Just a comment on recent decision by Tulane to penalize a private high school in Colorado where a student failed to honor their ED commitment. I fully support Tulane’s decision to refuse any ED applications from said high school for one year. The ED admissions process generally gives applicants a much greater shot at admissions, while guaranteeing the college making offer both a 100% yield, as well as enrolling a student who clearly wants to attend their school. ED is a compact between the student, family, sending high school, and college. Everyone understands the rules, process, and responsibility to honor and accept an offer of admissions via ED, if made. I would surmise that had the sending high school advised both the family and Tulane of their intention to INFORM EVERY OTHER COLLEGE SAID STUDENT APPLIED TO, AND INFORMING THEM OF STUDENT’S NOT HONORING ED ACCEPTANCE AT TULANE, that Tulane would not have resorted to banning any/all ED applications from said high school for one year. I would further surmise that Tulane was not only extremely unhappy and displeased with the ED accepted student’s decision to not honor their acceptance, but with the consequent failure of the sending high school to make it painfully clear to the student in question, that their failure to accept Tulane’s offer would be met with the harshest consequences, including the high school informing all other colleges where said student applied, of his/her transgression. Had that “stick” been utilized, I strongly suspect the student would have backed out of their decision to not honor their acceptance to Tulane. I further surmise that only after probing the high school and their lack of an adequate response to student’s transgression, that Tulane felt it necessary to punish the high school in question. Good for you, Tulane, for firing a shot across the bow of the offending high school! And, if it happened again, my second shot would be to deny any/all applicants from said high school for the next ten years. Only then will the high school “get” the message that ED acceptances are to be honored, unless the financial aid offered isn’t affordable, including additional requests made to increase aid package so that it becomes more affordable.