@ibsadgurl
I’m more than aware of that, however, because there seems to be some confusion, what I meant in my original comment that if you’re unsure on where you want to apply than it’s best to do RD, and OP seemed unsure. You can pull out of ED if there are financial concerns, that is true, but if you pull out of ED at all, then the school you turn down can and often will alert other schools that you have done so. Some schools may decline to accept you automatically if there do not intend to offer more financial aid or may make other conclusions based on your withdrawal, It’s possible to pull out off ED, but not encouraged and not looked highly upon. Often times, schools will comment on this somewhere on their website, and it’s always a good idea to read through their admissions section completely. This was one of the reasons I chose not to apply to Barnard, because turning down an ED acceptance based on financial reasons involves a whole host of other complications, and I made that decision after talking extensively with my counselor. The other reason was that my parents were both unavailable for a number of weeks, and I couldn’t complete some of the financial aid material on my own. But that’s kind of complicated.