Withdrawing ED application
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:19 pm
I was wondering if you get into another school before you hear back from the school you applied ED to, can you withdraw you ED application without any negative consequences?
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evandm wrote:I'm pretty sure that you can withdraw your ED application as long as you haven't already been accepted to the school to which you applied ED. I called a school a while ago asking them if you could bump your ED app down to RD before they make a decision and they said yes, as long as you request it in writing.
I think by actually following this advice... you are contacting the school.Tiva wrote:evandm wrote:I'm pretty sure that you can withdraw your ED application as long as you haven't already been accepted to the school to which you applied ED. I called a school a while ago asking them if you could bump your ED app down to RD before they make a decision and they said yes, as long as you request it in writing.
This runs a counter to all the advice I have heard on TLS. Would you mind stating which school told you this information? If anyone out there is considering following this advice, I would confirm it with the school that they plan to ED to. Breaking an ED contract has serious consequences.
The poster only stated that he/she contacted a school. The first statement makes it sound (at least to me) that evandm is "pretty sure" this is standard practice across schools. The point of my post was to encourage people to contact schools on their own (as the evandm did) to ensure that this is in fact an acceptable practice. I would hate for an unsuspecting TLS lurker to read evandm's post and take it as a widely held TLS fact.etown989 wrote:I think by actually following this advice... you are contacting the school.Tiva wrote:evandm wrote:I'm pretty sure that you can withdraw your ED application as long as you haven't already been accepted to the school to which you applied ED. I called a school a while ago asking them if you could bump your ED app down to RD before they make a decision and they said yes, as long as you request it in writing.
This runs a counter to all the advice I have heard on TLS. Would you mind stating which school told you this information? If anyone out there is considering following this advice, I would confirm it with the school that they plan to ED to. Breaking an ED contract has serious consequences.