I was accepted ed. Now I am thinking of a year abroad and want to know if i change my mind during the year can I rescind the ed agreement and apply to other schools? If I don’t go to another college in the fall is that still violating the contract?
You can take a gap year – that’s your prerogative as long as you return and honor you agreement.
But no college will allow you to hold a spot and then apply to other colleges. They’ll simply revoke your acceptance.
You really should have read and understood the terms of what the ED agreement entails.
For most schools, even if you are accepted ED you can defer your admission for one year. So you would go to the college you were accepted to in the Fall of 2018 instead of 2017. They will expect you to not apply to any other schools during that year (same goes if you applied and committed RD). The ONLY reason you can back out of the ED agreement is for financial reasons.
Some schools won’t let ED applicants defer though, so definitely ask if you haven’t already.