<p>um, what? well do you have experience with this situation? i just don’t get why you jump to conclusions.</p>
<p>of course the university will release a student if they ask to be released. but the student has to ask, and there has to be a good faith attempt by both the university and the family to see what they could do to talk about what are the stumbling blocks. a student can’t assume they are released from their commitment if they aren’t going to message the university.</p>
<p>but we often point to the issue of financial aid, and that doesn’t seem so problematic to me because most students who apply for finaid usually know the risks and they are good at fighting the finaid office for more money and so they aren’t usually those that try and cheat the system. it is the more sinister practitioners of ED agreement nullifying that are really problematic. the point is that a student can’t (and i know some students have done this) pretend that all is fine, submit your deposit for ED, but keep applications open elsewhere with full desire to attend another school if admitted.</p>
<p>this scenario happened to a close friend of mine, he then had his admission rescinded by both the ED school he rejected and the RD school he deposited, it was after may 1, and he was SOL and had to take a year off and not attend any school.</p>