ED II -- Response from competing college

sly_vt
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:40:11 +0000

So, Ad Officer just burst a CC myth.

There are numerous discussion about ED here. Many people have argued that if a student breaks the ED contract by applying to colleges after being accepted, with his/her guidance counselor’s knowledge, future students at the high school who apply to this college could be “punished.”

However, Ad Officer did confirm that colleges do share names of accepted students, another oft-repeated and questioned practice.

Thanks again for your imput, Ad Officer. It really is great to get this information from someone in the trenches.

In general, what concerns me is how many students seem to want the “benefits” of ED without its drawbacks, and so look for a way to get out of the contract. If all students applied ED with the intent of not abiding with its rules, then it wouldn’t take long for colleges to abandon it. If you don’t like the rules of ED, then don’t apply.

Or, how would you feel if you were accepted ED and then the college writes you a letter in March that said, “we have so many great applicants applying this year that are better than you, we’ve decided to rescind your acceptance so we can take one of them instead.” That would be breaking their part of the ED agreement. Why is it OK for you to break it and not them?