ED II Dilemma

vonlost
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:26:41 +0000

It’s your decision if the aid offer is enough:

Should a student who applies for financial aid not be offered an award that makes attendance possible, the student may decline the offer of admission and be released from the Early Decision commitment.

https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf

If the offer is not enough, you should probably appeal, being prepared to supply more information, but if it’s still not enough, you can decline without consequence.