Rescinding Early Decision Application

Applying to College
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<p>Hello! Ok, so here's what happening.</p>

<p>Recently I applied ED to Haverford, I was recruited by the lacrosse coach and at the time felt it was the best decision for me. But today I received an email from the Army, and I've received a full AROTC scholarship (I applied for it to school like Dartmouth, UVA, Duke). Haverford doesn't have AROTC, so I'm forced between paying full price at Haverford or a full ride at these other schools. I have a few questions:</p>

<p>1.) Since I will be applying for financial aid to all these schools, I won't have to accept HC offer of admittance until after I hear back from my RD choices correct?
2.) Is it possible to "turn" my ED application into a RD application at HC?
3.) If I had to rescind my application all together, would that be possible? Would HC understand my situation or is it possible they'd tell the other schools of my "dishonesty" (which was never my intention!)</p>

<p>Thanks for any help I can get!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump!!</p>

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<p>You’re bumping after 1 minute? That’s just rude.</p>

<p>Just for that, you’re going to wait for my response.</p>

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<p>1.) Since I will be applying for financial aid to all these schools, I won’t have to accept HC offer of admittance until after I hear back from my RD choices correct?</p>

<p>Incorrect. If you submitted all required financial aid paperwork, you’ll get a financial aid offer with your decision. You must then either accept or reject it . . . but you do not get to sit on it until your RD decisions come in.</p>

<p>If you did not submit the required FA paperwork, then you’ll be obligated to accept Haverford’s offer without knowing what your FA offer will be. I wouldn’t recommend doing this! If you haven’t submitted the FA forms, find out from the admissions office if you still have time to do it. If not, you need to change your app to RD (see below).</p>

<p>2.) Is it possible to “turn” my ED application into a RD application at HC?</p>

<p>Yes. Just send an email notifying Haverford that that’s what you’d like to do. Do it soon.</p>

<p>3.) If I had to rescind my application all together, would that be possible?</p>

<p>Yes. You can’t “rescind” your application, but you can withdraw it, so long as you do it before any decisions are issued. Again, just send an email notifying the school that that’s what you want to do.</p>

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<p>Sorry, this is the first forum Ive ever used, I still don’t really get the etiquette of it!</p>

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<p>Thank you for the reply, I think that’s probably the best decision right now</p>

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<p>Not sure what you decided to do . . . switch to RD?</p>

<p>In any event, good luck!!!</p>