http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2036174-withdrawing-ed-to-rd.html
Happymomof1: “Lots of students move to the RD list, or even withdraw the application entirely. Just contact the admissions office and ask them to move you”
College_query: "You don’t need a reason if you have not received a decision from your ED school yet - you can say something vague, like “due to recent events, I am requesting my application be changed from ED to RD.” "
Intparent: " You can contact them on Monday and ask to change your app to the RD cycle. But that may reduce your chances of admission – but if you don’t change it and are accepted ED, you MUST attend. But since it is prior to releasing the decision, you can change to the RD cycle. Let your GC know you are making the change, too."
Erin’s Dad; “I think it’s fine. You enter into an agreement with a first choice school (ED) get later info and decide they aren’t the first choice any longer, BEFORE you have a decision.”
Thumper1 “People change their minds. Some kids and parents think ED is THE answer…and that’s fine. But if your kid decides they might want some more time to make this huge decision…asking to have an application changed from ED to RD before decisions are slated to be released…is fine.”
3puppies: “As for the ethics of it, I would see no ethical problem in pulling your ED application and explaining you’d like to be considered RD, before a decision was made.”
I could go on and on. Respected posters have always agreed that pulling an ED app before the decision came out is ethical and normal. Why is this poster being treated like a pariah?