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ED applicants make binding commitments that, if accepted, they will attend. Obviously, such obligations are not enforced through legal action. However, I perceive a clear distinction between a university releasing an accepted ED candidate – under the conditions that we have discussed – and the student/family just “walking away” from a responsibility. For example, I have repeatedly heard (although I have no quantitative documentation to prove this) that some institutions are more reluctant to admit future applicants from the secondary school of an admitted ED’er who reneges. I sincerely would like your opinion; do you not see a difference between a university “honorably releasing” an individual and a student/family breaching a trust? </p>