<p>if you apply to one of the ivy leagues ED and you get in but they aren't offering you enough, can you deny the university and apply other places?</p>
<p>Yup, the only way you can get out of a binding ED commitment is if it would be completely IMPOSSIBLE for you to pay the money. </p>
<p>Luckily, the ivies tend to have very very good fin aid, so if you do get in, they'll meet 100% of need.</p>
<p>ookay thanks! so do you decide if it's impossible or do they have some way of judging if it is actually impossible?</p>
<p>I'm not certain, so don't trust me on this, but I think you have to provide evidence that you can't pay. So you decide, but you can't just tell the school that you can't pay when you really just don't feel like going there (not implying that you would do that, but that's why you have to prove it, I think).</p>
<p>Okay thanks for all the great information</p>
<p>The school, not you, determines how much your family can pay, and then will give you the rest in financial aid. You would need to prove to them that you cannot pay what they have determined, based on the information you provided, your family can pay. Just saying, "Oh, my parents decided not to contribute" is not sufficient. You must show them that something has changed.</p>
<p>Getting out of going to an Ivy based on financial need is extremely rare, since they give 100% of what they calculate as your need.</p>
<p>Once again, as has been said over and over on these boards, if financial aid is a concern, DO NOT apply ED.</p>
<p>I might even think it'll get messy with tax records, parent's incomes, and alot of paperwork.</p>