Early Decision & a Change of Hearts

T26E4
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:23 +0000

If you turn down an ED offer w/o extenuating circumstances, your school will likely be severely penalized (i.e. blacklisted) so you screw over subsequent applicants. At that point, you’re late in the game and you’ll likely have to apply to a regional public college or gap semester – once your GC cools off enough to forward your transcript to that college.

If YOU are having second thoughts about an active ED application, then convert it now to Regular Decision status – before their decisions come out. That carries no penalty.