<p>In all honesty, you really could probably get away with it. "I'm sorry, but this financial package really just won't work for our family"</p>
<p>If you've got two full rides, well then I imagine you've got the intelligence to not do that.</p>
<p>^^^^
I completely agree with the poster above. That was my strategy if I got into two ED schools. Later I found out that I applied RD and not ED by acccident. But I didnt get into one of them so.</p>
<p>It would be a pretty bad GC who would send in two ED packages. They would know better and would probably not like the ramifications (loss of future year applicants chance to be accepted).</p>
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In all honesty, you really could probably get away with it. "I'm sorry, but this financial package really just won't work for our family"
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I think this is partial correct .... it is more likely true something like this ... </p>
<p>"I'm sorry top tier school, but this financial package really just won't work for our family ... so I'd like to back out of my ED agreement to attend the local State U" ... then it's pretty likely. Try jumping from one top school to another top school and the odds they both rescind your applications go way up ... especially if they are local to each other.</p>
<p>I'm fairly sure my high school guidance counselors did not know what RD/EA/ED policies were, so it's possible that a GC could be that uninformed.</p>
<p>If it lasts more than 4 hours consult your doctor.</p>
<p>^^ In all honesty, it's kinda their job to know. By signing the ED agreement, they're also signing the same contract you are. And I'd think that since they are the adult, they should know to take the time to at least read the agreement where it clearly states you can't apply to another school. I think if a GC did make the same mistake as the student, they should also suffer the ramifications.</p>
<p>I'm not saying it's excusable, just that I know it happens.</p>
<p>ED is not a legally binding contract, but it gives the university the right to supply certain rights for your acceptance</p>
<p>You're not going to college.</p>
<p>Jail and being sued are completely out of the picture. The usual consequence of applying inconsistently with an ED agreement is to not be admitted to the college that brings about the inconsistency. If someone applied to two ED college simultaneously, the likely consequence is not getting into either, or having offers of admission from both rescinded.</p>
<p>depends on the colleges you have applied to. if they
are elites you'll have to do some quick thinking - otherwise
you might get away with it. They use the guidance
counselors to enforce the ED agreement, so you'd
have to get it by them to begin with and then again
when the high school gets the notification back. Some
of these folks are so busy that they might not even
notice especially in a very large public high school. Just
say something like "I got mixed up and sent the ed forms
to the wrong school"- something like that would probably
work. I'd say you have a 50/50 chance of getting away
with it. ED is a disgraceful discriminatory racket primarily
for the benefit of wealthy applicants and wealthy
institutions - it should be illegal or at least undermined
at every opportunity. Good Luck!</p>
<p>^^ a disgraceful discriminatory racket primarily for the benefit of the wealthy applicants and wealthy institutions?</p>
<p>Someone's got a grudge... Way to continue negative stereotyping.</p>
<p>And honestly, the chances of getting away with it are slim. When you don't show up next year or send in tuition, it'll send a red flag.</p>
<p>There is someone that tried to get out of ED in order to go to Oxford, and both found out and rescinded, the student was screwed. Not exactly the same situation, but kind of similar</p>
<p>The risks of this WAY outweigh the potential benefits. You won't go to jail, but you could be rescinded from both, and it could potentially hurt you with RD schools.</p>
<p>The only thing I don't understand is how another school "finds out." They make you send out all the info rescinding your apps. How could they possibly find out if not by you?</p>
<p>You can apply to two schools ED. One has to be EDI and the other EDII. You just have to withdraw your EDII app upon admission to the EDI college. duh</p>
<p>If you were to be accepted to two colleges EDI, however, then it gets more interesting. You would have to turn down one acceptance and I can guarantee that no matter what excuse you give them, the college will call your GC office to see what happened, and possibly ask where else you have been accepted. If they see that another school you were accepted to has ED they will likely contact that college and tell them what you did. The second school can either rescind your admission or it can ignore the other college's ED policy. My guess is that most schools will rescind you if this happens so other colleges will honor their ED policies.</p>
<p>I guess all you CCers are saying ain't news to that poor guy..</p>
<p>Lol, this was hypothetical as that other poster said...</p>
<p>just divide by zero and you'll be OK.</p>