<p>Your reasoning skills are…well, beyond description. First of all, try to read more carefully. vossron used the word vengeful, not me.</p>
<p>It’s not punitive?? KBJ himself calls it a letter of reprimand. It is sent to a 3rd party, the student’s high school administration, potentially causing embarrassment and repercussions that would be undeserved. I am making no assumptions at all, I am going strictly off of what KBJ says and what the AU web site and forms say. One does not have to know the exact content of the letter to know that a “letter of reprimand” is negative. That’s not an assumption, that’s knowing what words mean. I’ll tell you what, if AU did that to me or my child they would be in court for defamation. Knowing what the common app says, knowing what common practice is, knowing that they give no specific instruction (in light of the common app statement) that one cannot decline without penalty even for FA reasons, knowing that they give no specific instruction that one must or even should get a preliminary read on the FA to be expected, and finally knowing that there is no indication of this penalty in the agreement, I would very much like my chances. My action of turning down their offer for financial reasons would be perfectly reasonable and is decidely the norm, and their lack of adequate and clear statements explaining they do not follow this standard practice leaves them in the wrong.</p>