<p>First, you openly describe the letter as “vengeful” - that’s making a lot more assumptions than I did about its intent, because none of us know what this letter actually looks like. </p>
<p>The way the common app words it is that if you are not able to afford the school, you are released from the commitment to attend. For AU to be an exception to this rule, they would have to somehow force people to attend, which clearly they don’t do. I fail to see how sending this letter somehow forces people to attend. In no way does AU violate the spirit of the common app. It’s not punitive. Again, you’re making assumptions that are more baseless than my own.</p>