Getting out of the ED bond

[itsmylife99]

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@drunkofdreams

I am very certain you can continue with your other apps after you receive the ED offer. It’s not like the Common App or whatever erases all your data after acceptance.

Don’t you apply for Early Decision VIA Common App?</p>

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@dd1993

So if you can wiggle your way out of the ED agreement, you don’t have to withdraw your other apps.

Suppose you get the ED offer on 15th of December. When does the university ask you to enrol by? The RD decisions are in April. So can you hold an acceptance till then, meaning, can you decline the acceptance after RD decisions are out?</p>

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@miss_murd3r

On an ED contract, you can’t ENROLL to another school. There is nothing against applying.

It says on Columbia Admissions,

If you are admitted under the Early Decision program, you are obligated to accept Columbia’s offer of admission. Once you accept Columbia’s offer of admission, you may file no further college applications and must withdraw any other applications that have already been submitted. Only students who (after consultation with the Financial Aid Office) cite financial reasons for not attending will be released from the Early Decision agreement.

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@Redroses

there are few excuses for bowing out and be assured they will possibly hurt you at their competitors.

How will that hurt me at their competitors? </p>

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@pbr

You may then apply RD to other schools (presumably merit-aid and state schools).

What about the RD schools I have already applied to before I got the ED offer. Can I still keep them, until they release their acceptance/rejection in April?</p>

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@boysx3

While the GC certainly wants you to get into your favorite schools, it is the high school that she represents…and if she does not act with integrity, students from the high school applying to that college in the future may have a tough time getting in.

I am an intl’ student and I do not have a guidance counselor, so I have nothing to worry about integrity. If this be the case, can I not withdraw my RD apps and wait for their result?</p>