Dropping out of ED?!?

joso2015
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:07:10 +0000

Okay, so let me be clear this is about a friend of mine - I have full intention of going to Columbia.

He applied ED to Brown and was deferred. He since applied ED 2 to Vanderbilt and was accepted. He forgot to withdraw his Brown app and has since received a phone call from admissions saying he’s been accepted to Brown (recruited athlete).

So, clearly the obvious solution is to decline Brown’s offer of admission and go to Vandy like he agreed to when he applied ED 2. BUT, I mean… come on, it’s Brown, and his top school. Heart-wrenching situation for real…

Would it really be all that bad for him to not go to Vandy and go to Brown instead? And would he actually be able to do this without getting rescinded from Brown?