<p>Read this post by AdOfficer (admissions officer posting on this site):</p>
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we would never penalize students for the actions of other applicants.</p>
<p>If you apply ED, you sign an early decision agreement, which is, essentially, a contract. No school would take legal action against you if you broke it - that's just absurd. However, schools do send out lists of their ED acceptances to peer institutions - schools they usually share applicants with. NESCAC does it, I <em>believe</em> the Ivies do it. Many LACs do it. If you are admitted ED somewhere and do not withdraw your <em>completed</em> application from other places, you could risk getting decisions from all schools rescinded.</p>
<p>Most colleges and universities respect the ED agreements of other institutions and take the agreement seriously, but there are some schools that ignore them...not cool.</p>
<p>Also, if you are admitted ED to an institution that has an honor code, not respecting the ED contract could be in direct violation of it...</p>
<p>One thing to keep in mind about ED...you are bound to the institution if admitted, and you need to have a VERY ligitimate reason for breaking your agreement. Finances/financial aid is certainly the most common one. However, if you have applied ED to, say, an Ivy or another school that is need-blind and meets 100% of each student's need, you really shouldn't have anything to worry about - these schools are pretty clear to applicants about their financial aid calculations and if, for whatever reason, you think they missed something about your family's financial circumstances, you can always ask them to consider whatever it is you think they've missed. These schools are serious about their commitment to making their campuses affordable for all and will work with you.
<p>It is my impression from his remarks that the op knows exactly what he did and now "wants to eat his cake too" to paraphrase. That is unethical. His comments indicate that he has no real remorse and he is only worried about gettikng into trouble. He has no plausable explanatiopn as to why he did what he did, and I do not buy the "the GC told me to" stuff.</p>
<p>There is nothing in here that says that he has a finaincial aid reason for opting out. For all we know the $$ was merit money that he did not count on and that his family does not really have a need.</p>
<p>All in all, I have a hard time feeling sorry for op.</p>
<p>At some point in his life he will have to learn to abide ny his commitments. May as well start now. But, if he somehow "gets out of it", I think he will have thought that he got away w/ one and that will be a very bad life lesson, esspeciaslly for one with such a poor attitude as he has exhibited here</p>
<p>Forget about the legal issue..what about the moral issue. It seems like all of your reasons for wanting to get out of your Scripps binding agreement are the very first things you and your parents consider before ever your first college visits..finances, type of school, proximity to home..etc. What sold you on Scripps in the first place? And don't use the all female thing as an excuse to not go there. The Claremont consortium of colleges is full of men and women so the overall atmosphere isn't like you are stuck in the boonies at an all female college. I don't buy any of this and f I were in admissions at Scripps, you can bet I would contact UC, even if they have a record of doing nothing about it.</p>
<p>haha wow you people here are harsh! jeez. of course i'm going to get a loan regardless of which school i attend, however i thought that 80K-90K wouldn't be so bad after i got a job, but i just have had recent doubts. and i don't think im screwed.. the worst thing that'll happen to me is that i go to a Junior college, which i wouldn't be TOO bummed about. i think what i'll do is just call the college and tell them that i'm just having doubts about the whole $ issue, and then also call UCI to see if they'd still accept me.</p>
<p>Prefect -- Yes, the OP has been admitted to the school she wants to attend: "but i want to go to a UC now bc i got accepted there"</p>
<p>OP -- I think what bothers a lot of posters here, even more than your decision, which is one that many of us have noted COULD be rationalized, is your flip attitude. Perhaps it's unintentional, so consider this an explanation, rather than a criticism: you've yet to seriously express (via this thread, anyway) unselfish regret for your decision, concern for the way it has affected or could still affect others, or acceptance of what a serious mistake it was on YOUR part. So far, there's been a lot of "haha," "I don't care," and "I don't want to." "I changed my mind" is kind of fishy since the nature of ED agreements is a promise that you WON'T just change your mind. Had you written your original and subsequent posts differently, you could well be getting very different (in tone, if not content) responses.</p>
<p>I do very much hope that the situation works out for you! You're not giving us a lot of opportunity to see how you would benefit Scripps, and there are plenty out there who want your spot. And you're right: $20k is a lot to pay for unhappiness (I'd assume you would be very happy at Scripps, given that you liked it enough to apply ED, but you've provided absolutely no evidence of that, either). Just understand where a lot of these "harsh" responses are coming from, and be aware and careful of that when you speak with Scripps.</p>
<p>If you wanted to go to a school the caliber of Scripps, and now you are satisfied with goign to a local JC, maybe you need to ask Scripps to defer your admission for a year and then spend the next year figuring out what it is you really want in a college and what you want to study. Before you spend a dime anywhere you need to ask yourself those questions. Why waste any money when you seem to be all over the place.</p>
<p>haha wow the OP really is a class act :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I hope you like Scripps because if your parents can afford it, they aren't going to let you break that contract without some very serious repercussions (like others said, informing other schools and causing you to be globally rescinded).</p>
<p>Early Decision is serious business; you should have read the contract.</p>
<p>Another question is whether you've talked to your parents about this. I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that if you weren't 18 at the time of signing the ED contract, your parents also had to sign it. How do they feel about your breaking the contract at this point?</p>
<p>Some parents would say "tough luck," while others might not have known that their kids applied ED in the first place. Just be sure to talk to them about the situation before jumping to your own conclusions.</p>
<p>It sounds like you're really just looking for sympathy in this forum and you will be hard pressed to find it. You signed a contract and will be held to it. Deal with it.</p>