<p>Ok, I was accepted ED to Cornell and got the scariest letter in the mail today from <em>enter other university here</em> saying the I was deferred from their early decision!!!!!! I know you can't apply twice ED but I somehow managed to... Is there any chance Cornell will still take me? I've already withdrawn every other app including the deferred one. Also I am sending my deposit tomorrow and REALLY exclusively love Cornell! The other ED was a completely honest mistake!!!</p>
<p>how did u not know u applied ed to another college!?!
That doesn’t sound like an honest mistake to me…</p>
<p>If you signed the common app. ED agreement form, it would be hard for Cornell or the other school to believe you made a mistake. However, if the other school doesn’t use the common app. then I guess its possible to accidentally check the ED box and not recognize what your doing. Is it possible, the other school sent you the letter by accident? that seems like the most likely possibility.</p>
<p>Well for one its unlikely Cornell will find out, two are you sure the other one wasn’t early action?</p>
<p>It wasn’t early action and the other school doesn’t use common app. The reason I forgot is bc I did it soo early and threw out prt 2 of my app when I realized my 0 chance. Also ap classes and cornell overpowered my brain cycles. I always scorned at the kids in stories who got blacklisted for doing this! I never thought I’d be one…</p>
<p>Please tell me I’m still going to Cornell!! This would be the worst mistake of my life otherwise! Would they check where I applied while accepting or when they get my deposit on Tuesday? Can they actually get this info If the other school is not an ivy?</p>
<p>You’re lucky that the other school deferred you; I don’t think you’ll have a problem with Cornell.</p>
<p>Since you were deferred, you should probably just withdraw from the other ED and no one will ever know >:D</p>
<p>how would cornell even know</p>
<p>what was the other school?</p>
<p>gotta be the funniest story ever haha
dont worry about it ur fine
ur lucky u got deferred from that school</p>
<p>When you applied ED(s), you, your parents, and your GC must have all signed the agreement. Your GC should not have sent your information to both schools. I just don’t know how all three of you could have made this mistake.</p>
<p>Many schools do share their ED accepted list with each other. I would withdraw from the other school right away. Most likely Cornell wouldn’t send out its ED list until Jan, and maybe the other school would have made your application inactive, then they wouldn’t cross reference Cornell’s list against your application. There is always a very slight chance that the other school could find out and then bother to inform Cornell. How much does your GC like you? Could you talk to him/her about this?</p>
<p>The neither school uses the ED agreement so neither my gc or parent was at fault. I emailed the other school as soon as I saw the letter, but have yet to get a reply. I’m afraid to mention the name of the school…</p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t use an ED agreement, so you got lucky. I think you should be fine as long as you ask to not be considered in the RD pool at the other school.</p>
<p>@bobdylan4444: not sure what college you applied to, but I’m pretty sure Cornell uses the ED agreement ;)</p>
<p>Cornell does not use the ED agreement. Its stated both on the common application (in the checklist) and on the Cornell website (how it didn’t want any additional forms). </p>
<p>However, it should be made clear that just because neither of the schools use the ED agreement, it doesn’t mean that the ED contract is less tight. </p>
<p>But then if it’s an accident, then hopefully people will understand. You’re lucky that you got into one of them and got deferred for another =D</p>
<p>all taken care of…
WHEW!</p>