Scripps to replace packaged loans. Last time they offered one, they actually had to extend the deadline, presumably since not enough people applied, so a very good chance for those. Also, there are grants you can apply for while at Scripps to cover expenses like books.
You can probably still apply for financial aid unless this is one of those rare schools that says you have to apply for aid before you are admitted or they will not consider you unless there is a major change such as a job loss. Check the NPC to see if you will qualify for something when your brother goes to college.
Okay… hate to bring this up again, but your parents MADE you ED to Scripps. Stop worrying about their finances and let your parents reap what they have sown. Decline the UT Austin acceptance, as you already accepted the Scripps offer. I am starting to wonder if this is all for real…
Your post is hard to interpret. But I think you applied ED to a school that is not your first choice and now want to wait for RD to see all of your choices.
I seriously doubt you “forgot” to withdraw your RD apps. How many do RD apps do you still have submitted?!
(Withdrawing your RD apps is not a lot of work and should have been right away.)
^^I agree that your post is all over the place. I’m also not sure why it took you so long to withdraw your other applications (it’s a matter of sending an email), unless you were subconsciously trying to leave them out there long enough to get responses back. You knew how much the school was when you applied, and you knew you had a younger brother behind you that would need to go to college in a few years.
The bottom line from my perspective: Unless your EFC is coming back significantly more than what it said when you ran the NPC (assuming you ran one), or assuming your mother’s income is now less than what it was before, you have a moral obligation to withdraw your other applications and attend your ED school. It’s a matter of integrity.
FWIW – If I recall correctly from other posts (don’t care to go searching), the OP did not apply for FA and has stated that money was not an issue. OP also has stated that parents were the ones pushing the ED.
I think she is worried about money but did not apply for FA (it is most likely not too late unless the parents refuse to release financials or the school is in the minority that you cannot change your mind after applications are submitted unless there is a material change which the job situation may be.)
It does sound like OP just does not want to go there.
I can understand the parents motivation after having gone through wait list hell last year. This post is something I will remember when younger D applies. While I will STRONGLY encourage her to ED at a target, I will try to listen a little more to what she is saying.
Exactly! So why haven’t they been cancelled. My daughter applied ED last year and had withdrawn all her outstanding apps (and received confirmation from those colleges) within a day and a half of her ED acceptance. It’s really not a complicated process that should be taking you months to complete…
OP, when they say you are suppose to withdraw those apps, they don’t mean by May 1st, but right away. It looks like you are looking for any kind of loophole you can find (plus getting other offers that you can compare to) to get you out your ED agreement, which doesn’t seem very ethical.
Congratulations on your acceptance to Scripps. You’ll politely decline your acceptance to UT-Austin, apologizing for somehow not withdrawing your application in the six weeks since you were accepted ED to another school. Then you’ll withdraw your applications for the other schools, because you are an ethical person who lives up to her commitments. And you’ll have a happy four years at Scripps.
@MamaBear16 I applied to A LOT of schools RD. Hence, the reason why a lot of my withdrawals are delayed is due to traffic volume or whatever. For example, I “withdrew” my UCI and UDub apps a week back, but I just received emails that the withdrawals are not official.
Also, where did everyone get the impression that I don’t want to go to Scripps? MY QUESTION WAS A LEGITIMATE FINANCIAL CONCERN REGARDING MY MOTHER’S JOB, WHOSE INCOME SUPPORTS MY TUITION, AND AN ACTUAL CASE OF MY FRIEND BEING ABLE TO WORM OUT OF AN ED AGREEMENT (not that I want to do so) BECAUSE SHE TURNED 18. I don’t see why everyone has to be so judgmental. I asked a simple question of whether or not these financial situations could get me out of an ED binding agreement (which doesn’t mean I want to do that) and you all attack me for it. Sheesh.
Also, I forgot to withdraw my UT Austin app. Again, I sent out a bunch of schools RD, and I had to figure out the withdrawal process for each one, so it’s logical that one might have slipped past my mind, especially when I thought I was going to be admitted later than I was. It was an honest mistake, you know, the ones actual humans make?
Your friend didn’t get to worm out because she was 18. She could make the call or communication herself, that is all. It gives you no more moral authority to do so than you had before – her age is irrelevant.
so It doesn’t come across as a mistake when it’s been over a month. I understand that some places (esp. certain UCs) make it harder than others, but it isn’t something that takes weeks to accomplish. And you said you don’t even know if your income has dropped… so whether or not you meant it to or not you sound like you are trying to find way out of this ED. I sympathize with you because it seems like your parents pushed you into this ED, but in the end you applied and signed the binding agreement and should try your best to make the best of the situation.