<p>"And I know of at least one situation in which a kid was accepted ED, withdrew her other applications, and a school accepted her anyway!"</p>
<p>I've heard of that, too. Another reason to withdraw in writing sent by the postal service, and to give a copy of that withdrawal to your GC. You don't want to have your ED acceptance withdrawn because a college that you asked to withdrew your application didn't do so.</p>
<p>I've also heard of colleges accepting students with incomplete applications, so withdraw those, too.</p>
<p>It is not as scary as some make it sound. Make a good faith effort to withdraw all outstanding applications. E-mail works fine. Welcome to the 21st century. If an institution wants a hard copy they will ask (Amherst which was very professional wanted a hard copy for their files). Some schools, BC as an example, are going through 30,000 apps and the last thing they need is more mail. If there was a required methodology the ed school would spell it out. You applied they accepted withdraw the rest and every gets what they wanted. Don't live in fear that your ed school will throw you out if you act in good faith. Most schools that have ed are highly selective and they want you to attend if they accepted you. Be happy.</p>
<p>tokenadult: to the best of my knowledge parents do not sign off on ed apps. The enforcer if you will is the gc. They want the student to do the right thing and withdraw other apps and they don't want to be made to look bad in a way that could effect other students appling to that school.</p>
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<p>That makes sense. The high school counselor has incentive to keep up the high school's reputation.</p>
<p>But what is the answer to the question of a student who may, come December, wonder if he/she might have a failed class or a major drop in grades that might get the acceptance rescinded? Call admissions at the ED school and discuss?</p>
<p>Zoosermom, I guess that's what I'd advise a student to do. The problem of dropping senior grades isn't unique to ED. If a student is applying RD with weak mid year grades it may very well hurt admissions chances. It's also possible an RD student with a bad final transcript may find their admission rescinded (or scholarship award reduced or revoked) in summer when they have very few options left. If the student has a good reason for the drop (rather than just senioritis) my guess is a school will try to work with them. I think almost all acceptance letters (ED and RD both) include a reminder that students ought to keep their grades up.</p>
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<p>Yup, happened to my son, and with near full ride money. In the third par, the letter said something to the effect: 'We realize that you have "inactivated" your application (actually, no, his letter to the college specifically stated "withdraw"), but we encourage you to reconsider .... please call my personal assistant to reactivate your app and accept our offer...'</p>
<p>I don't know if people know this - I just found out from my friend.
If you apply to Cornell ED, they inform you on the 11th. And between the 11th and the 15th, you have to withdraw every single application you put in, or they won't take you.
So I heard.</p>
<p>If you get in ED, you must withdraw immediately. Either that, or the colleges to which you apply will probably find out that you applied ED and reject you immediately.</p>
<p>Well here's my question. Can you wait to withdraw your applications until after you have your financial aid and deposit taken care of? I don't think it'd be smart to send declining letters and burn your bridges immediately after being admitted then find out the financial aid fell through, and now you're stuck.</p>
<p>Ten, most schools that accept you ED (all that I know) will dictate the conditions of their acceptance. There will be instructions withdraw your apps and pay a deposit, and timetables to do this. As to financial aid estimates or offers, that is up to the school. There may well be schools that will not give your financial aid numbers very quickly. These are all issues you should know well when you apply early. A good reason not to apply early.</p>
<p>Please note that just because you and your family find the financial aid offer too low, does not mean the college has to agree. If you and the college cannot come to a reconciliation about the aid package, you may be released from your ED contract, or if the college thinks you are playing games, they could pursue it further by reporting their feelings about your situation to your GC and demanding that he works with the college in having you keep your commitment. Also while you are discussing the aid colleges, keep in mind that the ED acceptance list could be circulating and your apps to other schools would be dropped should they find out that you have been accepted to your ED school.</p>
<p>Yes, you can play games and take chances with ED but the possible consequences are that you can lose a lot if the colleges and/or GC decide to lower the boom. It has happened. More importantly, there is integrity involved in the process.</p>
<p>"What if you get accepted ED, withdraw your applications to other schools, and then they revoke your acceptance after reviewing your midyear report? Do you not get into college in that case?"</p>
<p>I saw one answer to this... but I'm still interested. Man that would suck.</p>
<p>might i also add that the "wait and see" thing is very selfish-if you allow your applications to stand when you cannot even go to any of those schools, you will be wasting an offer of admission that someone else from your school and indeed any other qualified applicant may have been given. Plus, if you get into a school of higher caliber than you're ED school, then you would probably feel regret about your ED choice, and if the school is not as good as your ED school, then what's the point anyways?</p>
<p>I know don't that you have to withdraw them; I assume you just have decline all of EA acceptances and withdraw any other pending applications if you are accepted early decision. However, some schools have fine print about EA/ED admission. For example, one cannot apply EA to Yale if he or she has applied binding ED anywhere else. If you read the above section taken from COA, "In addition, I understand that, if accepted under Early Decision, I must withdraw all my applications (if any) to other institutions and make no new ones" indicates that if and only if you are accepted ED must you withdraw all other apps.</p>