<p>^ Unless you are declining because of an insufficient FA offer (general, not NU specific). If school B wants you more, and/or can offer more, they won’t care if school A didn’t offer you enough to support attendance.</p>
<p>Hmmm I’m not sure about that. A lot of people get in EA at MIT and ED somewhere else. I would be shocked if MIT would woo a candidate knowing that student got in ED elsewhere. They might offer generous FA but not with the intent of trying to pry the student away from his/her ED school.</p>
<p>I mean RD after ED, not EA during ED, which indeed could be messy!</p>
<p>All I have to say is wow. You knew exactly what you were getting into through signing that ED agreement and now you want to back out. Did you know that there were between 2 to 3 other just as qualified students who applied for your spot and got rejected because Northwestern saw something special enough about you to grant you acceptance? My best friend was rejected from Northwestern and that was her dream school. You need to count your blessings and live with the decision you made when signing that ED contract. Of course if it’s a financial issue then it’s acceptable, but as you already stated it is not a financial matter. I was lucky enough to be accepted ED, but if I were rejected I’d feel horrible to know that someone who was accepted didn’t even want to attend there and honor the ED contract. Just a thought.</p>