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LKADmom · 12-05-2008, 12:06 PM

Aren't both programs binding? He should not have applied to two binding ED schools.

LaVieEnChocolat · 12-05-2008, 12:25 PM

my D got her first acceptance 2 days ago for FSU! but she doesn't want to go... , she wants to go out of state! we are waiting for more opportunities! FSU will do just fine if anything..

LindaCarmichael · 12-05-2008, 02:44 PM

debbs,

I am quite sure that you and your son signed an ED agreement when applying ED to W&M.

However, if W & M's financial aid leaves you with a hardship, perhaps there is way to gracefully extricate your son from the ED binding commitment.

Maybe others have some experience with this and can chime in.

Knights09 · 12-05-2008, 04:27 PM

Depauw is binding too... 2 EDs?

Modadunn · 12-05-2008, 05:24 PM

My son's counselor had to sign off on his ED application that this was the only ED school he was applying to. But I also know that some schools, if you are also applying for Financial Aid, do not insist upon binding ED agreements.

debbs · 12-05-2008, 05:51 PM

No William and Mary was where he applied for early acceptance ... he just sent his paperwork in to all his schools early to get them out of the way.

debbs · 12-05-2008, 05:56 PM

I think that's where we are going to run into trouble .... money .... although Depauw gave him a $72,000 scholarship he doesn't want to go there ... he's determined on William and Mary ... I was hoping for acceptance to Notre Dame .... hey a Mom can dream can't she??? we didn't apply for any ED except W&M but sent out about 8 apps, so I have no idea why we recieved the great offer from Depauw so early ... but hey, I'm not complaing when anyone wants to give us that much money!!!!

LKADmom · 12-05-2008, 06:25 PM

I guess I'm not understanding why he has already received notification of acceptance if he did not apply ED to Depauw. The website says that notification of acceptance for regular decision is in April.

tokenadult · 12-05-2008, 06:44 PM

Quote:

we didn't apply for any ED except W&M

If you applied ED and got an offer of admission, that is definitive: now is the time to withdraw all other applications.

jym626 · 12-06-2008, 10:10 AM

tokenadult is correct-- an ED application is typically accompanied by a required signed document (contract) indicating that if accepted you will attend, and will rescind any and all other applications. If one is not financially prepared to attend that school, they shouldnd apply ED. It is the rare instance that a student will be released from an ED acceptance if the FA is insufficient, but it is not a good thing to do-- and is usually looked badly upon.

debbs · 12-06-2008, 10:28 AM

I see what all of you guys are saying but he only ED'd W&M but he recieved scholarship offers and automatic admit's from school we didn't even apply to as far back as October, and other schools have tried to recruit him with scholrdhip offers without us applying. We did not ED Depauw but they gave him that great scholarship BUT their school is so expensive that $72,000 is a big drop in the bucket but my friend who's D goes there still pays $2,200 a month!!!! W&M tuition is half of that ... we did get the document to sisn for WM and are going to sign it but where and/or why is all this money and scholarship money being thrown at him but yet so far none from W&M? What if as soom as we sign it then we get into Notre Dame?? This is circulous thought ... and what if's but hey, that's just how I roll. We will sign W&M unless Notre Dame gives us a letter of intent by the 12th .... his colllege coulselors told him it was okay to send out his college apps early if he wanted so he sent them the same time that he did his ED for WM .... was the counselor wrong? I don't know .... just the Mom here .... the only extra thing he sent out was a DVD of his graphic design work and he's not even going into that field. It was just another area he excelled at.

jym626 · 12-06-2008, 10:35 AM

Here is W&M's policy about ED and their info on ED FA
William & Mary - Early Decision

William & Mary - Early Decision Students

You may have a few weeks to sign the form (my older s had that when he applied and got in ED to Rice-- they gave him til Jan 1 to sign). But it really is *not* good form to reneg on an ED application unless there is some very extenuating circumstance that arose.

debbs · 12-06-2008, 10:37 AM

don't you think getting into Notre Dame would be a reason to have pause on signing the ED?

jym626 · 12-06-2008, 10:45 AM

debbs,
This issue comed us over and over every year-- ED is a BINDING AGREEMENT between you and the school. If your s applied and was accepted ED, he has agreed to sign the form and go.
From W&M's website (lines bolded are mine for emphasis):

Early decision is a binding decision process appropriate for students who have identified William & Mary as a first choice and are prepared to make a binding commitment to enroll if admitted.

By applying early decision, an applicant is making a commitment to enroll at the College the following fall if he or she is admitted. A student applying through early decision to the College of William & Mary may still apply to other schools. However, a student may only apply to one school through a binding early decision process. Students who are admitted to William & Mary through early decision must confirm their enrollment by making a non-refundable deposit within two weeks of receiving the admission letter. Furthermore, admitted students must withdraw applications from all other colleges to which they have applied.
I am sure your s wil love W&M. Good luck to him-- he is done!

debbs · 12-06-2008, 10:56 AM

Oh I know it's a done deal as far as he's concerned .. all that is left is to sign the form and send the check ....... but I soooooooooo wanted him to go to Notre Dame ..... ah but Mom's rarely get what they want

I wonder why those other schools recruited him so heavily? Weird ...