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<p>Neiro, here (I think) is why you drew fire in the first place: you seemed to be suggesting that overachiever should do the same thing you did. No matter your motives, and no matter whether you acted deliberately or by mistake, you didn’t actually follow the terms of the Early Decision agreement. Students who are admitted are obliged to withdraw their other active applications promptly, except in the case of an inadequate offer of financial aid.</p>
<p>Maybe you didn’t mean to suggest overachiever should do what you did. But it looked to me as if that’s what you were suggesting. Maybe you didn’t mean to suggest that it’s OK not delay withdrawing those other applications. But it looked to me as if that’s what you were suggesting.</p>
<p>Honestly, if I’d gotten there before T26E4, I’d have jumped to the very same conclusions. If what you wrote didn’t portray your character or your actions correctly, I’m glad, but I don’t think T26E4 interpreted your post any differently from the way any other competent speaker of English would.</p>
<p>I don’t want to belabor the point. You seem to be a basically upstanding person, and everything seems to have turned out well for both you and overachiever. That’s all great! But the way you worded post #4, it looks like advice that could be dangerously incorrect–or at least dangerously misconstrued.</p>