<p>does early decision to a school require you to go there if you get accepted?</p>
<p>also, i heard that if you apply early you leave high school early...aka you wouldn't get to stay for the 2nd semeester of senior year.</p>
<p>true?</p>
<p>Yes. Early decision is a binding contract--if you're accepted, you must attend. Early action is different in that it's nonbinding--you can apply to other schools RD and attend a different school, even if accepted EA.</p>
<p>The second point: most definitely false.</p>
<p>Yes, ED is binding, which means that if you get in you MUST go and rescind all other applications.</p>
<p>But if you apply early and get accepted, typically you stay in high school until the end of the year. I have never heard of someone leaving early because they got accepted early.</p>
<p>Early decision does require you to go to that school since it's a binding agreement made w/ the college unlike Early Action which is the same as ED except that it is non-binding. Although I have heard of scenarios where people can escape ED but the circumstances have to be incredibly extreme.</p>
<p>Sorry, but hmmm, don't think I've ever heard that before, you merely finish your high school term, and attend the school the following August/September.</p>
<p>The confusion comes with the difference between Early Decision/Early Action and the term "Early Admission". ED/EA is part of the normal senior year application process. Early Admission in most schools, on the other hand, is when you apply as a high school junior, so that you don't do your senior year in high school at all (and technically probably don't graduate).</p>