If I was accepted to my early decision II choice. Legally, am I allowed to receive a response from my regular decision dream college out of curiosity; will there be any repercussions?
I am satisfied with the college I was accepted to, but since one of my RDs was always a dream school I would simply like to find out the outcome. If I later apply to this college (the RD) for MBA, will my late application withdrawal now have a negative impact on my future MBA application? Please help I really want to find out.
Going solely on your post, another way of stating your question is:
"I told College X that they were 100% my first choice and promised to withdraw all my other applications in exchange for a better chance of acceptance. Now I have been accepted to College X, but I still want to see if I can get into College Y, which is the one that I really wanted all along. So I want to wait and see if I get lucky and get College Y, in which case I will dump College X. I am not bothered about the part of breaking my signed commitment to College X, but want to make sure that if I did keep my promise to College X and withdraw from College Y, College Y won’t hold it against me for grad school.
or more simply: me me me. Signed commitments (EDII) matter less than my “curiosity”. My only concern about breaking a commitment (which I used to get something I want) is if the ‘repercussions’ might get in the way of getting something else I want. The other applicants competing for the same space that - unless you break your promise- you can’t use anyway aren’t even a thought.
It’s time for some adulting. Yes, you have to withdraw from all your RD college applications. No, they don’t hold it against you. Yes, you will never know if you could have gotten into College Y: that is the trade-off you made back when you applied. Adulting involves a lot of tough decisions, and most of the time you never get to know the path not taken would have worked out.
Your job is to make the best of the path you chose. Send in your deposit, buy the t shirt, join the FB group and don’t look back.
I already paid the deposit and already signed the agreement and i am in the fb group. I am curious because I spent 2 weeks writing and prepping my application for this uni and I just want to see their response to my hard work. I already said that in any case I will go to College X and i just want to see if all the hard work for College Y paid off. No adulting needed, I know my responsibilities and I am already committed to that college. Thank you.
No. You are not allowed to wait to see if you got into the RD school. You know this because it was in the contract you signed. You say that you know your responsibilities but it doesn’t seem as though you do. If you signed the commitment then all other apps have to be pulled.
You have already paid deposit and signed your agreement yet you are willing to take a coveted spot at another school. These spots are not unlimited so you keeping that app in “just to see” could very likely be bumping the next person on the list into the “no” or “waitlist” pile. You are in to your #1 school. Move on and let other have that same chance at your not #1 school. Seems selfish and certainly goes against the ED contract you signed.
The ED offer my daughter accepted included a reminder that she was expected to withdraw all other applications immediately. I’m sure yours had that too, certainly in the original agreement even if they didn’t remind you. You say you “know your responsibilities” - so fulfil them.
Apparently “knowing your responsibilities” somehow doesn’t translate to “honoring them”??
That’s what was meant by “adulting” in the post above… Honoring your responsibilities. That means withdrawing all other applications and letting your curiosity going unsatisfied, as per the rules when you applied ED.
As others have said, withdraw the application. It isn’t about you anymore. You do not want to be posting here that you got into Dream School B and want to wiggle out of your commitment to A (hint: it won’t go over well). You do not want a slow withdrawal from B to affect your high school’s reputation with both schools, nor do you want A to somehow find out you didn’t immediately withdraw from B or that will be grounds to rescind your acceptance. Also, do the right thing, save the AOs at B some work, and free up a space for another applicant.
If “dream college” discovers a non-withdrawn application when the student has already accepted ED elsewhere, that could have negative implications, no?
OP - you are aware that certain schools share ED acceptance info, right? There’s a lawsuit going on about it, but for now afaik it still happens.
Once you get into your ED school (same is true for ED1 or ED2) and know it is affordable you must withdraw your applications in writing to all other colleges. This is an excerpt of the ED agreement which I hope you read carefully before you signed.
“If you are accepted under an Early Decision plan, you must promptly withdraw the applications submitted to other colleges and universities and make no additional applications to any other university in any country. If you are an Early Decision candidate and are seeking financial aid, you need not withdraw other applications until you have received notification about financial aid from the admitting Early Decision institution.”
Yes it is bad to continue the admissions process with an affordable ED decision. It’s a contract. And schools do share info at the ug level. Ed school and dream school are most likely super selective. They communicate to avoid this situation.
More importantly it’s the right thing to do. Good lord. Show your positive character the ED school believes you to be.