<p>If someone has been accepted under the JHU ED program, should he/she withdraw all other applications from the colleges IMMEDIATELY?
Is there no chance of that person seeing if other colleges accept or reject him? If they accept him, then he will send the letter to the undergraduate office asking for withdrawal, but if they are rejected, they don't need to send any separate request, correct?</p>
<p>JHU will not penalize that student or remove him from the class of 2015, right? Can that student apply to other universities even after JHU has admitted him under ED just to see if he gets accepted or not?
Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’re kidding or serious. I’m going to assume the latter. ED is binding. There is no waiting around to see who else might accept you. You signed an agreement that you would attend if accepted and would withdraw any outstanding applications. If you do not adhere to this, you not only risk having your JHU acceptance reversed, but you will likely be blacklisted at any other school you apply to. Yes, withdraw them now - unless the consequences sound like fun to you. </p>
<p>Gaming the ED system like you are suggesting is not only frowned upon by most people here, it will put you in lots of hot water if you decide to keep it going. </p>
<p>Your stats and bio tell me you think quite highly of yourself and regret not applying to Harvard. Good luck.</p>
<p>KFL: Very accurate.
In addition; the schools you want to ‘find out if they accept’ are most likely competitive. If you were accepted you would be taking a spot from someone that could and would go. That is just ugly and selfish behavior.</p>
<p>You might also consider that any institutions you currently “play” might also be in play come time for grad school.</p>
<p>it would be unwise to do anything to anything unethical to an ivory tower institution(s) that believes in honor and commitment and has your biographical information and social security number. You signed the contract…them’s the rules…</p>
<p>A friend of mine was accepted to a university ED. He is planning on going to that uni, has sent in his deposit, joined FB group, bought tshirts, etc. Very excited. But he is not withdrawing his other applications. He just wants to see if he gets in. I think its a bit unethical, since he is fully planning on going to this binding ED university, but I don’t think it’s against NACAC guidelines not to withdraw. However, it IS against NACAC guidelines to apply ED and then attend another university for reasons other than financial aspects.</p>
<p>Is your word worth nothing? To reply directly to your question, I don’t know whether JHU would punish a student who did what you propose. I hope they would.</p>
<p>Sara: Depending on the university, the rules could change. At JHU, (as Sikorsky points out), it is pretty cut and dry. You withdraw other applications.</p>
<p>Ahh… you’re right, Imontoya. I just checked the rules of my friend’s university, and they don’t require withdrawal of other applications, just attendance of the university.</p>
<p>Separate and apart from the legal issue of whether withdrawal is contracturally required (and it is at Hopkins), there is a significant moral and ethical issue issue. To potentially adversely impact the admission of some unknown applicant at other institutions simply to satisify your curiosity as to whether or not you would have been admitted is not just selfish, but is morally unethical. This is the epitome of cutthroat-type behavior. Please think before you act.</p>
<p>@ KFL
Just to let you know, two people use this account. I am the second person.
Sad that you generalize without knowing the facts: I am guessing you didn’t get accepted?
Anyway, thanks for the reply</p>
<p>Guys, calm down.
I did not say that I was applying to other universities, hence a hypothetical situation by using the person “he/she.” It was a question, and I think you misjudged me by thinking that I was the person referred to in the Q.</p>
<p>A person whom I know is doing this, and I will advise him.</p>
<p>I saw this a few years back when a student accepted to an ED school decided not to withdraw their other apps. Once the ED school found out in March, they withdrew the application as the student didn’t act in good faith. They moaned and cried and begged and the school stuck to their policy and withdrew the student… and legally they could do it as they were a private school. </p>
<p>That student paid a heavy, heavy price for an ego stroke and regretted it heavily. Not to mention the family was FURIOUS as was the school.</p>
<p>Thats good, when I was a senior in HS our valedictorian got into Harvard EA which was her first choice but didn’t withdraw her application? Why? Because she wanted to see how many ivy leagues should could get into, its a shame that universities can’t judge a person by ethics or else many people in the top universities wouldn’t be there.</p>
<p>Hey, I’ve got a question about withdrawing other applications. When should we withdraw them? My parents want to see the financial aid estimate before I withdraw my UC applications, but since I live outside the US I can’t get the acceptance package until after Christmas. Will it be too late to withdraw by then?</p>
<p>Just to continue on BlueJayBJ’s point, many schools ask you to report the other universities you’re applying to. While I suspect there are many reasons for doing this, one of them is likely that they communicate with each other so you’d be stupid to risk a negative word about you going around.</p>
<p>If you applied ED to Hopkins, and were accepted, you have to withdraw your applications after you’re admitted. You don’t get to see financial aid offers from UC’s or any where else. If you wanted to compare financial aid, you go RD everywhere. </p>
<p>I don’t know why you would want to see the financial aid anyway - you’re bound to attending JHU.</p>
<p>WealthOfInformation is wrong. You’re not completely bound to attend JHU - you can say no if the finanical aid is not sufficient. The only way out of an ED contract is because of financial aid reasons. Wait for your aid, then withdraw.</p>
<p>^^She is correct. I misread your previous post and thought you were waiting on FA from the UC’s… not Hopkins. You should have a FA estimate at this point from JHU however so your FA should be very clear.</p>
<p>^As I stated before, I live outside the US so I’d have to wait until after Christmas (maybe even after New Years) before my FA estimate arrives. Assuming that it arrives on Jan. 2nd, would it be too late to withdraw my UC apps?</p>