Dropping out of ED?!?

beard_tax
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:30:29 +0000

I would recommend to your friend to talk to the admissions office. Honestly, one checkbox on an application you filled out when you’re 17 should not dictate 4 years of your undergraduate life. There’s a difference between playing the ED system and applying to multiple schools to maximize your chances of gaining admissions, and an honest mistake that you sincerely regret.

People change their mind, especially during their senior year of high school. I know admissionsgeek’s advice might be different given his experiences, but I would recommend talking to vanderbilt and brown and letting them know of his decisions. People renege on job offers all the time. Don’t let the ED system dictate your undergraduate experience. Take control, be open and honest, and firmly let Vanderbilt know that it was a mistake to apply ED, that if he were to attend, his heart wouldn’t be in the school and that’d he’d live with regret day to day. If the admissions committee has any sympathy, they should understand.