<p>Sometimes there is misinformation on this board. So this is what I want to know.... who has been accepted ED and declined it?</p>
<p>Who has turned down an ED and then been blackballed by another college?
Who has turned down an ED for financial reasons and been told, "No. You have to accept it."</p>
<p>Which high schools have been hurt by one of their students not accepting an early decision?</p>
<p>Who has been hurt by a fellow student not accepting an early decision?</p>
<p>I believe I read somewhere that 17% of the students decline their early decision acceptance. What happens to these people?</p>
<p>Hmmm, well, neither of my kids applied ED so no first hand experiences here, though I feel ED is binding and so one should only apply if there is a clear cut first choice and no plan to compare financial aid offers. </p>
<p>My older D had a HS friend who applied ED. It was to Wheaton College in MA. When my D told me friend got in but wasn't going to be able to go, I learned that the financial aid offer was not adequate and she pulled out. However, if that was a huge consideration and I understand it would need to be in their situation, then ED was not the way to go. She now attends UNH. She pulled out of Wheaton soon after the offer of admission and package came in. I do not agree with this admissions approach, however. That's the only case I know of personally.</p>
<p>I'm with Xiggi on this one. I think the best you can hope for is second or third-hand reporting. "I had a friend whose daughter's classmate ...." What would a first hand report look like? Embarrassing at best?</p>
<p>I don't think you will get answers published here publicly, dstark. But it has been done. See my post on the other thread. However, it is dicey, at best. Should only occur in unusual circumstances.</p>
<p>There was an international expat (Minnesota) on this board last year that found out he earned a scholarship to Michigan in the spring well after his ED acceptance to Penn. Based on his posts, my guess is that he is in Ann Arbor today.</p>
<p>JHU explicitly states:
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Early Decision applicants who are admitted to Johns Hopkins but are denied admission to the biomedical engineering (BME) major will be allowed to apply to and consider offers of admission from other institutions. The commitment to matriculate at Hopkins if accepted, as stated in the Early Decision Agreement, is null and void in this circumstance only.
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So it's a special case and not relevant to the larger question; your smiley is appropriate. :)</p>
<p>I remember when my DS and I were on a college visit to a university in Rochester and I asked this question to one of the Financial Aid officers of the institution in private and she told me that if the financial aid pkg. is not one that you can really afford then you can speak w/ the appropriate staff to see if something can be worked and if not they will let you out of ED no strings attached. (Could be just this univ.) My DS did not apply ED there though.</p>
<p>Columbia reports they have one or two per year; they will not release a student to apply to a "comparable institution" (by which I think they mean the 31 COFHE schools), only to state universities and the like.</p>
<p>When my D was in high school I know one girl who was in ED at Penn and went to a top ranked UC. The year before I know of another who ended up committed ED at another top ranked private and ended up at a OOS public. I don't know the how's and why's of either personally.</p>