Hello Everyone,
I committed to attend Santa Clara University under Early Decision. However due to some extenuating family situations that have developed over the past 2 months, I don’t think it will be feasible for me to attend. Does anyone have any past experience in dealing with such situations and to how get released from the ED agreement? thanks for your help
Talk to your HS GC, and then call the college. If your family has had a genuine change in financial circumstances, some colleges will work with you to see if they can get you more aid. If a parent has gotten sick or something, colleges will also probably release you from your commitment. The thing is that you need your GC’s cooperation with whatever new plan you have. Presumably you withdrew all your other apps when accepting the ED offer.
what kind of proof do colleges seek in these cases? and how does this process work? through letter, phone call, face to face convo?
Congratulations on your acceptance this week to UC Davis.
Since you seemed to know in December that SCU would be unaffordable you should have rejected their offer. Didn’t anyone explain you could do that?
If you applied ED you should have withdrawn your other applications after accepting SCU. Have you told your GC that you didn’t?
It was an affordable option for me until very recently, which is why I didn’t reject their offer then.
Time to get on the phone and talk to them. They can’t force you to go if you can’t afford it or if you aren’t going to college next year. TALK to them.
Oh. If one of your parents lost their job or there are unexpected medical expenses you could ask the school to review your aid. If you accepted an ED offer that was affordable why are you still getting decisions from other schools?
Good luck to your decision.
If you are leaving a ED contract because you got accepted into another school, its not a good look at all
“Time to get on the phone and talk to them. They can’t force you to go if you can’t afford it or if you aren’t going to college next year. TALK to them.”
Should he explain that he accepted his ED offer and then continued into the RD season?
If I was OP’s @Devakshi ‘s GC, I would very hesitant in helping in this situation considering the other applications were not withdrawn. It would be help if OP came back and clarified the situation. OP was asking about admissions decisions on the SLO thread and was admitted to UCD so they have broken the spirit of the ED agreement. I agree that you cannot be forced to attend a school that is unaffordable, but OP did not follow through the ED agreement. I really dislike when individuals try to game the system but I am giving OP the benefit of the doubt until they come back to explain.
I’m in a similar situation and the school has given me more money through an appeal but it is still unaffordable (20000 to 14000). I also didn’t withdraw my applications just due to curiosity and was offered a much more affordable package at another school (1300). Realistically, what can happen if I choose to withdraw from the school I submitted a deposit to and enroll at the other school? EFC was 3700
Start a new thread @Cholo19 . You are hijacking this one. Btw, not withdrawing apps due to “curiosity” isn’t acceptable. The issue is beyond just yourself, because backing out of ED agreements makes your school look really bad. You, your parents and your counselor knowingly signed a BINDING agreement, and by signing, you agreed to it. Do you need to be reminded of what it said?
Your guidance counselor can inform the new school you matriculate at that you broke an ED agreement. You were mistaken if you thought no one would ever know, because your high school will have to send all final grades to your chosen college. I suggest you make an appointment with your guidance counselor immediately.
ETA: Tufts? Seriously, you might be messing up an amazing chance to go to a top university. You need to inform your parents of the situation.
@Cholo19 You should never have accepted an ED slot without an acceptable FA package. Your “curiosity” was completely unethical, and you don’t have a very good story. If school #2 finds out, they may withdraw your offer. Your GC may refuse to cooperate, too.
@hcolo19 Wait, so you chose not to adhere to the terms of a contractual agreement “just out of curiosity”???
Yeah, good luck with that.
And, OP, I’m a bit confused. If you were accepted to one school ED, you should have immediately cancelled your other apps. How is it that you were recently admitted to another school if your apps were cancelled?
Boys and girls, you all know the rules of ED. If you try to game the system, the odd are pretty heavy that you’ll lose. Colleges, like most of us, don’t like cheaters. And cheating is what it is. Guidance counselors don’t love it either, since it makes things more difficult for the next group of kids. They’re probably unlikely to stick their necks out to help a cheater, since it damages their professional reputation.